The Gujarat government on Wednesday announced a hike in salaries of over 61,000 employees of class II, III and IX, who are on fixed wages. Their salaries have been hiked by 30%, which would cost the State exchequer ₹548 crore annually.
The announcement came after the employees who are on fixed pay have been demanding a revision in their salaries in line with the regular employees whose salaries go up annually as per their grade pay.
In Gujarat, State employees of various categories of Class II to Class IX like teachers, police constables, clerks, peons, police sub-inspectors and deputy section officers are recruited on fixed pay for five years and are subsequently regularised with a regular pay grade and other perks like dearness allowance.
