Check out top 3 complaints by Central government employees' body

A body of central government employees, the Government Employees' National Federation, has demanded a re-look at the 7th Pay Commission (CPC) report and sought a rationalised pay structure. 7th Pay Commission report recommendation is for 16 per cent hike in salary along with a 63 per cent increase in allowances and 24 per centhike in pension, with minimum Basic Pay of Rs 18,000 and maximum pay of Rs 2.25 lakh for central government staff. There are about 50 lakh central government employees. Here are top 5 points that the staff body is complaining about:

1. While there are some positive recommendations in the 7th Pay Commission report, there are, at the same time, several instances which need a relook, the staff body said.
2. The 7th Pay Commission exercise to rationalise pay structure has led to several discrepancies. It complainedthat the concept of grade pay and pay band has been done away with
3. All grades of pay at all levels have been subsumed within the pay matrix by the 7th Pay Commission report

While accepting the 7th Pay Commission report, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had disclosed that an implementation secretariat headed by the Expenditure Secretary had been created while a separate empoweredcommittee under the Cabinet Secretary will take a view on suggestions received from various stakeholders.

SOURCE - financialexpress