7th Pay Commission: Cabinet likely to approve salary hike by June-end

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: Come July and the central government employees might see a hefty rise in their salary if implementation of the recommendations made by 7th Pay Commission comes into force.

 

As per news report Finance Ministry is all set to seek cabinet nod for implementation of the pay commission's recommendation by June-end.

Furthermore, the secretaries group is ready with its review on 7th Pay Commission. But it will submit its report once the elections get over.

 

It may be recalled that the government had set up a high-powered panel headed by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha to process the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission which will have bearing on the remuneration of 47 lakh central government employees and 52 lakh pensioners.

 

Reports say that the secretaries group has recommended between Rs 2,70,000 and Rs 21,000 hike for the higher and the lower level. This is twenty thousand more in the upper limit prescribed by the 7th CPC and three thousand more in the lower level set by the commission.