Central
Government employees must be wondering why Centre is taking so much
time to implement Seventh Pay Commission recommendations. It's already four months since Pay Commission
had submitted its report to Finance Ministry to give final touch to
it.
Though,
Modi Government recently dropped enough hint that it will implement
increment process soon, but no particular time frame was given to the
Central staff.
Here
are the possible reasons why Government is taking time to implement
the hike.
As Rs 1.02 lakh crore is needed to implement whole increment process.
Centre
needs to have proper strategy for the same. At a time when OROP's
expenditures is already taking toll on the exchequer, pay Commission
will put extra burden on the government budget.
Grievances of various stakeholders
Government needs to address grievances of various
stakeholders including government staff and Army men before taking
final call on the same. While Babus are unhappy with minimum basic
pay, Defence personnels say that they shouln't be treated at par with
their civilian counterparts in terms of salary and allowances.
Assembly elections As model code of conduct is in place
Government
doesn't want to take risk by announcing implementation date. Centre
doesn't want to displease voters at a time when poll process is going
on in many crucial states. It is being believed that notification for
the 'increment proposal' will be issued once State election will be
over.
Procedural delay
Pay Commission will be implemented after
cabinet will give it a final approval. Currently, the Implementation
cell of the Empowered Committee of Secretaries is trying to address
various issues with it. After giving final touch to the report,
Empowered Committee will send recommendations to PMO for its nod.
Once PMO will through the report, it will be placed before the
Cabinet.
Also read : Minimum Basic To be 21000 and max will be 270000
Also read : Minimum Basic To be 21000 and max will be 270000
Source : OneIndia.com