Third Reading on the Pay Revision Bill of Bhutan 2023
The Chairperson of the Economics and Finance Committee, Hon’ble Kinga Penjor, before submitting the Committee’s recommendation on the Pay Revision Bill of Bhutan 2023 reported on the Committee’s general observations on the Bill. The Chairperson stated that the attrition rate of public servants has reached an alarming stage and reported the rationales behind the attrition which included low financial incentive which affects their standards of living, motivation towards their work and work burden such as individual work plan (IWP).
The Committee emphasized on the need for the concerned agencies to control inflation with the introduction of the pay revision, for the government to look into the practicality of Individual Work Plan (IWP) to motivate and retain the professionals, and for the government to look into transfer related issues with utmost importance.
The House also deliberated on all the five chapters of the Bill along with the recommendations from the Committee. During the deliberations, the Committee’s recommendation to include a new section after section 47 on Professional Allowance for Aviation/Air Navigation and Aerodrome Services/Certified personnel as an amendment to the section 22 of the Pay Structure Reform Bill of Bhutan 2022 did not get the support of the House.
The House also directed the Committee to revisit the Committee’s recommendation on the new section after section 47 on leave encashment in consultation with the Government and the Royal Civil Service Commission and report back to the House on Monday, 26th June 2023.
