What is the responsibility of the Pay Commission?

For every ten years the central government employees has a salary revision. Though the formation of CPC (central pay commission) is delayed the benefits are being given to the employees every ten years without fail in the form of arrears. The fourth pay scale commission resolutions have been implemented from January 1986. From 1996 January salaries and pensions have been paid based on the fifth pay commission recommendations. The sixth pay commission recommendations are implemented from January 1^st 2006.  Apart from these all the other has been implemented three years prior to the new CPC implementation date. In reality the fifth and sixth CPCs have recommended that the successive CPC should be announced after five years implementation of the present CPC recommendations. In this scenario, the demands have started from January 2011 itself for the seventh CPC. With increase in rates, living cost and other expenses employees have put their hopes on this new CPC. If we observe the pay scale commission’s recommendations till now there is three times increase in the average salaries.

This is sixth pay scale commission

From 2006 January 1^st, the 6^th pay commission recommendations have to be implemented. But the central government has appointed the 6^th commission on October 5^th, 2006. With Justice Sri Krishna as the chief and Ravindra Dholakia, J S Maadhur and Sushmanadh as members this CPC has been formed. By doing a study for one and half year on March 24^th2008 they have given their report. This report with minor changes has been approved by the central government on 14^th August, 2008. These recommendations have come into act from 1^st January 2006 and in the 6^th pay commission the employees’ salaries have been hiked 2.26 times.

The Responsibility of 7th Pay Commission

The role and responsibility of pay scale commission is really tough as their decisions influence the benefits of 80 lakhs employees and pensioners families. They have to keep in view the financial burden on the government and at the same time should also be able to satisfy the employees. So CPC takes into consideration the country’s economic condition, present salaries in the private and government sectors, state government salaries and also the necessities of employees before making any recommendations. It shall collect lot of information and analyze the condition so we cannot right away say how the 7^th pay scale commission recommendations are going to be. But it is also true that with every CPC it is clear that the pay scales increases three times. So the employees can expect that they shall be given a hike in salaries on the same note.