7th Pay Commission: Latest news on anomaly and discussions with government
The pay panel states that its recommendations once accepted must take effect from 1.1.2016.
The 7th Pay Commission recommendations were approved by the Union Cabinet. However the Central Government employees are unhappy. There are a variety of issues that they have been raising regarding both pay hike, pay gap and allowances.
The National Council (Staff Side) Joint Consultative Machinery for Central Government employees has fixed important items as part of the agenda. This would be the main points that would be discussed with the government to get the issues resolved.
Anomaly in computation of minimum wage
"We are not in agreement with the methodology adopted in computing the minimum WAGE. We give hereunder briefly the reasons thereof. The retail prices of the commodities quoted by the Labour bureau is irrational, imaginary and even absurd in respect of certain articles at certain places. The Staff Side had objected to the adoption of those rates in its meeting with the Commission on 9th June, 2015.
Fixation of Pay on Promotion
"When a Government Servant promoted / appointed to a higher post which involves assumption of duties and responsibilities of greater importance than those attached to such permanent post, he will draw as initial pay the stage of the time scale next above his substantive pay in respect of the old post".
In the existing Pay Matrix the vertical stages are same in most of the Levels, such Level 2 & 3, 6 & 7, 7 & 8, and 6 & 8 etc. Because of this, if an employee is promoted under the regular promotion scheme or MACP his pay will be almost the same. This has happened only because Rule 13 of the revised Pay Rules, 2016 the fixation of pay on promotion is stipulated in the manner stated in para 1 above. In other words, the omission of the words at the stage next above the notional pay in FR was changed to a cell equal to the figure so arrived at. Necessary amendment in the Rule-13 that - "on promotion/upgradation of an employee, if the stage/cell on pay fixation is equal in the promoted/upgraded level, he shall be placed at the next higher cell/stage in the promoted scale (Level)' - may be made.
Date of effect of allowances
The pay panel states that its recommendations once accepted must take effect from 1.1.2016. The Govt accepted this recommendation and made it effective from 1.1.2016 only for Pay where as allowances were made effective with effect from 1.7.2017. Salary package contains pay and allowances and cannot be bifurcated and treated separately. This issue had been the subject matter of the proceedings before the Board of Arbitration. The award of the Board of Arbitration in CA No. 8/1986 dated 4.1.1989 was accepted and implemented where as the award on the second occasion in CA No 2/2002 dated 15.4.2004 being the same has not yet been acted upon. The staff side demands that the grant of above stated allowances must be from 1.1.2016 as in the case of Pay.
7th Pay Commission anomaly: Other points on agenda
Agenda
Item
No
1:
Anomaly
in
computation
of
Minimum
Wage
Agenda
Item
No
2:
3%
Increment
at
all
stages
Agenda
Item
No
3:
Removal
of
condition
of
3%
stipulated
to
grant
bunching
benefit
Agenda
Item
No
4:
Fixation
of
Pay
on
Promotion
Agenda
Item
No
5:
Removal
of
Anomaly
in
Pay
Matrix
Agenda
Item
No
6:
Anomaly
due
to
index
rationalization
Agenda
Item
No
7:
Anomaly
arising
from
the
decision
to
reject
option
No.1
in
pension
fixation
Agenda
Item
No
8:
Lesser
Pay
in
higher
Level
of
Pay
Matrix
Agenda
Item
No
9:
Bunching
of
steps
in
the
Revised
Pay
structure
Agenda
Item
No
10:
Minimum
Pension
Agenda
Item
No
11:
Date
of
Effect
of
Allowances
-
HRA,
Transport
Allowance,
CEA
etc.
Agenda
Item
No
12:
Parity
in
Pay
Scale
between
Sr
Auditor/Sr
Accountant
of
IA&AD
Agenda
Item
No
13:
Parity
in
Pay
Scales
between
Assistants/Stenographers
Agenda
Item
No
14:
Grant
of
GP
5400
to
Senior
Section
Officer
of
Railways
&
AAOs
of
IA&AD
Agenda
Item
No
15:
Technical
Supervisors
of
Railways
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