Seventh
Pay Commission gets time till December to submit report
The
commission was given more time by the Union cabinet just a day before its
original 18-month term was coming to an end
New Delhi: The
Seventh Pay Commission’s term was on Wednesday extended by four months till 31
December to give its recommendations on revising emoluments for nearly 48 lakh
central government employees and 55 lakh pensioners.
The commission, whose recommendations may
also have a bearing on the salaries of the state government staff, was given
more time by the Union cabinet just a day before its original 18-month term was
coming to an end.
The commission, headed by Justice A.K.
Mathur, was appointed by the previous UPA government in February 2014, and its
recommendations are scheduled to take effect from 1 January 2016.
“The Union cabinet chaired by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi today (Wednesday) gave its approval for the extension of
the term of the 7th Central Pay Commission by four months up to 31 December,
2015,” an official statement said.
In view of its volume of work and
intensive stakeholders’ consultations, the pay commission had made a request to
the government for a four-month extension up to 31 December, it added.
The government constitutes the pay
commission almost every 10 years to revise the pay scale of its employees and
often these are adopted by states after some modifications. As part of the
exercise, the commission holds discussions with various stakeholders, including
organisations, federations, groups representing civil employees as well as
Defence services.
The other members of the commission are
Vivek Rae, a retired IAS officer of 1978 batch, and Rathin Roy, an economist.
Meena Agarwal is secretary of the commission.
The Sixth Pay Commission was implemented
with effect from 1 January 2006, the fifth from 1 January 1996 and the fourth from 1 January 1986.
-PTI
The 7th Pay Commission is a best example before the Central Government employees on how to delay the official works. It can submit their report within the stipulated time of 18 months from the date of setting up of 7th CPC, which came into effect from 28.2.2014. The officers of 7th CPC are enjoying 5 Star facilities for their visits to various cities in India and they are unable to submit their findings and recommendations in the form of 7th Central Pay Commission Report to the Government of India by the deadline, i.e., 28th August, 2015. They want four more months to submit their report to the Govt. and the Govt. has granted them four more months to submit their report. If they have planned well, they could have submitted their report on time and the Govt., after considering the findings and recommendations of 7th CPC, could have implemented the new Pay Packages to 50 lakhs Central Govt. employees The delay caused in report submission may postpone the date of effect of implementations of 7th Pay Commission from 01.01.2016 to four more months.
ReplyDeletejust to delay the implementation, government gave another four months tothe commission
ReplyDeleteAfter submission of the report govt will take another 4 to 6 months at least for approval. Therefore I request our leaders to pursue for declaration of In-term relief wef 01 Jan 2016 The relief should not be less than 20% of present pay. What do you say my dear friends
ReplyDeleteBy the time election of Bihar will be over that's why Government is gaining time.
ReplyDeleteThe 7th Central Pay Commission had enough time (18 months) to meet the Union leaders of different parts of the country, discuss the problems of all cadres of Central Govt. employees, study & analyse them and present it to the Union Govt. in the form of a 7th Pay Commission Report. They just wasted their time, visiting all places throughout the country without any planning and finally they were unable to submit their Report on time (28th August, 2015). They now want 4 more months to submit its report. Now only they are realising that there were more paper works and analysing things when the deadline is already expired. They enjoyed 5 Star facilities for their Tour/Stay in different places and are getting a handsome remuneration from the Govt. They are very irresponsible fellows and should all resign and return the public money to the Government.
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