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Delhi: The Seventh Pay Commission is likely to suggest linking pay with
productivity with a focus on technology, skills and incentives, a move
aimed at raising the productivity of central government employees.
The panel is also likely to recommend that in future additional remuneration be linked to increase in productivity.
The
Seventh Pay Commission is expected to submit its recommendations by
December and the central government asked the pay panel to look in to
the issue of raising productivity and improving the overall quality of
central government services in the country.
The
Sixth Pay Commission had also said that steps should lead to
improvement in the existing delivery mechanism by more delegation and
de-layering and an emphasis on achieving quantifiable and concrete end
results. Emphasis is to be on outcome rather than processes.
Accordingly,
the Sixth Pay Commissions had also made several recommendations to
enhance productivity and improve administration but previous UPA
government failed to implement it.
Now,
the central government advised the Seventh Pay Commission to be
designated as Pay with a clear mandate to recommend measures to improve
productivity of an employee.
The
central government also said productivity per employee can be raised
through the application of technology in public service delivery and in
public assets created.
“Raising
the skills of employees through training and capacity building also has
a positive impact on productivity. The use of appropriate technology
and associated skill development require incentives for employees to
raise their individual productivities,” a central government financial
panel said.
“The
Seventh Pay Commission’s first task, therefore, would be identifying
the right mix of technology and skills for different categories of
employees. The next step would be to design suitable financial
incentives linked to measurable performance,” an officer of the
financial panel said.
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