PESHAWAR: Amid all the claims made by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government about a severe financial crunch and economic discipline, a notification has been issued to benefit the top bureaucracy with a 150 per cent increase in the executive allowance of the Grade-17 to Grade 21 officials serving at the scheduled posts.
The notification issued on Friday says the allowance will be applicable to officials belonging to the Pakistan Administrative Group, PCS and PMC except those serving as OSD and posted at leave reserved posts. The move will cost an additional amount of Rs500 million annually, representing a 51 per cent increase in the basic pay of the officials.
According to government data, there are 1,280 scheduled posts in the province and the number of posted officials is around 800. The notification says the basic pay of Grade-17 officials has now increased from Rs30,370 to Rs45,550, of Grade-18 from Rs38,350 to Rs57,525, of Grade-19 from Rs59,210 to Rs88,815, of Grade 20 from Rs 69,090 to Rs103,635 and of Grade-21 from Rs76,720 to Rs 115,080.
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