Pay revised for Tasmac staff

The State government will increase the consolidated pay of retail vending personnel of Tasmac, Electricity and Prohibition Minister P. Thangamani said in the State Assembly.

“The department has decided to increase the monthly consolidated pay for supervisors, salespersons and assistant salesperson to ₹750, ₹600 and ₹500 per month respectively. This will come into effect from September 2018,” Mr. Thangamani said.

These staff were earlier getting ₹500, ₹400 and ₹300 per month respectively between 2011 and 2017. The revision would cost the exchequer an additional ₹19.93 crore. The department would also enhance the Family Benefit Fund (Group Insurance Scheme-GIS) from ₹1.5 lakh to ₹3 lakh, he said.