New Delhi: Central government employees, who called the recommendations
of the 7th pay commission as ‘total rubbish’ and ‘not worth the paper it
was printed on’, may be in for some good news.
Empowered Committee of Secretaries, who are processing the
recommendations of 7th Pay Commission(7thCPC), are likely to double the
percentage of pay hike recommended by the pay commission.
According to sources, the central government employees will get a salary
hike of around 30 percent on the minimum basic pay, much ore than 23.55
percent as recommended by the 7th pay commission in November 2015.
The employees have been protesting that the hike in totality is only
14.27 percent, the lowest in 70 years, and are mulling over to go on an
indefinite strike from 11 April.
The hike in salaries is expected to be effective from January 1.
Arguably, even the 6th CPC had recommended a 20 percent hike on the
basic pay, which was revised to 40 percent at the time of implementation
in 2008.
The 7th CPC, with its recommendations, is expected to cause an annual
burden of Rs 1.02 lakh crore on the exchequer, which would last for two
to three years.
Read at: Zee News
