JK Govt approaches Centre for 6th pay commission arrears

The Jammu and Kashmir government today said it has approached the Centre for providing funds to pay the arrear of the Sixth Pay Commission to its employees. Replying to a question by M Y Tarigami in the Assembly, Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather said the government has approached the Centre for providing funds to pay the arrear of Sixth Pay Commission to the employees of J&K, adding that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his visit to Srinagar has agreed to look into issue. The Minister said that the issue was also taken up with Union Ministry of Finance to supplements the States requirement of Rs 4,200 crore to meet the demand regarding payment of 6th Pay Commission of the state employees. He said the Union Ministry of Finance in its communication has indicated that Centre has received requests from many other State Governments also for financial assistance to implement the 6th Pay Commission recommendations and it has been conveyed to the State Governments that the decision to adopt the recommendations of 6th Central Pay Commission for employees falls entirely within their domain and it is not possible for the Central Government to provide financial assistance to the States on this account.This position has also been reflected in reply to various Parliament questions and it would be difficult to take a decision for J&K only, he said.The Finance Minister said that Union Ministry of Finance has communicated that it is not possible to accede to any state's request for assistance to payment of salary arrears on account of adoption of 6th Central Pay Commission recommendations.