Around 50 lakh central government employees are waiting for pay hike beyond the recommendations of the seventh pay commission. However, minister of State for Finance, P. Radhakrishnan, had cleared earlier that currently the government has no plans to increase the minimum salary beyond the seventh pay recommendations.
Around 50 lakh central government employees are waiting for pay hike beyond the recommendations of the seventh pay commission. However, minister of State for Finance, P. Radhakrishnan, had cleared earlier that currently the government has no plans to increase the minimum salary beyond the seventh pay recommendations.
"The minimum pay of Rs 18,000 [per month] and fitment factor of 2.57 are based on the specific recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission in the light of the relevant factors taken into account by it. Therefore, no change therein is at present under consideration," said Minister of State Finance, P Radhakrishnan in a written reply.
At present, the Central government employees are getting basic pay according to the fitment formula of 2.57 of the basic pay.
Fitment factor is a figure used by 7th CPC with which the basic pay in 6th CPC regime (i.e Pay in Pay band + Grade pay) is multiplied in order to fix basic pay in revised pay structure (i.e 7th CPC).
Employees are demanding the minimum pay hike of Rs 26,000 instead of Rs 18,000, what seventh pay commission has recommended.
Below we have listed the latest developments related to the seventh pay commission regarding pay hike and benefits. Here's a recap of what has happened.
1. Good News for Maharashtra employees
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Good News for Maharashtra employees:
Instead of waiting till Diwali to disburse the Rs 21,000 crore seventh pay commission arrears to all 17 lakh government employees, the state government will be disbursing Rs 5,000 crore of the amount to employees before Ganeshotsav. Sources within the Finance Department informed DNA that the government took this decision since disbursing the entire amount right before Diwali would not ease the burden on the employees, as most of the festivities are over by then.
2. Hike in Salary for employees in Himachal Pradesh
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Earlier, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has ordered a hike in the special pay of state government drivers from Rs 800 to Rs 1,000 per month. He has also cleared a hike in the uniform allowance from Rs 200 to Rs 300. It is to be noted that the chief minister also ordered that the pending medical and travelling allowance bills of the drivers and conductors should be cleared at the earliest.
3. Hike in pension for teachers
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Hike in pension for teachers
Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar took to his Twitter account to inform that according to 7th Central Pay Commission the centre government has raised the pension of retired faculty and other non-teaching staff in central universities and colleges.
4. Relief for Guwahati employees
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Relief for Guwahati employees
The government of Assam has finally agreed to implement the recommendations of the Pay Anomaly Committee. The decision will provide employees the benefits related to the House rent allowance (HRA).
5. No overtime allowance
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No overtime allowance
To central government employees' disappointment, Modi government has now decided to discontinue overtime allowance given to its employees except operational staff, according to an order issued by the Personnel Ministry.
