7th pay commission hikes salary and pension by 23. 55%, to be implemented from january 1, 2016

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"Within this the increase in pay will be 16%, increase in allowances will be 63% and increase in pension would be 24%," states the report. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley receiving


the report of Seventh Pay Commission from its Chairman Justice A K Mathur in New Delhi on Thursday. Seventh Pay Commission hiked salary of government employees and pensioners by 23.55% which


will be implemented from January 1, 2016.  The Pay Commission headed by Justice AK Mathur submitted its report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday.  "The report comprising of


900 pages is made after considering hardships of people all over the nation," said AK Mathur. "Within this the increase in pay will be 16%, increase in allowances will be 63% and


increase in pension would be 24%," states the report. According to the report, the minimum pay in the government is recommended to be set at Rs 18,000 per month. For Apex scale, the


maximum pay is recommended as Rs 2.25 lakhs per month and for cabinet Secretary and others at the same level the maximum pay is set at Rs 2.50 lakh.  "The total financial impact in the


FY 2016-17 is expected to be Rs 1,02,100 crore over the expenditure," said Jaitley.  The Seventh Pay Commission is also going to impact on GDP by entailing an increase of 0.65% points


in its ratio of expenditure. The commission also recommends a revised pension formulation for civil employees which includes CAPF and Defence Personnel who have retired before January 1,


2016. The age of superannuation for all CAPF personnel is recommended to be set at 60 years uniformly. The central government constitutes the pay commission every 10 years to revise the pay


scale of its employees and often these are adopted by states after some modifications. The Commission was set up by the UPA government in February 2014 to revise remuneration of about 48


lakh central government employees and 55 lakh pensioners. The Union Cabinet had extended the term of the panel in August by four months, till December. The 6th Pay Commission was implemented


with effect from January 1, 2006.  _(WITH AGENCIES)_


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