Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Friday announced a 10 percent increase in salaries of all the government employees. Accordingly, the following measures have been announced in the provincial budget for the year 2014-2015.
(i) A 10 percent ad-hoc relief will be allowed to all provincial government employees with effect from July 1, 2014;
(ii) A 10 percent increase will be allowed to those employees in Grade-1 to 15 drawing fixed medical allowance of Rs 1000 per month;
(iii) A 5 percent increase will be allowed in conveyance allowance to those employees working in Grade-1 to 15;
(iv) The post of superintendent is being upgraded from Grade-16 to Grade-17;
(v) One pre-mature increment will be allowed to employees of Grade-1 to 4.
(vi) For welfare of the labour class, and in line with the increase in pay of government employees, the minimum wage will be increased to Rs 11,000.
(vii) The minimum pension is being increased by Rs 1000 to Rs 6000 per month. A 10 percent increase will also be allowed in pension to all retired employees of government of Sindh.
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