On Wednesday, the central government employees were gripped with
pessimism after Arun Jaitley made no reference to the anomalies related
to 7CPC in his Budget speech. “All of us were eagerly waiting for
Finance Minister to make some announcement on minimum wages. But after
Mr Jaitley’s speech ended without mentioning a single word about the
increase in the minimum wage, most of us were upset,” Shiv Gopal Mishra,
NJCA chief said to India.com.
He further added, “The government may implement the 7CPC by April 1 and
their demand to increase the minimum wage will also be implemented. If
the government fails to increase minimum wages from Rs 18,000 to Rs
25,000 then we will launch a massive protest against the government”.
The NJCA has been actively involved with the Centre where they are
seeking a revision of minimum salary from Rs 18,000 to Rs 26,000. The
NJCA members and its conveyor had also met Home Minister Rajnath Singh,
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, a day
after the implementation of 7CPC and had kept their demands in front of
senior leaders.
Shiv Gopal Mishra is quite optimist about the hike in allowances of
government employees but he is not sure that their demands of raising
the minimum wage would be fulfilled by the government.
On Wednesday, most of the senior central government employees were
eagerly waiting for the Budget speech as most of them expected the
Finance Minister to speak on the 7CPC.
On July 1, 2016, the 7th Pay Commission was approved by the Union
Cabinet. The date of implementation was fixed by the high-powered
committee as for January 1, 2016. From the month of July, the central
government employees were provided with the hiked salaries, along with
the arrears of six months. But the hike was only related to the basic
component of their pay. The increase in allowances was upheld, due to
the anomalies raised by employees unions.
The implementation of 7th Pay Commission will directly benefit around 47
lakh central government employees, along with 53 lakh pensioners. In
the 7th Pay Commission, the minimum wage has been revised from Rs 7,000
to Rs 18,000. While the maximum salary has been capped at Rs 2.5 lakh.
Source : http://www.india.com
