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UNB, Dhaka

Pay Commission is likely to be constituted within a month to review and re-fix civil servants' pays and perks.

Finance Adviser Dr Mirza Azizul Islam spoke of the government plan for formation of the Pay Commission after a meeting on the 100-day employment scheme at Finance Ministry yesterday.

"The formation of Pay Commission is at final stage. Scrutiny is going on to sort out who will be members of the Commission. We hope that we can form the Pay Commission within next one month… but I can't promise to you," he said.

He also said that in the meeting they discussed the policy regarding the 100-day employment scheme, he has announced in the new budget for employment generation in the lean period, when there prevails a penury called monga in some areas of the country for want of work and food.

"The policy will be finalized very quickly; 20 lakh poor people will be provided work under the scheme," he said.

He said that upazila nirbahi officers would prepare the list of people who will be eligible to get the benefit from this scheme. "UP chairmen will be members of this selection committee and the list will be finalized locally," he said.

The government has allocated Tk 1400 crore for 44 districts which are under Monga and coastal belt while Tk 600 crore is allotted for the rest 20 districts.

"Some 20 lakh people will get Tk 100 per day, and the amount was fixed at lower rate to avert irregularities," the Finance Adviser said.

He chaired the meeting that was attended, among others, by Food Adviser AMM Shawkat Ali, Agriculture Adviser Dr CS KArim and Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser Maniklal Samaddar.