Kumaraswamy assures to implement Pay Commission report

Bangalore, Mar 11 (UNI) Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today assured that the State Government would implement the recommendations of the fifth Pay Commission, which had submitted its report recently.

Speaking to newspersons after visiting a few slum areas here, he clarified that he had never opposed the recommendations, but had only asked the State Government employees to work vigorously for the betterment of the weaker sections of the society before seeking pay hike.

Mr Kumaraswamy, while rejecting the demand of the State Employees Association to implement it by this month, said the Government would review the recommendations before implementing it.

Urging the State Government employees to respond to the needs of the public, he said everyday he received thousands of petitions, seeking his intervention to get their works done.

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