West Bengal cabinet under Suvendu Adhikari approves ₹390cr pay increase
Big update from West Bengal: the state cabinet, led by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, has approved a pay hike for more than 1 lakh government and contract workers.
This move covers 14 different employee groups and will cost the state ₹390 crore a year, an expense that wasn't planned for in the latest budget.
Forest staff, para teachers given ₹5,000
Starting October 1, deputy rangers, forest guards, and other forest staff will see an extra ₹5,000 each month. Around 1,500 forest volunteers get a ₹2,000 bump.
From November 1, 20,343 primary and upper primary school-level para teachers and Shiksha Bandhus will also get their salaries raised by ₹5,000.
On top of that: medical allowances for former MLAs go up to ₹10,000/month (from ₹6,000), MLAs running new Netaji Seva Kendras get an extra ₹30,000/month for expenses, and there's a new bill coming soon to make it easier for the inter-university transfer of both teaching and non-teaching staff.