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Delhi: The central government is going to start payment of salaries to its 48
lakh employees according to 7th Pay Commission recommendations, which are to be
paid from from August salary.As
per official calculation, no huge amount will be required for the payment of
salaries according to 7th Pay Commission recommendations.
The
cabinet approved the new pay scales for central government employees on June 29
after considering report of the 7th Pay Commission, led by Justice A K Mathur.“Central
government employees could get the revised pay from their August salaries and
arrears are to be paid ahead of festival season of Dussehra,” sources close to
officials working on the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission report said.
However,
all existing allowances to be paid as per the existing rates in existing pay
structure, as government referred all allowances including HRA, transport
allowance to a committee headed by Finance Secretary for examination of the 7th
Pay Commission recommendations on its. The committee shall submit its report
within four months. he added.
Shiv
Gopal Misra, Convenor, National Joint Council Of Action (NJCA) said that the
minimum pay recommended by 7th Pay Commission was not acceptable to the central
government employees and hopes that the high level committee, which government
will set up to look into raising minimum salary, would do the needful in this
regard in stipulated time frame i.e. four months.Mishra
also confirmed from the Finance Ministry that the notification on 7th Pay
Commission recommendations is under process and it will be issued shortly,
payment may be made from August salary.The
NJCA is an umbrella organisation of various Central Government employees’
unions, including Railways, post and telegraph, defence, Income Tax and other
central government unions.
“The
notification of 7h Pay Commission recommendations will be issued shortly, so we
hopefully say that central government employees will get the increased salaries
under the new pay matrix from August,” a source close to the developments told
The Sen Times.Finance
Minister Arun Jaitly is also very much ready to issue the notification in this
regard shortly, he added.
