There are about 50 lakh (5 million) Central government employees.
In April, RBI had projected retail inflation to be around 5 per cent.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday termed the Lok Sabha elections as a "battle of thoughts", saying while the party stood for empowering the people, the opposition represented only the rich in the country.
The outgo towards salary will further rise in 2017-18 to over Rs 1.28 lakh crore.
The government has introduced the Code on Wages Bill 2019 and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code Bill 2019 in Lok Sabha on July 23.
"The main risk stems from the uncertainty surrounding the outcome of the south west monsoon in view of the rising probability of an El Nio event around July-August, and its implications for food inflation," RBI said, as it kept the status quo on key interest rate for the third time in a row.
D&N cites positive changes in momentum in certain segments of economy, but says some areas of concern remain
A lot has been written about the impact of the recommendations.
The proposed hike is in accordance with the accepted formula based on the recommendations of the 6th Pay Commission
The armed forces are seeking an enhancement of allowances for their personnel posted in "hardship" areas on the pattern of high-altitude Siachen in Jammu and Kashmir.
The government on Wednesday announced that dearness allowance for govt employees has been hiked to 6 per cent.
The increase is in accordance with the accepted formula, which is based on the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission, it said.
The pay panel had in November recommended 14.27 per cent hike in basic pay at junior levels.
The annual expenditure on contractual manpower in 2012-13 was about Rs 300 crore.
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The govt has not received any proposal to reduce retirement age of employees.
Madhya Pradesh has nearly 750,000 employees who would share the benefit of the pay hike.
This is roughly 70% of the national transporter's budgeted wage bill of Rs 40,435 crore for the current financial year.
A slowdown in India's growth rate, the bank said, has also affected the growth rate of South Asia. As a result, South Asia has fallen to second place after East Asia and the Pacific.
The strike was supposed to affect about 23 million passengers.
Given the importance of equipment modernisation, the overall defence budget should rise at least at the same pace as salaries and pensions, so that equipment modernisation is not hit.
Funeral and cycles allowances have been retained and revised.
There are a couple of proposals, however, whose goals are not easily achievable.
Analysts expect inflation to peak in the first half of 2016-17 and moderate, thereafter, on the back of positive impact of monsoons
Defence Minister Parrikar was in favour of granting OROP to ex-servicemen but pressure was exerted on him by his cabinet colleagues on the issue, Ram Jethmalani claimed.
Hundreds of army veterans held a 'Sainik Ekta' rally to press for "honest and truthful justice" as they rejected the One Rank One Pension scheme announced by the government even as some ex-servicemen groups dissociated themselves from the demonstration.
Govt resists pay panel suggestion on scrapping allowances for acting, bad climate, family planning, funeral, robe maintenance and even hair cutting.
Officials cited the example of the Sixth Pay Commission.
'The high court notice could go some way in easing the vitiated civil-military relationship, and the trust deficit between civil servants and the military.'
The chairman of the committee, A K Mathur, sought abolishment of the two-year edge accorded to the IAS officers for empanelment, compared to other services, saying it was an 'archaic concept'.
Currently, an IAS and IFS officer are accorded a pay advantage or financial edge.
The finance minister may stagger some of the recommendations.
Is there a conflict of interest in civil servants having a decisive say on the recommendations made by a Pay Commission or is it time for a new review mechanism, asks A K Bhattacharya.
Finance Commission has got new team who are committed to growth initiatives.
NPS still has critics despite being in business for a decade and mopping Rs 24,000 crore as of 2013-14.
'Instead of joining us in celebrating the strikes, the MoD has stabbed us in the back,' says a top general.
Unimaginative increments, persistent refusal of funds have turned the military into an underfed child scared to ask for a full meal.
The repo or short term lending rate remains unchanged at 6.75 per cent and the reverse repo rate at 7.75 per cent.
'An expanding army, rising salaries due to the 7th pay commission, and raised pensions due to OROP are consuming money at the cost of badly needed bulletproof jackets, rifles, artillery, submarines, warships and fighter aircraft,' notes Ajai Shukla.
Commerce ministry monitoring remedial measures to promote exports in key markets.
The law of diminishing returns catches up as one goes up the ladder.
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