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Pay Commissions in India have actually formed civil servant pay framework because 1946. Here we have a look at the period and major suggestions of each Pay Commission until now
Each of these Pay Commissions examined the financial circumstance, rising cost of living prices, living requirements, and the efficiency of civil servant while making their suggestions. (News 18)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday accepted establishing the 8th Pay Commission to modify wages of virtually 50 lakh main civil servant and allocations of 65 lakh pensioners. The regard to the 7th Pay Commission will certainly finish in 2026.
Since 1947, 7 Pay Commissions have actually been made up, with the last one applied in 2016.
What Is A Pay Commission?
Pay Commissions are established by the main federal government to occasionally modify the wages of civil servant. They play a significant function in figuring out the pay framework and various other associated advantages for worried staff members throughout different markets of the general public management.
So much, 7 Pay Commissions have actually been created. The initially Pay Commission was established in 1946, the 2nd in 1957, the 3rd in 1973, the 4th in 1986, the 5th in 1997, the 6th in 2006 and the 7th in 2014. Each of these compensations examined the financial circumstance, rising cost of living prices, living requirements, and the efficiency of civil servant while making their suggestions.
Let’s have a look at the period and major suggestions of each Pay Commission until now.
First Pay Commission (May, 1946 to May, 1947)
The initially Pay Commission was developed quickly after Independence to suggest modifications in the pay framework for civil servant. Attention was paid to the rationalising of the wage framework. The principle of a ‘living wage’ was presented.
Chairman: Srinivasa Varadacharaya
Minimum wage: Rs 55 each month
Maximum wage: Rs 2,000 each month
Beneficiaries: About 15 lakh staff members
Second Pay Commission (August, 1957 to August, 1959)
This one concentrated on stabilizing the economic situation and enhancing the price of living of civil servant.
Chairman: Jagannath Das
Minimum wage: Rs 80 each month
Beneficiaries: About 25 lakh staff members
Third Pay Commission (April, 1970 to March, 1973)
The 3rd Pay Commission stressed on pay parity in between the federal government and economic sector. Inequalities in the wage framework were gotten rid of as it presented the principle of standardization of pay ranges throughout main civil servant.
Chairman: Raghubir Dayal
Minimum wage: Rs 185 each month
Beneficiaries: About 30 lakh staff members
Fourth Pay Commission (September, 1983 to December, 1986)
The fourth Pay Commission concentrated on minimizing inequalities in pay throughout rankings. A performance-linked pay framework was presented. This reasoned framework took a factor to consider of the social and financial problems at the time.
Chairman: PN Singhal
Minimum wage: Rs 750 each month
Beneficiaries: Over 35 lakh staff members
Fifth Pay Commission (April, 1994 to January, 1997)
This one recommended a decrease in the variety of pay ranges. It concentrated on modernising federal government workplaces and resolved concerns connected to climbing inflation and enhancing the economic security of staff members
Chairman: Justice S. Ratnavel Pandian
Minimum wage: Rs 2,550 each month
Beneficiaries: About 40 lakh staff members
Sixth Pay Commission (October, 2006 to March, 2008)
This was a substantial Commission that made significant modification in the pay ranges of staff members, and presented the principle of ‘Pay Bands’ and ‘Grade Pays’, with a focus on performance-linked motivations.
Chairman: Justice B.N. Sri Krishna
Minimum wage: Rs 7,000 each month.
Maximum wage: Rs 80,000 each month
Beneficiaries: Around 60 lakh staff members
Seventh Pay Commission (February, 2014 to November, 2016)
This Pay Commission advised significant modifications, consisting of a brand-new pay matrix to change the quality pay system. It concentrated on benefits, pension plans, and allocations for main civil servant while additionally guaranteeing a work-life equilibrium.
Chairman: Justice A K Mathur
Minimum wage: Rs 18,000 each month
Maximum wage: Rs 2,50,000 each month
Beneficiaries: More than 1 crore
