The proposed eighth pay scale for public servants has been approved in the cabinet. The approval came in a weekly cabinet meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.The new pay scale will be effective from July 1, 2015.The commission on May 13 this year submitted its recommendation for public servants with a minimum basic salary of Tk 8,250 and a maximum of Tk 75,000.On December 31 last year, the eighth pay commission, led by Mohammed Farashuddin, filed its report suggesting doubling the basic pay for civil servants with a minimum pay of 8,200 and maximum 80,000.The commission’s report said, for full implementation of its recommendations, the government will need Tk 22,953 crore in addition to the budgetary allocations of Tk 36,017 crore in the current fiscal year.