Seventh Pay Commission

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann announced to implement University Grant Commission's (UGC) pay scale as per seventh pay commission to the teachers of colleges and universities

The pan-India fascination about central govt jobs is the context of PM Modi's new plan to recruit one million staffers within less than two years

The move will benefit about 4.8 million central government employees and 6.9 million pensioners and will be effective from January 1, 2022.

Rajasthan Higher Education Minister Kiran Maheshwari also said that Centre has allocated Rs 353 crore under Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan to develop college infrastructure

He added that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has offered to resolve the matter through talks and also asked the union to formulate a committee to resolve their issues

Govt has shown decisiveness in scrapping 41 allowances as suggested by 7th Central Pay Commission

Over 118,000 staff to benefit; hike to cost state Rs 1,300 cr

Now servicemen, in uniform and retired, will have their say, too.

The government is set to deposit seventh months salary arrears in August, giving a fillip to consumption of mainly small-ticket items in the near term and big-ticket items later

In June, the Cabinet had approved recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission on pay and pensions for the central government's 4.7-mn employees and 5.3-mn pensioners

The continuing diminution of the armed forces in terms of parity of status with the civil services and the erosion in their pay and allowances may fuel resentment among the men in uniform

The government of India has implemented pay hikes drawing on the report of the Seventh Pay Commission, of which I was a member

Business Standard takes a detailed look at the impact of the Central Pay Commission hikes on 12 key states

Punjab has over 400,000 employees and pensioners and about 125,000 staff members in its corporations and boards

Salary hike for govt employees is likely to put an additional burden of Rs 24,000 crore on the state exchequer

The employees in both states drew 10-20% higher salary than that of central employees till the Centre announced a 23.5% pay hike for its staff

Madhya Pradesh has nearly 750,000 employees who would share the benefit of the pay hike

The state is now under pressure to revise the salaries of its 800,000 employees

Sources in the state government said a panel would soon be constituted to work out the new pay structure for its employees

Committee under finance secretary to examine