Two Central Board of Excise and Customs staffers, Raman and Suresh, based in Trichy, Tamil Nadu, have set up a Web site based on the 6th Pay Commission recommendations and dedicated exclusively to government employees.
The notes argue that it will widen the talent base available to govt to deliver increasingly complex services to a demanding population.
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'.
It will benefit about 48.34 lakh central government employees and 65.26 lakh pensioners.
Finance Commission has got new team who are committed to growth initiatives.
His statement comes in the wake of the defence forces' signal to its 1.5 million personnel on the 'anomalies' in the CPC, asking them to 'be patient in the larger interest of the services', which was seen as an act of defiance of the Cabinet decision to implement revised pay scales from September 1.
The recommendations will benefit 47 lakh central government employees and 52 lakh pensioners.
The annual expenditure on contractual manpower in 2012-13 was about Rs 300 crore.
As around 5,000 nurses went on strike from the afternoon hampering patient care services at the premier hospital, AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria in a video message termed the strike in the time of pandemic as "inappropriate and unfortunate".
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.
Experts said the higher pay out will boost consumption demand.
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Home and kitchen appliances, electronic products, apparel and B-segment cars stand to gain.
Entry-level employees were the most disappointed.
Top carmakers, including Maruti Suzuki India, Hyundai and Honda, are expecting a spike in their sales following the implementation of 7th Pay Commission recommendations.
The outgo towards salary will further rise in 2017-18 to over Rs 1.28 lakh crore.
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DA was last revised in September last year from 100 per cent of basic pay to 107 per cent.
Employees and workers will meet on November 27 to protest against the recommendations
Upon implementation of the 7th Pay Commission the expected yearly burden on the central exchequer will be more than Rs 100,000 crore. Central government employees will get on an average a 24 per cent pay hike. Still, the unions aren't happy.
It also promised financial assistance of Rs 24,000 annually to all dependent widows and single mothers, two free LPG cylinders to all the beneficiaries of the PM Ujjwala Yojana and 24x7 power supply.
More incentives will be given to agriculture sector for increasing agriculture production.
Gautam Adani, India's second-richest man, and seven others including his nephew Sagar have been charged with paying bribes to unidentified officials of state governments in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha to buy expensive solar power, potentially earning more than $2 billion profit over 20 years.
An increase in the farmer income support scheme PM Kisan Nidhi, the introduction of a 'robot tax' to fund reskilling of people who lose their jobs to artificial intelligence (AI), and a reduced income-tax (I-T) to bring relief to the middle classes - these are some of the items in the Budget wish list submitted by Sangh Parivar affiliates to Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman. Representatives of the affiliates of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), such as the farmer organisation Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS); trade union Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS); Laghu Udyog Bharati, which works for micro and small industries; and Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), which works on economic and policy issues, met the FM and other officials over the last couple of weeks as part of the pre-Budget consultations.
Officials said the three others who have been arrested are Ghosh's security guard Afsar Ali (44), and hospital vendors Biplav Singha (52) and Suman Hazara (46) who used to supply material to the hospital.
The recommendations will benefit 47 lakh central government employees and 52 lakh pensioners.
Government's effective supply-side measures and commendable commitment to fiscal consolidation will have a salutary impact on inflation, says the RBI report.
The increase is in accordance with the accepted formula, which is based on the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission, it said.
The government on Wednesday announced that dearness allowance for govt employees has been hiked to 6 per cent.
In the Union Budget for Financial Year 2023-24 (FY24), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had held forth on the need for better governance and investor protection in the banking sector. She had proposed certain amendments to the Reserve Bank of India Act (RBI Act), 1934; the Banking Regulation Act (BR Act), 1949; and the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970.
There shall be two dates for grant of increment - January 1 and July 1 every year - instead of the existing July 1 only.
The government initiated the process for amendment to the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, which applies to establishments employing 10 or more persons.
After considering the increase proposed in allowances, the hike in remunerations comes to 23.55 per cent.
The RBI announced its monetary policy on Tuesday.
The strike was supposed to affect about 23 million passengers.
The finance minister may stagger some of the recommendations.
Dearness Allowance for central government employees has been hiked to 31 per cent of the basic pay from 28 per cent with effect from July 1, 2021, the Finance Ministry said. In an office memorandum, the Department of Expenditure, under the Finance Ministry, said the term 'basic pay' means the pay drawn as per the 7th pay commission matrix and does not include any other type of pay like special pay, etc. "....the Dearness Allowance payable to central government employees shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 28 per cent to 31 per cent of the basic pay with effect from July 1, 2021," said the office memorandum dated October 25.
The revised salaries of central government employees are likely to be paid from July 1, 2016.
Fitch frowns at government pay hikes.
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