7th Pay Commission Report Reaches
Final Stage...........
The 7th Pay Commission
Report is Said to be in the final Stage of Completion. The Commission
has already completed its research on the Pay Structures and Allowances
to employees at Various stages. The Commission has also taken into
account the Structure prevailing in various Labor Intensive Countries
both (developed and underdeveloped).
The Commission is now under
the process of recommending modification of several Benefits already
available for the Government Employees.
There would be a change in the following areas :-
1. Earned Leave and its encashment during Service
2. Modifications in Medical Leave.
3. Risk Allowances for Armed Forces..
4. Leave and facilities relating to Women Employees.
5. Modification of Loans and Advances.
6. Provision of Amenities at various cities and rural establishment.
The Commission has taken into
consideration on the Unions Demand on Modification of " Grade Pay "
system . It is learnt that some members have sought modification of
Grade Pay System rather than totally discontinueing it.
The Grade Pay System is likely to continue with some modifications .
The Commission would concentrate highly on two aspects in fixing the Pay Structure to the employees.
1. Minimum Pay
2. Ratio of Pay between various Posts.
They would also consider
higher pays for Posts which are highly and directly relating to the
services to People like the railways , Postal etc.
The commission also wanted to
discontinue several benefits which do have direct impact to the
employees and does not provide any value to the society. The Leave
structure is like to be modified where the employees can avail leave
according to their requirements and not on common declarations so that
the Government Machinery will be able to function through out the year
with improved services to people.
Privitization of posts such as
Stenographers , peons and internal security will be recommended by
granting financial powers to the bureaucrats instead of a permanent
liablity to the Government .
Posts Involving Multitasking
and Combination of Several modes of Operations will have attractive pay
scales . Posts of Clerical in nature and does not prove to be
productive or cannot be valuated on the basis of efficiency will be
brought under one level of Pay Scale ie. The Clerical Posts will be
provided with same level of Pay in all the Government Departments so
that there would be a parity in Post and Pay . The New Clerical Post
would also be suited for exchange of Staff between one Government
Organisation to Another with very simple formalities. example : one
clerk working in Income Tax Department can be deputed to Central Excise
Department or Customs where the nature of job remains the same .
The Pay Structure for
Administration wings of the Government Department would also be highly
benefited on the revised liberlisation .
The Pay Commission would only
worry about the fixing of Minimum Scale of Pay and the Maximum Scale of
Pay . If the Minimum Scale of Pay is being Satisfied , then all
other pay structures would have a considerable hike with the ratios .
If the Pay Commission fails to consider fixing of Minimum Pay Scale ,
then there would be a problem for all the Pay Scales there after.
The High Level Officers in the
Civil Services Cadre have already demanded better Pay Scales and Perks .
There becomes a Necessity to the Commission to consider higher Pay
Scales for High Level Officers .
The entire Central Government
Employees have already demanded for merger of DA and the Government has
not taken note of and yet waiting for the pay commission report.
The recent strong protests
from various labor unions against the central Government Policies and
the Delhi Results have made more interesting in the Rally Between the
Employees and the Present Government.
The Government should consider
the demands of the employees as major part of the employees belong to
the defense. However the Government would equally treat both the Civil
and Defense employees on a single platform on Pay . But the Allowances
would differ between them.
Hope the Pay Commission would
bring an acceptable Report by both ends without any anomoly and should
provide clear directions to the Goverment on the Modifications of Pay in
Future.
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