Pay committee submits report

BANGALORE: The five-member official pay committee headed by development commissioner and Additional Chief Secretary Subir Hari Singh set up to suggest revision in pay scales of around 11 lakh state government employees submitted its report on Monday.The committee, which was set up nine months ago following a demand for a revision of scales on the lines of the 6th Pay Commission by state government employees, submitted its report to CM D V Sadananda Gowda.Singh refused to reveal the recommendations of the committee saying it was for the government to take a call. The committee had time till March 15 to submit its report. Gowda is likely to make an announcement on the revision of pay scales in his Budget speech on March 21. The pay scales were last revised in 2006.