Without the official notification, the salaries received by central
government employees on August 1 would not be hiked as per the CPC
recommendations.
New
Delhi, July 20: Although the revised recommendations of 7th Pay Commission
has received a formal nod of approval from the Union Cabinet, the gazette
notification for finalizing the salary hike is awaited. Without the official
notification, the salaries received by central government employees on August 1
would not be hiked as per the CPC recommendations. Government has to notify the
new pay scale within 7 days in order to implement the 14.29 percent hike in
basic pay.
Although
the CPC recommendations were cleared on June 29, the issuance of official
notification was delayed since the government was facing protest from several
employee unions over a range of anomalies related to allowances. Apart from the
pay parity issues, a larger section of the employee union led by National National
Joint Action Committee (NJAC) had demanded the increase in entry-level salary
from Rs 18,000 (as per new recommendations) to Rs 26,000.
The
unions had earlier threatened to launch a nationwide strike from July 11.
Nearly 33 lakh central government employees belonging to Post, Railways and
Defence were expected to participate in the protest. However, following the
setup of a High Level Committee by the government to look into their demands,
they deferred their strike by at least four months.
7th
Pay Commission is considered to be, by far, the lowest ever salary hike
implemented in the past 70 years. Including allowances, the hike is only 23.5
percent.
The
implementation of CPC recommendations would positively impact a total of 47
lakh government employees, along with 53 lakh pensioners. It would also add an
excessive burden on the Centre. However, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley claims
that the hike in salaries would instead rejuvenate the economy by giving a
inserting a demand-driven bang in the domestic market.
Source
: http://www.india.com/
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