New Delhi: National Anomaly Committee (NAC) will soon submit it’s interim report to the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for over 1 crore central government employees and pensioners.
“The National Anomaly Committee is ready with it’s interim report and which will be submitted soon,” according to sources.Earlier in September, 2016, the government had formed National Anomaly Committee (NAC) to look into various pay related anomalies arising out of the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations.
Headed by Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), the 22-member National Anomaly Committee has members from both the official and staff side.
From the government side, it has Member (Staff) Railway Board, secretaries of Department of Telecommunications and Department of Posts, as its members. Besides them, Financial Adviser, Defence Ministry, two joint secretaries from DoPT and another Joint Secretary (Personnel) in Finance Ministry are also the part of the panel
Deputy Secretary of the DoPT is the Member-Secretary of the panel which has 13 people from the staff side.
The government accepted most of the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission including minimum pay from Rs 7,000 to Rs 18,000 per month and the maximum pay from Rs 80,000 to Rs 2.5 lakh with a fitment factor of 2.57 times uniformly of basic pay of 6th pay commission, the recommendations have been implemented from January 1, 2016.
However, the Unions have been demanding minimum pay Rs 26,000 instead of Rs 18,000 with 3.68 fitment factor.
As part of the exercise, the NAC holds discussions with various stakeholders, including organisations, federations, groups representing central government employees.
Earlier media reports mentioning that the National Anomaly Committee (NAC) is likely to go ahead for hike in minimum pay Rs 21,000 from Rs 18,000 from the existing 2.57 fitment factor to 3.00 and its report will be submitted in this month, and after cabinet nod, the new pay hike will be implemented from April 2018.
In the meantime, the DoPT issued a letter on October 30 to Shiv Gopal Mishra, Secretary, Staff Side, National Council JCM stating that the demand for increase in minimum Pay and fitment formula do not appear to be treated as anomaly, therefore, these do not come under the purview of NAC.
Central government employees’ unions now are complaining that unions’ demand for increasing minimum pay, is being laid off by the DoPT letter.
Jaitley had earlier agreed to resolve the problems of minimum pay hike, when he had met representatives of several unions leaders on June 30, 2016 for almost two hours in Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s house with the Cabinet Minister Suresh Prabhu.
Jaitley’s assurance had prevented several central government employees’ unions to go indefinite strike from July 11, 2016 for hiking minimum pay and fitment factor.
Jaitley also had said in Rajya Sabha on July 19, 2016, “The minimum pay Rs 18,000 was made on recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission. But government will consider hiking it after discussions with all stakeholders, once the proposal in this regard will be submitted to government.”
No minimum Pay and fitment formula will be included in the interim report of NAC, only minor changes of pay related anomalies will be presented in the report, according to the sources. There is also no interference from government, sources added.
Headed by Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), the 22-member National Anomaly Committee has members from both the official and staff side.
From the government side, it has Member (Staff) Railway Board, secretaries of Department of Telecommunications and Department of Posts, as its members. Besides them, Financial Adviser, Defence Ministry, two joint secretaries from DoPT and another Joint Secretary (Personnel) in Finance Ministry are also the part of the panel
Deputy Secretary of the DoPT is the Member-Secretary of the panel which has 13 people from the staff side.
The government accepted most of the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission including minimum pay from Rs 7,000 to Rs 18,000 per month and the maximum pay from Rs 80,000 to Rs 2.5 lakh with a fitment factor of 2.57 times uniformly of basic pay of 6th pay commission, the recommendations have been implemented from January 1, 2016.
However, the Unions have been demanding minimum pay Rs 26,000 instead of Rs 18,000 with 3.68 fitment factor.
As part of the exercise, the NAC holds discussions with various stakeholders, including organisations, federations, groups representing central government employees.
Earlier media reports mentioning that the National Anomaly Committee (NAC) is likely to go ahead for hike in minimum pay Rs 21,000 from Rs 18,000 from the existing 2.57 fitment factor to 3.00 and its report will be submitted in this month, and after cabinet nod, the new pay hike will be implemented from April 2018.
In the meantime, the DoPT issued a letter on October 30 to Shiv Gopal Mishra, Secretary, Staff Side, National Council JCM stating that the demand for increase in minimum Pay and fitment formula do not appear to be treated as anomaly, therefore, these do not come under the purview of NAC.
Central government employees’ unions now are complaining that unions’ demand for increasing minimum pay, is being laid off by the DoPT letter.
Jaitley had earlier agreed to resolve the problems of minimum pay hike, when he had met representatives of several unions leaders on June 30, 2016 for almost two hours in Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s house with the Cabinet Minister Suresh Prabhu.
Jaitley’s assurance had prevented several central government employees’ unions to go indefinite strike from July 11, 2016 for hiking minimum pay and fitment factor.
Jaitley also had said in Rajya Sabha on July 19, 2016, “The minimum pay Rs 18,000 was made on recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission. But government will consider hiking it after discussions with all stakeholders, once the proposal in this regard will be submitted to government.”
No minimum Pay and fitment formula will be included in the interim report of NAC, only minor changes of pay related anomalies will be presented in the report, according to the sources. There is also no interference from government, sources added.