Kerala govt. asks PSUs, corporations not to announce pay revision without approval

The state government warned public sector units, boards and companies not to apply payment revision without the open approval of the financial department and the cabinet.

The Finance Department gave an order after realizing that the government’s tendency to implement the payment revision continues among these institutions. According to the government, in some cases, payment revision was applied without the approval of the financial department.

The order of August 30 is valid for public sector enterprises, aid grant institutions, development authorities, boards, companies and autonomous institutions. The heads of the department were asked to ensure that the directive was followed closely. In addition, the responsibility of the decisions regarding the wage revision taken by the Board of Directors of such institutions will be completely with the general managers of these institutions.

The department is the responsibility of the government representatives in this Board, if such proposals are brought to the board of the Council of the Board, and at the same time registering the opposition.

Directive was ignored

January 18, 2021, the state government warned public sector businesses not to revise the grant institutions, development authorities, boards, companies and autonomous institutions without approval. In addition, since the payment revision is a financial issue, it is stated that the approval of the financial department is necessary in such cases. The government had to repeat the warning because the first directive was ignored.