Recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission would be implemented from 1st January, 2016: Finance Secretary

The Commission has been given time up to
December 2015 to submit its report on revising
emoluments of nearly 48 lakh central govt
employees and 55 lakh pensioners
New Delhi: Finance ministry on Monday said the
Seventh Pay Commission will be mindful of the
fiscal concerns of the government while giving its
report on new pay scales and remunerations for
central government employees and pensioners.
The Commission, headed by Justice A K Mathur,
has been given time up to December 2015 to
submit its report on revising emoluments of nearly
48 lakh central government employees and 55 lakh
pensioners.
“We have communicated our concerns with regard
to sustainability of public expenditure to Pay
Commission. I am sure the members and chairman
of the commission are aware of and will be
sensitive to our concerns,” finance secretary
Ratan Watal told reporters in New Delhi.
The Commission has time till December to submit
its report, he said, adding thereafter it would be
scrutinised by a secretariat to be set up in the
finance ministry. Watal said although the
recommendations would be implemented from 1
January, 2016, the burden on the exchequer would
not be much in the current financial year.
However, he added, it would have implications in
next fiscal. The Commission, headed by Justice A K
Mathur, was appointed by the previous UPA
government in February 2014 for 18 months. Its
terms was extended in August 2015 by four
months till 31 December, 2015.
The government constitutes the Pay Commission
almost every 10 years to revise the pay scale of
its employees and often these are adopted by
states after some modifications.
As part of the exercise, the Commission holds
discussions with various stakeholders, including
organisations, federations, groups representing
civil employees as well as Defence services. - PTI