Saturday, February 7, 2009

Jammu and Kashmir Govt says pay commission implementation will take sometime

The Government Friday said it will take time before announcing implementation of 6th Pay Commission recommendations as it was working out a plan to meet the expenses.
Minister for Finance, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Abdur Rahim Rather told Rising Kashmir that it was unfortunate that despite his and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s promise of implementing the 6th Pay Commission recommendations, employees had decided to go on a two-day strike from February 10.
“I fulfilled the demand of employees of implementing 5th Pay Commission recommendations in 1996. And I gave them a word to implement the 6th Pay Commission recommendations,” Rather said. “It is unfortunate that they have still decided to go for a two-day strike.”
He said once the 6th Pay Commission recommendations are implemented, it will have a big impact on the State exchequer.
“The government needs to come up with a plan to meet expenses that the State would incur after the implementation of 6th Pay Commission recommendations,” Rather said. “I hold the portfolio of Finance and have to see that the State, which is already facing huge debt does not go neck-deep in debt. This thing needs time as we can’t generate resources within a few days.”
Rather also termed the reports that the government would announce the implementation of 6th pay Commission recommendations on February 10 as “incorrect”.
Rather said that the recent meeting between a team of State’s Finance department and the Planning Commission of India was fruitful. “It is the Planning Commission of India which will guide us on generating resources to meet expenses after implementation of 6th Pay Commission recommendations,” Rather said.
The Finance Minister said he will personally meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who also holds the portfolio of Finance and seek his help to implement 6th Pay Commission recommendations in the State.
On whether money would come from New Delhi, the minister said: “At least something should come from New Delhi. Rest we will manage.”
The finance minister said once the 6th Pay Commission recommendations will be implemented, the government will have to clear arrears of employees amounting to Rs 3800 crore. 
“Besides, we will have to face the burden of Rs 1700 crore annually on the salaries of employees. This will be an additional burden,” he said. “The State’s annual income is just 26,700 crore and its expenses are known to everybody.”
Not satisfied by the government’s word, employees continue to demand written assurance about the implementation of 6th Pay Commission recommendations. “If government would give us a written communiqué stating that the 6th Pay Commission would be implemented in April or in even May, we would call off our strike. The government is not ready for it. This has prompted us to go for a two-day statewide strike from February 10,” said Employees Joint Action Committee (K) Chairman Khursheed Alam.
EJAC (Q) Chairman Abdul Qayoom Wani said it seems that the government was buying time by not giving them written assurance. 
“If it has accepted to implement our demands, there should be no hitch in making formal announcement or making a draft of it,” Wani said.

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