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6
th Pay Commission
State to adopt recommendations
By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Sep 20 : In a move that is sure to bring smiles to employees of the State Government as well as pensioners, Chief Minister O Ibobi has assured that the recommendations of the 6th Pay Commission will be implemented by the State Government.
Replying to queries raised by some Editors on the 6th Pay Commission during an informal chat at his office chamber today morning, the Chief Minister said, “Why not ? The State Government employees will receive the benefits recommended by the 6th Pay Commission and the Government has already done its home work.”
The Chief Minister said that the Government has already prepared to adopt the recommendations of the 6th Pay Commission and added that the 13th Finance Commission has also included a provision for the same.
At the moment all Government employees and pensioners are paid according to the recommendations of the 5th Pay Commission.
Though the State Government may not be able to stick to the clause of ‘with retrospective effect from 2006’, the basic scale of the State Government employees will be doubled. Moreover the amount pensioners are currently receiving will see a quantum increase.
Since adopting the 6th Pay Commission will entail huge expenditure, the State Government had already proposed to the 13th Finance Commission to work out the State’s share keeping in mind the increased expenditure, said the Chief Minister.
Since the salaries of the Government employees are to be paid from the non-Plan budget and with the Government having little source of income on its own, the 13th Finance Commission was urged to increase the share of the State, said the Chief Minister.
Significantly when the 5th Pay Commission was implemented during the time of W Nipamacha, the State witnessed an acute financial crisis as the extra expenditure to be incurred was not included in the budget.
Funds meant for development works were instead utilised to meet the salary demands of the Government employees then.
Talking to The Sangai Express a reliable source said that since the 13th Finance Commission has already agreed to hike the State’s share to meet the extra expenditure when the 6th Pay Commission is adopted, the State Government will not face too much burden.
Though the Chief Minister has assured that the recommendations of the 6th Pay Commission will be adopted and its benefits extended to the employees, he nevertheless appealed to all not to demand the increase in arrears as that would prove unbearable to the State exchequer.
Once the 6th Pay Commission is implemented then the State Government employees will also receive DAs that will compare favourably with the Central Government employees, said the Chief Minister further.
Ibobi informed that a team of the 13 Finance Commission led by Kelkar will visit Manipur sometime next month in connection with the adoption of the 6th Pay Commission.
The unique feature of the 13th Finance Commission is that unlike the past, they started their work in advance and visited each State all over the country to get a first hand account of the needs of each State.
On the other hand the JAC of AMTUC and AMGEO is set to convene a meeting at Imphal on September 25 to discuss the recommendations of the 6th Pay Commission.

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PCC chief’s post
‘Gaikhangam will stay on till next year’
By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Sep 19 : Though the term of Gaikhangam as the president of the Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee has expired, he will continue to occupy the post till the middle part of next year, said a reliable source from within the MPCC while speaking to The Sangai Express today.
However there may be some changes among the other office bearers of the MPCC ahead of the Parliamentary election.
Despite the fact that the term of Gaikhangam as the president has expired and the signature campaign which was submitted to the AICC as well as the meetings held to demand his removal and installation of a fresh president, Gaikhan-gam will continue in his post till the middle part of next year, said the source.
As reported in this paper earlier, the pressure mounted on the AICC to demand the removal of Gaikhangam will cut no ice as the AICC never bows to pressure tactics, said the source further.
The Congress Working Committee which recently met at Delhi also did not discuss the removal of Gaikhangam, added the source.
Explaining, the source maintained that it is not only Gaikhangam whose term has expired but also the term of the presidents of the district and block level of the Congress. The term of the other office bearers has also expired, said the source and reminded that even the term of Sonia Gandhi as the president of the AICC has expired.
Pointing out that election of the president of the Pradesh Congress Committee is a cumbersome process, the source said that prior to the change in the presidency of the MPCC, changes are first effected at the grass root level, followed at the block level and then district level and at the Pradesh Congress level.
So this in effect means that though the term of Gaikhangam as president has expired, he will not be immediately asked to step down.
Notification of the election is also yet to be issued.
On the other hand, since a change in the presidency of the Pradesh Congress Committee just ahead of the Parliamentary election may not prove healthy for the Congress, there is as such no plan to effect a change at the moment.
Though the AICC or Congress leaders have not officially issued any statement, there have been enough hints that Gaikhangam will continue in his post till May next year.
On the other hand, some changes may effected among the office bearers of the MPCC before the Parliamentary election. The changes will effected to strengthen the party ahead of the Parliamentary election.
Gaikhangam who recently returned after attending the CWC meeting convened a meeting of all office bearers of the MPCC today at 2 pm, said the source.
During the meeting Gaikhangam briefed the officer bearers of the MPCC of the CWC meeting as well as his inputs at the meeting pertaining to the preparations being taken up for the Lok Sabha polls.
Keen to win both the Parliamentary seats in Manipur, the CWC discussed at length the strategies to be adopted in Manipur, Gaikhangam informed the meeting.

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