Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who inaugurated a State-level convention of Government Employees’ Association, assured them of taking a positive decision on their pay revision after getting the final report of the 7th pay commission.
Referring to the Association’s demand for replacing the New Pension Scheme with the Old Pension Scheme, he said a decision in this regard would be taken after discussion. The government would also soon take a decision on implementation of Karnataka Arogya Sanjivini Scheme for government employees, he noted. He pointed out that already the State government employees had been given Dearness Allowance in accordance with the rates prescribed by the Centre.
The Chief Minister remarked that he is in favour of the government employees, while recalling that it was he who had set up the erstwhile 6th Pay Commission for them besides releasing ₹10,500 crore for providing fitment in their salaries then.
