PSDP-funded projects: pay package for directly recruited officers/staff revised

Pay and package for the project staff directly recruited for development project would not be applicable to those project employees whose services are transferred to non-development project after completion of the project from the date of their transfer.
According to an official memorandum of the Finance Division, the standard pay package for officers/ staff directly recruited for the execution of development projects funded from PSDP from open market on a contract basis has been revised.
The pay package will be effective with immediate effect for the new as well as the ongoing PSDP projects and shall be admissible subject to the following conditions: As per office memorandum, the pay package will be followed for the appointments of officers/staff including project directors, advisors, specialists; consultants etc, in the PSDP-funded development projects and the package will be admissible to fresh/direct existing employees of PSDP Projects. Under the revised package, the pay will be fixed at the initial stage and thereafter an annual increase at 5 percent of the initial stage would be admissible.
The lump sum project pay package will be admissible for fresh/ direct/ existing employees of PSDP projects and will not in any way be less than the minimum rates of wages as revised from time to time. Pay of the existing PSDP funded projects employees will be fixed to the next higher stage of the revised stage of the above pay package.
The government employees would be allowed to apply for project posts, however, if any government employee is selected on a project post he/she will have to resign from government service before appointment on project post. The relevant project approving fora like CDWP or ECNEC will decide the number and pay scales of project staff. Adoption to Standard Pay Package-2017 will require revision/ approval of PC-1 from the competent forum.
The projects employees will be appointed on contract basis in PSDP projects for an initial period not exceeding two years which will be extendable further till the completion period of the project on yearly basis after evaluation of their performance. The annual increment will be admissible to the employees in standard pay package on completion of one year continuous service from the date of appointment on the relevant post and also in the subsequent years in the same manner.
However, they would not be allowed any additional facility, in addition to the revised pay package and pay package would not be admissible to those who are re-employed/ appointed on contract after their retirement. Those retired government servants who, compete with others from the private sector for appointments against projects positions on the basis of an open competition and are selected on merit should be entitled to the package, perks and privileges laid down for that positions in the projects.
The project employees appointed through transfer (deputation) on full lime basis will get pay in their own pay scales and allowances plus deputation allowance as admissible under the deputation policy.
The officers/ officials granted additional charge of the posts of projects in addition to their own duties will be entitled to draw additional charge allowance @ 20% of the basic pay. In addition to their own pay/allowances of their regular posts subject to maximum Rs 12,000 per month or as revised from time to time.
This pay package will not be admissible to those project employees whose services/ posts are transferred to the non-development side alter completion of the project from the date of their transfer and payment of pay package of project staff will be stopped from the date of transfer of their service/posts to any other establishment.
On transfer of project posts to the non-development side, such posts will be filled in the prescribed manner in regular basic pay scale and incumbents of such posts shall be treated as fresh employees of the ministries/ divisions/ departments and not for the projects.
According to Finance Division OM, if an employee of the project is selected on a post of the non-development side, he will be appointed at the initial stage of the relevant basic pay scale, and his pay and service rendered in the project shall not be protected/counted for any purpose ie pay, pension and seniority, etc.