Parliament on Monday passed a bill to increase the salaries and allowances of the Chairman and Members of the Public Service Commission (PSC).
Now, the PSC Chairman's salary, allowances would be similar to that of the Cabinet Secretary and salaries and allowances of the commission Members would be similar to that of Secretaries of the government, as proposed in the bill.
The bill titled "The Members of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (Terms and Conditions of Service) (Amendment) Bill-2012 was tabled by Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury in absence of as LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, who is responsible for Public Administration Ministry in the Parliament.
The bill was passed by voice vote. Earlier, amendment proposals or to send the bill to the committee for scrutiny were rejected by voice vote.
LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam placed the bill on Sep 4 in the House.
In the statement describing the reason and objective of the bill it was stated that salaries and allowances of public servants were increased in line with the Services (Salary Allowances) Order, 2009. "Salaries and allowances of office holders in constitutional bodies have also been hiked. So, it is necessary to increase salaries-allowances of the PSC Chairman and members as it is also a constitutional body."
Now, the PSC Chairman's salary, allowances would be similar to that of the Cabinet Secretary and salaries and allowances of the commission Members would be similar to that of Secretaries of the government, as proposed in the bill.
The bill titled "The Members of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (Terms and Conditions of Service) (Amendment) Bill-2012 was tabled by Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury in absence of as LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, who is responsible for Public Administration Ministry in the Parliament.
The bill was passed by voice vote. Earlier, amendment proposals or to send the bill to the committee for scrutiny were rejected by voice vote.
LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam placed the bill on Sep 4 in the House.
In the statement describing the reason and objective of the bill it was stated that salaries and allowances of public servants were increased in line with the Services (Salary Allowances) Order, 2009. "Salaries and allowances of office holders in constitutional bodies have also been hiked. So, it is necessary to increase salaries-allowances of the PSC Chairman and members as it is also a constitutional body."
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