Updated: January 27, 2018 6:54 AM IST 
Bengaluru, Jan 27: This February, nearly 6.2 lakh Karnataka government employees and pensioners are set to receive a 24-30 per cent salary hike from the Congress-led administration just ahead of the Assembly Election 2018. The Siddaramaiah government is likely to announce a salary hike of up to 24-30 per cent and holidays on alternate Saturdays for its employees.
The decision has been taken following demands of a five-day working in a week and a pay scale equal to that of the central government employees. “To ensure this does not lead to a decrease in work hours, the government is toying with the idea of extending office hours on the first and third Saturdays,” a senior official of DPAR was quoted as saying by Times of India. (Also Read: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah Caught Sleeping on Stage at Event, Twitterati Troll Congress Leader)
Currently, the state government employees have a six-day schedule and off on every second Saturday of the month. If the demands are accepted, the Karnataka government employees will get another Saturday off and work on alternate Saturdays in a month. (Also Read: Siddaramaiah Government is ‘Anti-Hindu’, Holds Salaries of Temple Priests For Months: Amit Shah)
In last Budget, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had announced setting up of a committee which will recommend increase in salaries and pensions. “We are in the process of finalising the report… We will submit it soon since the CM fixed January 31 as the deadline,” said retired IAS officer M R Srinivasa Murthy who headed the committee.
The state government employees are expected to get a 24-30 per cent salary hike, while the central government employees have been demanding a 30-35 per cent hike.
The dates for Karnataka Assembly Election 2018 have not been declared yet.
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