The implementation of the Seventh
Central Pay Commission report is a Pandora’s box for the states. The babus in
the state bureaucracies are a worried lot as they may not get the benefit of
the handsome package recommended by the Pay Commission. It is a norm that once
the Central Pay Commission report is implemented by the Centre, the states are
automatically under pressure to maintain pay parity. In the current
circumstances, the financial condition of many states is not healthy. Uttar
Pradesh, West Bengal, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Punjab have reportedly written to
the Centre to delay the implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission report,
citing their fiscal health and inability to shoulder such a huge financial
burden. As per reports, it would imply a total burden of `1,02,100 crore on the
central exchequer, and if the same formula is adopted by the states, there will
be a huge burden on the existing fiscal frame of the states as well. The states
have approached the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the Cabinet Secretary and
Niti Aayog, seeking more time for implementing the pay panel’s report. The
states which are nearing assembly elections are really in a big soup. Any
suggestions? g
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