As announced by the Minister of Finance at the Budget – 2019, all public sector employees will be paid a special interim monthly allowance of Rs. 2500 effective from July 01, 2019.
A circular in this regard has already been issued by the Ministry of Public Administration and Disaster Management with the consent of the Treasury to all Secretaries to Ministries, Chief Provincial Secretaries and the Heads of Departments, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement today.
A Finance Ministry spokesperson said that this new interim allowance will be in addition to the cost of living allowance of Rs 7800.00 that will be continued in the future.
As a result of this, the monthly salary of a lower grade government employee will increase from Rs. 11,730 in 2015 to Rs. 21,400 by 2020.
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