New Delhi, October 24: The second meeting of senior government officials
with central government employees unions leader has already started in
New Delhi over the hike in their minimum wage. The meeting started at
4:00 pm and will end in few hours after which a major announcement is
expected today. Most of the central government employees believe that
the in spite of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley‘s promise, the government
had not done enough for them and the government has not cared to make
any attempt to hike minimum pay till date. The high-level meeting
between the Additional Secretary (Expenditure), Department of
Expenditure, Ministry of Finance and the Standing Committee of National
Council (Staff Side) NJCA, was earlier postponed and it was held today
at 4:00 PM.
In the meeting, the NJCA Secretary Shiv Gopal Mishra is also present
along with senior other officials. Earlier there was a similar meeting
held in which senior officers failed to arrive at any decision for
hiking the minimum pay of central government employees. Shiv Gopal
Mishra was earlier reported saying that, the government has assured us
they will act in minimum pay, but so far nothing had happened. After the
7thPay Commission recommendations made by the panel was accepted by the
Narendra Modi government, Shiv Gopal Mishra and his fellow union
leaders had threatened to carry out indefinite strike across India. The
government which took seriously the threat then promised to hike the
minimum pay of central government employees beyond Rs 18,000. The
meeting took place at Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s house a day after
the cabinet cleared 7th Pay Commission award when he met with
representatives of central government employees unions’ leaders.
One of the central government employees who didn’t wish to be named
said, “It is unfortunate that the government has not taken care of our
demands which were kept to them almost three months ago”. Also Read –
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According to the consensus, the central government employees unions had
demanded a hike of Rs 18,000 to Rs 26,000 and also asked to raise the
fitment factor 3.68 times from 2.57 times. The government had also
formed a 22-member high-powered committee headed by Secretary,
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) in September to look at the
anomalies coming out of the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission’s
recommendations. The Narendra Modi government has accepted most of the
recommendations made by the panel on of the 7th Pay Commission, which
has been implemented from January 1, 2016.
Source:- India.com
