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Thu, 08/14/2008 - 20:12
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Indian Govt approves Pay Panel recommendations for employees

the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations, heaping civil and defence staff with a salary hike bonanza on the eve of thecountry's 61st Independence Day.

The Sixth Pay Commission, which was headed by Justice B.

N. Srikrishna, had in March submitted its report to the government, recommending an average 28 percent hike forcentral government staff and defence personnel.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had Wednesday held a meeting with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee,Defence Minister A. K. Antony and Finance Minister P.

Chidambaram to discuss the pay commission report and the recommendations of the empowered committee of Secretaries thatwent into it.


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