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Karnataka employees withdraw strike as govt announces 17% basic salary hike

The employees had demanded interim relief of a 40 per cent increase in basic salary and revision of salaries as per the 7th Pay Commission

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Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai (Photo: PTI)

BS Web Team New Delhi
The state government employees in Karnataka on Wednesday withdrew their indefinite strike after the Basavaraj Bommai announced a 17 per cent hike in basic salary as interim relief. The government also constituted a committee to discuss the old pension scheme (OPS).

The employees had demanded interim relief of a 40 per cent increase in basic salary and revision of salaries as per the 7th Pay Commission.

On their demand to scrap the New Pension Scheme (NPS) and revert to the OPS, the state government said the committee under an additional chief secretary would study the feasibility. The decision to withdraw

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