The wheels of the much awaited Ninth National Pay Structure (Pay-Scale) of government officials have finally started to turn.
Prime Minister Tariq Rahman has given a policy decision to implement this new structure from the first day of the next financial year 2026-27 i.e. July 1. However, this pay scale will come in three phases keeping in mind the economic situation of the country and the pressure of inflation.
This important decision was taken at the high level of the budget held in the Cabinet Department of the Secretariat last Wednesday and Thursday.
According to the sources of the meeting, this two-day bilateral discussion, Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury presented the overall picture of the outline of the new pay scale, sector-wise allocation and tax collection of the National Board of Revenue (NBR). After reviewing all aspects, the Prime Minister gave a green signal to introduce the new salary structure.
A high-level official of the Ministry of Finance told the media on condition of anonymity, ‘The Prime Minister has given clear instructions for the implementation of the new pay scale from July 1. As a result, the government employees will get salary in the new structure from July, there is no longer any doubt in the upcoming budget speech of the Finance Minister.’ The official has confirmed that the entire work plan of the implementation of the upcoming budget speech of the Finance Minister has been included in the process of this step-by-step implementation of the Finance Minister.
According to the sources of the officials of the Finance Department and Cabinet Division, the government has decided to move forward strategically to cope with the pressure of an additional 1 lakh 6 thousand crore rupees to fully implement the proposal of the new pay scale.
50 percent of the extended basic salary of the officers and employees under the new salary structure will be implemented in the next financial year. For this, the initial preparation of keeping an additional allocation of more than 30 thousand crore rupees in the upcoming budget has been completed. In the second step, the remaining 50 percent of the basic salary will be effective in the third step and various ancillary allowances and other financial benefits will be fully compatible with the basic salary.
The concerned officials feel that the decision of the implementation of this step-by-step three-year phase will not put any new pressure on the inflation of the country's overall market and the management of the cash money of the government will also be much easier.
Before this, the salary commission of 23 members led by former finance secretary Zakir Ahmed Khan was 21 January and then the chief advisor Dr. Muhammad Yunus had submitted a final report in this regard, which is currently the annual budget of 1 lakh 31 thousand crores of the government's annual budget to meet the salaries and allowances of 14 lakh government employees and 9 lakh pensioners.
Source News24
