The government is going to implement the new pay scale very soon. They have a plan to implement the recommendations of the Pay Commission in three phases. This bold decision of the government is really a timely one. Frankly speaking, the existing salary of the public servants is very meagre. Their monthly income is not enough to survive when inflation and rise of living costs are frequent in our country. Moreover, the free market economy and globalisation have infused consumerism in the society. Consequently, corruption is so rampant. So the public servants, from bureaucrats to clerks, like greasing of their palms.

The initiative of the present government to raise the salary of the government employees is praiseworthy. The private banks and multinational firms in our country offer handsome remuneration to their employees. But in the public sector the employees have to depend on other sources to eke out a living. In our country most of the university graduates have a huge crush on BCS. But the pay-package here is so poor that it is difficult for them to remain honest. I admire the government's initiative. It will lessen the financial misery of the honest civil servants and inspire the talented fresh graduates to be employed in public service through BCS. It will bring dynamism and innovation in the civil bureaucracy that is urgently necessary for its smooth functioning.

I hope the government will materialise the recommendations of the Pay Commission to serve the countrymen, not to garner votes in the next elections.