There
is good news in the offing for Central Government employees as
Seventh Pay Commission will be implemented soon.Reportedly within two
to three months all the required things will be done so that
increment will be handed over to government staff.
Here
are all the latest developments about the pay commission
1.
Final
implementation Government will implement Pay commission most likely
in July.
2.
Central
Government employees will be paid six months arrears along with final
increment.
3.
Notification
for salary increment will be issued after State Assembly elections.
Most likely it will be done in May.
4.
Union
Cabinet may approve recommendations of the Pay Commission in the
month of June.
Confusion over minimum basic salary
1.
Government
is contemplating to give around 19 percent raise on the existing
minimum basic salary.
2.
Reports
say that Empowered Committee of Secretaries will suggest minimum pay
Rs 20,000 in place of Rs 18,000 which was proposed earlier.
3.
Central
government employees who are not happy with present proposal want
minimum pay Rs 26,000
Army officers Vs civilian counterparts
Army
Officers are not happy with the present recommendations of Pay
Commission and have aired their grievances many times to Defence
Minister Manohar Parrikar.
Defence
forces have this feeling that if pay commission will be implemented
in present form then it will position them much below their civilian
counterparts in terms of salaries, facilities and status.
One
of the main grudge that the armed forces have is with regard to
risk-hardship matrix. These officers say that a soldier posted
in Siachen Glacier, which has the highest degree of both risk and
hardship, gets an allowance of Rs 31,500 per month. In contrast, a
civilian bureaucrat from the All India Services draws 30 per cent of
his salary as "hardship allowance" when posted anywhere
outside the comfort zone.
Under
the new scale, a senior IAS official posted in a city in northeast
will draw much more as "hardship allowance", compared to
the Rs 31,500 per month drawn by military officers in Siachen.
Government assured Army men
Recently
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said that concerns of Armed forces
will be addressed In an interview, he said, "The concerns raised
by the armed forces would be taken up by the commission".
He
also gave hint that the proposed recommendations of 7th Pay
Commission could be revised as Government has not yet taken final
decision over the same.
Centre won't cut existing facilities
Sources
say that Government won't be making any changes in the existing
advances and facilities, enjoyed by Central government employees.
Pay
commission had suggested abolition of many privileges and facilities
including risk allowance, small family allowance, festival advance
and motor cycle advance etc in its recommendations.
Govt ordered to give maximum benefits to staff
Prime
Minister Narendra Modi recently had ordered officials to speed up
review process so that it could be implemented soon. Modi asked
Committee of Secretaries to provide maximum benefits to central
staff. Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha headed empowered committee which
was appointed to overview whole process was told to accept pay
commission's recommendations without diluting the same.
There is confirmed report that Empowered Committee of Secretaries, who were entrusted the responsibility to process the salary recommendations, will submit its report at the end of the June. Not only that, in its report, Committee has pushed for more increment than earlier proposed by the Commission.
There is confirmed report that Empowered Committee of Secretaries, who were entrusted the responsibility to process the salary recommendations, will submit its report at the end of the June. Not only that, in its report, Committee has pushed for more increment than earlier proposed by the Commission.
Lets Hope for the best!
Source: OneIndia.com