7th Pay Commission: Cabinet Secretary met PMO, Government to take
final decison this week
Around 47 lakh Central Government employees working in various
sectors are eagerly awaiting for their salary hike.
New Delhi, June 19: The Central Government employees who have been
eagerly waiting for the 30 per cent hike in their salaries, it seems their wait
is finally over. The Narendra Modi government is about to take a final call
this week, as group of Cabinet secretaries met the PMO officials. The pay panel
will be conducting a meeting this week, as it has been more than two months the
empowered group headed by Cabinet secretary is said to have recommended 30 per
cent hike in salaries of central government employees.
On Saturday there were reports that a group of secretaries had
said that the minimum salary as well as the fitment factor should be raised in
the Seventh Pay Commission.
According to the report that appeared in Zee News suggested, that
the starting salary of the government employees is expected to be around Rs
23,000, up from Rs 18,000, which has been also recommended by AK Mathur led
panel in April.
A source close to Zee News said that the fitment factor is likely
to be raised to around 2.7, up from 2.57 as recommended by the 7th Pay
Commission.
On Sunday Dainik Jagran reported, that a group of Cabinet
Secretaries met the PMO officials on Wednesday and appraised them about the secretaries
panel’s recommendations on the salary and allowances hike recommended by the
commission.
Seventh Pay Commission’s recommendations have submitted its report
to the Finance Ministry by the panel secretaries. The Finance Ministry is
preparing a note and will present it before the Cabinet this week.
Around 47 lakh Central Government employees working in various
sectors are eagerly awaiting for their salary hike, along with the 52 lakh
pensioners who are expecting a significant increase in the monthly pension
provided to them.
Read at: India.com
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