Jan 28, 2016
Empowered Committee On 7th CPC May Recommend Increase In Salary Of Junior And Mid Level Employees
New
Delhi: Central government employees’ pay bill are unlikely to get
increased salary from April under the Seventh Pay Commission
recommendations, as the central government might delay the hike by six
months to evaluate the actual needs of employees, said finance ministry
officials.
The
economists advised the government to measure the possible impact of the
salary increase on next year’s budget before implementing it, they
said.
The
Empowered Committee of Secretaries led by Cabinet Secretary Sri P K
Sinha may recommend raising salary of junior and middle level employees
as employees associations are pressing hard for it.
The
committee will submit its report to the finance minister after
reviewing the commission’s suggestions, and holding discussions with
government high-ups.
Wishing
anonymity, a finance ministry official said the government would see
whether there would be any wastage of public money in paying increased
salary and allowances or any new conditions can be imposed in line with
the recommendations of the Pay Commission.
The
empowered committee would place a proposal before the cabinet after
budget for delaying the implementation of increased salary of Central
government employees, said the officials.
Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley while introducing the Seventh Pay Commission
report on November 19 said that the final decisions on the Seventh Pay
Commission report took five and a half months.
The
Seventh Pay Commission award bill is about Rs 1,02,000 crore, according
to the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley that can be afforded.
A
pay commission reviews the pay of government employees every 10 years
and its recommendations are usually accepted with some modifications.
The
Seventh Pay Commission was set up by the UPA government in February
2014, The Commission headed by Justice A K Mathur submitted its 900-page
final report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on November 19,
recommending 23.55 per cent hike in salaries and allowances of Central
government employees and pensioners.
The
panel recommended a 14.27 per cent increase in basic pay, the lowest in
70 years. The previous Sixth Pay Commission had recommended a 20 per
cent hike, which the government doubled while implementing it in 2008.
The
Seventh pay commission recommended fixing the highest basic salary at
Rs 250,000 and the lowest at Rs 18,000 and its increased the pay gap
between the minimum and maximum from existing 1:12 to 1: 13.8
The Seventh Pay Commission suggested to discontinue the practice of appointing pay commissions in future.
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