Just two days ahead of the new year, the Telangana Government has come up with an awestruck news for the government employees. The CM KCR announced a pay hike to the government employees which will result in a total of 9,36,976 employees are benefited with hiked salaries.
Also, the CM decided to increase the retirement age to the employees. On the other hand, the hike in pay is also applicable to the RTC employees. The CM, notwithstanding, proclaimed a few more sops to the employees letting them amused to the fullest.
As is known, the Pay Revision Committee has been exercising on the hike of employees' salaries for the past two years. It has been a long wait for the TS employees for the hike of their salaries. Finally, as assured before, KCR kept his word in announcing pay hike to the employees in the month of December.
Meanwhile, compassionate appointments will be done by March while the new recruitments will get started from the month of February.
In light of the hike in employees salaries, a committee has been set by the government which is headed by the CS Somesh Kumar to make sure extensive discussions are done with the employees on fitment and other salary related issues.