Justice B N Srikrishna is Chairman of Sixth Pay Commission

New Delhi, Oct 5 (UNI) The government today announced the terms of reference of the Sixth Pay Commission and appointed Justice B N Srikrishna as its Chairman.

The other members of the Commission are Prof Ravindra Dhoklia and Mr J S Mathur and Mrs Sushma Nath has been appointed as the Member Secretary.

The terms of reference of the Commission are: (A) To examine the principles, the date of effect, that should govern the structure of pay, allowances and other facilities to certain categories of employees. These comprise: (i) Central government employees - industrial and non-industrial (ii) Personnel belonging to the All India Services (iii) Personnel belonging to the Armed Forces (iv) Personnel of the Union Territories (v) Officers and employees of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department; and (vi) Officers and employees of the regulatory bodies set up under Acts of Parliament.

(B) To transform the Central Government Organisations into modern, professional and citizen-friendly entities.

(C) To work out a comprehensive pay package for the categories of Central Government employees that is suitably linked to promoting efficiency and productivity; (D) To harmonise the functioning of the Central Government Organisations with the demands of the emerging global economic scenario. This would also take into account the totality of benefits available to the employees, need of rationalisation and simplification, the prevailing pay structure and retirement benefits available under the Central Public Sector Undertakings and the economic conditions in the country.

(E) To examine the principles which should govern the structure of pension, death-cum-retirement gratuity, family pension and other terminal or recurring benefits having financial implications to the present and former Central Government employees appointed before January 1, 2004.

(F) To make recommendations with respect to the general principles, financial parameters and conditions which should govern payment of bonus and the desirability and feasibility of introducing Productivity Linked Incentive Scheme in place of the existing ad hoc bonus scheme in various Departments.

(G) To examine desirability and the need to sanction any interim relief till the time the recommendations of the Commission are made and accepted by the Government.

An official release said here the Commission will make its recommendations within 18 months of the date of its constitution.

The Commission will have its headquarters in Delhi.

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