Good news for govt employees: Cabinet clears 7th pay panel recommendations

4.7 mn central government employees to benefit from implementation of the Pay Commission suggestions

In a move that would benefit the 4.7 million central government employees, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved, with some modifications, the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission.
 
“The Union Cabinet has approved the 7th Pay Commission recommendations with some modifications,” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said at a press briefing in New Delhi.
 
Earlier, in April this year, a high-level committee headed by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa, tasked with examining the 7^th Central Pay Commission’s (7th CPC) recommendations on allowances, had submitted its report to Jaitley.