Last update:October 28, 2024, 12:39 p.m. IST

The JCM meeting will take place next month, and clarity on the formation of the 8th Pay Commission is certainly awaited, the secretary of the joint consultative mechanism said.

Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein announced the hike on Wednesday.

The Joint Consultative Mechanism (JCM), a platform for dialogue between the government and employee representatives to discuss issues related to service conditions, would meet next month and discuss the 8th Pay Commission, according to a statement. NDTV Profit report.

“The meeting will be held next month and clarity on the formation of the 8th Pay Commission is certainly awaited. We will definitely raise this issue,” said Shiv Gopal Mishra, head of the Indian Railway Workers’ Federation and secretary of the JCM National Council, according to the report.

No official announcement on this has been made yet.

Mishra said, according to the report, employee unions have already submitted two memorandums to the government, requesting them to constitute the 8th Pay Commission at the earliest.

The current 7th Pay Commission was established in 2014 and its recommendations came into effect in 2016. As a result, the salaries of central government employees were increased by around 23 percent. Usually, a central wages commission is created every 10 years, although it is not required by law.

The Pay Commission shall examine, revise, evolve and recommend changes in the principles which should govern the structure of emoluments, including remuneration, allowances and other facilities/benefits/of employees and pensioners of the Central Government.

The First Pay Commission was established in 1946.

In April, the Indian Railways Technical Supervisors Association sent a letter to the government urging it to constitute a new central pay commission. He also wants the government to correct the disparities and anomalies present in the salaries of different groups of employees.

IRTSA said, “The 3rd, 4th and 5th CPC recommended the constitution of a permanent mechanism to undertake periodic review of salaries, allowances and conditions of service of central government employees. The 6th CPC recommended the implementation of its recommendations on 01.01.2006, a period of ten years since the implementation of the 5th CPC.

Furthermore, he also said that the 7th Central Pay Commission has stated that the wage matrix should be revised periodically without waiting for the long period of 10 years.

Significant changes have been observed in government operations, the economy, tax collection, services and demand, and poverty levels since the implementation of the 7th CPC recommendations in 2016, IRTSA said .

“A new salary commission should be constituted to eliminate disparities/ anomalies in salaries among different groups of employees and for the reasons explained above. Sufficient time should be given to the Pay Commission to study all the principles relating to remuneration and allowances, conditions of work, opportunities for promotion, classification of posts, etc., and to hear the views of all stakeholders, including on the staff side,” according to the letter.