Finance Minister AMA Muhith said civil servants will be promoted under the cumulative increment system in the 8th Pay Scale, instead of the old time scale and selection grade system.
Sources said the order will likely be issued in the first week of November.
He told reporters yesterday that some public servants, especially second class employees, do not understand cumulative increment system.
“We hope that public servants will understand the cumulative increment system when it is implemented,” Muhith said.
The finance minister said the public university teachers’ movement had become uncongenial. The education minister is now leading an initiative to resolve the dispute.
Sources said the Implementation Wing had already sent a summary of the pay scale order to Senior Finance Secretary Mahbub Ahmed for approval. After the secretary’s approval, the order will be sent to the finance minister for approval before being passed on for vetting by the Law and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry.
Senior Finance Secretary Mahbub Ahmed said the Eighth Pay Scale Order will be issued in the first week of November, after being vetted by the Law Ministry and being signed by the president of the republic.
