4 Months Extension to 7th Pay Commission – Employees Disappointed
With the 18 months time given to the 7th Pay Commission to submit its report coming to an end in August, the Government has given an extension of another four months. The government says that the extension was given because the commission had asked for it. Many are not ready to believe that the 7th Pay Commission, which was almost ready to submit its report, had suddenly requested for an extension. They wonder what the necessity was for this extra time.
With the 18 months time given to the 7th Pay Commission to submit its report coming to an end in August, the Government has given an extension of another four months. The government says that the extension was given because the commission had asked for it. Many are not ready to believe that the 7th Pay Commission, which was almost ready to submit its report, had suddenly requested for an extension. They wonder what the necessity was for this extra time.
Two months ago, on July 24, 2015, the 7th Pay Commission had, on its
official website, voluntarily said that work is on and it will be
completed well within schedule. Even until the second week of August,
there were no indications from the members of the 7th Pay Commission
that they would require an extension. In these circumstances, the fact
that the 7th Pay Commission has suddenly requested for additional time
has caught many by surprise.
Even on 7.8.2015, NC Staff Side Secretary Shri. Shiva Gopal Mishra
informed after meeting with 7th Pay Commission that one month may be
delayed to submit the report to Govt. And consecutive news from various
media, including PTI had published that the chariman of 7th CPC Justice
Ashok Mathur assured to submit the report by the end of September.
After the commission submits its reports and recommendations, the higher
official side will require time to debate over the issues. Keeping
these in mind, it was felt that submitting the report by the end of
August will ensure that the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission
will be implemented without any delay, from January 1, 2016 onwards. The
employees were hoping that this time around, there wouldn’t be any
arrears payments. The extension has put an end to all these
expectations.
A number of speculations are on about the real reason why the commission
has delayed its report. Some claim that the extension has been given to
the 7th Pay Commission in order for them to prepare a report on the
impact of One Rank One Pension for the Defence personnel.
Now that the report has been postponed, one can be very sure that expectations will rise in the month of December.
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