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In a bid to benefit nearly 19,000 daily wage earners working under various state government departments, the state Roads and Buildings Department (RBD) has decided to revise their monthly wages as per the norms laid down by the Sixth Pay Commission. The move has come 11 years after the last wage revision was undertaken in 1998.
According to the revised wages, the workers who were under the pay-scale of Rs 2,550-3,200 will now fall in the pay-scale of Rs 4,440-7,448.

They will get Rs 1,300 as Grade Pay.

Similarly, those under the Rs 3,050-4,590 scale will now come under the revised pay scale of Rs 5,200-20,208, with Rs 1,900 as Grade Pay.

Bharat Trivedi, Deputy Secretary, RBD, said, “This revision is applicable for workers who were getting salaries as per the provisions of the Fifth Pay Commission till now and their salaries were regularised before the cut- off date of October 17, 1988.”

RBD officials said the pay revision would be operative from January 1, 2006 but the workers will get arrears in cash only for the period starting April 1, 2009. For the period between January 1, 2006 and March 31, 2009, the arrears would be deposited in their respective Provident Fund accounts over a period of five years, with 20 per cent contribution every year.

Also, the workers will not be able to withdraw this sum before the completion of five years.

Trivedi said that RBD alone employs almost 10,000 workers in various construction activities across the state, including highways, roads, canals and government buildings.

“The remaining 9,000 workers set to benefit include those in the Narmada and Water Resources, Forest and Environment, Panchayats and Rural Housing as well as Agriculture and Cooperation Department,” he said.