Will
the removal of Grade Pay System by the 7th Pay Commission help Central
Government employees? – This is the topic of this article.
“Unconfirmed
reports say that the 7th Pay Commission is very likely to recommend the
abolishing of the Grade Pay System introduced by the 6th Pay Commission.”
Not
only the Government, but the Central Government employees too are hoping and
wishing that the 7th Pay Commission functions independently, free from
interventions. The report of the previous Pay Commissions will guide for
determining the revision of pay scale and pay bands, allowances, retirement
benefits and other facilities/benefits of more than 50 lakh employees. The Pay
Commission also considers the recommendations, suggestions and inputs gathered
from employees all over the country and presented as memorandums by federations
like the NC JCM and the Confederation.
There
is no rule that the new Pay Commission has to follow the same methodology and
determination followed by the previous Pay Commissions. Therefore, one cannot
state for sure that the 7th Pay Commission will tow the guidelines issued by
the 6th or the 5th Pay Commission while deciding the new pay scale and pay
bands.
One
has to keep in mind the fact that the 6th Pay Commission was radically
different from the recommendations and guidelines issued by the 5th Pay
Commission. One has to also remember that a number of industry experts, who
predicted the recommendations of the 6th Pay Commission based on the trends of
the previous Pay Commission, were proved completely wrong.
If
one Pay Commission has the right to recommend the splitting of the Pay Scale
into two, the next Pay Commission has all the powers to completely abolish the
system. But, this is not the issue!
Will
the Central Government employees benefit by the removal of the Grade Pay
system? This is the question now.
It
will definitely be beneficial. Here are the reasons why.
It
is unacceptable that a promotion, which comes after waiting for many years,
brings with it an increment of just Rs.100.
None
has until now accepted the splitting of the promotional hierarchy, which had
been followed for years, into two.
The
anomalies that prevailed due to the ‘Grade Pay Hierarchy’ which was introduced
under the MACP promotional system, still remain unresolved.
When
the discussions and debates on MACP system continued to grow unabated during
the NC JCM Anomaly Committee meeting, it was decided that a separate meeting
ought to be held to analyze this issue.
Most
of the individual requests from the Central Government employees this time are
about the MACP promotional system. The reason is the Grade Pay structure
introduced by the 6th Pay Commission.
And
also can list out many reasons to abolish the Grade Pay System.
