Zee Media Bureau,
March 22, 2016
New Delhi: In what
could bring smiles to lakhs of central government employees, the Centre might
start paying the increased salary, recommended by Seventh Pay Commission, from
July onwards, as per media reports.
Added to the pleasure
will be the government decision to also pay arrears to the employees along with
the hike in salary.
The 'increased pay',
which is due from January 1, 2016, will mean a total of six months' arrear.
As much as Rs 70,000
crore has been provisioned in the Union Budget 2016-17 for implementation of
Seventh Pay Commission for government employees.
Implementation of the
pay commission report in toto is to cost the government Rs 1.02 lakh crore.
The government in
January set up a high-powered panel headed by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha to
process the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission which will have bearing
on the remuneration of 47 lakh central government employees and 52 lakh
pensioners.
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