After the salary hike by the Waqf Board, now skilled workers will be given Rs 18 thousand, semi-skilled workers will be given Rs 16 thousand and unskilled workers will be given Rs 15 thousand per month.

Employees Salary Hike: After the Omar Abdullah government of Jammu and Kashmir increased the dearness allowance of government employees, now the J&K Waqf Board has given an Eid gift to its employees. The board has made a huge increase in the salary and honorarium of these employees. Apart from this, allowances have also been increased. 1,200 employees across the state will get its benefit.

According to media reports, in a meeting held on Saturday under the chairmanship of Waqf Board Chairperson Dr. Darakshan Andrabi, it has been decided to increase the salary of Muster Sheet, Stop Gap Arrangement and Consolidated employees by 400 percent and the salary of other regular employees including Imam and Khateeb by 20 percent. The salary of teaching faculty at Bibi Halima College of Nursing and Medical Technology has been increased by 15 percent.

Know whose salary has increased by how much.

The board has divided muster sheet, stop gap arrangement and integrated employees into three categories. According to this, skilled employees will be given 18 thousand, semi-skilled employees will be given 16 thousand and unskilled employees will be given 15 thousand rupees per month. Till now they were getting only three thousand rupees monthly honorarium.

20 percent increase in the salary of regular employees, imams, Khateeb, pensioners and family pensioners.

Travel allowance of Rs 3,000 per month for employees of engineering wing.

Recently, the DA of government employees was increased.

Recently, the Omar Abdullah government of Jammu and Kashmid increased the DA of employees and pensioners under the Sixth Pay Commission by 7 percent, after which the DA/DR of the employees of the Sixth Pay Commission increased from 239 percent to 246 percent. The new rates have been implemented from July 1, 2024, so it has been decided to distribute the outstanding additional installment from July 2024 to February 2025 in cash in March 2025, which will be included in the monthly salary and pension.