Background of the 7th Pay Commission
The
7th pay commission report - when is it going to be submitted?
The
announcement about the 7th pay commission report came out on September the 25th
of 2013. This pay commission unlike the 6th pay commission was set up well in
advance. This became possible due to significant efforts of various
organisations, union lists and the finance commission report. Announcements say
that the 7th pay commission will be implemented from 1.1.2016 and it will take
approximately 18 months time for the report to be submitted.
Recently,
the 7th pay commission Chairman and the members gave out a public statement on
4.2.2014 and after that on 22.2.2014 the important 7th cpc terms and
references were released. Now, the thought that floats on everyone’s mind
is whether the 7th pay commission report will be submitted within the 18 months
time period and will the employees be able to get the benefits along with their
salary from 1.1.2016.
Recently,
in the Lok Shaba during the question and answer session, it was pointed out
that no specific time limit can be specified as of now for the implementation
of the 7th pay commission. However, the finance ministry is now recruiting
people for the 7th pay commission pay cell on deputation basis. This is a good
attempt which boosts our confidence in the fact that the 7th pay commission
will be put into effect on time.
Reports
of the Earlier Pay Commissions
If
the employees get the benefits of the 7th pay commission along with our salary
on 1.1.2016, then, this will be the first time we are given the pay commission
benefits without arrears. I am providing a link containing reports about when
the previous pay commissions were set and when they were implemented.
Pay
Commission
|
Date
of Appointment
|
Date
of submission of report
|
Financial
impact (Rs. In crores)
|
Time
|
First Pay Commission
|
May, 1946
|
May, 1947
|
N.A
|
1 YEAR
|
Second Pay Commission
|
August, 1957
|
August, 1959
|
39.62
|
2 YEARS
|
Third Pay Commission
|
April, 1970
|
March, 1973
|
144.60
|
3 YEARS (aprx)
|
Fourth Pay Commission
|
June, 1983
|
3 reports submitted in June, 1986;
Dec. 1986 and May, 1987
|
1282
|
4 YEARS(aprx)
|
Fifth Pay Commission
|
April, 1994
|
January, 1997
|
17,000
|
3YEARS (aprx)
|
Sixth pay commission
|
July 2006
|
March 2008
|
18 months
|
Arrears
of the 6th Pay Commission :- When
you see the timetable above, you can understand that none of the previous pay
commissions were implemented on time and without the payment of arrears. When
the 6th pay commission was implemented, the government paid a huge amount as
arrears in two instalments. This impacted the economy considerably and caused
changes in inflation rate and GDP. This shocking fact was revealed by the 13th
finance committee report.
The
Benefits of the Timely Implementation of the 7th Pay Commission :- What benefits will the employees get if the 7th pay
commission is implemented on 1.1.2016? Let us have a look.
Firstly, all the allowances and benefits can be got on 1.1.2016.
When the benefits are paid as arrears the employees will not get some of the
allowances due to exclusion.
Secondly, the government will not have to pay a huge amount as
arrears and thereby can avoid economic burden.
Thirdly, if a National Anomaly Committee is set up and the
shortcomings of the 7th pay commission are corrected immediately, employees can
receive the benefits easily. We have to note that several points mentioned the
anomaly committee report of the 6th pay commission still remain problematic and
uncorrected.
Fourthly, let us have a look at the elements of ACP and MACP. Like
the ACP and MACP, the financial up gradation is going to be introduced in the
7th Pay Commission; the issues that may arise due to this have to be resolved
in a timely manner so that everyone may be benefitted by it. In the
5th pay commission, the time limit for promotion through ACP remained at 12
years, and in the 6th pay commission the time limit for promotions through MACP
remained at 10 years. In the 5th pay commission, a new method of promotion
through hierarchy was introduced. In the 6th pay commission promotions happened
through grade pay structure.
The
main aim of introducing ACP and MACP is to make sure that an employee gets
minimal promotion at least thrice in his life time of service. If this is the
case, the minimal service period of an employee should be at least 30 years.
But presently, employees are appointed even at the age of 37 and so their
service period is just 23 years. Such problems have to be carefully considered
well in advance and solved before the 7th pay commission is implemented.
Let
us believe that the 7th pay commission will be the first arrears-free pay
commission and implemented on time as per the guidelines of the 13th
finance commission.
Source: www.7thpaycommissionnews.com
