The total amount pending from January 1, 2016
should be given to the employees. But we are not sure whether they would
release the arrears as well," Shiv Gopal Mishra said.
New Delhi, Feb 3 :
Central Government employees are expected receive their hiked
allowances from the month of April. National Joint Council of Action (NJCA),
which has been raising the demands of central government employees before
Committee of Secretaries, claims that Centre would implement the hike by April
1. However, NJCA convenor Shiv Gopal Mishra has confirmed that a protest would
be launched if arrears are not provided on hiked allowances.
“Government is expected
to hike the allowances from April 1. We have demanded them to provide the
arrears as well. The total amount pending from January 1, 2016 should be given
to the employees. But we are not sure whether they would release the arrears as
well.” Shiv Gopal Mishra said while speaking to India.com. “Arrears are
unlikely, but protests would be launched if they fail to release (the
arrears),” he further added.
The date of
implementation for 7th Pay Commission was fixed as January 1, 2016. The pay
panel report of Justice (retd) AK Mathur was approved by Union Cabinet in first
week of July. However, only the basic component of salary was hiked, as
employee unions had raised several anomalies related to allowances.
Along with the hike in
basic salaries, central government employees were also provided arrears for the
months of January to June. Similarly, the employees are also seeking arrears on
allowances from January 2016. However, the populist demand, if implemented, may
adversely impact the exchequer.
NJCA also expressed
disappointment against the Finance Minister for making no reference to
central government employees during the Budget speech. “The speech of Finance
Minister made no reference to central government employees. We were expecting
Mr Jaitley to make some positive announcement, but all of us are upset,” Mishra
said.
NJCA has also been
spearheading the demand of revising minimum salary. Through the 7th Pay
Commission, the minimum pay was hiked from Rs 7,000 to Rs 18,000. However, the
Joint Council (staff side) has reiterated that the minimum salary should be
revised to Rs 26,000.
Implementation of 7th
Pay Commission directly impacts nearly 47 lakh central government employees and
53 lakh pensioners. The total hike approved by Centre was 23.4 per cent.
However, the actual hike realised so far by the employees is 14.3 per cent,
which is related only to their basic pay. The remaining portion of the hike
would be realised upon the hike in allowances.
Source
: http://www.india.com
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