7th Pay Commission latest news: Merger in posts, hike for few employees
New Delhi, Apr 16: There is some good news on the 7th Pay Commission, with the indian Railways taking a major decision.
The
Indian
Railway
Board
will
merge
three
posts
into
one
and
a
common
recruitment
exam
would
be
conducted.
The
posts
that
would
be
merged
are
the
TC,
ECRC
and
CC.
These
employees
would
get
their
salaries
based
on
the
recommendations
made
by
the
pay
panel.
Prior to this decision, the Railway Recruitment Board conducted three different recruitment processes to hire and select these candidates. It must however be noted that this change will not affect the present employees and their present duties.
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The notification published in this regard states that the duties of the current staff will not be altered in any way even after the posts come under one umbrella. However the newly appointed people can be hired in any of the following posts-CC,TC, ECRC.
In other developments the Centre has increased the DA and DR for employees up to three per cent from the existing nine per cent. The Railway employees are soon going to get promotions and hike in their salaries.
A five fold additional incentive is on the cards for those employees who acquire higher degrees and the gratuity ceiling has been increased from Rs 10 to 20 lakh. These are the latest developments regarding the 7th Pay Commission. But the big news of a hike in the basic minimum pay continues to evade the CG employees.