Ahead of New Year's Eve, it is happy news for at least the government employees across Maharashtra. After a long wait, Maharashtra government on Thursday announced its seventh pay commission. The pay commission was passed in a cabinet meeting and it will increase the salaries of the employees from ₹5,000 to ₹14,000.
The government employees were demanding the seventh pay commission from the past several months and finally, it will be implemented from January 1, 2019.
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Earlier, the government had ignored the demands and the employees had threatened to go on a strike. The seventh pay commission announced by the state government will benefit almost 17 lakh employees.