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7th pay commission: CM of this state seeks financial aid from Centre to implement recommendations

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb met Union Finance minister Arun Jaitley in New Delhi and sought financial assistance to implement the seventh Central Pay Commission recommendations in the state, a government statement said here.

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Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb met Union Finance minister Arun Jaitley in New Delhi and sought financial assistance to implement the seventh Central Pay Commission recommendations in the state, a government statement said here.

"The Union Finance Minister assured the CM to provide maximum possible financial assistance to the state," the statement issued by the Chief Minister's secretariat yesterday said.
Deb had met Jaitely yesterday and made the request, it added.

On March 10, a day after assuming office, he had announced an expert committee for assessing and implementing the Seventh Central Pay Commission benefits in Tripura.

Implementing the recommendations for Tripura government employees was part of BJPs poll manifesto in the state.

The chief minister also met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and discussed with him issues of internal security and border management with neighbouring Bangladesh, the statement said.
 

Tripura shares a 856 km long border with Bangladesh and some portions of border are still unfenced.

"Discussions were also held to facilitate clearance of movement of heavy material and equipment of various public sector undertakings (PSU) such as ONGC via Ashuganj port in Bangladesh to Agartala directly into the go-downs as per the protocol adopted for Food Corporation of India (FCI) trucks," the statement said. 

Earlier it was reported that the Tripura government will form an expert committee regarding implementation of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations for the state government employees.

This decision was taken at the first meeting of the council of ministers.

The BJP had promised in its manifesto that the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission would be implemented during the first meeting of the cabinet if the BJP and its ally the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) were voted to power.

The chief minister said the meeting also decided to recommend CBI investigation into the killings of two journalists Shantanu Bhowmick and Sudip Datta Bhowmick, as promised in the manifesto.

Shantanu was killed by a group of unidentified miscreants when he had gone to Mandai to cover an IPFT programme on September 20 last year and Sudip was shot dead inside the headquarters of Tripura State Rifles (TSR), 2nd battalion, on November 21 last year, when he had gone there to meet the commandant.

The state's new chief minister also said the Agartala airport would be named after the last tribal king Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur, which was also one of their poll pledges. 

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