<p>Bengaluru: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka">Karnataka</a> Chief Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/siddaramaiah">Siddaramaiah</a> is expected to announce in the Assembly on Tuesday a pay hike for government employees after the Cabinet is learnt to have decided implementing the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission.</p><p>The pay hike will come into effect from August 1, sources said.</p><p>The Cabinet, which met late Monday evening, is said to have approved a pay hike for more than seven lakh employees.</p>.Karnataka Assembly: AI cameras installed to record arrival, exit time of MLAs, duration of presence.<p>Siddaramaiah, who is also the finance minister, was under pressure to decide on a pay hike after the Karnataka State Government Employees Association announced its plans to go on an indefinite strike from August.</p><p>The 7th Pay Commission, headed by former chief secretary K Sudhakar Rao, has recommended a 27.5 per cent hike on basic salary of government employees. This is expected to cost the government an additional Rs 17,440.15 crore annually.</p><p>In March 2023, then chief minister Basavaraj Bommai gave employees an interim 17 per cent salary hike. Now, the Siddaramaiah administration is likely to add a 10.5 percentage points hike, which will match the 7th Pay Commission's recommendation of 27.5 per cent hike on basic salary.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka">Karnataka</a> Chief Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/siddaramaiah">Siddaramaiah</a> is expected to announce in the Assembly on Tuesday a pay hike for government employees after the Cabinet is learnt to have decided implementing the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission.</p><p>The pay hike will come into effect from August 1, sources said.</p><p>The Cabinet, which met late Monday evening, is said to have approved a pay hike for more than seven lakh employees.</p>.Karnataka Assembly: AI cameras installed to record arrival, exit time of MLAs, duration of presence.<p>Siddaramaiah, who is also the finance minister, was under pressure to decide on a pay hike after the Karnataka State Government Employees Association announced its plans to go on an indefinite strike from August.</p><p>The 7th Pay Commission, headed by former chief secretary K Sudhakar Rao, has recommended a 27.5 per cent hike on basic salary of government employees. This is expected to cost the government an additional Rs 17,440.15 crore annually.</p><p>In March 2023, then chief minister Basavaraj Bommai gave employees an interim 17 per cent salary hike. Now, the Siddaramaiah administration is likely to add a 10.5 percentage points hike, which will match the 7th Pay Commission's recommendation of 27.5 per cent hike on basic salary.</p>
