Unions to meet BMC chief on Seventh Pay Commission

The employee union of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will hold another meeting with the civic chief on Tuesday to discuss the implementation of seventh pay commission recommendations. 

Last week, the civic administration had agreed to pay the arrears in five instalments. The amount of arrears varied from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 3 lakh depending upon the grade. Prakash Devdas, president, municipal mazdoor union said that the meeting will finalise implementation of seventh pay from February. 

The BMC has around 1.35 lakh pensioners and 1.05 lakh employees. The civic body spends around Rs 12000 crore in pensions and salary of employees. The implementation of the pay commission recommendation will increase establishment costs. The establishment cost of the BMC is over 46 per cent of the total budget. The arrears of the BMC employees are pending since 2016. 

According to a civic official, the civic body will implement the pay recommendation before the election code of conduct comes into force.  “They will receive an interim payment of 20 per cent in the arrears pending for 37 months and 10 per cent increment on the current pay for all employees,” said an official from the general administration department of BMC.