As the recommendation and implementation of the 7th Central Pay
Commission is eagerly awaited by the central government employees, some
points in the recommendations are slightly leaking in..It may not be
authentically correct.
According to information from various sources, the Pay Commission may
fix the minimum basic pay at Rs. 15000/- and it is assumed that a huge
increase in the salaries of the employees cannot be expected. The term
of the commission was extended for four months and they are in full
swing giving final touches to the report to be submitted to the central
government by the end of December 2015.
One more recommendation which is said to be an important one, is the
regularisation of retirement age for the Central Government Employees.
The Commission may recommend that an employee should retire after
completing 33 years of service or at the age of 60 whichever comes
first. For instance, if an employee joins a central government
establishment at the age of 23, his retirement age will be 56. If this
recommendation is true, it will definitely create panic among the
employees and it will not be a wise decision by the pay commission. All
Federations and Associations will strongly oppose these type of
recommendations…
The 6th CPC had brought various changes in the Pay Structures and
introduced Grade Pay. There was a moderate increase in the Basic Pay,
House Rent Allowance and re-imbursement of tuition fees was also
introduced. The minimum basic pay was Rs.5200+Grade Pay 1800=Rs. 7000/-
while it was Rs. 2650/- in the 5th CPC.
Further, it is also said that, the 7th CPC may abolish the 6th CPC’s Pay
Scales and may bring back the old pay scales. The overall increase in
the Pay Scale will be around 15% to 20%…
Let us wait and see for the ultimate results…!