Mizoram to implement sixth pay panel recommendations

Aizawl, Dec 3 (PTI) The Mizoram government has decided to implement the recommendations of the sixth pay commission, Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla said today.

Lal Thanhawla, who also holds the finance portfolio, said that the recommendations will be implemented with retrospective effect from January one, 2006.

"In order to sort out possible anomalies in groupings of state government employees, a high level committee, headed by Minister H Liansailova, has been constituted," he told a press conference.

C Lasawta, state finance commissioner, who accompanied the chief minister in the press conference, said there will be an additional expenditure of Rs 151 crore for meeting the arrears and another additional expenditure of Rs 68.7 crore during the current fiscal.