Bihar keen on implementing 6th pay commission

Bihar keen on implementing 6th pay commission

Patna (PTI): If all goes well, Bihar government employees might receive an enhanced pay during the current year with the state government "seriously considering" implementing the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar told reporters on the sidelines of the Janata Darbar on Monday, implementation of the Pay Panel recommendations would undoubtedly put an extra burden on the state exchequer, "still we want to implement it in the interest of the state government employees".

Kumar said, "We told the chairman of the 13th Finance Commission Vijay Kelkar that it will be fair if the states are given at least 50 per cent financial assistance for the additional burden of implementing the recommendations".

The empowered committee of the state finance ministers has already submitted a memorandum to the 13the Finance Commission in this regard, Kumar said.

Expressing displeasure over, what Kumar termed as, the "slow progress" on the projects sanctioned for Bihar when he was the Railway minister, the Chief Minister said he would pose six questions to Lalu Prasad as to why no action was taken on the projects okayed by him.

The projects include setting up of Harnaut rail factory in Nalanda, construction of Munger railway bridge, Kosi Mahasetu, Digha railway bridge and doubling of Patna-Gaya railway line.

"Lalu was instead laying foundation stones of several railway projects for Bihar with the Lok Sabha elections round the corner', he said.

- PTI