Good News: Bengal to implement 6th Pay Commission next year

The chief minister said a state government employee who used to get Rs 7,000 basic pay would see that raised to Rs 17,990. The gross amount would be Rs 20,148 now, she further said. State government employees would now be eligible to draw Rs 10 lakh as gratuity as the highest limit, which was earlier Rs 6 lakh. Government employees apart, Mamata Banerjee also announced schemes for jobless and needy journalists.