Amaravati, Sep 5 (PTI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday took several key decisions to resolve government employees’ pending salary issues, including agreeing to constitute the 12th Pay Revision Commission (PRC), which will cost the exchequer Rs 2,880 crore per annum.
The chief minister’s decisions come in the wake of government employees’ unions demanding the resolution of pending issues such as PRC and Dearness Allowance (DA).
“CM Naidu announced several sops to resolve pending issues of government employees… Agreement to constitute the 12th PRC. Payment of two pending DAs from October 1, 2026. Release of DAs due from July 1, 2024 and January 1, 2025,” an official release said.
Likewise, the CM agreed to credit the surrender
leave amount pertaining to 2022 into employees’ accounts by the coming Sankranti festival.
Payment of one additional surrender leave to police personnel during the upcoming Dasara festival will be made, he said, adding that an additional quantum of pension will be implemented from January 2027.
The TDP supremo promised to pay 10 per cent additional quantum of pension to pensioners above 70 years of age and 15 per cent to those over 75 years, it said.
Similarly, the CM assured streamlining the Employees Health Scheme (EHS), promising that from October onwards the government will make monthly payments to the NTR Vaidya Seva Trust.
“The decisions announced by the chief minister will entail an additional annual expenditure of Rs 2,880 crore to the government exchequer. The CM reiterated that the government would continue to work towards the welfare and well-being of its employees while taking practical steps to resolve their issues,” the release said.
Moreover, Naidu underscored that employees are an integral part of the administration and that the government will always extend support to them, it added. PTI STH KH
