The Andhra Pradesh government has taken a decision appointing the 12th Pay Revision Commission (PRC) to review and recommend salary revisions for state government employees.The PRC will be chaired by retired IAS officer and Former special chief secretary Dr Manmohan Singh.
The government has instructed the PRC to thoroughly examine the issues related to salary revision and provide a comprehensive report.As per a Government Order, the PRC will study various aspects like conditions of service of various categories of employees of the State Government, local bodies, aided institutions, non-teaching staff of the universities including Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University and Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) and Dearness Allowance (DA).
The commission will submit its report to the Government within one year from the date of assumption of charge of the Pay Revision Commissioner.
Interestingly, the state government had initially decided to the practice of appointment of PRC at every four years keeping in view of the financial constraints of the state.
The state government wanted to follow the Central PRC recommendations as the Centre had been revising the employees’ salaries once in a decade.
However, the state government, under pressure from the employees’ unions, reversed its decision and constituted another PRC.The salaries bill of employees in AP had touched 135 percent of the State’s Own Revenues by the time it implemented the previous PRC recommendations in 2022.
