The governor of Formosa, Gildo Insfran, announced a new salary increase of 30% in the salaries of active and passive agents of the Provincial Public Administration, totaling a 110% accumulated increase in the year 2024. In addition, it guaranteed a new minimum pocket salary of $540 thousand.
The measure includes retirees and pensioners of the Social Security Fund (CPS), as well as beneficiaries of the Social Pension Institute (IPS). The increase is based on the values in force as of January.
This salary measure was announced by the president in a press conference held at the Government House in the capital city, where he was accompanied by local union leaders.
In this framework, he explained that these salary policy measures are taken based on “the purpose of the provincial government to address the deterioration of purchasing power in the assets of the public sector, due to the result of the harmful measures of a socioeconomic nature promoted by the current national management”, clarifying that it was “in accordance with the possibilities of the Provincial Treasury”.
Regarding the Teaching Ranking, the new value of the Index Point was set at: $944.425624. Likewise, the percentage increase set extends to the “Teaching Complement for Services” item enabled as of July of this year, over the amounts duly authorized for each of the sections that comprise it.
Likewise, the first provincial leader reported: “In identical sense to the announced salary change, a 30% increase has been established in the areas of Provincial Connectivity and Provincial Teacher Incentive Fund (exFONID)” and explained that in the latter the change The name was given because it is now the province that is responsible for said payment.
Furthermore, President Insfrán stated that “in the face of the interruption of national financing for food programs, such as school cafeterias and food assistance for aboriginal families, the provincial government will continue to support these social policies with its own resources.”
Furthermore, he estimated that “given the serious social impact that national policies are generating, budgetary allocations are increasing to finance provincial social policies, such as the Nutrir Plan and assistance programs aimed at the most vulnerable sectors.”
In the same sense, Governor Insfrán reported that for all ranks of the State Administration a minimum pocket salary will be guaranteed, prior to considering family allowances, of $540 thousand.
Finally, a 70% increase was established in the current value of current family allowances, established by Law No. 1646, for active and passive agents of the Provincial Public Administration.
In addition, the announced 30% salary increase will also reach the beneficiaries covered by Law No. 482 of the Social Pensions Institute.
Before closing, he announced that this set of salary policy measures adopted for the benefit of active and passive state agents represents for the local Treasury, in accumulated terms during the current year, “an incremental disbursement of more than $228 billion, which will be They will be financed entirely with current resources from the Provincial Budget, that is, without resorting to debt.”
“Public works will continue to be financed by the province’s Treasury, surely more slowly, but they will continue, that is, they will not stop,” Governor Insfrán finally assured.
Source: Ambito
