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Report of the Committee Appointed to Advise Government on the Revision of Pay of Permanent Ministerial Officers and Menials in Bengal

1921

2. My greatest difficulty has been this : The financial position of the Government of Bengal is far from prosperous and the revision of the pay of the Ministerial Service has been taken up in a most unfortunate moment after most of the other services have been reorganized and the budget shows a deficit of over two crores of rupees. [...] The price depends also on the nature of the harvest in the neighbouring provinces and the outside world the amount of stock available from the previous year and on the export policy of Goverment. [...] In view of the present financial outlook however I confess it is impossible for a responsible committee to recommend anything' but the"barest necessity but I should frankly put this down as due to the desirability of reducing the cost of the present revision and not because the clerks are in such a comfortable position that they can surrender two-thirds of the increase of the cost of living as [...] For instance the opinions of the Principal of the Comtnercial Institute and of the General Manager of the Remington Co. [...] 1. Terms of reference to the Committee.—The Vsolution issued by the Government of Bengal appointing the Committee was as below :- The situation created by the large increase in prices in recent years in consequence of which the subordinate officials in Government service in this Presidency have bean bard hit has been partially met by the grant of war and grain compensation allowances and of the
government politics public policy
Pages
228
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.145936
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-ii Mahendra Mitra view
Frontmatter
i-ii Mahendra Mitra view
Note of Dissent
1-2 Mahendra Mitra view
Part I.Reasons for differing from my colleagues
2-10 Mahendra Mitra view
Part II.Recommendations regarding increase of pay
11-17 Mahendra Mitra view
Part III.Financial Effect of the Proposals
18-19 Mahendra Mitra view
Part IV.Notes on Individual offices
20-26 Mahendra Mitra view
Appendix to Part II
i-ii Mahendra Mitra view
Appendix to Part IV
iii-cxcvii Mahendra Mitra view