7th Pay Commission report to be put up before Cabinet in June – 7th CPC
implementation Notification to come at the earliest Central government
employees can expect to get some good news trickling in from government
sourcestowards the end of June.As per reports, the Finance Ministry is
likely to table the 7th Pay Commission report to the Cabinet for
approval in the last week of June.
The 7th pay panel headed by AK Mathur had recommended the minimum salary
for central government employees at Rs 18,000 and maximum salary at Rs
2,50,000. As employees protested against the wage hikecalling it the
“lowest ever” raise, the government set up the Empowered Committee of
Secretaries group to review the AK Mathur-panel’s recommendations.The
Empowered Committee of Secretaries on the Seventh Central Pay Commission
is expected to soon wrap up its report on the remuneration of
government employees.Sources added that even the Prime Minister’s Office
is keen on a favourable pay hike for the central government employees,
so the panel is likely to recommend a minimum salary at Rs 24,000 and
the highest salary at Rs 2,70,000.Sources added that the government is
exploring options for meeting the additional payout over and above what
was recommended by the 7th pay panel. The payout could
be substantial with salary hike and arrears adding up to a Rs 1.02 lakh
crore burden on government finances.Report add that once the report
moves from the table of the empowered group of committee to the cabinet,
there is no reason why the cabinet would inordinately delay it.
The
Finance Ministry is keen that higher salariesreach government employees
just before the festive season starting mid-August, as spurt in
consumption during the festive period will have a domino effect on the
economy.before
