Govt. to issue Sixth Pay Commission Notification
sixth pay commission report as approved by the cabinet has been handed over to DOPT for its implementation.
some highlights of latest developments are
. Uniform Date of increment (July).
. Reduction in HRA for senior officers in A1 Cities, to bring parity with market rents in metros.
. De-merging of Grade Pays of Group B & C employees (which were earlier merged)
Updates from the States
The state governments seem to have been jolted awake with the elections coming closer. After Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, Uttarkhand and more recently Sikkim have constituted pay panels.
In Sikkim The Chief Minister Pawan Chamling said that the State Government will soon implement Sixth Pay Commission in the State.
Where as in Uttarakhand government is considering a strategy to implement the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations in the hill state for its employees.
The government has constituted a high-powered two-member committee headed by former union petroleum and natural gas secretary Sushil Kumar Tripathi.
At present, the state government has 160,000 employees even as 65,000 jobs are lying vacant. In case these posts are filled, the government will require Rs 1,500 crore every year.
The government has come under considerable pressure after the Uttar Pradesh government announced its decision to implement the sixth pay panel recommendations. The state employees are hoping that they will get a hike of 25 per cent.
The main task of the committee will be to devise ways and means for the implementation of the sixth pay commission report in the hill state.
Source: http://www.khabrein.info
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Thursday, August 28, 2008
Sixth Pay Commission: Pay panel notification likely tomorrow
Thursday, August 28, 2008
The much-awaited official notification of the revised central government pay rules is expected to be issued this Friday. The notification with regard to the Sixth Pay Commission award is ready and is currently being approved by statutory authorities.
Sources said the dearness allowance effective this July is also likely to be announced the same day.
On August 14, the Union Cabinet had approved an improved and tweaked version of the Sixth Pay Commission award with effect from January 1, 2006.
Consequently, an estimated 4.6 million central government employees will receive a raise of 28-40 per cent over their existing basic pay. Employees will start receiving their higher salaries and allowances with effect from this September.
Sources added the first instalment of arrears of Rs 11,748 crore will be paid in cash with effect from September as announced earlier. There had been some apprehensions that with the upcoming fifteenth session of the Lok Sabha scheduled to begin on October 17, Parliamentary sanction for the additional spending sought under the supplementary demand for grants would somehow delay the arrears payment.
However, sources said the arrears would be paid from the salary account of the government.
The Cabinet had decided to issue arrears in cash over two years — 2008-09 and 2009-10 — with the first instalment of 40 per cent being paid by September and the balance next year.
As a consequence of the revised salaries and allowances, the central government's wage bill is expected to increase 21 per cent on account of an additional expenditure of Rs 22,100 crore in the current financial year (2008-09). Of this, Rs 15,700 crore will be accounted for by the central government employees and Rs 6,400 crore by the railway staff.
Of the Rs 15,700 crore, the first installment of arrears will account for Rs 8,048 crore. Of the Rs 6,400 crore impact on the railway budget, Rs 3,700 crore will be arrears.
The annualised impact of the new salary structure is estimated at Rs 17,798 crore, adding to the approximate Rs 1,04,000 crore annual pay, allowances and pension bill of the Centre.
(Source: Business Standard 28.8.08)
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The much-awaited official notification of the revised central government pay rules is expected to be issued this Friday. The notification with regard to the Sixth Pay Commission award is ready and is currently being approved by statutory authorities.
Sources said the dearness allowance effective this July is also likely to be announced the same day.
On August 14, the Union Cabinet had approved an improved and tweaked version of the Sixth Pay Commission award with effect from January 1, 2006.
Consequently, an estimated 4.6 million central government employees will receive a raise of 28-40 per cent over their existing basic pay. Employees will start receiving their higher salaries and allowances with effect from this September.
Sources added the first instalment of arrears of Rs 11,748 crore will be paid in cash with effect from September as announced earlier. There had been some apprehensions that with the upcoming fifteenth session of the Lok Sabha scheduled to begin on October 17, Parliamentary sanction for the additional spending sought under the supplementary demand for grants would somehow delay the arrears payment.
However, sources said the arrears would be paid from the salary account of the government.
The Cabinet had decided to issue arrears in cash over two years — 2008-09 and 2009-10 — with the first instalment of 40 per cent being paid by September and the balance next year.
As a consequence of the revised salaries and allowances, the central government's wage bill is expected to increase 21 per cent on account of an additional expenditure of Rs 22,100 crore in the current financial year (2008-09). Of this, Rs 15,700 crore will be accounted for by the central government employees and Rs 6,400 crore by the railway staff.
Of the Rs 15,700 crore, the first installment of arrears will account for Rs 8,048 crore. Of the Rs 6,400 crore impact on the railway budget, Rs 3,700 crore will be arrears.
The annualised impact of the new salary structure is estimated at Rs 17,798 crore, adding to the approximate Rs 1,04,000 crore annual pay, allowances and pension bill of the Centre.
(Source: Business Standard 28.8.08)
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Govt. to issue Sixth Pay Commission notification tomorrow (www.khabrein.info)
By Khabrein.Info Correspondent,
New Delhi, Aug 28: The Union government is set to issue the notification of the Sixth Pay Commission’s recommendation tomorrow. This would be the final stamp on sixth pay commission recommendations and it would come into effect.
Around 5.5 million central government employees have been anxiously waiting for the day to come. It has been a long and eventful journey for the sixth pay commission and besides hope gave several anxious moments to a number of people.
But finally it is all set to be implemented, thankfully it will be done tomorrow.
Sixth pay commission has been waited like no other pay commission. At the time of increasing inflation and unprecedented price rise, the recommendations give hope to hundreds of thousands of government employees. It increases the pay package of government employees by approximately 25 percent.
The notification will not only clear the air but the central government employees will also be in a better position to figure out the details and will know precisely what they are going to get as their final payments.
Besides they would be able to know clearly the allowances and other benefits that sixth pay commission awards them.
The final draft that the union cabinet approved on 14th August had been improved upon by the government. Several grouses of different sections of the employees were taken into account, particularly the grouses of army officials were considered and anomalies removed.
The reports point out that the first installment of arrears will be paid to central government employees in September itself giving a much needed relief to hundreds of thousands of central government employees.
The wage hike would increasee the financial implication for the Centre by Rs 17,798 crore annually and the arrears with effect from January 2006 would cost Rs 29,373 crore, Information and Broadcasting Minister P R Dasmunsi told reporters after the Cabinet meeting. The financial implication of Pay Commission on the General Budget would be Rs 15,717 crore and Rs 6414 crore on Railway Budget in 2008-09. The government’s present salary bill is over Rs 70,000 crore and the pension bill is over Rs 30,000 crore.
6th Pay Commission Highlights
The Union Cabinet has given its approval for implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission. The revised pay scales will come into effect from 1/1/2006 and revised rates of allowances from 1/9/2008. The Cabinet has also decided that arrears will be paid in cash in two instalments – first instalment of 40% during the current year (2008-09) and the remaining 60% in the next financial year (2009-10).
6th Pay Commission: govt. employees in Chattisgarh to go on strike
Salient features of 6th Pay Commission
2. The Cabinet has broadly accepted the recommendations of Sixth CPC with some modifications in the wake of representations received from various sections/Associations of Central Government employees. The new system of four Pay Bands with 20 Grade Pays recommended by the Commission has been accepted with some minor modifications.
3. The minimum Basic Pay for a Government servant has been increased to Rs.7000 from Rs.6660 recommended by the Sixth CPC. Consequently, the total emoluments of an employee at the lowest level will exceed Rs.10,000 p.m., including allowances.
4. The other highlights of the Cabinet decision covering all Government employees including the Defence Forces are:-
(i) Enhancement in the fitment in revised pay bands, which was recommended by the Sixth CPC to be based on multiplication factor of 1.74 to 1.86. This would result in increased emoluments for Government employees.
(ii) Increase in the rate of annual increment from 2.5% to 3%.
(iii) Removal of Campus restriction for grant of Transport Allowance.
(iv) Increase in Transport Allowance at the lowest level to Rs.600 (from Rs.400 in A-1/A class cities recommended by the Sixth CPC) and Rs.400 (from Rs.300 in other cities recommended by the Sixth CPC).
(v) At least three promotions have been assured for all Defence Forces’ personnel and civilian employees under the modified Assured Career Progression (ACP) Scheme. While the civilians would get it after 10, 20 and 30 years of service, the Defence Forces Jawans would get ACP in 8, 16 and 24 years.
5. For the Armed Forces personnel, the Commission, for the first time recommended a Military Service Pay (MSP). The Cabinet has increased the rate of MSP for PBORs to Rs.2000 from Rs.1000 recommended by the Commission. The Officers of the Defence Forces would get an MSP of Rs.6000 over and above their Pay.
6. The middle level officers of the Defence Forces namely Colonels and Brigadiers have been placed in the highest Pay Band of PB-4.
7. Senior Lt. Generals overlooked for promotion as Army Commanders due to lack of residual service would now get the grade of Army Commander (Secretary’s grade). In the case of existing Major Generals/Lt. Generals, MSP will be taken into account notionally for fixation of pay on 1/1/2006.
8. As replacement of the pay scale of Rs.24050-26000, a separate pay scale has been carved for DGPs, PCCFs, GM (Railways), members of the Boards of Income Tax, Customs & Central Excise, Postal and Ordnance Factories, among others, who were in this pre-revised scale. This would take them to the level of Rs.80000 in two years as against three years in the pre-revised scale.
9. Further, the IPS Pay Rules and the Indian Forest Service Pay Rules will be appropriately modified to provide in each State cadre one post of DGP and one post of PCCF at the apex level of Rs.80000 for heading their respective Forces.
10. Middle level Police and Civilian officers i.e. DIGs, Conservator of Forests, Scientists E & F, Superintending Engineers, Directors, Additional Commissioners of Income Tax and Central Excise and posts in equivalent grades have also been placed in PB-4.
11. Other salient decisions taken by the Cabinet are:-
(i) The lower limits of Disability Pension for Defence personnel to be doubled from Rs.1550 to Rs.3100. War Disability Pension to be granted at 60%;
(ii) The rates of Special Forces Allowance for Army and Air Force to be equated with navy’s Marine Commando Allowance;
(iii) For the officers of Central Para Military Forces, all the posts of Additional DIG upgraded to DIG level by the Pay Commission to continue to be manned by the cadre officers of CPMFs;
(iv) For the Railway employees who are in receipt of Running Allowance, this allowance will be taken into account while fixing their pay in revised pay bands;
(v) Government has continued the present position of granting Group A scale to Group B officers after 4 years of service and these officers would be placed in PB-3 instead of PB-2 recommended by the Sixth CPC. This would benefit Group B officers of the Railways, Accounts Services, CSS, CSSS and DANICS & DANIPS.
(vi) For Doctors, the Cabinet has approved promotions under the Dynamic ACP Scheme upto Senior Administrative Grade (Joint Secretary level) for Doctors with 20 years of service. Counting of Dearness Allowance (DA) on Non-Practicing Allowance (NPA) as on 01.01.2006 for fixing their pay in revised pay bands has also been approved;
(vii) For the scientists, continuation of the existing system of grant of Special Pay of Rs.2000 p.m. to Scientists G on promotion and doubling of the amount to Rs.4000 p.m. in Departments of Space and Atomic Energy and Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has been recommended.
12. The financial implications in 2008-09 on account of the implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission as modified by the Cabinet will be around Rs.15700 crore on the Central Budget and Rs.6400 crore on the Railway Budget.
Source: http://www.khabrein.info
New Delhi, Aug 28: The Union government is set to issue the notification of the Sixth Pay Commission’s recommendation tomorrow. This would be the final stamp on sixth pay commission recommendations and it would come into effect.
Around 5.5 million central government employees have been anxiously waiting for the day to come. It has been a long and eventful journey for the sixth pay commission and besides hope gave several anxious moments to a number of people.
But finally it is all set to be implemented, thankfully it will be done tomorrow.
Sixth pay commission has been waited like no other pay commission. At the time of increasing inflation and unprecedented price rise, the recommendations give hope to hundreds of thousands of government employees. It increases the pay package of government employees by approximately 25 percent.
The notification will not only clear the air but the central government employees will also be in a better position to figure out the details and will know precisely what they are going to get as their final payments.
Besides they would be able to know clearly the allowances and other benefits that sixth pay commission awards them.
The final draft that the union cabinet approved on 14th August had been improved upon by the government. Several grouses of different sections of the employees were taken into account, particularly the grouses of army officials were considered and anomalies removed.
The reports point out that the first installment of arrears will be paid to central government employees in September itself giving a much needed relief to hundreds of thousands of central government employees.
The wage hike would increasee the financial implication for the Centre by Rs 17,798 crore annually and the arrears with effect from January 2006 would cost Rs 29,373 crore, Information and Broadcasting Minister P R Dasmunsi told reporters after the Cabinet meeting. The financial implication of Pay Commission on the General Budget would be Rs 15,717 crore and Rs 6414 crore on Railway Budget in 2008-09. The government’s present salary bill is over Rs 70,000 crore and the pension bill is over Rs 30,000 crore.
6th Pay Commission Highlights
The Union Cabinet has given its approval for implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission. The revised pay scales will come into effect from 1/1/2006 and revised rates of allowances from 1/9/2008. The Cabinet has also decided that arrears will be paid in cash in two instalments – first instalment of 40% during the current year (2008-09) and the remaining 60% in the next financial year (2009-10).
6th Pay Commission: govt. employees in Chattisgarh to go on strike
Salient features of 6th Pay Commission
2. The Cabinet has broadly accepted the recommendations of Sixth CPC with some modifications in the wake of representations received from various sections/Associations of Central Government employees. The new system of four Pay Bands with 20 Grade Pays recommended by the Commission has been accepted with some minor modifications.
3. The minimum Basic Pay for a Government servant has been increased to Rs.7000 from Rs.6660 recommended by the Sixth CPC. Consequently, the total emoluments of an employee at the lowest level will exceed Rs.10,000 p.m., including allowances.
4. The other highlights of the Cabinet decision covering all Government employees including the Defence Forces are:-
(i) Enhancement in the fitment in revised pay bands, which was recommended by the Sixth CPC to be based on multiplication factor of 1.74 to 1.86. This would result in increased emoluments for Government employees.
(ii) Increase in the rate of annual increment from 2.5% to 3%.
(iii) Removal of Campus restriction for grant of Transport Allowance.
(iv) Increase in Transport Allowance at the lowest level to Rs.600 (from Rs.400 in A-1/A class cities recommended by the Sixth CPC) and Rs.400 (from Rs.300 in other cities recommended by the Sixth CPC).
(v) At least three promotions have been assured for all Defence Forces’ personnel and civilian employees under the modified Assured Career Progression (ACP) Scheme. While the civilians would get it after 10, 20 and 30 years of service, the Defence Forces Jawans would get ACP in 8, 16 and 24 years.
5. For the Armed Forces personnel, the Commission, for the first time recommended a Military Service Pay (MSP). The Cabinet has increased the rate of MSP for PBORs to Rs.2000 from Rs.1000 recommended by the Commission. The Officers of the Defence Forces would get an MSP of Rs.6000 over and above their Pay.
6. The middle level officers of the Defence Forces namely Colonels and Brigadiers have been placed in the highest Pay Band of PB-4.
7. Senior Lt. Generals overlooked for promotion as Army Commanders due to lack of residual service would now get the grade of Army Commander (Secretary’s grade). In the case of existing Major Generals/Lt. Generals, MSP will be taken into account notionally for fixation of pay on 1/1/2006.
8. As replacement of the pay scale of Rs.24050-26000, a separate pay scale has been carved for DGPs, PCCFs, GM (Railways), members of the Boards of Income Tax, Customs & Central Excise, Postal and Ordnance Factories, among others, who were in this pre-revised scale. This would take them to the level of Rs.80000 in two years as against three years in the pre-revised scale.
9. Further, the IPS Pay Rules and the Indian Forest Service Pay Rules will be appropriately modified to provide in each State cadre one post of DGP and one post of PCCF at the apex level of Rs.80000 for heading their respective Forces.
10. Middle level Police and Civilian officers i.e. DIGs, Conservator of Forests, Scientists E & F, Superintending Engineers, Directors, Additional Commissioners of Income Tax and Central Excise and posts in equivalent grades have also been placed in PB-4.
11. Other salient decisions taken by the Cabinet are:-
(i) The lower limits of Disability Pension for Defence personnel to be doubled from Rs.1550 to Rs.3100. War Disability Pension to be granted at 60%;
(ii) The rates of Special Forces Allowance for Army and Air Force to be equated with navy’s Marine Commando Allowance;
(iii) For the officers of Central Para Military Forces, all the posts of Additional DIG upgraded to DIG level by the Pay Commission to continue to be manned by the cadre officers of CPMFs;
(iv) For the Railway employees who are in receipt of Running Allowance, this allowance will be taken into account while fixing their pay in revised pay bands;
(v) Government has continued the present position of granting Group A scale to Group B officers after 4 years of service and these officers would be placed in PB-3 instead of PB-2 recommended by the Sixth CPC. This would benefit Group B officers of the Railways, Accounts Services, CSS, CSSS and DANICS & DANIPS.
(vi) For Doctors, the Cabinet has approved promotions under the Dynamic ACP Scheme upto Senior Administrative Grade (Joint Secretary level) for Doctors with 20 years of service. Counting of Dearness Allowance (DA) on Non-Practicing Allowance (NPA) as on 01.01.2006 for fixing their pay in revised pay bands has also been approved;
(vii) For the scientists, continuation of the existing system of grant of Special Pay of Rs.2000 p.m. to Scientists G on promotion and doubling of the amount to Rs.4000 p.m. in Departments of Space and Atomic Energy and Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has been recommended.
12. The financial implications in 2008-09 on account of the implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission as modified by the Cabinet will be around Rs.15700 crore on the Central Budget and Rs.6400 crore on the Railway Budget.
Source: http://www.khabrein.info
Sixth Pay Commission: TEXT-Fitch - impact of the Sixth Pay Commission on Indian states
(The following statement was released by the ratings agency)
Aug 28 - Fitch Ratings has today commented that on the basis of present economic growth trends and the fiscal situations of Indian states, the likely impact of the Sixth Pay Commission (SPC) recommendations on the states' financial profile will not be as severe as it was at the time of the Fifth Pay Commission (FPC).
"In 1997, the fiscal situation was grimmer for Indian states when increased expenditure on wages and salaries resulted in increased borrowing, engulfing some states in a fiscal crisis and trapping them in a vicious cycle of debt," said Dr Devendra K. Pant, Associate Director with Fitch Ratings India. "Now, there is a marked difference in present growth and the states' fiscal situations. Even with a forecasted slowdown in FY09, economic growth is expected to be 7.7%, whereas economic growth in FY97 was a comparatively meagre 4.3%." At FYE98, Dr. Pant noted that only nine out of 26 states had a revenue surplus, and the revenue accounts for all states combined were INR163.33bn (1.1% of GDP) in deficit. However, in FY08 (budget estimates) only nine out of 30 states had revenue deficits, and the revenue account for all states combined was INR170.99bn (0.4% of GDP) in surplus.
"Fitch considers that buoyancy in VAT collection and continued tax buoyancy would help states manage the negative impact of the pay revision on their finances," added S. Nandakumar, Director with Fitch Ratings India. He notes that at the time of the FPC, there was a decline in central revenue. At present however, tax collections nationally are experiencing good growth, despite the expected slowdown in economic growth; gross tax collection during April-June 2008 increased by 28.4%.
In summary, the agency considers that the Indian states have enough resilience to absorb the impact of the proposed salary revision, although it also believes that the financial flexibility of the fiscally weaker states would be negatively affected, leaving them vulnerable and exposed to pressure on their budgets. It is likely that the states will be forced to consider budgetary measures that either increase revenue and/or reduce costs to maintain overall fiscal balance, in order to ensure that the financial performance of the last five years or so is not dissipated through reckless fiscal profligacy.
The overall rise in SPC is 40% over the wage levels set by the FPC; however, factoring in the cost of living allowance rise given in 2004, the effective increase is about 28%. Although the Central Pay Commission recommendations apply to central/federal government employees, it is an established practice for most state governments to adopt these recommendations when revising the salaries of their employees. After the approval of the SPC recommendations, five states have announced that they will follow the SPC recommendations for their employees, one state has formed a state-level committee to look into salary revision for its staff, and another state will implement the salary revision based on recommendations of this state-level committee.
Source: http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINWLA870820080828
Aug 28 - Fitch Ratings has today commented that on the basis of present economic growth trends and the fiscal situations of Indian states, the likely impact of the Sixth Pay Commission (SPC) recommendations on the states' financial profile will not be as severe as it was at the time of the Fifth Pay Commission (FPC).
"In 1997, the fiscal situation was grimmer for Indian states when increased expenditure on wages and salaries resulted in increased borrowing, engulfing some states in a fiscal crisis and trapping them in a vicious cycle of debt," said Dr Devendra K. Pant, Associate Director with Fitch Ratings India. "Now, there is a marked difference in present growth and the states' fiscal situations. Even with a forecasted slowdown in FY09, economic growth is expected to be 7.7%, whereas economic growth in FY97 was a comparatively meagre 4.3%." At FYE98, Dr. Pant noted that only nine out of 26 states had a revenue surplus, and the revenue accounts for all states combined were INR163.33bn (1.1% of GDP) in deficit. However, in FY08 (budget estimates) only nine out of 30 states had revenue deficits, and the revenue account for all states combined was INR170.99bn (0.4% of GDP) in surplus.
"Fitch considers that buoyancy in VAT collection and continued tax buoyancy would help states manage the negative impact of the pay revision on their finances," added S. Nandakumar, Director with Fitch Ratings India. He notes that at the time of the FPC, there was a decline in central revenue. At present however, tax collections nationally are experiencing good growth, despite the expected slowdown in economic growth; gross tax collection during April-June 2008 increased by 28.4%.
In summary, the agency considers that the Indian states have enough resilience to absorb the impact of the proposed salary revision, although it also believes that the financial flexibility of the fiscally weaker states would be negatively affected, leaving them vulnerable and exposed to pressure on their budgets. It is likely that the states will be forced to consider budgetary measures that either increase revenue and/or reduce costs to maintain overall fiscal balance, in order to ensure that the financial performance of the last five years or so is not dissipated through reckless fiscal profligacy.
The overall rise in SPC is 40% over the wage levels set by the FPC; however, factoring in the cost of living allowance rise given in 2004, the effective increase is about 28%. Although the Central Pay Commission recommendations apply to central/federal government employees, it is an established practice for most state governments to adopt these recommendations when revising the salaries of their employees. After the approval of the SPC recommendations, five states have announced that they will follow the SPC recommendations for their employees, one state has formed a state-level committee to look into salary revision for its staff, and another state will implement the salary revision based on recommendations of this state-level committee.
Source: http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINWLA870820080828
6th Pay Commission notification to be issued Friday
By Khabrein.Info Correspondent,
New Delhi, Aug 28: The long wait is over. The government is all set to issue the notification of the 6th Pay Commission’s recommendation tomorrow, Friday.
This is sure to be a big relief for 5.5 million central government employees who have been anxiously awaiting the notification.
This will not only clear the air but the central government employees will also be in a better position to figure out the details and will know precisely what they are going to get as their final payments.
Besides they would be able to know clearly the allowances and other benefits that sixth pay commission awards them.
The final draft that the union cabinet approved on 14th August had been improved upon by the government. Several grouses of different sections of the employees were taken into account, particularly the grouses of army officials were considered and anomalies removed.
The reports point out that the first installment of arrears will be paid to central government employees in September itself giving a much needed relief to hundreds of thousands of central government employees.
The wage hike would increasee the financial implication for the Centre by Rs 17,798 crore annually and the arrears with effect from January 2006 would cost Rs 29,373 crore, Information and Broadcasting Minister P R Dasmunsi told reporters after the Cabinet meeting. The financial implication of Pay Commission on the General Budget would be Rs 15,717 crore and Rs 6414 crore on Railway Budget in 2008-09. The government’s present salary bill is over Rs 70,000 crore and the pension bill is over Rs 30,000 crore.
6th Pay Commission Highlights
The Union Cabinet has given its approval for implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission. The revised pay scales will come into effect from 1/1/2006 and revised rates of allowances from 1/9/2008. The Cabinet has also decided that arrears will be paid in cash in two instalments – first instalment of 40% during the current year (2008-09) and the remaining 60% in the next financial year (2009-10).
2. The Cabinet has broadly accepted the recommendations of Sixth CPC with some modifications in the wake of representations received from various sections/Associations of Central Government employees. The new system of four Pay Bands with 20 Grade Pays recommended by the Commission has been accepted with some minor modifications.
3. The minimum Basic Pay for a Government servant has been increased to Rs.7000 from Rs.6660 recommended by the Sixth CPC. Consequently, the total emoluments of an employee at the lowest level will exceed Rs.10,000 p.m., including allowances.
4. The other highlights of the Cabinet decision covering all Government employees including the Defence Forces are:-
(i) Enhancement in the fitment in revised pay bands, which was recommended by the Sixth CPC to be based on multiplication factor of 1.74 to 1.86. This would result in increased emoluments for Government employees.
(ii) Increase in the rate of annual increment from 2.5% to 3%.
(iii) Removal of Campus restriction for grant of Transport Allowance.
(iv) Increase in Transport Allowance at the lowest level to Rs.600 (from Rs.400 in A-1/A class cities recommended by the Sixth CPC) and Rs.400 (from Rs.300 in other cities recommended by the Sixth CPC).
(v) At least three promotions have been assured for all Defence Forces’ personnel and civilian employees under the modified Assured Career Progression (ACP) Scheme. While the civilians would get it after 10, 20 and 30 years of service, the Defence Forces Jawans would get ACP in 8, 16 and 24 years.
5. For the Armed Forces personnel, the Commission, for the first time recommended a Military Service Pay (MSP). The Cabinet has increased the rate of MSP for PBORs to Rs.2000 from Rs.1000 recommended by the Commission. The Officers of the Defence Forces would get an MSP of Rs.6000 over and above their Pay.
6. The middle level officers of the Defence Forces namely Colonels and Brigadiers have been placed in the highest Pay Band of PB-4.
7. Senior Lt. Generals overlooked for promotion as Army Commanders due to lack of residual service would now get the grade of Army Commander (Secretary’s grade). In the case of existing Major Generals/Lt. Generals, MSP will be taken into account notionally for fixation of pay on 1/1/2006.
8. As replacement of the pay scale of Rs.24050-26000, a separate pay scale has been carved for DGPs, PCCFs, GM (Railways), members of the Boards of Income Tax, Customs & Central Excise, Postal and Ordnance Factories, among others, who were in this pre-revised scale. This would take them to the level of Rs.80000 in two years as against three years in the pre-revised scale.
9. Further, the IPS Pay Rules and the Indian Forest Service Pay Rules will be appropriately modified to provide in each State cadre one post of DGP and one post of PCCF at the apex level of Rs.80000 for heading their respective Forces.
10. Middle level Police and Civilian officers i.e. DIGs, Conservator of Forests, Scientists E & F, Superintending Engineers, Directors, Additional Commissioners of Income Tax and Central Excise and posts in equivalent grades have also been placed in PB-4.
11. Other salient decisions taken by the Cabinet are:-
(i) The lower limits of Disability Pension for Defence personnel to be doubled from Rs.1550 to Rs.3100. War Disability Pension to be granted at 60%;
(ii) The rates of Special Forces Allowance for Army and Air Force to be equated with navy’s Marine Commando Allowance;
(iii) For the officers of Central Para Military Forces, all the posts of Additional DIG upgraded to DIG level by the Pay Commission to continue to be manned by the cadre officers of CPMFs;
(iv) For the Railway employees who are in receipt of Running Allowance, this allowance will be taken into account while fixing their pay in revised pay bands;
(v) Government has continued the present position of granting Group A scale to Group B officers after 4 years of service and these officers would be placed in PB-3 instead of PB-2 recommended by the Sixth CPC. This would benefit Group B officers of the Railways, Accounts Services, CSS, CSSS and DANICS & DANIPS.
(vi) For Doctors, the Cabinet has approved promotions under the Dynamic ACP Scheme upto Senior Administrative Grade (Joint Secretary level) for Doctors with 20 years of service. Counting of Dearness Allowance (DA) on Non-Practicing Allowance (NPA) as on 01.01.2006 for fixing their pay in revised pay bands has also been approved;
(vii) For the scientists, continuation of the existing system of grant of Special Pay of Rs.2000 p.m. to Scientists G on promotion and doubling of the amount to Rs.4000 p.m. in Departments of Space and Atomic Energy and Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has been recommended.
12. The financial implications in 2008-09 on account of the implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission as modified by the Cabinet will be around Rs.15700 crore on the Central Budget and Rs.6400 crore on the Railway Budget.
Source: http://www.khabrein.info
New Delhi, Aug 28: The long wait is over. The government is all set to issue the notification of the 6th Pay Commission’s recommendation tomorrow, Friday.
This is sure to be a big relief for 5.5 million central government employees who have been anxiously awaiting the notification.
This will not only clear the air but the central government employees will also be in a better position to figure out the details and will know precisely what they are going to get as their final payments.
Besides they would be able to know clearly the allowances and other benefits that sixth pay commission awards them.
The final draft that the union cabinet approved on 14th August had been improved upon by the government. Several grouses of different sections of the employees were taken into account, particularly the grouses of army officials were considered and anomalies removed.
The reports point out that the first installment of arrears will be paid to central government employees in September itself giving a much needed relief to hundreds of thousands of central government employees.
The wage hike would increasee the financial implication for the Centre by Rs 17,798 crore annually and the arrears with effect from January 2006 would cost Rs 29,373 crore, Information and Broadcasting Minister P R Dasmunsi told reporters after the Cabinet meeting. The financial implication of Pay Commission on the General Budget would be Rs 15,717 crore and Rs 6414 crore on Railway Budget in 2008-09. The government’s present salary bill is over Rs 70,000 crore and the pension bill is over Rs 30,000 crore.
6th Pay Commission Highlights
The Union Cabinet has given its approval for implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission. The revised pay scales will come into effect from 1/1/2006 and revised rates of allowances from 1/9/2008. The Cabinet has also decided that arrears will be paid in cash in two instalments – first instalment of 40% during the current year (2008-09) and the remaining 60% in the next financial year (2009-10).
2. The Cabinet has broadly accepted the recommendations of Sixth CPC with some modifications in the wake of representations received from various sections/Associations of Central Government employees. The new system of four Pay Bands with 20 Grade Pays recommended by the Commission has been accepted with some minor modifications.
3. The minimum Basic Pay for a Government servant has been increased to Rs.7000 from Rs.6660 recommended by the Sixth CPC. Consequently, the total emoluments of an employee at the lowest level will exceed Rs.10,000 p.m., including allowances.
4. The other highlights of the Cabinet decision covering all Government employees including the Defence Forces are:-
(i) Enhancement in the fitment in revised pay bands, which was recommended by the Sixth CPC to be based on multiplication factor of 1.74 to 1.86. This would result in increased emoluments for Government employees.
(ii) Increase in the rate of annual increment from 2.5% to 3%.
(iii) Removal of Campus restriction for grant of Transport Allowance.
(iv) Increase in Transport Allowance at the lowest level to Rs.600 (from Rs.400 in A-1/A class cities recommended by the Sixth CPC) and Rs.400 (from Rs.300 in other cities recommended by the Sixth CPC).
(v) At least three promotions have been assured for all Defence Forces’ personnel and civilian employees under the modified Assured Career Progression (ACP) Scheme. While the civilians would get it after 10, 20 and 30 years of service, the Defence Forces Jawans would get ACP in 8, 16 and 24 years.
5. For the Armed Forces personnel, the Commission, for the first time recommended a Military Service Pay (MSP). The Cabinet has increased the rate of MSP for PBORs to Rs.2000 from Rs.1000 recommended by the Commission. The Officers of the Defence Forces would get an MSP of Rs.6000 over and above their Pay.
6. The middle level officers of the Defence Forces namely Colonels and Brigadiers have been placed in the highest Pay Band of PB-4.
7. Senior Lt. Generals overlooked for promotion as Army Commanders due to lack of residual service would now get the grade of Army Commander (Secretary’s grade). In the case of existing Major Generals/Lt. Generals, MSP will be taken into account notionally for fixation of pay on 1/1/2006.
8. As replacement of the pay scale of Rs.24050-26000, a separate pay scale has been carved for DGPs, PCCFs, GM (Railways), members of the Boards of Income Tax, Customs & Central Excise, Postal and Ordnance Factories, among others, who were in this pre-revised scale. This would take them to the level of Rs.80000 in two years as against three years in the pre-revised scale.
9. Further, the IPS Pay Rules and the Indian Forest Service Pay Rules will be appropriately modified to provide in each State cadre one post of DGP and one post of PCCF at the apex level of Rs.80000 for heading their respective Forces.
10. Middle level Police and Civilian officers i.e. DIGs, Conservator of Forests, Scientists E & F, Superintending Engineers, Directors, Additional Commissioners of Income Tax and Central Excise and posts in equivalent grades have also been placed in PB-4.
11. Other salient decisions taken by the Cabinet are:-
(i) The lower limits of Disability Pension for Defence personnel to be doubled from Rs.1550 to Rs.3100. War Disability Pension to be granted at 60%;
(ii) The rates of Special Forces Allowance for Army and Air Force to be equated with navy’s Marine Commando Allowance;
(iii) For the officers of Central Para Military Forces, all the posts of Additional DIG upgraded to DIG level by the Pay Commission to continue to be manned by the cadre officers of CPMFs;
(iv) For the Railway employees who are in receipt of Running Allowance, this allowance will be taken into account while fixing their pay in revised pay bands;
(v) Government has continued the present position of granting Group A scale to Group B officers after 4 years of service and these officers would be placed in PB-3 instead of PB-2 recommended by the Sixth CPC. This would benefit Group B officers of the Railways, Accounts Services, CSS, CSSS and DANICS & DANIPS.
(vi) For Doctors, the Cabinet has approved promotions under the Dynamic ACP Scheme upto Senior Administrative Grade (Joint Secretary level) for Doctors with 20 years of service. Counting of Dearness Allowance (DA) on Non-Practicing Allowance (NPA) as on 01.01.2006 for fixing their pay in revised pay bands has also been approved;
(vii) For the scientists, continuation of the existing system of grant of Special Pay of Rs.2000 p.m. to Scientists G on promotion and doubling of the amount to Rs.4000 p.m. in Departments of Space and Atomic Energy and Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has been recommended.
12. The financial implications in 2008-09 on account of the implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission as modified by the Cabinet will be around Rs.15700 crore on the Central Budget and Rs.6400 crore on the Railway Budget.
Source: http://www.khabrein.info
Sixth Pay Commission Notification (www.ratevin.com)
Sixth pay commission report as approved by the cabinet has been handed over to DOPT (Department of Personnel and Training) for its implementation.
some highlights of latest developments are
1. Uniform Date of increment (July).
2. Reduction in HRA for senior officers in A1 Cities, to bring parity with market rents in metros.
3. De-merging of Grade Pays of Group B & C employees (which were earlier merged)
Updates from the States
The state governments seem to have been jolted awake with the elections coming closer. After Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, Uttarkhand and more recently Sikkim have constituted pay panels.
In Sikkim The Chief Minister Pawan Chamling said that the State Government will soon implement Sixth Pay Commission in the State.
Where as in Uttarakhand government is considering a strategy to implement the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations in the hill state for its employees.
The government has constituted a high-powered two-member committee headed by former union petroleum and natural gas secretary Sushil Kumar Tripathi.
At present, the state government has 160,000 employees even as 65,000 jobs are lying vacant. In case these posts are filled, the government will require Rs 1,500 crore every year.
The government has come under considerable pressure after the Uttar Pradesh government announced its decision to implement the sixth pay panel recommendations. The state employees are hoping that they will get a hike of 25 per cent.
The main task of the committee will be to devise ways and means for the implementation of the sixth pay commission report in the hill state.
Tags: Sixth Pay Commission Notification,6th Pay Commission Notification
Source: http://ratevin.com/story.php?title=Sixth_Pay_Commission_Notification
some highlights of latest developments are
1. Uniform Date of increment (July).
2. Reduction in HRA for senior officers in A1 Cities, to bring parity with market rents in metros.
3. De-merging of Grade Pays of Group B & C employees (which were earlier merged)
Updates from the States
The state governments seem to have been jolted awake with the elections coming closer. After Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, Uttarkhand and more recently Sikkim have constituted pay panels.
In Sikkim The Chief Minister Pawan Chamling said that the State Government will soon implement Sixth Pay Commission in the State.
Where as in Uttarakhand government is considering a strategy to implement the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations in the hill state for its employees.
The government has constituted a high-powered two-member committee headed by former union petroleum and natural gas secretary Sushil Kumar Tripathi.
At present, the state government has 160,000 employees even as 65,000 jobs are lying vacant. In case these posts are filled, the government will require Rs 1,500 crore every year.
The government has come under considerable pressure after the Uttar Pradesh government announced its decision to implement the sixth pay panel recommendations. The state employees are hoping that they will get a hike of 25 per cent.
The main task of the committee will be to devise ways and means for the implementation of the sixth pay commission report in the hill state.
Tags: Sixth Pay Commission Notification,6th Pay Commission Notification
Source: http://ratevin.com/story.php?title=Sixth_Pay_Commission_Notification
Sixth pay commission notification: Pay panel notification likely tomorrow
Siddharth Zarabi / New Delhi August 28, 2008, 0:07 IST
The much-awaited official notification of the revised central government pay rules is expected to be issued this Friday. The notification with regard to the Sixth Pay Commission award is ready and is currently being approved by statutory authorities.
Sources said the dearness allowance effective this July is also likely to be announced the same day.
On August 14, the Union Cabinet had approved an improved and tweaked version of the Sixth Pay Commission award with effect from January 1, 2006.
Consequently, an estimated 4.6 million central government employees will receive a raise of 28-40 per cent over their existing basic pay. Employees will start receiving their higher salaries and allowances with effect from this September.
Sources added the first instalment of arrears of Rs 11,748 crore will be paid in cash with effect from September as announced earlier. There had been some apprehensions that with the upcoming fifteenth session of the Lok Sabha scheduled to begin on October 17, Parliamentary sanction for the additional spending sought under the supplementary demand for grants would somehow delay the arrears payment.
However, sources said the arrears would be paid from the salary account of the government.
The Cabinet had decided to issue arrears in cash over two years — 2008-09 and 2009-10 — with the first instalment of 40 per cent being paid by September and the balance next year.
As a consequence of the revised salaries and allowances, the central government’s wage bill is expected to increase 21 per cent on account of an additional expenditure of Rs 22,100 crore in the current financial year (2008-09). Of this, Rs 15,700 crore will be accounted for by the central government employees and Rs 6,400 crore by the railway staff.
Of the Rs 15,700 crore, the first installment of arrears will account for Rs 8,048 crore. Of the Rs 6,400 crore impact on the railway budget, Rs 3,700 crore will be arrears.
The annualised impact of the new salary structure is estimated at Rs 17,798 crore, adding to the approximate Rs 1,04,000 crore annual pay, allowances and pension bill of the Centre.
Source: http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=332771&chkFlg=
The much-awaited official notification of the revised central government pay rules is expected to be issued this Friday. The notification with regard to the Sixth Pay Commission award is ready and is currently being approved by statutory authorities.
Sources said the dearness allowance effective this July is also likely to be announced the same day.
On August 14, the Union Cabinet had approved an improved and tweaked version of the Sixth Pay Commission award with effect from January 1, 2006.
Consequently, an estimated 4.6 million central government employees will receive a raise of 28-40 per cent over their existing basic pay. Employees will start receiving their higher salaries and allowances with effect from this September.
Sources added the first instalment of arrears of Rs 11,748 crore will be paid in cash with effect from September as announced earlier. There had been some apprehensions that with the upcoming fifteenth session of the Lok Sabha scheduled to begin on October 17, Parliamentary sanction for the additional spending sought under the supplementary demand for grants would somehow delay the arrears payment.
However, sources said the arrears would be paid from the salary account of the government.
The Cabinet had decided to issue arrears in cash over two years — 2008-09 and 2009-10 — with the first instalment of 40 per cent being paid by September and the balance next year.
As a consequence of the revised salaries and allowances, the central government’s wage bill is expected to increase 21 per cent on account of an additional expenditure of Rs 22,100 crore in the current financial year (2008-09). Of this, Rs 15,700 crore will be accounted for by the central government employees and Rs 6,400 crore by the railway staff.
Of the Rs 15,700 crore, the first installment of arrears will account for Rs 8,048 crore. Of the Rs 6,400 crore impact on the railway budget, Rs 3,700 crore will be arrears.
The annualised impact of the new salary structure is estimated at Rs 17,798 crore, adding to the approximate Rs 1,04,000 crore annual pay, allowances and pension bill of the Centre.
Source: http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=332771&chkFlg=
Sixth Pay Commission: Though purchasing power has soared, industry isn’t amused
Govt data represents changes in the volume of production and not value, keeping out the impact of inflation
Sanjiv Shankaran
New Delhi: Government numbers show Indians are buying more products such as televisions and refrigerators (popularly termed consumer durables), and economists have theories ranging from the so-called wealth effect to the impact of a populist employment scheme that has put more money in the hands of the rural poor.
There is one small problem: The consumer durables industry claims the first three months of fiscal 2008-09, the period ended June, have been “sluggish” as inflation and interest rates rose.
The seeming disconnect between the numbers and the logic behind them, on the one side, and the actual performance of the industry, on the other, could mean one of three things: that the data is flawed; that the volume of consumer durables in trade channels has increased significantly without translating into any rise in sales, with manufacturers probably preparing for a coming spike in demand; or that consumer durable makers are facing the same kind of problems other producers are—higher raw material costs, tighter consumer credit—and are equating these with “sluggishness” in the market while, in reality, demand and sales have risen.
First, the data.
Even as overall industrial activity in June, as represented by the Index of Industrial Production, or IIP, recorded a slowdown in growth year-on-year, consumer goods output soared. According to D.K. Joshi, principal economist and director at rating agency Crisil Ltd, IIP’s consumer goods index can be used as a proxy for consumption of merchandise such as television sets.
Changes in IIP represent changes in the volume of production and not value, keeping out the immediate impact of inflation on the level of industrial activity.
Economists claim this is happening because people are spending more out of a perception that they are wealthier, an impression bolstered by tax breaks and rural job creation.
“On account of the fiscal stimulus such as income-tax benefits, there is a sudden boost in income which has led to a real wealth effect,” says an economist at India’s finance ministry who doesn’t wish to be named. “The income boost through the NREGS has added to it.”
NREGS is short for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme that promises at least 100 days of work a year to one person in a rural family.
The last Union budget tried to boost disposable incomes by offering tax benefits. This was followed by the promise of a pay hike to Union government employees. These two factors jointly created a wealth effect, the finance ministry economist says.
Wealth effect is a term used by economists to refer to an increase in spending that comes along with a real or perceived increase in income.
Pronab Sen, chief statistician of India, who oversees data collection on IIP, says the tax benefits and expected salary increase in the wake of the Sixth Pay Commission report created a wealth effect that was reflected in the production of consumer goods in the first quarter.
Source: http://www.livemint.com/2008/08/27003742/Though-purchasing-power-has-so.html
Sanjiv Shankaran
New Delhi: Government numbers show Indians are buying more products such as televisions and refrigerators (popularly termed consumer durables), and economists have theories ranging from the so-called wealth effect to the impact of a populist employment scheme that has put more money in the hands of the rural poor.
There is one small problem: The consumer durables industry claims the first three months of fiscal 2008-09, the period ended June, have been “sluggish” as inflation and interest rates rose.
The seeming disconnect between the numbers and the logic behind them, on the one side, and the actual performance of the industry, on the other, could mean one of three things: that the data is flawed; that the volume of consumer durables in trade channels has increased significantly without translating into any rise in sales, with manufacturers probably preparing for a coming spike in demand; or that consumer durable makers are facing the same kind of problems other producers are—higher raw material costs, tighter consumer credit—and are equating these with “sluggishness” in the market while, in reality, demand and sales have risen.
First, the data.
Even as overall industrial activity in June, as represented by the Index of Industrial Production, or IIP, recorded a slowdown in growth year-on-year, consumer goods output soared. According to D.K. Joshi, principal economist and director at rating agency Crisil Ltd, IIP’s consumer goods index can be used as a proxy for consumption of merchandise such as television sets.
Changes in IIP represent changes in the volume of production and not value, keeping out the immediate impact of inflation on the level of industrial activity.
Economists claim this is happening because people are spending more out of a perception that they are wealthier, an impression bolstered by tax breaks and rural job creation.
“On account of the fiscal stimulus such as income-tax benefits, there is a sudden boost in income which has led to a real wealth effect,” says an economist at India’s finance ministry who doesn’t wish to be named. “The income boost through the NREGS has added to it.”
NREGS is short for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme that promises at least 100 days of work a year to one person in a rural family.
The last Union budget tried to boost disposable incomes by offering tax benefits. This was followed by the promise of a pay hike to Union government employees. These two factors jointly created a wealth effect, the finance ministry economist says.
Wealth effect is a term used by economists to refer to an increase in spending that comes along with a real or perceived increase in income.
Pronab Sen, chief statistician of India, who oversees data collection on IIP, says the tax benefits and expected salary increase in the wake of the Sixth Pay Commission report created a wealth effect that was reflected in the production of consumer goods in the first quarter.
Source: http://www.livemint.com/2008/08/27003742/Though-purchasing-power-has-so.html
Sixth Pay Commission: India shining, Noida whining: seven postgrads, 8 grads seek sweeper job
Pragya Kaushika
Posted online: Thursday , August 28, 2008 at 01:35:51
Noida, August 27 Seven postgraduates, eight Arts graduates, one Science graduate, 100 Class XII passouts, and eight having cleared Class X.
These are some of the applicants for the job of sweepers in district panchayat of Gautam Budh Nagar. The responses came following an advertisement by the district panchayat for 397 vacancies for sweepers.
“We are amazed to see the educational qualifications of some of the applicants,” District Panchayati Raj official Krishna Kumar Singh said. “Inability to secure other jobs must have forced these candidates to try and somehow secure a government job, irrespective of the nature of work.”
The district panchayat, Singh said, does not have more details of applicants’ educational qualifications. “The administration never expected applications from qualified candidates,” he said. “So the form to be filled in by applicants does not contain any column seeking details of educational qualification.”
But even a post-graduation degree is not safe a passport to the job of a sweeper, say district administration officials. “We are conducting interviews and practical tests,” a senior official of the district panchayat said. “Candidates who can sweep well, and are able to dig their feet in the mud and sewer, would get these jobs.
“Their educational qualification does not guarantee that they would be selected, or even that have a headstart over other applicants with little or no education.”
Many educated candidates, the official said, have “failed to clean sewage” in tests conducted earlier.
The office has received a total of 1,075 applications for the vacancies advertised.
Senior officials at the panchayat office said the practical tests for the job would be conducted till August 30; it would be up to the selection committee of the district panchayat to make the decisions to fill up the vacancies thereafter.
Singh believes the recent implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission has a role to play in attracting so many applications from even highly qualified people for the job of a sweeper. Once recruited, sweepers would get close to Rs 10,000 as remuneration. “Many would prefer to get the job and earn Rs 10,000 rather than be simply unemployed,” the senior official said.
Source: http://www.expressindia.com
Posted online: Thursday , August 28, 2008 at 01:35:51
Noida, August 27 Seven postgraduates, eight Arts graduates, one Science graduate, 100 Class XII passouts, and eight having cleared Class X.
These are some of the applicants for the job of sweepers in district panchayat of Gautam Budh Nagar. The responses came following an advertisement by the district panchayat for 397 vacancies for sweepers.
“We are amazed to see the educational qualifications of some of the applicants,” District Panchayati Raj official Krishna Kumar Singh said. “Inability to secure other jobs must have forced these candidates to try and somehow secure a government job, irrespective of the nature of work.”
The district panchayat, Singh said, does not have more details of applicants’ educational qualifications. “The administration never expected applications from qualified candidates,” he said. “So the form to be filled in by applicants does not contain any column seeking details of educational qualification.”
But even a post-graduation degree is not safe a passport to the job of a sweeper, say district administration officials. “We are conducting interviews and practical tests,” a senior official of the district panchayat said. “Candidates who can sweep well, and are able to dig their feet in the mud and sewer, would get these jobs.
“Their educational qualification does not guarantee that they would be selected, or even that have a headstart over other applicants with little or no education.”
Many educated candidates, the official said, have “failed to clean sewage” in tests conducted earlier.
The office has received a total of 1,075 applications for the vacancies advertised.
Senior officials at the panchayat office said the practical tests for the job would be conducted till August 30; it would be up to the selection committee of the district panchayat to make the decisions to fill up the vacancies thereafter.
Singh believes the recent implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission has a role to play in attracting so many applications from even highly qualified people for the job of a sweeper. Once recruited, sweepers would get close to Rs 10,000 as remuneration. “Many would prefer to get the job and earn Rs 10,000 rather than be simply unemployed,” the senior official said.
Source: http://www.expressindia.com
Sixth pay commission: CPC : Gazzette Notification by Friday
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
The Gazette Notification on implementation of revised sixth pay commission recommendations as accepted by the Government is expected to be released by this Friday. The copy of the notification has been submitted to the CAG three days back. It is hoped that the same may happen even today itself if not before 29 August 2008. Eventough various information and calculations are available in different websites and blogs, the actual details will be known only after the release of the gazette notification. We will bring you the news as soon as it is available. Keep watching this space.
Source: http://paycommissionnews.blogspot.com/2008/08/cpc-gazzette-notification-by-friday.html
The Gazette Notification on implementation of revised sixth pay commission recommendations as accepted by the Government is expected to be released by this Friday. The copy of the notification has been submitted to the CAG three days back. It is hoped that the same may happen even today itself if not before 29 August 2008. Eventough various information and calculations are available in different websites and blogs, the actual details will be known only after the release of the gazette notification. We will bring you the news as soon as it is available. Keep watching this space.
Source: http://paycommissionnews.blogspot.com/2008/08/cpc-gazzette-notification-by-friday.html
Sixth Pay Commission: 13 IAS officers to miss promotions this yr
Chandigarh, August 27 AS many as 13 bureaucrats in Punjab are unlikely to get their promotion to the super time-scale grade this year. All of them of the 1993 and 1994 batch were eligible for the scale on completion of 14 years of service in the IAS.
However, a norm laid down in the recently announced Sixth Pay Commission comes in the way of giving these bureaucrats the super time scale, sources said. Bureaucrats of the 1994 batch are now likely to get the super time-scale grade two years later in 2010, while the 1993 batch is expected to get their promotion scale next year.
An officer, requesting anonymity, said, “The Pay Commission report mentions that the 14-year cut-off date for eligibility to the super time scale has been withdrawn. This means that these two batches, which were eligible for the scale this year, will now have to wait longer.”
Besides a higher designation, the grade would have meant that officers get the pay-scale of a secretary-level officer, said a source. There are as many as nine IAS officers of the 1994 batch and another four of the 1993 batch who are unlikely to get their grade this year. Officials say the 14-year norm was brought down from 16 years early this year.
The 1992 batch officers, as many as nine in Punjab, are likely to get the super time scale this year as their case will be considered independently, said sources. The case is pending approval from the Chief Minister.
In Haryana, IAS officers of the 1992 batch have already got the promotion scale. The state government recently cleared promotions of 1983 batch IAS officers to the rank of principal secretary. Those who benefited from the decision were Suresh Kumar, Principal Secretary, Power; Navreet Kang, Principal Secretary, Employment Generation, and J.S. Sandhu, FC Appeals.
Another cadre issue has been disturbing the 1975-batch officers. Senior officials say the recent guidelines of the Union government make it mandatory for officers to have served at least one tenure in the Centre on deputation to become eligible for the next promotion.
This year, the 1975 batch is eligible for empanelment. However, the recent norm, which is being resented, may act as a dampener for those seeking empanelment as joint secretary.
Sources said the case of four IAS officers of the 1995 batch, who are eligible for selection grade, is also yet to be approved. Similarly, five young officers of the 2004 batch are awaiting promotion to senior time scale on completion of four years of service. This is the cadre review year. Against a sanctioned strength of 193 (including 135 direct and 58 promotion posts), there are just 173 IAS officers in Punjab.
The eight officers of the 1994 batch who are likely to be affected include Vikas Pratap, Alok Shekher, D.K. Tiwari, Bala Murugan, Tejvir Singh, Ram Lubhaya Mehta, Dr Aravinder Singh, V.K. Sharma and D.S. Grewal. The 1993 batch includes Anurag Verma, Rakesh Kumar Verma, K.S. Prasad and Ramesh Kumar Ganta.
Tags: Sixth Pay Commission,6th Pay Commission,Sixth Pay Commission Latest news,6th Pay Commission News
Source: http://www.expressindia.com
However, a norm laid down in the recently announced Sixth Pay Commission comes in the way of giving these bureaucrats the super time scale, sources said. Bureaucrats of the 1994 batch are now likely to get the super time-scale grade two years later in 2010, while the 1993 batch is expected to get their promotion scale next year.
An officer, requesting anonymity, said, “The Pay Commission report mentions that the 14-year cut-off date for eligibility to the super time scale has been withdrawn. This means that these two batches, which were eligible for the scale this year, will now have to wait longer.”
Besides a higher designation, the grade would have meant that officers get the pay-scale of a secretary-level officer, said a source. There are as many as nine IAS officers of the 1994 batch and another four of the 1993 batch who are unlikely to get their grade this year. Officials say the 14-year norm was brought down from 16 years early this year.
The 1992 batch officers, as many as nine in Punjab, are likely to get the super time scale this year as their case will be considered independently, said sources. The case is pending approval from the Chief Minister.
In Haryana, IAS officers of the 1992 batch have already got the promotion scale. The state government recently cleared promotions of 1983 batch IAS officers to the rank of principal secretary. Those who benefited from the decision were Suresh Kumar, Principal Secretary, Power; Navreet Kang, Principal Secretary, Employment Generation, and J.S. Sandhu, FC Appeals.
Another cadre issue has been disturbing the 1975-batch officers. Senior officials say the recent guidelines of the Union government make it mandatory for officers to have served at least one tenure in the Centre on deputation to become eligible for the next promotion.
This year, the 1975 batch is eligible for empanelment. However, the recent norm, which is being resented, may act as a dampener for those seeking empanelment as joint secretary.
Sources said the case of four IAS officers of the 1995 batch, who are eligible for selection grade, is also yet to be approved. Similarly, five young officers of the 2004 batch are awaiting promotion to senior time scale on completion of four years of service. This is the cadre review year. Against a sanctioned strength of 193 (including 135 direct and 58 promotion posts), there are just 173 IAS officers in Punjab.
The eight officers of the 1994 batch who are likely to be affected include Vikas Pratap, Alok Shekher, D.K. Tiwari, Bala Murugan, Tejvir Singh, Ram Lubhaya Mehta, Dr Aravinder Singh, V.K. Sharma and D.S. Grewal. The 1993 batch includes Anurag Verma, Rakesh Kumar Verma, K.S. Prasad and Ramesh Kumar Ganta.
Tags: Sixth Pay Commission,6th Pay Commission,Sixth Pay Commission Latest news,6th Pay Commission News
Source: http://www.expressindia.com
Sixth Pay Commission: State staff to get 6th pay benefits
Chronicle News Service
Khandwa, Aug 27: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced that the State Government employees would soon be given the benefits of the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission. He also announced that Khalva would be accorded the status of a tehsil. Besides, an industrial area would be developed at Chhanera in order to provide employment to the needy persons relocated at Chhanera after their displacement from Harsood.
Chouhan made these announcements while addressing a gathering after inaugurating a tendu leaf dividend distribution programme at Khalva in Khandwa district today. Among the distinguished persons who were also present on the occasion include the Forest and Tribal Welfare Minister, Vijay Shah; MP Nand Kumar Singh Chouhan; Anil Dave and MLA Devendra Verma.
On this occasion, Chouhan made a symbolic distribution of tendu leaf dividend to a few beneficiaries marking the inauguration of tendu leaf bonus distribution. Lauding the then residents of Harsood for their significant contribution to the cause of development and construction of Indira Sagar Dam for power generation, Chouhan said that now the state government is taking care of the needs of the displaced people at the new habitation of Chhanera. An industrial area would be developed and a power plant would be set up at Chhanera, the CM added.
Chief Minister also announced that the lease rent would not be charged from the people who have been displaced from Harsood and relocated at Chhanera. The Forest and Tribal Welfare Minister, Vijay Shah also addressed the gathering.
Meanwhile, the MP Rajya Adhikari Sangh accorded a warm welcome to the Chief Minister at the State hangar in Bhopal. According to Dr RK Chourasia, the CM said that the govt would try to give the benefits of the Sixth Pay Commission from the month of September.
Bhopal: The MP Rajya Adhikari Sangh accorded a warm welcome to the Chief Minister at the State hangar here. According to Dr RK Chourasia, the CM said that the govt would try to give the benefits of the Sixth Pay Commission from the month of September.
Source: http://www.centralchronicle.com/
Khandwa, Aug 27: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced that the State Government employees would soon be given the benefits of the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission. He also announced that Khalva would be accorded the status of a tehsil. Besides, an industrial area would be developed at Chhanera in order to provide employment to the needy persons relocated at Chhanera after their displacement from Harsood.
Chouhan made these announcements while addressing a gathering after inaugurating a tendu leaf dividend distribution programme at Khalva in Khandwa district today. Among the distinguished persons who were also present on the occasion include the Forest and Tribal Welfare Minister, Vijay Shah; MP Nand Kumar Singh Chouhan; Anil Dave and MLA Devendra Verma.
On this occasion, Chouhan made a symbolic distribution of tendu leaf dividend to a few beneficiaries marking the inauguration of tendu leaf bonus distribution. Lauding the then residents of Harsood for their significant contribution to the cause of development and construction of Indira Sagar Dam for power generation, Chouhan said that now the state government is taking care of the needs of the displaced people at the new habitation of Chhanera. An industrial area would be developed and a power plant would be set up at Chhanera, the CM added.
Chief Minister also announced that the lease rent would not be charged from the people who have been displaced from Harsood and relocated at Chhanera. The Forest and Tribal Welfare Minister, Vijay Shah also addressed the gathering.
Meanwhile, the MP Rajya Adhikari Sangh accorded a warm welcome to the Chief Minister at the State hangar in Bhopal. According to Dr RK Chourasia, the CM said that the govt would try to give the benefits of the Sixth Pay Commission from the month of September.
Bhopal: The MP Rajya Adhikari Sangh accorded a warm welcome to the Chief Minister at the State hangar here. According to Dr RK Chourasia, the CM said that the govt would try to give the benefits of the Sixth Pay Commission from the month of September.
Source: http://www.centralchronicle.com/
After Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat decides to implement Sixth Pay Commission recommendations
Close on the heels of the announcement by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday regarding the implementation of Sixth Pay Commission recommendations, comes a similar announcement from the Gujarat government.
According to the government spokesperson Jay Narayan Vyas , “The secretaries’ committee will submit its report to the Cabinet sub-committee , formed early this year on what the sixth pay commission may mean to Gujarat.”
The announcement was based on a suggestion to the Cabinet on Wednesday that officials must first examine the sixth pay panel suggestions before putting them into effect. Vyas said, “The official committee will submit its report to the sub-committee , which in turn will get Cabinet nod before putting the sixth pay panel recommendations into gear.”
Various State Employees’ Unions have been demanding the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations ever since the central government approved the new pay scales for its five million employees.
As a consequence of the revised salaries and allowances, the central government’s wage bill is expected to increase 21 per cent on account of an additional expenditure of Rs 22,100 crore in the current financial year (2008-09). Of this, Rs 15,700 crore will be accounted for by the central government employees and Rs 6,400 crore by the railway staff.
Source: http://www.newspostonline.com
According to the government spokesperson Jay Narayan Vyas , “The secretaries’ committee will submit its report to the Cabinet sub-committee , formed early this year on what the sixth pay commission may mean to Gujarat.”
The announcement was based on a suggestion to the Cabinet on Wednesday that officials must first examine the sixth pay panel suggestions before putting them into effect. Vyas said, “The official committee will submit its report to the sub-committee , which in turn will get Cabinet nod before putting the sixth pay panel recommendations into gear.”
Various State Employees’ Unions have been demanding the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations ever since the central government approved the new pay scales for its five million employees.
As a consequence of the revised salaries and allowances, the central government’s wage bill is expected to increase 21 per cent on account of an additional expenditure of Rs 22,100 crore in the current financial year (2008-09). Of this, Rs 15,700 crore will be accounted for by the central government employees and Rs 6,400 crore by the railway staff.
Source: http://www.newspostonline.com
Madhya Pradesh to implement 6th Pay Commission recommendations
August 28th, 2008 - 12:29 am ICT by IANS -
Bhopal, Aug 27 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Wednesday said the state government would implement the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations for its employees soon. Chouhan made the announcement at a convention in the tribal-dominated Khandwa district. The convention was organised to launch a tendu leaf bonus distribution programme.
The implementation of the Pay Commission recommendations will benefit more than 500,000 state employees who would, on an average, see a hike of roughly 30 percent.
“My government has always been in favour of providing the best possible to its employees and it will also execute the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations as early as possible,” Chouhan said.
Various State Employees’ Unions have been demanding the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations ever since the central government approved the new pay scales Aug 14 for its five million employees.
This will see the average salary increases of central government employees by 21 percent, and cost the exchequer Rs.221.31 billion this fiscal.
Source: http://www.thaindian.com
Bhopal, Aug 27 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Wednesday said the state government would implement the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations for its employees soon. Chouhan made the announcement at a convention in the tribal-dominated Khandwa district. The convention was organised to launch a tendu leaf bonus distribution programme.
The implementation of the Pay Commission recommendations will benefit more than 500,000 state employees who would, on an average, see a hike of roughly 30 percent.
“My government has always been in favour of providing the best possible to its employees and it will also execute the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations as early as possible,” Chouhan said.
Various State Employees’ Unions have been demanding the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations ever since the central government approved the new pay scales Aug 14 for its five million employees.
This will see the average salary increases of central government employees by 21 percent, and cost the exchequer Rs.221.31 billion this fiscal.
Source: http://www.thaindian.com
Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh to implement Sixth Pay Commission
By Khabrein.info Correspondent,
Bhopal, Aug 28, 2008: Finally more states are coming forward to implement Sixth Pay Commission. Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh too have now announced to implement the recommendations of the pay panel.
Since the central government announced to accept and implement the sixth pay commission recommendations, states most of whose finances are in bad shape are waking up to the idea of implementing the pay commission recommendations.
But I would advise the state government employees not to be overtly happy as it may still take years before you get your first pay slip as per the sixth pay commission recommendations.
There are states where still fifth or even third pay commission recommendations are in vogue and no one bothers to ask those state governments as to why they failed to implement the previous pay panel recommendations.
Earlier five other states had announced to implement the pay panel recommendations. Those states included UP, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Uttranchal and Mizoram.
Now with the announcement of Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh governments the number of states who have announced to implement 6th pay panel recommendations has risen to seven.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan while making the announcement said, “My government has always been in favour of providing the best possible to its employees and it will also execute the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations as early as possible”.
The announcement will benefit around half a million state government employees in this central Indian state.
Chattisgarh government announced the implementation of the pay panel recommendation by a press release. “The state has taken a decision in principle to implement the new salary structure, recommended by the Six Pay Commission and approved by the central government,” an official release here said.
Despite announcement it is really going to take several months if not years (though it cannot be ruled out) before the states are able to sort out the tricky issues involved in the implementations of the report. There are intricate issues involved like the pay structures, the pay bands, benefits involved and the most important issue of them all, from where the state governments are going to raise the finances.
Uttar Pradesh chief minister has also announced to implement the sixth pay commission recommendations. She has also formed a committee to look into the issue of implementation of the report.
While making the announcement the chief minister Mayawati grandly announced, “I decided to implement these recommendations in the larger interest of the well being of the government employees who are facing an acute crunch on account of the rising prices of essential commodities for which the central government was squarely responsible”.
The chief minister said, “The new pay commission would be brought into force with effect from Dec 1 , though we would implement it with retrospect from Jan 2006”.
There are around 1.5 million employees working for the state government and it would entail an additional expenditure of around Rs 20000 crore. “But we will make it a point to meet that by enhancing our pending recoveries and by plugging wastages. Rest assured, we will not levy any fresh taxes on the people of the state”, Mayawati said.
No previous pay commission has evoked such a great hope and anticipation from government employees like the sixth pay commission.
But there are serious questions when it comes to implement the sixth pay commission recommendations. Several states including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar besides several other states have not yet fully implemented the fifth pay commission report.
In Uttar Pradesh there are over 24 corporations where fifth pay commission is still to be implemented. A report said that there are some state government organizations where employees are still getting salaries as per third pay commission recommendations. At present the employees Jal Nigam, UP State Road Transport Corporation, Housing Board, Forest Corporation, Rajkiya Nirman Nigam, StateWarehousing Corporation, Pollution Control Board and UP State Bridge Corporation are the only ones getting salaries as per the recommendations of the fifth pay commission. However, none these got the revised pay scales in 1996, the year when the recommendations of the fifth pay commission were accepted and implemented.
Maharashtra has so far not announced to implement the sixth pay commission recommendations, but the mainstay of India’s economy, Maharashtra is sure to implement the recommendations of the sixth pay commission.
The Sixth Pay Commission recommendations are likely to increase the state's salaries and pension bill by around Rs 4,500 crore (Rs 45 billion) annually. Although the state government has provided for nearly Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) in the state's budget for absorbing the impact of the recommendations, it will have to cut down on its development expenditure at least in the coming financial year, if it decides to implement the commission's recommendations from January 1, 2006.
In the meantime Delhi High Court has ruled that a government employee who was suspended would be entitled to the enhanced pay scales recommended by a new pay commission.
Dismissing the central government’s contention that a suspended employee would not be entitled to the recommendations of a new pay commission, a bench comprising Justices Madan B. Lokur and J.R. Midha said such an officer was entitled to enhanced subsistence allowance.
Source: http://www.khabrein.info
Bhopal, Aug 28, 2008: Finally more states are coming forward to implement Sixth Pay Commission. Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh too have now announced to implement the recommendations of the pay panel.
Since the central government announced to accept and implement the sixth pay commission recommendations, states most of whose finances are in bad shape are waking up to the idea of implementing the pay commission recommendations.
But I would advise the state government employees not to be overtly happy as it may still take years before you get your first pay slip as per the sixth pay commission recommendations.
There are states where still fifth or even third pay commission recommendations are in vogue and no one bothers to ask those state governments as to why they failed to implement the previous pay panel recommendations.
Earlier five other states had announced to implement the pay panel recommendations. Those states included UP, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Uttranchal and Mizoram.
Now with the announcement of Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh governments the number of states who have announced to implement 6th pay panel recommendations has risen to seven.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan while making the announcement said, “My government has always been in favour of providing the best possible to its employees and it will also execute the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations as early as possible”.
The announcement will benefit around half a million state government employees in this central Indian state.
Chattisgarh government announced the implementation of the pay panel recommendation by a press release. “The state has taken a decision in principle to implement the new salary structure, recommended by the Six Pay Commission and approved by the central government,” an official release here said.
Despite announcement it is really going to take several months if not years (though it cannot be ruled out) before the states are able to sort out the tricky issues involved in the implementations of the report. There are intricate issues involved like the pay structures, the pay bands, benefits involved and the most important issue of them all, from where the state governments are going to raise the finances.
Uttar Pradesh chief minister has also announced to implement the sixth pay commission recommendations. She has also formed a committee to look into the issue of implementation of the report.
While making the announcement the chief minister Mayawati grandly announced, “I decided to implement these recommendations in the larger interest of the well being of the government employees who are facing an acute crunch on account of the rising prices of essential commodities for which the central government was squarely responsible”.
The chief minister said, “The new pay commission would be brought into force with effect from Dec 1 , though we would implement it with retrospect from Jan 2006”.
There are around 1.5 million employees working for the state government and it would entail an additional expenditure of around Rs 20000 crore. “But we will make it a point to meet that by enhancing our pending recoveries and by plugging wastages. Rest assured, we will not levy any fresh taxes on the people of the state”, Mayawati said.
No previous pay commission has evoked such a great hope and anticipation from government employees like the sixth pay commission.
But there are serious questions when it comes to implement the sixth pay commission recommendations. Several states including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar besides several other states have not yet fully implemented the fifth pay commission report.
In Uttar Pradesh there are over 24 corporations where fifth pay commission is still to be implemented. A report said that there are some state government organizations where employees are still getting salaries as per third pay commission recommendations. At present the employees Jal Nigam, UP State Road Transport Corporation, Housing Board, Forest Corporation, Rajkiya Nirman Nigam, StateWarehousing Corporation, Pollution Control Board and UP State Bridge Corporation are the only ones getting salaries as per the recommendations of the fifth pay commission. However, none these got the revised pay scales in 1996, the year when the recommendations of the fifth pay commission were accepted and implemented.
Maharashtra has so far not announced to implement the sixth pay commission recommendations, but the mainstay of India’s economy, Maharashtra is sure to implement the recommendations of the sixth pay commission.
The Sixth Pay Commission recommendations are likely to increase the state's salaries and pension bill by around Rs 4,500 crore (Rs 45 billion) annually. Although the state government has provided for nearly Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) in the state's budget for absorbing the impact of the recommendations, it will have to cut down on its development expenditure at least in the coming financial year, if it decides to implement the commission's recommendations from January 1, 2006.
In the meantime Delhi High Court has ruled that a government employee who was suspended would be entitled to the enhanced pay scales recommended by a new pay commission.
Dismissing the central government’s contention that a suspended employee would not be entitled to the recommendations of a new pay commission, a bench comprising Justices Madan B. Lokur and J.R. Midha said such an officer was entitled to enhanced subsistence allowance.
Source: http://www.khabrein.info
Gujarat Govt to study sixth pay commission hike
GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat government has decided to set up a babus' committee on implications of the Centre's sixth pay commission award to hike employees' salary by 20 per cent for the state.
Talking to newspersons soon after the weekly Cabinet meeting, government spokesperson Jay Narayan Vyas said, "The secretaries' committee will submit its report to the Cabinet sub-committee , formed early this year on what the sixth pay commission may mean to Gujarat."
The announcement was based on a suggestion to the Cabinet on Wednesday that officials must first examine the sixth pay panel suggestions before putting them into effect. Vyas said, "The official committee will submit its report to the sub-committee , which in turn will get Cabinet nod before putting the sixth pay panel recommendations into gear." The minister gave no time frame, nor did he name the bureaucrat who will head the official committee. Vyas complained, the Gujarat government has still not received "full details" of the sixth pay commission, including what it means to all-India employees.
Last year, when the pay commission was still busy preparing its report , Chief Minister Narendra Modi had demanded from the Centre financial help to ward off the burden on the state exchequer.
He did this even while declaring that the state's financial situation was the best in many years, with fiscal deficit within reasonable limits . Officials apprehend that fiscal deficit, which stood at 2.16 per cent of the gross state domestic product (GSDP) last year, might rise in case the sixth pay panel is implemented.
With a whopping burden of Rs 2,000 crore per annum, most of the gain from the rise in value-added tax (VAT) and other state taxes' incomes, which comes to Rs 3,100 crore per annum . "We will not be able to pass on the gain for developmental needs in the Centre doesn't help," an official said. In all, 4.87 lakh government employees and 3.13 lakh pensioners are waiting to gain a rise of 20 per cent from the sixth pay panel.
Of these, 3.92 lakh are employees working in government departments in different parts of Gujarat, including teachers in government schools. Then, there are nearly 88,000 employees working in aided institutes and another 6,000 employees in state public sector undertakings.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Talking to newspersons soon after the weekly Cabinet meeting, government spokesperson Jay Narayan Vyas said, "The secretaries' committee will submit its report to the Cabinet sub-committee , formed early this year on what the sixth pay commission may mean to Gujarat."
The announcement was based on a suggestion to the Cabinet on Wednesday that officials must first examine the sixth pay panel suggestions before putting them into effect. Vyas said, "The official committee will submit its report to the sub-committee , which in turn will get Cabinet nod before putting the sixth pay panel recommendations into gear." The minister gave no time frame, nor did he name the bureaucrat who will head the official committee. Vyas complained, the Gujarat government has still not received "full details" of the sixth pay commission, including what it means to all-India employees.
Last year, when the pay commission was still busy preparing its report , Chief Minister Narendra Modi had demanded from the Centre financial help to ward off the burden on the state exchequer.
He did this even while declaring that the state's financial situation was the best in many years, with fiscal deficit within reasonable limits . Officials apprehend that fiscal deficit, which stood at 2.16 per cent of the gross state domestic product (GSDP) last year, might rise in case the sixth pay panel is implemented.
With a whopping burden of Rs 2,000 crore per annum, most of the gain from the rise in value-added tax (VAT) and other state taxes' incomes, which comes to Rs 3,100 crore per annum . "We will not be able to pass on the gain for developmental needs in the Centre doesn't help," an official said. In all, 4.87 lakh government employees and 3.13 lakh pensioners are waiting to gain a rise of 20 per cent from the sixth pay panel.
Of these, 3.92 lakh are employees working in government departments in different parts of Gujarat, including teachers in government schools. Then, there are nearly 88,000 employees working in aided institutes and another 6,000 employees in state public sector undertakings.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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