The employees of the
Central Government are waiting anxiously to know about the increase amount in
their salary after 7th Pay Commission.
The Seventh Pay
Commission will be submitting its recommendations to the government soon. The
employees are anxious and tensed up over whether the commission’s report would
contain their expected concessions in the issue.
There are around 30
lakh employees throughout the nation working in various departments of the
Central Government. The Pay Commission was constituted to recommend suitable
changes in the salary of the Central Government servants based on the increase
in the prices of essential commodities. The commission will submit its report
once in 10 years to the government.
The Seventh Pay
Commission will be submitting its report in August. After incorporating certain
changes relevant to the State Governments, the concessions recommended by the
commission in its report are to be awarded to the employees of the State
Government also. So, both the Central and State Government employees are
anxiously awaiting the commission’s report with much expectation. Already
employees belonging to various departments have submitted petitions
underscoring requests for increase in pay and other concessions to the Seventh
Pay Commission.
Central Government
Employees’ Association has said in its statement, “The minimum salary for a
Central Government employee should be fixed at Rs. 26,000 per month; instead of
only three promotions, we should be given the opportunity of five promotions on
par with gazetted officers. Appointments based on humanitarian grounds should
be made within three months. Employees under the categories B and C should have
total income-tax exemption. The present method of determining the pension
amount as 50% of the basic salary should be increased to 67%.”
Apart from these, the
employees are putting forth many other demands also. And, many have submitted
petitions independently also apart from the collective petitions.
The Pay Commission
will submit its report to the Central Government once in 10 years. “The
Commission will submit its report within two years of its institution. Increase
in salary and promotions to the employees of the Central Government will be
awarded as per the recommendations of the commission only. With some
modifications, the recommendations would be carried out for the employees of
the State Governments also.
The Seventh Pay
Commission was constituted in the year 2014 with the retired Supreme Court
judge Ashok Mathur as its chairman. The commission will submit its report in
August.”
The chances are that
the findings and recommendations of the Pay Commission would be implemented in
January next year.
