The Tamil Nadu Government today announced a seven per cent hike in the salary of Electricity Board employees with effect from December 1, 2011.
The announcement made by Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on the New Year day will benefit 70,820 workers and 10,160 officers of Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd (Tangedco), the power generation and distribution arm of Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, and cost an additional expense of Rs 252 crore to it, an official release said here.
The decision to revise the salary package was taken after Jayalalithaa chaired a meeting with the top officials of Electricity Board and senior Government officials.
