7th Pay Commission: Minimum pay hike unlikely, says report

MUMBAI: The Union government is unlikely to raise minimum basic pay and fitment factor beyond the recommendation of the 7th Central Pay Commission.

According to several media reports, anonymous sources from the finance ministry have said that there are little chances of the government revising the minimum basic pay of the Central government employees.

The government staff unions have been demanding that their minimum pay is hiked to Rs 26,000 from Rs 18,000 that was defined on recommendations from 7th pay panel.

The Sen Times has reported that there is no scope for a change in minimum basic pay Rs 18,000 recommended by the 7th Pay Commission and approved by the Union cabinet.

Announcing the government's decision, Union finance Minister Arun Jaitley had said government salaries have to be respectable in comparison to private sector, for which the Commission had engaged IIM-Ahmedabad for making a comparison.