REJAUL KARIM BYRON

The government officials, pensioners, and MPO-listed teachers and staff are set to get a new pay scale from July 1 after the committee led by Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Ghani recommended the rollout of the revised pay scale.

“We are rolling out the new pay scale from July 1 for sure -- we are working on the modalities of the rollout as the government’s financial capacity has to be considered too,” Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury told The Daily Star yesterday.

About Tk 35,000 crore is likely to be allocated in the upcoming fiscal year’s budget for the partial implementation of the new pay scale, The Daily Star has learnt from people involved with the proceedings.

The pay scale would be implemented over three years: 50 percent of the recommended basic salary would be hiked in the next fiscal year and the remaining portion in the following The

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