Since India’s Independence, seven pay commissions have been
set up on a regular basis to review and make recommendations on the work and
pay structure of all civil and military divisions of the Government of India.
Historically the Central Government has been setting up the
Pay Commissions after a period of almost ten years. This is more of precedence
than a statutory requirement. Government is not bound by any law or regulation
to set up the
Pay Commission after ten years.
Pay Commission after ten years.
The objective of the Pay Commission is to bring parity in the salaries and perks of Government Servents with their private sector counterparts and bring a sort of compatibility with the trends in the price rise of different commodities, thus encouraging them to lead an honest life.
The roots of practise of setting up Pay Commissions goes back to British Period when Royal Commissions were set up for various purposes including Pay Revisions– e.g. Aitcheson Commission (1886-87) and Islington Commission (1912-13).
At present India is perhaps the only country where this practice still followed. Even Britishers have long discontinued with this system.
Following is a brief summary of all of the Central Pay
Commissions in India
|
PAY
COMMISSION |
WAS
CONSTITUTED
IN
|
SUBMITTED
REPOR
IN
|
CHAIRMAN
|
FINANCIAL
BURDEN
|
%
HIKE
|
|
First
|
May 1946.
|
In One Year
|
Srinivasa Varadachariar
|
||
|
Second
|
Aug. 1957
|
Two Years
|
Jaganath Das
|
Rs. 396 million.
|
–
|
|
Third
|
Apr. 1970
|
Mar. 1973
|
Raghubir Dayal
|
Rs. 1.44 billion
|
–
|
|
Fourth
|
Jun. 1983
|
Four Years
|
P N Singhal
|
Rs.12.82 billion
|
–
|
|
Fifth
|
1994
|
Jan. 1997
|
Justice
S. Ratnavel Pandian
|
Rs. 17,000 crore
|
99%
|
|
Sixth
|
Jul. 2006
|
Apr. 2008
|
Justice B N Srikrishna
|
–
|
