7th Pay Commission: Good news likely for Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha secretariats employees

7th Pay Commission. While it brought great news for most government employees across the country, there were some sections that were ignored by the pay panel and these sections may get their salaries hiked. It has emerged that a Parlaimentary committee has been formed for a revision in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha secretariat employees salaries. A latest report says that Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has announced the formation of a committee to propose revision in the pay structure and allowances of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha secretariats employees. She noted that the 7th pay commission did not make recommendations about their salaries. Murli Manohar Joshi, estimates committee chairperson, will head the six-member panel whose other members are Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar, Public Accounts Committee Chairperson Mallikarjun Kharge, Standing Committee on Finance Chairperson M Veerappa Moily and Ram Gopal Yadav, the speaker told the Lok Sabha.

The parliamentary committee has been constituted following a consultation between Rajya Sabha Chairperson M Venkaiah Naidu and her, she was quoted as saying by PTI. "It will advise the chairman, Rajya Sabha, and the speaker, Lok Sabha, on the changes that are considered desirable in the structure of scales of pay, allowances, leave, pensionary benefits and other amenities to the officers and all categories of employees of the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha secretariats," she added. At the other end of the extreme are most government employees who have been waiting for an announcement that their salaries be hiked as per a fitment factor of 3.68 times. However, the Centre is sticking to its guns of effecting a hike by 2.57 times as recommended by the pay panel originally. However, some government employees are threatening an agitation.