If 7th Pay Commission Is The Last? Will It Help Government
Employees?
With
the news of increase in the minimum pay of the Central government
employees still in limbo, news are making rounds that the 7th Pay
Commission will be the last pay commission for the government employees.
The
news has indeed brought confusion among the lakhs of government
employees as to how will their new salary look like, what will the
salary be increased and on what basis the government would increase the
salary.
Reports are there that the BJP-led Central government is
mulling to go for an alternative without making the employees to wait
for 10 years to get a hike in their salary.
Justice A K Mathur,
Chairman of the 7th Pay Commission, had earlier stated that revision of
salary be done every year on the basis of the available data and price
index.
According to reports, the Aykroyd formula may be considered
for the pay hike of the central government employess. The said formula
takes into account the three basic needs of human being while
considering pay hike and salary structure.
“It will be a good
initiative if the government comes up with the plan. Yearly increase
will help to maintain financial position. However, looking at the recent
hike as per the 7th Pay Commission, nothing can be expected from the
government,” said a Central government employee.
“Employees are
still feeling cheated and agitations are on against the anti-employee
policies of the government. In such a situation, in the name of annual
hike, doubts are there that we might get deprived of at least what we
are getting from the pay commission held every 10 years,” said another
employee.
Reviewing the pay matrix periodically instead of waiting
for long ten years to revise the salary and allowances will not be an
easy task for any government. It may lead to more confusion and
bewilderment among the employees, he said.
“If we get what we deserve then the new policy will definitely help, but
doubts still persists over its feasibility,” he added.
“There’s
no need to talk about a new policy for the employees when the recently
implement pay commission is mired in controversy. No employee is happy
with the hike in salary and allowances. Without diverting the topic,
government should first increase the minimum pay as per the demand of
the employee and media should avoid such news which will only deflect
and confused the employees,” said a retired Indian Railways employee.
Meanwhile,
the government is yet take a decision over the demands of the Central
government employees to increase the minimum pay from the present Rs
21,000 to Rs 26,000.
