Centre constitutes 7th Pay Commission

Centre constitutes 7th Pay Commission 

* To be implemented from Jan 1, 2016 * No separate panel for forces
Ajay Banerjee/TNS

New Delhi, September 25
The Central Government today set up the Seventh Pay Commission for its employees. However, the promised separate pay commission for the armed forces has not been declared, so far, possibly following inputs from the services against having such a provision.

Sources said a large section of top officers in the Army, the Navy and the IAF were not keen on having a separate pay commission for forces as de-linking the forces from the main pay commission would cause more anomalies and there would be no relevant benchmarks to follow.

“In the end, the recommendations of a separate pay commission will also have to go through the Finance Ministry,” sources said. IAF Chief Air Chief Marshall NAK Browne, after consultations with the chiefs of the Navy and the Army, wrote to Defence Minister AK Antony saying the forces should from part of the main central pay commission, sources confirmed.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram said in a statement today that the Prime Minister had approved the constitution of the Seventh Central Pay Commission. The fourth, fifth and sixth Central Pay Commissions’ recommendations were implemented in 1986, 1996 and 2006, respectively.

However, there was no mention of a separate pay commission for the forces in the statement of the Finance Minister. Sources in the Ministry of Defence said there was no instruction, so far, to have a separate pay commission for the forces.
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