I was surprised to read a fairly broad-based editorial on the recommendations of the Fifth Pay Commission (February 1), as your paper had opted for total silence on the issue in its edition dated January 31.
However, seems to have left out economist Suresh Tendulkars dissent ; increasing the number of educated young unemployed; availability of fully indexed pension to a large majority of pensioners with adjustments in future; savings in payroll cost because of higher remuneration of older employees, and possible lower costs of early voluntary retirements etc.