7th Pay Commission Report to be processed by Empowered Committee – Finance Ministry Order

7th Pay Commission Report – Finance Ministry issues OM for setting up Empowered Committee to process recommendations of Seventh Central Pay Commission

Union Cabinet recently approved the proposal to constitute Empowered Committee which would study the 7th Pay Commission Report on behalf of the Govt after considering the suggestions and demands of Employees federations.  The final conclusions of Govt on 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations will be taken by Cabinet.

No.1-4/2015-E.III(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure

New Delhi, dated the 27th January, 2016

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Constitution of Empowered Committee of Secretaries for processing the Report of the Seventh Central Pay Commission

It has been decided with the approval of the Cabinet to set up an Empowered Committee of Secretaries to process the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission.
The Committee will have the following members :

1.	Cabinet Secretary	Chairman
2.	Finance Secretary/Secretary (Expenditure)	Member
3.	Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training	Member
4.	Secretary, Department of Pension & PW	Member
5.	Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs	Member
6.	Secretary, Ministry of Defence	Member
7.	Secretary, Department of Revenue	Member
8.	Secretary, Department of Post	Member
9.	Secretary, Department of Health	Member
10.	Secretary, Department of Science & Technology	Member
11.	Chairman, Railway Board	Member
12.	Deputy Comptroller & Auditor General	Member
13.	Secretary (Security), Cabinet Secretariat	Member

2. The Committee may co-opt any other Secretary, whenever found necessary.
3. The Empowered Committee will function as a Screening Committee to screen the recommendations of the Commission after taking into account the views of the concerned stakeholders, viz, the Ministries/Departments, Staff Associations and the JCM, so as to firm up the final conclusions for approval of the Cabinet.
4. The Implementation Cell created in the Department of Expenditure shall function as Secretariat for the Empowered Committee of Secretaries.
5. The final recommendations of the Empowered Committee of Secretaries will be submitted for approval of the Cabinet.
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(Annie George Mathew)