Seventh Pay Commission

Punjab CM announces implementation of UGC pay scale for university teachers

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

Clamour for govt jobs marked by court cases, cheating and caste equations

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

Cabinet hikes dearness allowance for central govt employees by 3%

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 to soon implement 7th pay panel suggestions for teachers

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

Seventh Pay Commission for ST staff impossible for 25 yrs: Minister

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

Of cycle and cash handling allowances

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

Gujarat announces 124% wage hike for fixed-pay employees from Feb 1

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

Military men to have say on 7th Pay panel

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

Consumers look forward to an early festive season, courtesy 7th Pay Commission

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

Pay Commission arrears to be paid at one go

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

Premvir Das: The military needs a better deal

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

Rathin Roy: A vicious circle

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

Measuring the impact of pay hikes

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

Punjab: Financially unfit to implement Centre-like pay hike

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

Uttar Pradesh: State employees to benefit from political windfall

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

Andhra Pradesh & Telangana: Govt employees already draw Centre-like pay

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: Many employees still get fourth pay panel salary

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

West Bengal: Debt-ridden state faces uphill task

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

Tamil Nadu: In debt, state makes SOS call to Centre

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

Govt resists pay panel suggestion on scrapping allowances

Committee under finance secretary to examine