New Delhi, January 1: As the year 2017 has ended and by the beginning of 2018, more than 48 lakh government employees are still fighting for the minimum pay hike under 7th Pay Commission.
After recommending the minimum pay hike, the government has been delaying the matter month after month. Almost two years have been passed since the seventh pay commission has proposed the salary hike for the central government employees.
After the continuous promises, recently the news popped up stating that the government has planned to drop the idea of pay hike completely. This also raised concerns of folks and disappointed nearly 48 lakh central government employees and around 52 lakh pensioners.
After hearing the news, the employees union threatened to call an indefinite strike. This rumour was also put down when the news came out that the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is planning to constitute a new high-level committee to proceed with the 7th Pay Commission’s recommendation.
Government employees say that they still have no clue what was it the threat of a strike or the genuine concern of the government that moved Arun Jaitley to decide the formation of the new high-level committee.
This claim that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is planning to form a high-level committee to look into the recommendations of 7th Pay Commission was made by many renowned media sources.
The committee which will be formed soon is expected to look into the secretaries of several ministries of the country including Ministry of Home Affairs, Health, pension, posts, and expenditure. This committee will also be responsible for the proceedings of the recommendation made by 7th Pay Commission regarding minimum pay hike.
After the government failed to implement the minimum wage hike, the Union Cabinet then decided to form another high-level committee for the purpose.
With the formation of a high-level committee, government employees have found a ray of hope for the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission recommendation.
Central government employees are hopeful that by the start of this new year 2018, it might become the lucky year for them.