The Bihar government today{23rd Dec} decided to implement the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations for its employees as a new year gift.
Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said here that a decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of state Cabinet this evening.
The employees will get the new pay scales from April 2007 on the basis of the Commission's recommendations, he said, adding the state Govt.would have to bear the expenditure of Rs 4,000 crore in this regard.
Mr Modi said the new pay scales would be given to the government employees from this month itself, while the arrears from April 2007 would be paid in three instalments during the next three months. The state exchequer would have to bear the burden of Rs 1500 crore for payment of arrears, he added.
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