The permanent pay panel would recommend regular salary hikes in keeping with the rate of inflation.
The formation of the
permanent pay panel would help raise the salaries and allowances of
central government officials and employees, an official of the pay panel
said.He added the permanent
pay panel would recommend salary and allowance hikes in keeping with the
rising inflation rate, which will be implemented by the government.
“Then it will not be necessary to form a new commission during the next
several years for central government employees.”
However, the Seventh Pay Commission got one month extension to submit its recommendations.Accordingly it is expected to submit its report by the end of September. The time allotted for the commission ends this month.The government appointed
the Seventh Pay Commission on 28 February 2014 under chairman, Justice
Ashok Kumar Mathur, with a time frame of 18 months to make its
recommendations.“There are some data
points that are missing, which we hope to get by this month end. We are
trying to submit the report by 20 September,” the official of the pay
panel also said.
The government’s salary
bill will rise by 9.56% to Rs 1,00,619 crore with the implementation of
the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, according to a
statement tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on
August 12.The recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, is likely to be implemented in April, next year.
