The
Union Government has completed the last Cabinet meeting before the general
elections and the code of conduct for the Lok Sabha polls likely to be
announced any time. But the demand of the Central government Employees on the
pay hike still remains unsettled.
Finance
Minister, Arun Jaitley assured the unions on June 30, 2016 to consider the pay
hike beyond the recommendations of 7th Pay Commission for Central
Government employees and he also reiterated his assurance in Rajya Sabha on
July 19, 2016.
The
Finance Minister has made it clear that “the Government is responsive to the
concerns of the Employees’ Associations and it would be the endeavour of the
Government to ensure that the eventuality of a strike does not arise”.
Based
on the assurance from the government, the unions had postponed the proposed
strike plans against the government.
Read
– 7th CPC, Rajya Sabha – Q & A : Government is responsive to the
concerns of the Employees.
There
were reports at various stages of time that the government will raise the
minimum pay from current Rs.18,000. There were talks that the pay of the
employees in the pay scale of Level 1 to
5 may be hiked. The employees were pinning hopes during the Republic Day
speech, Budget presentation etc., for the positive news. But with last Cabinet
meeting over and model code almost in place, all these hopes were dashed. And now
it is the time for the employees to make a decision before they cast the vote.
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