Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Sunday said that the decision about the pay hikes for the public officers and employees would be taken by the new elected government.
The issue related to pay hikes cannot be settled by the current interim government, said the finance adviser while talking to reporters after a meeting of the advisory council committee on government purchase at the secretariat.
With the much-talked-about next Jatiya Sangsad elections announced to be held in February to see a聽 new government, the finance adviser said that the nation would assess the progress made by the National pay Commission 2025.
Appointed on July 27, the commission, led by former finance secretary Zakir Ahmed Khan, has been asked to submit recommendations within six months after starting its operation.
The pay commission held its first meeting on August 14.
鈥楾he new elected government will have to decide about the pay hikes,鈥� said the finance adviser, adding that they had initiated the process.
The previous pay commission, headed by former Bangladesh Bank governor Dr Mohammed Farashuddin, was appointed in November 2013.
The Awami League-led regime that was ousted a little more than a year ago amid a mass uprising implemented the major recommendations of the previous pay commission in two phases 鈥� salary hike since July 2015 and other benefits since July 2016.
Noting that solving problems is a continuous process, the finance adviser earlier said that they would not be able to address all the problems within their tenure.
Observing that the issue of pay hikes is among the pending matters, the finance adviser said that they would prepare a package of pending issues and leave it for the disposal by the new elected government.
Reform in the banking sector as well as the revenue sector has also been described as among other continuous issues to be carried over to the elected government.
The finance adviser further said that the new government would also take decision regarding the continuation of the current $5.5 billion loan programme with the International Monetary Fund.
Begun in 2023 by the AL government amid serious shortage of foreign currencies and pressure on balance of payment, the IMF has released around $3.5 billion so far, including the fourth and fifth tranches worth around $1.34 billion in the past June.
An IMF mission is now in the capital to carry out the fifth review of the loan programme, but the release of the sixth tranche, to be disbursed with the seventh tranche, had already been deferred to next June.
