மத்திய அரசின் 7 வது ஊதியக்குழுவினை தமிழகம் உட்பட 5 மாநிலங்கள் ஏற்குமா ???
Seventh Pay Commission had submitted its report before the Centre in
November, recommending a hike of 23.55 per cent in salaries granted to
Central Government employees, along with an equal increment for the
staffers who are eligible for
pensions. The report of the Commission positively
impacts the salary seekers and pensioners, but it also ends up creating
an annual burden of Rs 1.02 lakh crore on the public exchequer. On
recommendations of the Cabinet, Government has formed a 13 member
Committee of Secretaries (CoS) will review the sops granted to employees
and analyse their feasibility and impact on the exchequer.
The empowered screening committee will include secretaries from
ministries of Home Affairs and Defence, Department of Personnel and
Training, Pension and PW, Revenue, Expenditure, Health, and Science and
Technology. Chairman of Railway Board, Deputy CAG and Secretary
(Security) re also included in the panel.
The setting up of screening committee was necessitated since the
recommendations made by the Commission appears populist and fails to
undertake the adverse impact it imposes on country’s economy. Increasing
remuneration to 52 lakh pensioners, more than the active workforce and
scaling up the minimum salary to Rs 18,000 are some of the proposals
which have positivity among the beneficiaries, but lacks practicability
from financial perspective.
At least five states reeling under fiscal strain – Punjab, West Bengal,
Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh have sought the extension of
January 1 deadline from the Centre to implement the recommendations of
the Pay Commission. States are supposed to replicate the same model of
payment to its governmental employees and pensioners as the Pay
Commission recommends for their Union counterparts.
