Empowered Committee Meeting likely on 11th June – Staff Side
JCM, Nodal Officers from all Ministries to participate – Committee’s report may
be handed over govt by June 30.
New Delhi: The Empowered Committee of Secretaries (CoS) headed by
Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha processing the report of the Seventh Central
Pay Commission is expected to meet on June 11 to finally wrap up its
report on the remuneration of government employees.
It is reported that the secretaries panel will finally hear out all the
stakeholders, including the Central ministries and Departments, and
finalise its report, which will be handed over to the government on June
30.
Sources added that even the Prime Minister's Office is keen on a
favourable pay hike for the central government employees, so the panel
is likely to recommend a minimum salary at Rs 24,000 and the highest
salary at Rs 2,70,000.
The 7th pay panel headed by AK Mathur had recommended the minimum salary at Rs 18,000 and maximum salary at Rs 2,50,000.
Sources added that the government is exploring options for meeting the
additional payout over and above what was recommended by the 7th pay
panel. The payout could be substantial with salary hike and arrears
adding up to a Rs 1.02 lakh crore burden on government finances.
However, it seems that the government employees will have to wait more
for the salary hike. Once the report moves from the table of the
empowered group of committee to the cabinet, it is likely to take
another month before the notification on pay hike will eventually come.
Even the Finance Ministry is keen that higher salaries reach government
employees just before the festive season starting mid-August, as spurt
in consumption during the festive period will have a domino effect on
the economy.
Source: http://zeenews.india.com/
