As a measure to bring good fortune to over 500,000 state government employees and pensioners, the Mehbooba Mufti-led Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday became the first state in the country to implement the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission. This major commitment of state government would lead to an average hike of 20 per cent in the salary of employees, said Finance Minister Mohammad Altaf Bukhari.
The breakthrough decision came at a meeting of the state cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and attended by both PDP and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ministers. The state government employees can