7th Pay Commission: Parliamentary Committee Formed to Revise Salaries, But Not For All Employees
Earlier during the ongoing Budget Session, Union MoS Finance, Pon Radhakrishnan, while answering a query in the Rajya Sabha, said no further wage hike is being contemplated for the central government employees.
New Delhi, Mar 25: Dashing the hope of all government employees, the Ministry of Finance earlier in the month clarified that no further revision of 7th Pay Commission is being mulled over. Days later Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan constituted a parliamentary committee to recommend a hike in salary – but not for all employees.
The parliamentary committee has been formed to recommend changes in the pay structure, salaries and allowances of only the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Secretariat employees.
"The committee will advise the chairman, Rajya Sabha, and the speaker, Lok Sabha, on the changes that are considered desirable in the structure of scales of pay, allowances, leave, pensionary benefits and other amenities to the officers and all categories of employees of the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha secretariats," Mahajan said.
Earlier during the ongoing Budget Session, Union MoS Finance, Pon Radhakrishnan, while answering a query in the Rajya Sabha, said no further wage hike is being contemplated for the central government employees.
"The minimum pay of Rs 18,000 per month and the fitment factor of 2.57 are based upon the specific recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission in light of the relevant factors taken into account by it. Therefore, no change therein is at present under consideration," Radhakrishnan said.
The National Joint Council of Action - a consolidated body of central government employee unions - has been seeking a revision in the minimum wage from Rs 18,000 to Rs 26,000, through an upgradation of the fitment factor from 2.57 to 3.68.
NJCA convenor Shiv Gopal Mishra, while speaking to LatestLY, said the online reports which were claiming hike for the employees from April 1 were "rumours". "But, we have not withdrawn our demand. We will continue to raise the matter in an organised manner," he said.
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