The 8th pay scale gazette will be issued any time on Tuesday, Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said.
The finance minister told this to the Dhaka Tribune after the meeting with economic affair committee at cabinet division on the day.
“New pay scale will be a gift from government to 21 lakh civil servants on Victory Day,” said Muhith.
Sources in finance division said the implementation division of finance ministry has already taken all necessary measures to issue a new pay scale gazette and it may be published on Tuesday as Wednesday is the public holiday on the occasion of Victory Day.
On September 6, the eighth pay scale for public servants got cabinet consent.
The new pay scale for 2.1 million civil servants will be effective from July 1, 2015. There is no time scale and selection grade in the new pay scale.
However, the pay scale has the provision of yearly increment.