Maharashtra Gazetted Officers/ Mantralaya Employees get Sixth Pay Commission Salary Hike

The latest news on Sixth Pay Commission is for the Maharashtra Mantralaya Employees, who will now be getting the benefits of the Sixth pay Commission Panel Recommendations. However, they are still not happy citing the reasons of pay disparity between the state Mantralaya and the central government Mantralaya salaries. As per the news, the Mantralaya Employees are already receiving good salary hike following the implementation of the 6th pay commission for Mantralaya which is now reported to be "as per the central government recommendations".
However, there are still some differences with those of the central government employees.
What are the major differences between central & Maharashtra state Mantralaya employees?
The salar hike is already as per the sixth pay commission recommendations. But there are differences. The state employees now want that they should get HRA and transport allowances on a par with the Central government employees.

Also, they require clarification on promotion programme along with gratuity which should again be according to the Central government standard & norms.

How many Matralaya employees will be affected by the decision?
It is reported that there will be around 24 lakh employees all across the state. The claims are to include Mantralaya, teachers, zilla parishad, government and gazetted officers employees to join the strike.

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Why is the government still not allowing the HRA and transport allowance to be at par with Central Government?
The reason is that it will add to the burden of the state government and it will affect the revenue to the tune of whooping Rs. 5000 Crores per year