DHAKA: Chinese authorities have rolled out its long-expected plan to increase salaries for civil servants.

Hong Kong-based Wen Wei Po reported on Sunday, says The Straits Times.

The pay raise plan, released by the State Council on January 12, covers grass-roots officials to ministerial level officials.

The plan actually went into effect on October 1, 2014. This month civil servants will get their one-off compensation for salaries from the fourth quarter of last year.

The base salary for ministerial level officials will increase from the current 7,020 yuan to 11,385 yuan, while the salaries for the lowest level officials will jump to 1,320 yuan from 630 yuan, according to the plan.

The plan also said that in the future salaries for civil servants will be adjusted every year or every two years.

BDST: 1417 HRS, JAN 18, 2015