7th Pay Commission: When Will Government Raise Minimum Pay With 17 Per Cent Hike?
New Delhi, Oct 24: The
government had approved a hike in salary and allowances as per the
recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission or 7th CPC in June 2016 and
July 2017 respectively. Since then, the central government employees
have been demanding a raise in minimum pay beyond the recommendation of
the 7th Pay Commission.
Though there is no official announcement, media reports suggested that
the government is likely to raise minimum pay to Rs 21,000 with 17 per
cent hike over Rs 18,000 existing minimum pay, which was recommended by
the 7th Pay Commission.
The 7th Pay Commission,
led by Justice AK Mathur, raised minimum pay from Rs 7,000 to Rs 18,000
per month and fitment factor to 2.57 times, which was approved by the
Cabinet on June 28 last year. However, the central government employees
expressed dissatisfaction over the hike and demanded to raise minimum
pay from Rs 18,000 to Rs 26,000 and fitment factor 3.68 times from 2.57
times. To resolve all matters related to the anomalies in the
implementation of the 7th Pay Commission‘s recommendations, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had formed National Anomaly Committee (NAC).
If media reports are to be believed, the
NAC has been given a green signal by the government to raise the
minimum pay beyond the recommendation of the 7th Pay Commission. The NAC may suggest hiking minimum pay to Rs 21,000 from Rs 18,000. Fitment
factor will be raised to 3.00 times from the existing 2.57 times. The
committee is expected to hold a key meeting this month and submit its
report to the Empowered Committee of Secretaries and the Department of
Expenditure for further examination.
The Cabinet is likely to take up the pay hike over the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission for the central government employees by the end of January, said a report by Sen Times.
“The meeting of NAC is likely to be held in this month for hike in
basic pay with fitment factor 3.00. Accordingly, minimum pay will be
hiked Rs 21,000 from Rs 18,000,” a top official of Ministry of
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions was quoted as saying.
The recommendations of NAC of hike in
minimum pay would be finalised in January after examining by the
Department of Expenditure as well as the Empowered Committee of
Secretaries and following that it will be placed before the Cabinet by
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, he assured.
