7th
Pay Commission faces many of challenges, Hon'ble Mr. Arun Jaitly is the ray of
hope of the central government employees.
As
7CPC is likely to be given effect from January 2016, Finance Minister has an
important role to play in its implementation.
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We
all know 7CPC is already on the job of reviewing Pay, allowances and service
conditions of Central Government Employees. Needless to say CG Employees are
very curious as to what is in store for them. 7th Pay commission was
constituted in Feb 2014, and was provided with 15 months period to give its
report which ends in September 2015.
Most
of the previous pay commissions constituted by the government have submitted
their report only after three years. 6th pay commission was delayed due to some
technical snag but still the report was submitted within two years and the
government too accepted it in full and implemented the same immediately.
6th
pay commission is known as the best until now because it changed the Pay Band
and Grade Pay of all the classes of Employees and it got wide applause among
the employees. Of course it was contended by few to the effect that 6th CPC
consisted of some flaws but it is a fact to be accepted, people who were
against the 6th pay commission in the beginning started liking it later.
6th
pay commission brought large scale changes in the Pay Scale, because of
which the administration faced certain difficulties in the implementation. It
is also a fact that on account of implementation of 6th CPC, difference in Pay
between the Junior and senior employees of same cadre got minimised. Junior
Employees who were happy with the 6th pay commission in the beginning started
to complain later that their promotional prospects were curtailed.
In
fact, Anomalies attributed to 6CPC were not new. Recommendations of Previous
pay commissions too had created such anomalies. So, enhancing the salary of
employees without any anomalies would one of the many challenges of 7th pay
commission
It
is widely believed that 6th pay commission, has done all the spade work for the
future pay commissions. Definitely it has made the 7th pay commission’s work
lot easier. So, Principles of the 6th CPC can be adopted as such by 7th pay
commission. Even if the recommendations of 7CPC does not make any sea change
but provides a reasonable revision of pay and allowances taking in to account
the inflation and other service conditions of government emoloyees, it would be
termed as a good report.
The
most Bigger challenge that 7CPC faces now is to present its report in time.
When
we talk about the pay commission, we cannot avoid talking about the Mr.Modi’s
Government. Finance minister Mr. Jetly has definitely won the hearts of many by
increasing the Income Tax Exemption Slab. Further, he went on to say : if I had
more, I would have given more” which projects him as a well wisher of the
Salaried Employees.
It
is expected that 7th Pay Commission would submit its report by the end of this
year. We have also reports from reliable sources that the Government will not
delay in implementing the same because the Government doesn’t want to burden
itself by accumulating the arrears of pay and Pension. This aspect was clearly
pointed out by the Finance Minister recently.
It
seems, this would be the first pay commission in the history of India to
implemented in time without involving any arrears of Pay and Pension. If
everything goes on as expected, it would not be wrong to say Good days are
ahead for Central Government Employees from 2016.
Courtesy:http://www.gconnect.in/orders-in-brief/7thcpc/need-7cpc-report-time-avoid-payment-arrears.html
