“Once
every ten years, the salaries and perks of Central Government employees are
completely revised. The previous revision was implemented on 01.01.2006. The
new set of salaries and benefits will come into effect from 01.01.2016
onwards.”
The 7th
Pay Commission, under the chairmanship of Justice A.K.Mathur, will submit its
900-page report to the centre tomorrow at 19.30 Hrs.
A review
of the 7th Central Pay Commission :-
25.09.2013 – P. Chidambaram, the then Minister of
Finance, made headlines when he announced the proposal to constitute the 7th
Pay Commission.
04.02.2014
– The then Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh gave approval for constituting the
7th Pay Commission. Under the chairmanship of Justice A.K.Mathur, a four-member
Pay Commission committee was formed (1. Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur, Chairman;
2. Vivek Rae, Member; 3. Dr. Rathin Roy, Member; and 4. Mrs. Meena Agarwal,
Secretary).
28.02.2014
– The Terms of Reference were issued to the Pay Commission, with the approval
of the cabinet.
The Pay
Commission was given 18 months time to complete its work. This time around, the
commission managed to effectively complete its task, almost on time.
The Pay
Commission visited various places in the country to personally inspect the work
conditions and gather feedback from the workers associations and
representatives.
Opinions
were invited from all, and not just the NC JCM Staff Side, Confederations and
major employees unions and associations.
The Pay
Commission hosted its own website where it regularly updated its progress.
In a
section called “Questionnaire,” the commission asked questions to the visitors
and gathered online feedback from them.
24.06.2014
– the NC JCM Staff Side presented a Memorandum to the Pay Commission,
containing the suggestions and proposed pay structure of nearly 45 lakh
employees and also such demands for 50 lakh pensioners.
25.06.2015
– The Pay Commission made an important announcement on its website. It said
that task on the report will end very soon and it will be submitted to the
government on time.
The
report, which was supposed to be submitted in August, was delayed when the Pay
Commission, on 27.08.2015, asked for an extension of four months to complete
its report.
The OROP
protests and Bihar polls are believed to be the reasons for submitting the
report much ahead of December. Initially, the Pay Commission was expected to
submit its report on November 20 or 23. But, PTI announced yesterday that the
report will be submitted on November 19.
And Today
the official website of 7th CPC also published the date and time of submission
of its report to the Central Government.
Experts
and various sources expect 15 to 20 percent hike in the salaries. But, none has
explained the basis on which the numbers were arrived at.
The
employees are not just curious about the salary hikes. They are interested in
other aspects, including Promotions, Retirement Age, DA merger, Increment,
Grade Pay, HRA, Bonus, LTC, and the removal of certain pay anomalies of the 6th
Pay Commission are some of the expectations.
By
evening tomorrow, we will have most of the answers. Let’s all wait!
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