Ministry sets up Implementation Cell for Sixth Pay Panel report

New Delhi: The Finance Ministry is understood to have set up a cell to implement by September, the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations that is awaiting government approval. Sources said Finance Minister P Chidambaram approved setting up of the Implementation Cell "to process and implement the accepted recommendations of the Pay Commission by September." The six-member cell set up in the Department of Expenditure, will be headed by a Joint Secretary and will complete its work in six months with effect from April 1, 2008, sources said.

The government had earlier set up a Committee headed by Cabinet Secretary to process the Sixth Pay Commission report before giving its final approval. Once the Cabinet approves the report, the Implementation Cell will implement the report, the sources said.

Ever since inflation rose to a three-year high of over 7 per cent, the government has been eager to implement the recommendations of the Central Pay Commission report at the earliest.
The pay panel has recommended an average hike of 28 per cent in the salary of the central government employees, which is expected to benefit over 40 lakh persons. (PTI)

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