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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