7th Pay Commission: Central govt employees -salary hike 17 percent

The minimum pay of Central government employees is going to be increased from Rs 18,000 to Rs 21,000. A hike of 17 percent is likely, after the hike of 17 per cent, the fitment factor will also be raised from 2.57 to 3 times. The final decision is going to be taken soon by the authorities.

A committee was formed to look into various pay related anomalies arising out of the implementation of the 7th Central Pay Commission’s recommendations. The 22-member panel is being headed by Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) and has members from both the official and staff side. “It has been decided to set up the anomaly committee of the National Council (Joint Consultative Machinery) consisting of representatives of the official side and the staff side to settle any anomalies arising out of the implementation of the Pay Commission’s recommendations,” the order issued by the DoPT said.

“From the government side, it will have Member (Staff) Railway Board, secretaries of Department of Telecommunications and Department of Posts, as its members. Besides them, Financial Adviser, Defence Ministry, two joint secretaries from DoPT and another Joint Secretary (Personnel) in Finance Ministry will also be part of the panel. A Deputy Secretary of the DoPT will be Member-Secretary of the panel which has 13 people from the staff side,” the order had said.