Considering the high inflation rates and rise in the prices of all the essential commodities and to ensure fairly reasonable living standards of the State Government employees, the State Government took the decision to revise the pay scale of its employees and accordingly the Pay Commissions were set up in 1994 and 2008. Based on their recommendations, the pay of all Govt. Employees were revised twice during the reported period w.e.f 1.1.1996 and 1.1.2006.

The State Government has, continuing with its avowed principle, given the best possible pay scales to the lower level functionaries in the latest revision of 2006. The State Government has modified the Grade pay recommended by the 4th State Pay Commission by enhancing them from Rs. 200 to Rs. 400 to realize that objective.
In case of the Central Government, the Group D employees, who are below class X and unskilled have been placed in the IS Scale in the Pay Band of Rs. 4440-7440 with Grade pay ranging from Rs. 1300-1650. They are placed in PB-2 of Rs. 5200-20200 with Grade pay of Rs. 1800 only after their skills are upgraded. Although majority of our Group D employees would fall under the former category, they have not only been placed in PB 2of Rs. 5200-20200, but given the Grade Pay of Rs. 2200, which is higher than the minimum regular pay scale under the Central Government or any other State Governments. Not only Group D but up to the pre-revised Group D but up to the pre-revised Group C pay scales of Rs.4500-7000, Grade pay in case of the state Government is higher than the Centre.