Recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission got the Cabinet nod on Wednesday, which will benefit over one crore government employees and pensioners,
Recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission got the Cabinet nod on Wednesday, benefiting over one crore government employees and pensioners.
The government in January had set up an Empowered Group of Secretaries panel under the Cabinet Secretary to process the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission that will have a bearing on remuneration of approximately 50 lakh central government employees and 58 lakh pensioners.
While the Budget for 2016-17 did not provide an explicit provision for implementation of the 7th Pay Commission, the government said, the once-in-a-decade pay hike for government employees has been built in as interim allocation for different ministries.
1. On basic pay
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The report submitted by the 7th Pay Commission Panel recommended a near 15% hike in basic pay of central government employees, including the armed forces, the police force, and more, and the overall hike will be 23.55%, which has been approved after much ado. This will impact the monthly salaries of over 47 lakh central government employees and 52 lakh pensioners. Of this, Rs 39,100 crore would be for salaries and Rs 29,300 will be for pensions. (Photo courtesy - File Photo)
2. For government employees
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The Empowered Group of Secretaries has recommended a wage hike of Rs 21,000 and Rs 2.7 lakh for the lower and upper level, respectively. This is Rs 3,000 more for the lower level and Rs 20,000 more for the upper level prescribed by the 7th CPC. This will affect the pay of the armed forces and the police force as well. (Photo courtesy - File Photo)
3. Cost of the hike
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The cost will be result in outlay of over Rs 1.02 lakh crore.
4. How will arrears be paid?
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Although it was not initially clarified, the arrears from January 2016 will be paid with the salary of July. (Photo courtesy - PTI)
5. Minimum and maximum salary
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The panel had recommended a 23.55% overall hike in salaries, allowances and pension.The entry-level pay has been recommended to be raised to Rs 18,000 per month, from the current Rs 7,000, while the maximum pay, drawn by the Cabinet Secretary, has been fixed at Rs 2.5 lakh per month from the current Rs 90,000. (Photo courtesy - PTI)
6. Government employees unhappy
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The pay hike being the lowest in 70 years, 32 lakh disgruntled government employees have called for strikes.
"In the prevailing economic conditions, the proposed hike as per the Pay Commission is inadequate. It is not acceptable to us," M Duraipandian, General Secretary, Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers, Tamil Nadu, said.
"If the government does not heed our demand (on revising the hike), we will be forced to advance the indefinite strike call to July 4 instead of July 11," he told reporters.
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