8th pay scale gazette published

The government issued a gazette notification on the 8th pay scale for public servants on Tuesday with retrospective effect from July, 2015.

Finance Division additional secretary Md Ali Khan handed over a copy of the gazette notification to finance minister AMA Muhith at the Secretariat at night.

“This is a gift to government officers and employees on the eve of the Victory Day,” he told media upon receiving the copy of the gazette notification.
He hoped that government officials will be happy with the new pay scale.

The 8th pay scale has no provision for time scale and selection grade, he noted.

The new pay scale will be in effect from July 1, 2015, he said adding that the officials will receive arrears of the first three months under the new pay scale with the salary of December while that of the remaining three months with the salary of January next.

The government expenditure in the fiscal 2015-2016 will increase by Tk 15,000 crore to implement the new pay scale, informed the Finance Minister.

On September 7, the Cabinet approved the new pay scale for government officers and employees raising the monthly basic salary of the Grade 1 public officials to Tk 78,000 (fixed) while the basic pay of Grade 20 employees at Tk 8,250.

A New Year allowance has been introduced in the pay-scale.