Govt revises pay for PSDP project employees

ISLAMABAD: The government has revised upward standard pay and package for thousands of the project employees directly recruited for development projects funded from Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP).

An office memorandum, issued by the Finance Ministry’s Regulation Wing, states the revised package for the project pay scale (PPS-12) equivalent to BPS-22, the minimum salary will be Rs500,000 and maximum salary Rs800,000 per month. 

For the PPS 7, equivalent to BPS-17, the minimum salary will be Rs90,000 and maximum salary Rs144,000 per month. For PPS-8 equivalent to BPS-18, the minimum salary will be Rs125,000 and maximum salary Rs200,000 per month. 

The revised standard pay package for officers/staff will become effective from July 1, 2017 for directly recruited from open market on contract basis, for the execution of the development projects funded from PSDP. 

i) This pay package will be followed for the appointment of officers/staff, including project directors, advisers, specialists and consultants. in the PSDP funded development projects as reflected in the PC-I/PC-II, duly approved by the competent forum. Based on the sensitivity and size of the project, the CDWP shall decide on whether the project director is to be placed in PPS-10 or PPS-11 or PPS-12. 

ii) The above lump sum pay package will be admissible for fresh/direct /existing employees of PSDP projects. However, pay of the fresh/direct employees shall be fixed at the initial stage and thereafter an annual increase @ 5% of the initial stage would be admissible. 

iii) The pay of the existing PSDP funded projects employees shall be fixed to the next higher stage of the revised stage of the above pay package. 

iv) Annual increment to the project employees in standard pay package shall be admissible on completion of one year continuous service from the date of appointment on the relevant post and also in the subsequent years in the same manner.

v) The above lump sum project pay package shall not in any way be less than minimum rates of wages as revised time to time.

vi) Government employees may apply for project posts. However, if any government employees’ is selected on project post, he/she will have to resign from the government service before appointment on project post.

vii) The relevant project approving fora like CDWP or Ecnec will decide the number and pay scale of project staff.

viii) Adoption to standard pay package 2017 shall require revision/approval of the PC-1 from the competent forum.

ix) The project employees will be appointed on contract basis in PSDP projects for an initial period not exceeding two years which will be extendable further till the completion period of the project on yearly basis after evaluation of their performance.

x) No additional facility, in addition to the revised pay package, shall be admissible for PSDP projects employees.

xi) This pay package shall not be admissible to those who are re-employeed/appointed on contract after their retirement. They may be allowed pay and allowances as per provision of the contract policy of the Establishment Division issued vide their OM dated July 18, 1996, and as amended from time to time.

xii) Those retired government servants who compete with others from the private sector for appointments against project positions on the basis of open competition and are selected on merit should be entitled to the package, perks and privileges laid down for that position in the projects according to the clarification issued by the Establishment Division or as revised from time to time.

xiii) The project employees appointed through transfer (deputation) on full time basis will get pay in their own pay scales and allowances plus deputation allowance as admissible under the deputation policy contained in the Establishment Division’s OM dated 3-12-1990 as amended time to time at the rate of 20 percent of the basic pay subject to maximum Rs12,000 per month or as revised from time to time.

xiv) The officer granted additional charge of the posts of the projects in addition to their duties will be entitled to draw additional charge allowance at rate of 20 percent of the basic pay in addition to their own pay and allowance.