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Introduction Administrative reforms since Bangladeshs independence appear to be veritable obsession of every successive government.

An administrative reform entails a total disregard of efficiency. The bureaucratic culture continues to affect the functioning of the civil services in Bangladesh. The bureaucracy is still characterized by centralization of authority at the top of the hierarchy. In the first time of the Awami League rule( !"#$ !"%&' the government appointed two ma(or committees in !"# such as The Administrative and )ervices *eorganization +ommittee(A)*+&'one of them ,ational -ay +ommission(,-+&.The committee or commission was entrusted with the responsibility of suggesting measures towards reorganizing the central bureaucracy. The ,ational -ay +ommission play vital role for government personnel.

Objective of the study The focus of this paper is to show how National Pay Commission helps & ensures good services . In the study the following objectives are mainly focused.
To know basic conduct & ingredient of NPC. To identify the problem . Highlighting prospects of NPC.

ignificant of the study To obtain clear concept about the structure, mission, problems and prospects of National Pay Commission. To find out the inadequacies and anomalies in the pay structure in the era of different governments. To show the disparity between the highest and the lowest salary level. To focus on the demand and supply of various professions and occupations.

National Pay Commission in !ujib "ra .


The /u(ib 0overnment ,ational -ay +ommission was appointed on # 1uly !"# under the chairmanship of retired secretary to the government. Beside$ Time base member 2 3ull time$4 $ -art time$% The full times members bac5ground in$ $Ban5ing $-olice $Technical 6ducation The time members bac5ground $-ublic )ervants 67cepting one representing such organization as the $The -lanning +ommission $The /inistry of 3inance $The /inistry of 8efense $and the house building corporation A senior civil servant%s belonging to the erstwhile +)- was made member$ secretary to the ,-+$

!ission in NPC#$. (a& *eviewing the pay structure of all employees in the public sector 5eeping in view the governments policy of socialism (b& *ecommending rationalization and standardization of pay scale of those who served under erstwhile central and provincial governments.(*eport of ,-+ $ ' !"4'-. &

%iagnosis The ,-+$ was given a difficult (ob 'one the other hand it would attract the best possible candidates but re9uirement of merger at the disposal of the government and the need to minimize the gap between the highest and the lowest income group in the society. The ,-+$ found a number of inade9uacies : anomalies in the pay structure. The commission identified as many as ##;; different scales of pay throughout the government. The situation was further complicated by diversity that

e7isted in rates of increment : efficiency bars for similarly classified (obs. (5han. !! .p.%<&

Outcome The ,-+ $ were partially implemented. =e try to identified such outcome 3irstly. +ompression of ##;; scales into ; scales was very difficult tas5 : it proved to be so at the implementation stage. )econdly. The ,-+$ recommendations were not based on proper evaluation of responsibilities of a particular scale : the corresponding pay .Its a >supervisory posts were downgraded scales in terms of pay : e9ualized with the grades of the supervised 'creating deleterious effects on efficiency' morale : performance. (*eport of -ay : )ervice +ommisson' !""'p.?& &ecommendation ,-+ $ in recommending rational pay structure were a livable wage' social acceptability' functionally distinguishable levels of responsibility matched with standardized pay levels : motivation based on patriotic grounds The ,-+ $ recommended ten scales of pay to suit the ten service grades proposed by the A)*+. (@han' !! 'p.%!&

Pay and services commission of Ziaur ahman!


The pay and services commission (P& C!"
The pay and services commission was set up on #$ %ebruary &'(). *t was composed three members including the chairman. *t was headed by a retired secretary to the government. There were fulltime and part time members as well as departmental representatives. %our were part time members and all of t them were retired senior civil servants with bac+ground in civil finance police and ,udicial services. -f the three part times one was a senior secretary to the government, another was a retired chief engineer and the last one is came from the private sector. There were four departmental representatives. They represented the ministries of industries, .ducation and .stablishment division &planning commission.

"ission of the commission!


The pay and services commission was as+ed to" &. ./amine the e/isting pay and services structure of public sector employees e/cluding the defense services but including the civilians paid out of defense estimates and the employees of autonomous and semi0autonomous bodies, statutory corporations, the universities and nationali1ed enterprises e/cluding wor+ers. #. 2ecommend a suitable service structure for the civil servants along with their recruitment training and development. 3. 4evise rational and simple principle for the amalgamation of the employee of the erstwhile central and provincial government s performing similar duties and functions5 6. 2ecommend suitable pay structure including fringe benefits for civil services and employee of autonomous and semi0autonomous bodies, statutory corporations, universities and nationali1ed enterprises. *n ma+ing its recommendations pertaining to pay the commission was instructed to ta+e into consideration a numbers of factors including" a. %unctional needs and requirements of the government5 b. 7ob requirement for various services and posts5 c. Cost of living5 d. 2esources of the government and public sector enterprises5 e. 2eduction of disparities between the highest and the lowest salary level5 f. 8ttracting and retaining highly talented, trained, professionally and technically qualified persons in the public sectors5 g. 9aintenance of efficiency, equality and incentives for wor+.

#utcomes of the commission!

The government moved slowly and contagiously and it too+ two years to implement in modified forms the commission accepted recommendations. %ive cabinet committees wor+ed out the modalities of reform implementation. The government in &'(( provided for twenty one scales of pay through the introduction of new national grades and scales of pay(NN: P! . *n this process the government drastically scales down the number.

ignificant recommendation"
a. 8ll purpose of civil service had to be built with individual possessing technical and scientific qualification as well as those who were intellectually gifted capable of wor+ing under political direction. b. 9erit should be the sole determinant for appointment in the civil service and advancements there in and a system should be devised to ensure proper identification for meritorious one.
c. ;# scales of pay were recommended to reduce the multiplicity of pay scales as well as

to allow alternative scales for particular categories without distributing the overall pay structure.

National Pay Commission $NPC % &&' in (rshad era 8 fifteen member national pay commission (NPC < **! was appointed in 9ay &'=6. The National Pay Commission (**! was headed by a ,ustice of the upreme Court. The membership of the commission had # types" &! %ull time membership #! Part time membership

&! The full time members are "0 8 former vice chancellor of >angladesh ?niversity of .ngineering 8nd Technology.

8 retired ecretary of the government 8 former member of the planning commission enior civil servants

8mong the part time members are"0 8 ecretary of the government 8 retired secretary President of the federation of the chambers of commerce and industry Chartered accountant 8 Professor of medicine of 4ha+a medical college 9anaging director of a commercial ban+ 8 retired educationist 8 representative of the ministry of finance ?niversity grant commission

"ission!
The NPC0**@s responsibilities include" a! To recommend suitable pay structure for officers & employees of government, semi government & autonomous bodies. b! To recommend other benefits including salaries, medical allowances, conveyance allowances or arrangements. c! To formulate suitable principles for prefi/ing salaries, allowance and retirements allowances from time to time considering changes in the price of commodities. d! To recommend suitable retirement allowances for officers & employees ( The >angladesh -bserver, & 7une,&'=6!

ecommendations!

The NPC0** recommended the highest scale of ta+a (;$$ & the lowest ta+a ))$ in twenty grades along with the fringe benefits including the house rent, medical, conveyance, educational and festival allowances. #utcome The government accepted in principle the ma,or recommendations of the commission. >ut while implementing the NPC0** recommendations pertaining to pay scale the government made some modifications. The modified new scale of pay (9N P! which came into effect on 7une &, &'=; was the result of NPC< **@s recommendations. The 9N P fi/ed the lowest salary at ta+a ;$$ and highest at ta+a )$$$ with a differential of &#" & between the highest and lowest pay. National Pay Commission $NPC) &&&' 8 National Pay Commission (NPC0***! was appointed in 8ugust, &'='. The commission was headed by a former secretary. The members of the NPC0*** were" 8 former ambassador 8 retired secretary 8 senior army officer 8 senior civil servant

The last member was designated to act as the secretary to the commission in addition to his duty as a member.

"ember! The commission@s purview include all categories of public employees of the traditional public sector as well as autonomous organi1ations. #utcomes The government accepted the commission@s recommendations and a revised National scale of pay (2N P! was announced in eptember &''&. The 2N P which is still operational contains twenty scales of pay with ta+a '$$ fi/ed as the minimum salary & ta+a &$$$$ as the ma/imum salary per month. (>angladesh :a1ette ./traordinary, &6th eptember, &''&!. *t has been observed that since >angladesh@s independence for the first time 2N P contained a revised pay scale which was at per with the then inflation rate to prevent standard of living from further erosion (-baidullah, &'';, p. &;3!.

*t needs to be pointed out that though the government agreed on twenty scales of pay but NPC0 ***@s recommendation relating to highest & lowest pay of ta+a &3$$$ & &#;$ respectively was substantially moderated during implementation & resultant 2N P.

National Pay Commission ) &* $NPC)&*' in +heikh Hasina (ra The National Pay Commission0*A (NPC0*A! was appointed in 7une &''). The commission consists of fifteen members including the chairman. There were two types of member0 &! %ull time member #! Part time member ,' -ull time member" -f the members three are full timer. The full timer members and the chairman are all retired civil servants. .' Part time member" 2est of the members are part time members. The part time members include0 8n economist from the university of 4ha+a President of the >angladesh .mployers 8ssociation 8 member of the Planning commission 8 retired professor of 4ha+a 9edical College 8 former chairman of Capital 4evelopment 8uthority 8 former deputy governor of >angladesh >an+ 8 well +nown gynecologist 8 representative of the army 8 representative each from the ministries of industry, law and finance with the ran+ of the ,oint secretary. (The 4aily 7ana+antha,&' 8ugust!

8 ,oint secretary of the ministry of finance will act as member0 secretary to the commission. Though all the full time members are retired civil servants still some of the part time members

have been chosen from different professional and other groups. >ut it needs to be mentioned that all the representatives of three ministries and member0secretary are serving civil servants. o, the civil servants0retired and serving have a comfortable ma,ority in terms of membership of the commission. "ission &! 8n appropriate pay structure for officials and employees. #! -ther facilities, i.e. house rent, medical treatment, transportation that are outside pay. 3! 8n appropriate policy guideline for refi/ing pay allowances and pension of civil servants in view of changes in the prices of commodities. 6! 8ppropriate pension benefits for officials and employees. ecommendations The commission submits its recommendations to the government according to its pre structural mission. These are following " Twenty pay scales with the lowest pay being T+. &=$$ and highest pay fi/ed at T+. &=$$$. 4oubling of medical and conveyance allowances for all categories of all public servants. 9inistry of finance has been allocated T+. &;$$$ crores in the ne/t budget to meet the e/penditure in implementing the recommendations of the commission.

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