7th Pay Commission: What's the latest development on minimum pay hike?

7th Pay Commission: What's the latest development on minimum pay hike?



Lakhs of Central Government employees and pensioners are eagerly waiting for the news on the minimum pay hike. 

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley According to the report, the National Anomaly Committee (NAC) will soon submit its interim report to the Finance Minister for 1 crore Central Government employees and pensioners.
What's the National Anomaly Committee (NAC)?

It's a committee which was formed in various pay related anomalies arising out of the implementation of the 7th Central Pay Commission's recommendations. It was announced that the 22-member panel will be led by Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) and it will have members from both the official and staff side.
"It has been decided to set up the Anomaly Committee of the National Council (Joint Consultative Machinery), which includes the representatives of the official side and the staff side to pay commission's recommendations for implementation of any irregularities settling," an order issued by the DoPT had said

"From the government side, it will have Member (Staff) Railway Board, Secretaries of Department of Telecommunications and Department of Posts, as its members.Despite them, Financial Adviser, Defense Ministry, DoPT from two joint secretaries and another Joint Secretary (Personnel) ) The Finance Ministry will also be part of the panel. A Deputy Secretary of the DoPT will be Member-Secretary of the panel which has 13 people from the staff side, "the order added ..

The Center had accepted most of the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission, to be implemented from January 1, 2016.

Earlier in the month of June and in a bonanza to 48 lakh central government employees, the Union Cabinet had approved the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission with 34 modifications. Reportedly, it imposed an additional annual burden of Rs 30,748 crore on the treasury


The increased allowances, which came in effect from July 1, 2017, is based on the recommendations of the Committee on Allowances (CoA).