Bhubaneswar, Feb 13: Odisha government on Thursday announced to clear 10 percent arrears pending on account of retrospective implementation of 7^th Pay Commission’s recommendations from 01.01.2016.

The move is likely to benefit nearly 3.5 lakh state government employees.

The state government had earlier decided to clear 100 percent arrears of pensioners and 40 percent of other employees during 2017-18 and 2018-19 financial years.