7th Pay Commission announced for central government employees

The government has announced the setting up of the seventh Central Pay Commission paving the way for wage revision of millions of central government employees.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has approved the setting up of the commission, finance minister P Chidambaram said in a statement.

The average time taken by a Pay Commission to submit its recommendations has been about two years.

Accordingly, allowing about two years for the commission to submit its report, the recommendations are likely to be implemented with effect from January 1, 2016.

The names of the Chairperson and members as well as the terms of reference (ToR) of the commission will be finalised and announced shortly after consultation with major stakeholders, Chidambaram said.

The fourth, fifth and sixth Central Pay Commissions’ recommendations were implemented as follows:

# 4th CPC:   1.1.1986

# 5th CPC:   1.1.1996

#6th CPC:   1.1.2006

Source:Hindustantimes