The government has reportedly granted Rs 1,241 crore for this purpose. "This will directly benefit 29,264 teachers and other academic staff of institutes funded by state government. Moreover, about 3.5 lakh teachers and other academic staff of private colleges or institutions within the purview of All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) will also benefit from the approval," Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday.
"The Centre will also reimburse 50% of total additional expenditure to be incurred by these institutes towards arrears payment on account of 7th Central Pay Commission implementation," Javadekar added.
The HRD minister further said that the move will help technical institutions attract and retain faculty of high academic standards.
On the other hand, the Narendra Modi government is yet to take any decision related to the demand of the Central government employees who have been demanding a hike in their minimum pay.
While reports are there that the disappointment has again engulfed the CG employees after the government declared an interim budget, hopes are still intact on the Modi government as it might not want to disappoint the 50 lakh odd employees by not paying heed to their demand.
The approval to the pay hike of government employees from January 1 was given by the Cabinet at its meeting here.
The state announced the hike ahead of the 2019 general polls; besides, the state will face assembly polls in the second half of 2019.
Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar, addressing reporters at the secretariat, had earlier said that the decision will benefit 20,50,000 government employees, including those working in Zilla Parishads (ZPs), aided schools and also pensioners.
The arrears as per the seventh pay commission will be given to employees with retrospective effect from January 2016 while the dearness allowance will be paid retrospectively for the last 14 months, said Mungantiwar.
Mungantiwar had further said that the decision will put an additional burden of Rs 38,645 crore on the state exchequer.
“The arrears will be paid in equal installments over five years. Each year the government will spend Rs 7,631 on implementation of the 7th Pay Commission,” PTI had quoted him as saying.
Meanwhile, the Central government employees wait for the hike in their minimum pay by the Narendra Modi government before the 2019 general elections.
However, there seems to be a good news for the doctors of New Delhi as the concerned government has reportedly assured implementation of the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission within 15 days enabling the Resident doctors of government hospitals (MD/MS/DNB Super-speciality/FNB) in the national capital will receive revised salaries with retrospective effect from January 1, 2016.
Reports are also there that the arrears for these three years will be paid within the next three months. it is believed that around 15000 doctors working in 30 different government hospitals of the national capital will get the benefit.
Besides, reports are there the Central government is considering to revise salary and clear arrears of Indian Railways' Class 4 employees, Gunman and Trackman. Moreover, a India Railways official notification reads, “The demand for raising Risk on Duty Allowance (RDA) has been raised from Rupees One Thousand to Four Thousand and One Hundred.”
On the other hand, the Central government employees recently received a setback as the Minister of State for Finance P Radhakrishnan, under the Narendra Modi-led NDA government, once again said that there is no proposal for any hike in the fitment factor of the CG employees.
"The fitment factor for the purpose of fixation of pay in the revised pay structure based on the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission is 2.57 which is uniformly applicable to all categories of employees. As the same is based on the specific and considered recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission, no change therein is envisaged," OneIndia had quoted the minister as saying.
The CG employees are presently getting a minimum pay of Rs 18,000 and demanding Rs 26,000- a hike of Rs 8000 or an increase in the fitment factor by 3.68 times from the existing 2.57 times.
The Central government employees have been demanding a further hike in the minimum pay but the recent news has almost put an end to all the speculations related to a possible hike in their pay.
According to a report of OneIndia, the Minister of State for Finance P Radhakrishnan has once again said that there is no proposal for any hike in the fitment factor of the CG employees.
"The fitment factor for the purpose of fixation of pay in the revised pay structure based on the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission is 2.57 which is uniformly applicable to all categories of employees. As the same is based on the specific and considered recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission, no change therein is envisaged," OneIndia quoted the minister as saying.
Besides, on HRA, the minister further said that there would not be any hike in HRA as it has already been hiked.
Earlier reports were there that Meanwhile, the Modi government was eyeing the pay hike as an opportunity to woo voters for the 2019 general elections and it would make an announcement related to hike ahead of the polls to get positive response from the CG employees.
However, if the statement of the minister is anything to go by, it would be a huge disappointment for the employees who have been hoping a hike as the present minimum pay is 'not enough'.
The CG employees are presently getting a minimum pay of Rs 18,000 and demanding Rs 26,000- a hike of Rs 8000 or an increase in the fitment factor by 3.68 times from the existing 2.57 times.
The Narendra Modi-led NDA government has reportedly taken a decision to increase the fitment factor of about 50 lakh CG employees; however, it will make the announcement sometime in January next year.
The government has already finalised the pay hike plan and it will be in line with the demand of the CG employees, ZeeBiz.Com reported, adding that the Modi government may make the announcement on January 26.
Besides, rumours are also making rounds that there will be an increase in the minimum pay but it will not be Rs 8,000 as demanded by the CG employees but it will be around Rs 2000.
The Central government employees are presently getting a minimum pay of Rs 18,000 which they say not enough to have any impact on their financial position. They are demanding a hike of Rs 8000- Rs 26,000- an increase in the fitment factor by 3.68 times from the existing 2.57 times.
So, the Central government employees will have to wait for more before the Modi government come up with the announcement of pay hike beyond what was recommended by the 7th Pay Commission.
The proposal is likely to be approved by the Cabinet soon... It is what IANS reported citing a senior Railway Ministry official, But the question here is what about the other Central government employees who have been waiting for long and demand a further hike in the minimum pay against what was recommended by the 7th Pay Commission.
The bonus for railwaymen assumes significance as five states are entering the electioneering phase while the general elections also round the corner. The government is slated to announce the bonus in the next few days after Cabinet approval, IANS reported.
PLB is paid to about 12.26 lakh railway employees each year before the Dussehra festival. This does not include the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Railway Protection Special Force (RPSF) personnel.
National Federation of Indian Railwaymen General Secretary M. Raghavaiah was quoted by IANS as saying, "Since the Railways has earned Rs. 16,000 crore more han the last year's earnings and transported a record 1,161 million tonnes of freight this time, we had demanded an 80-day bonus. But finally, we agreed on 78 days."
All India Railwaymen federation has welcomed the step stating that such steps motivates the employees to improve the financial position of the public transporter.
Of all, reports are there that the NDA government is likely to increase the minimum pay of the employees next month or at least before the upcoming general elections.
There will be an increase in the minimum pay but it will not be Rs 8,000 as demanded by the CG employees, rather it will be Rs 2000, reported the Sen Times citing finance ministry officials.
The Central government employees are presently getting a minimum pay of Rs 18,000. They are demanding a hike of Rs 8000- Rs 26,000- an increase in the fitment factor by 3.68 times from the existing 2.57 times.
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The announcement has come as a major relief for nearly 4.5 lakh State government employees and 3.5 lakh pensioners who were waiting with bated breath for the announcement since long.
“My government has decided to implement the recommendations of the committee constituted for examination of 7th Central Pay Commission report and its adoption for State government employees. About 4.5 lakh serving State government employees and about 3.5 lakh retired State government employees will get enhanced emoluments and higher pension respectively,” said CM Naveen.
The implementation of the recommendations will put an additional burden of Rs 4,500 crore on the State exchequer, he said, adding that the employees will get the pay hike in September month’s salary.
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“After reviewing the Fitment Committee report, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik has announced its implementation and there would be an additional burden of Rs 4,500 crore on the State exchequer,” said Odisha Finance Minister Sashi Bhusan Behera.
With the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations, the State government employees will now get around 23 per cent hike in salary.
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It may be mentioned that a 6-member fitment committee was constituted on October 31, 2016 under chairmanship of Development Commissioner, R Balakrishnan to finalise the modalities for the implementation of 7th Pay Commission recommendations.
The enhanced emoluments will be implemented with retrospective effect from January 1, 2016. It will reportedly put an extra burden of around Rs 230 crore on the government exchequer.
"With this decision, teaching and non-teaching staff working on 2,853 posts in various universities and colleges in the state would be benefited," Finance Minister Abhimanyu said in a statement.
While assistant professors of universities and colleges will now get Rs 57,700 – Rs 79,800, associate professors and professors will now receive Rs 131,400 and Rs 144,200 - Rs 182,200, respectively.
Non-teaching staff like assistant librarians, deputy librarians and librarians of universities and colleges will now be paid Rs 57,700 – Rs 68,900, Rs 79,800 -Rs 131,400 and Rs 144,200, respectively.
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7th Pay Commission for CG Employees’ Minimum Pay Demand: The present minimum pay of the CG employees is Rs 18,000 but they are demanding the government to increase it to Rs 26,000- a hike of Rs 8,000.
According to a news agency report, the Maharashtra government has made the decision to implement the Seventh Pay Commission’s recommendations for its employees from Diwali.
“The Seventh Pay Commission will be our Diwali gift to employees. The finance department made provisions of Rs 10,000 crore in its annual budget presented in March this year," PTI quoted the State Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar as saying.
It will put a financial burden of Rs 21,530 crore on the State exchequer, he said, adding that the remaining provisions will be made through supplementary demands or in the next year's budget.
The decision is likely to benefit around 19 lakh government employees across the state.
Besides, the women government employees in the State may get child care leave (CCL) for two years (730 days) while their male counterparts will get a 15-day paternal leave. However, the decision in this regard is reportedly under consideration.
Looking into the way the BJP government in Maharashtra has announced the hike for its employees, Central government employees can keep their hopes alive.
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Their demand to increase the minimum pay from the present Rs 18, 000 to Rs 26,000 is still in dark as the Modi government is yet to make any announcement in this regard but the above announcement can be a candle in dark for them.
However, it is believed that the NDA government will make an announcement on August 15.
The minimum pay hike issue has erupted again as rumours are making rounds that the Narendra Modi-led NDA government will make announcement related to the further hike on August 15 - given that the general elections are around the corner and the Modi government will not risk disappointing the 50 lakhs central government employees.
It is believed that the ‘big number’ of the CG employees will definitely have an impact on the prospects of the BJP in 2019 polls and therefore, it will at least try to take some steps in this regard to calm down the brewing resentment among the employees.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently said that the Indian economy is getting stronger and the country has become the fastest growing economy in the world for 2018 at 7.4 per cent.
Besides, the Modi government is reportedly taking umpteen steps for the employees across the country- given that the salaries of even guest lecturers were increased recently as per the 7th CPC recommendations.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had earlier, during announcement of the 7th Pay Commission’s recommendation had promised that the salary of the employees will be increased further citing some economic conditions.
The Central government employees have been demanding a hike in the minimum pay by Rs 8,000. At present they are getting Rs 18,000 and want Rs 26,000- an increase in the fitment factor by 3.68 times from the existing 2.57 times.
Meanwhile, reports were earlier there that the government was mulling to increase the minimum by to Rs 21,000 but without arrears. However, those rumours died down soon.
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While some financial experts opine in favour of the government decision, the ground reality seems to be far different. And it is evident from the fact that 32 lakh Railway employees, for the first time in 42 years, had decided to go on strike; and also other Union government employees, including workers of India Post and defence factories, raised voice against the hike amount under the 7th Pay Commission.
Something that is being mostly heard from the Central government employees is: The Seventh pay commission recommendations are totally against the expectations and the Narendra Modi-led BJP government has cheated the mass.
The present salary hike, at current levels, is the lowest in 70 years. People in the armed forces are feeling cheated and deceived. The government should reconsider its decision, he added.
“Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had made promise to increase the minimum pay of the employees beyond Rs 18,000 but even after our long wait it never happened, he just betrayed us. Our Dearness Allowance (DA) was also reduced; it also put cap on different beverages and grocery items we were earlier getting from our defense canteen stores,” said an armed forces official.
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The present salary hike, at current levels, is the lowest in 70 years. People in the armed forces are feeling cheated and deceived. The government should reconsider its decision, he added.
“With the minimal hike in salary, we have to now stay for another 10 years. Does the government at all realize the plight of the Central government employees. There are also news that the government is planning to form pay commission and increase the salary and allowances annually. It’s a good decision but there is also news that it is setting a platform to make our life hell by introducing “pay as per performance. Who is going to decide our performance- our seniors or the government?” questioned an official of Central Income Tax department.
Such thing will only give rise to 'chamchagiri' and the whole environment will be manipulated. To be candid, it will make us suffer more in the coming days, he lamented.
“Can you believe, the government decreased House Rent Allowances (HRA) to 24 per cent, 16 per cent and 8 per cent for X, Y & Z cities? Nothing such had ever happened. The ratio of pay gap between lower paid employees and top officers has also been increased. The 6th Pay Commission was indeed a bonanza for us, but the 7th Pay is just a nightmare,” said another employee from the department.
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The government shouldn’t have approved the HRA recommended by the pay panel with slight modifications, he added.
This govt pushes into the ditches of bankruptcy. Please don't use words like Bonanza. It irritates
- commented an Administrative Officer (AO) at Geological Survey of India, Marine & Coastal Survey, Kolkata on the pay commission hike being termed as Bonanza.
“The hike in allowances has been decided by the government taking into account its impact on inflation. Up to 5th Pay Commission, the government employees were lowly paid but things changed after the 6th pay scale; the then the employees celebrated on one end while situation had worsened and a steep rise in inflation was witnessed on the other hand,” said an Assistant Section Officer at Orissa State Secretariat.
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On the other hand, defending the government’s decision, some believe that tight fiscal situation forced the government to take such steps.
The CG employees are presently getting a minimum pay of Rs 18,000. They have been demanding a hike of Rs 8000 or an increase in the fitment factor by 3.68 times from the existing 2.57 times. However, the government is yet to look into the demand of the CG employees.
While it is believed that the government will take a concrete decision ahead of the 2019 polls with an aim to pacify the brewing resentment among the central government employees, expectations are also there that, if no minimum pay hike, at least there will be a hike in the Dearness Allowances (DA).
In case the government increases the DA, it will be the second sop for the employees after the recent reports by the Personnel Ministry that the Centre has increased the monetary limit on disclosure of investment in shares and mutual funds by employees to six months of their basic pay.
As per the 1992 rule, disclosure of details related to transaction in shares, securities or mutual fund schemes exceeding Rs 50,000 and Rs 25,000 during a calendar year was mandatory for Group ‘A’ – ‘B’ officers and Group ‘C’ – ‘D’ employees respectively.
On the other hand, it is believed that the Modi government is serious about the minimum pay issue and is likely to make an announcement in this regard by March 2019.
The CG employees have been demanding a hike in their fitment factor stating that the present basic pay is not enough and it has failed to put any impact on their financial position.
As there seems to be no other forum available for the Modi government to announce a hike in the minimum pay for the CG employees and the Election Commission of India is soon to announce election dates following which the model code of conduct would come into effect, it doesn't seem anyway possible for the Modi government to announce any such bonanza for the employees as of now.
However, it was earlier reported that Home Minister Rajnath Singh had been seriously considering demands of the CG employees and he even took it up with the minister concerned.
Besides, the Modi government has recently announced increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) for employees.
Taking into account the present financial condition, it would not have been possible for any government to hike the minimum pay. Besides, elections are already round the corner and so, it can be expected that there would be an increase in the pay. However, a considerable hike for the CG employees after the elections can't be ruled out, said a financial expert.
So, it can be expected that the Modi government will not disappoint the CG employees and come up with a hike after the elections, if voted to power once again.
The CG employees are presently getting a minimum pay of Rs 18,000. They have been demanding a hike of Rs 8000 or an increase in the fitment factor by 3.68 times from the existing 2.57 times.
As per PTI reports, the State government demanded Rs 94,647.33 crore for the Mizoram. The Finance Commission team, led by its chairman N K Singh, arrived in Mizoram on Monday held meetings with the Mizoram chief secretary Lalnunmawia Chuaungo and senior state government officials.
The state government has asked for an award of Rs 57,737.38 crore for pre-devolution revenue status, Rs 17,357.90 crore for meeting requirements under capital expenditure and Rs 5,779 crore for maintenance of state assets, PTI reported citing an official.
Moreover, Rs 1,000 crore was demanded for State Disaster relief fund and state disaster mitigation fund while Rs 2,292.39 crore for local bodies and Rs 1,450 crore for maintenance of forests. The state also reportedly demanded Rs 7,746.96 crore for its specific needs.
On the other hand, the minimum pay of the CG employees was not taken into consideration by the Modi government. However, Home Minister Rajnath Singh had met a delegation related to the same giving much hint at a possible increase in the basic pay if the NDA government formed at the Centre once again after the 2019 polls.
Earlier, media reports were there that the government employees, ahead of Dussehra, would get the news regarding fulfillment of their long-standing demand of a hike in the minimum pay.
However, if the latest reports are anything to go by, there is no celebration in the offing for the Central government employees during the upcoming festive season in terms of the pay hike. This because there is no certainty related to the Modi government making any announcement related to even a hike in the Dearness Allowance (DA).
Earlier reports had claimed that the Centre would not only come up with a hike in DA but also clear the arrears of its employees ahead of Dussehra, which is reportedly pending for the last three months.
It is pertinent to mention that the CG employees are awaiting a hike in DA. They are presently getting 12 per cent DA, which was implemented last in January 2019. Now, they are waiting for the DA hike for the second half of the year 2019.
The Central government employees, as per 7th Pay Commission recommendation, are presently getting Rs 18,000 basic pay, but demanding an increase of Rs 8000 to make it Rs 26,000, citing that the present pay has failed to reduce their financial burdens.
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Union Minister Jitendra Singh announced the move taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government while briefing about some of the major reforms brought by DoPT.
However, Singh said that the provision and privilege of CCL will be available only for those male employees who happen to be "single male parent", which may include male employees who are widowers or divorcees or even unmarried and may therefore, be expected to take up the responsibility of child care as a single-handed parent.
Describing it as a path-breaking and progressive reform to bring ease of living for government servants, Singh said, the orders regarding this had been issued quite some time back but somehow did not receive enough circulation in the public.
In a further relaxation to this provision, Singh informed that an employee on CCL may now leave the head quarter with the prior approval of Competent Authority.
In addition, the Leave Travel Concession (LTC) may be availed by the employee even if he is on Child Care Leave.
Elaborating further, the Minister informed that CCL can be granted at 100 per cent of leave salary for the first 365 days and 80 per cent of leave salary for the next 365 days.
Based on the inputs over a period of time, Singh said, another welfare measure introduced in this regard is that in case of a disabled child, the condition of availing CCL up to the age of 22 years of the child has been removed and now Child Care Leave can be availed by a government servant for a disabled child of any age.
With the personal intervention and indulgence of Prime Minister and his special emphasis on governance reforms, the minister said, it has been possible to make several out-of-box decisions in the DoPT over the last six years.
Basic purpose behind all these decisions has always been to enable a government employee to contribute to the maximum of his potential, although at the same time there will be no leniency or tolerance toward corruption or non-performance, he said.
(IANS)
The Centre had last year freezed DA of the central government employees till June 2021 in view of the economic crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
It is worth mentioning that the All India Consumer Price Index data declared by the Labour Ministry had hinted at a possible announcement of at least 4 per cent hike in DA by the Centre.
Therefore, expectations are high that once the DA is unfreezed, the central government employees will get a 4 per cent DA hike for the period January to June 2020.
Besides, the DA for the July-December 2020 period is also expected to be around 4 per cent following 7th Pay Commission recommendations.
Meanwhile, the Tripura government will reportedly spend an additional Rs 320 crore in the next financial year for the three per cent hike in DA and dearness relief (DR) for its employees and pensioners.
The State Law Minister and the government's spokesperson Ratan Lal Nath last week informed that the hike in DA and DR will be effective from March 1, 2021.
"We are facing challenges as the previous Left Front government put a huge financial burden on us. The pay scale, as per the 7th Pay Commission, has been revised for the government teachers and employees after we came to power," PTI quoted Nath as saying.