Seventh Pay Commission’s Report to Be Implemented Ahead Of States
Elections in May
New Delhi: Ahead of the
states’ assembly elections in May’ 2016, the Central government may implement
the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission after receiving the report of
the pay panel within this year, which will benefit 50 lakh central government
employees and 56 lakh pensioners including dependents.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
“The central government
will decide execution time of the pay commission’s proposals after the pay
panel submits its report, which will be possible pre-election “special
packages” for West Bengal, Assam, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, which are all due for
polls by May 2016,” an official of the Finance Ministry said, speaking on
condition of anonymity.
Just like one rank one
pension (OROP) was announced by Modi government on 5th of this month ahead of
Bihar Assembly election despite huge financial burden to get majority seats of
his party in Bihar Assembly.
OROP announcement not
only is pre-election BJP’s special package but also Union cabinet approved six
percent increase in DA for central government employees on Wednesday, making
the total to 119 percent, on a day the Election Commission announced poll dates
for Bihar is a move that would benefit the BJP in Bihar Assembly Election.
Accordingly, JD (U)
leader K C Tyagi said, “The Modi government gave a ‘political bribe’ to voters.
I welcome the DA hike for central government employees, but, I feel the, timing
of the announcement is not correct.”
BJP needs to win most
state elections in the next four years to gain control of the Rajya Sabha,
where seats are distributed based on the strength of parties in state
assemblies.
A defeat for Prime
Minister Narendra Modi would harm his chances of consolidating power in
parliament, where his reform agenda is being blocked because his party is in
the minority in the Rajya Sabha.
So, Modi led BJP
government is ready to give any sop to win states assemblies electons.
Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley said on August 30, that report of Seventh Pay Commission for central
government employees was coming shortly.
However, Chairman of the
Seventh Pay Commission, Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur told PTI on August 25, “The
Commission will submit its report by the end of September.”
Now, it is expected that
recommendations of Seventh Pay Commission, will be implemented before the
announcement of West Bengal, Assam, Kerala and Tamil Nadu states assemblies’
election in May 2016.
The Seventh Pay
Commission, which was set up by the UPA government, was required to submit its
report by August-end.The government constitutes the Pay Commission almost every
10 years to revise the pay scale of its employees and often these are adopted
by states after some modifications.
The Commission has
already completed discussions with various stakeholders, including
organisations, federations, groups representing civil employees as well as
Defence services and is in the process of finalising its recommendations.
The recommendations of
the Seventh Pay Commission are scheduled to come into effect from January 1,
2016.
The Sixth Pay Commission
was implemented with effect from January 1, 2006, the fifth from January 1,
1996 and the fourth from January 1, 1986.
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First Indian-American Woman Postmaster in California in 166 Years
An Indian-American woman Smt Jagadeep Grewal has become the first female to be appointed as the postmaster in Sacramento city in California in last 166 years, a media report said.
Jagdeep Grewal who earned her bachelor's and master's degree from Punjab University, started her career in postal services in 1988 as a window clerk.
Jagdeep Grewal will oversee 1,004 employees who process and deliver mail on 537 city routes and 94 rural routes - and fill nearly 20,000 post office boxes, American Bazaar news portal reported on Wednesday.
Ms Grewal who earned her bachelor's and master's degree from Punjab University, started her career in postal services in 1988 as a window clerk.
She was promoted to the post of manager after five years of service.
Referring to the steep decline in the usage of postal services due to internet and courier services, Ms Grewal said that she looked forward to working with Sacramento's Postal Service employees during a challenging time.
"It is only through joint effort and collaboration that we can truly meet our mission of providing extraordinary service while keeping costs down," Grewal was quoted as saying.
She has also worked as a postmaster in Pacifica-Daly City, California.
The US Postal Service is facing cash crunch and recently reported a net loss of $586 million earlier this year.
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