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DHAKA: Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has been given a new responsibility as a member of a six-member high-level committee formed to review the pay structure and various benefits of government employees.
Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has been appointed convener of the committee, which also includes four other ministers and state ministers alongside the home minister.
The Cabinet Division recently issued a notification in this regard. An official gazette was also published.
The other members of the committee are Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman, Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon, Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain (Bakul), and State Minister for Public Administration and Food Md Abdul Bari.
According to the notification, the committee will review existing inconsistencies in the pay scales of government employees and complaints raised over the matter. It will submit recommendations to the government to address these issues.
The committee will also examine proposals for upgrading and downgrading pay grades and ensuring consistency among different grades. It will consider whether new risk allowances and other benefits can be introduced for government employees.
Additionally, the committee will assess whether existing allowances should be increased or reduced and make recommendations accordingly.
The Cabinet Secretary, the Principal Secretary or Secretary to the Prime Minister, the Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration, the Secretary of the Finance Division, and secretaries of relevant ministries and divisions will assist the committee in its work.
The committee will also have the authority to include additional members if necessary.
The notification said the committee would hold meetings as required, while the Finance Division would provide support for its administrative and secretarial activities.
