The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government Wednesday announced to constitute the 7th Pay Commission - the commission that recommends the salary, allowance and pension structures of the government employees and ex-employees in parity to inflation.
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
# 5th CPC: 1.1.1996
#6th CPC: 1.1.2006
The announcement for setting up of the 7th
Pay Commission has brought cheer to over 80 lakh central government employees.
