7th Pay Commission Is ‘The Last’: No More Pay Commission In Future
The Central government employees will not get their salary
and allowances ‘revised’ as per the recommendations of a pay commission
in future as the government is reportedly mulling not to form any pay
commission after the recent 7th Pay Commission.
The government is considering to chalk out an alternative
for increasing salaries and allowances of the central government
employees and pensioners in future instead of forming a pay commission
or the 8th Pay Commission.
The Narendra Modi-led BJP government will soon take a
policy decision in this regard, The Sen Times reported citing a Finance
Ministry official on condition of anonymity.
The 7th Pay Commission Chairman Justice A K Mathur was
earlier of the view that the central government employees’ salary be
revised every year taking into account the available data and price
index.
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Besides, the 7th Pay Commission recommended reviewing the
pay matrix periodically instead of waiting for long ten years to revise
the salary and allowances.
The commission also suggested the use of Aykroyd formula to recommend the pay hike of the central government employess.
Note: Aykroyd formula is attributed to Dr Aykroyd who
worked on nutrition for nearly 30 years and was director of the
Nutrition Division, Food and Agriculture Organisation, United Nations.
In 1935, he was appointed director of the government’s nutritional
research centre in India. This formula takes into account the three
basic needs of human being while considering pay hike and salary
structure.
Earlier, the union of the central government employees had
alleged that they have been cheated by the government on several grounds
in the 7th Pay Commission. Being ‘upset, angry and dissatisfied’ with
the government decision, the employees Federation had also decided to
take up the matter with the government.