The
Seventh Pay Commission is likely to recommend the government to form a
permanent pay panel to give recommendations to the government from time
to time on issues pertaining to pay structure of central government
employees.The permanent pay panel would recommend regular salary hikes
in keeping with the rate of inflation.
The
formation of the permanent pay panel would help raise the salaries and
allowances of central government officials and employees, an official of
the pay panel said.He added the permanent pay panel would recommend
salary and allowance hikes inkeeping with the rising inflation rate,
which will be implemented by the government. “Then it will not be
necessary to form a new commission during the next several years for
central government employees.”However, the Seventh Pay Commission got
one month extension to submit its recommendations.Accordingly it is
expected to submit its report by the end of September. The time allotted
for the commission ends this month.The government appointed the Seventh
Pay Commissionon 28 February 2014 under chairman, Justice Ashok Kumar
Mathur, with a time frame of 18 months to make its recommendations“There
are some data points that are missing, which we hope to get by this
month end.
We are
trying to submit the report by 20 September,” the official of the pay
panel also said.The government’s salary bill will rise by 9.56% to Rs
1,00,619 crore with the implementation of the recommendations of the
Seventh Pay Commission, according to a statement tabled in Parliament by
Finance Minister Arun Jaitleyon August 12.The recommendations of the
Seventh Pay Commission, is likely to be implemented in April, next
year.