Letters: An unresolved issue

The Cabinet gave a green light to all 326 public sector undertakings to enter into wage negotiations with the recognised staff unions

The Union Cabinet has approved the revised salaries, gratuity, allowances and pension for the judges of the Supreme Court and high courts. In-service and retired judges will get arrears of revised pay and pension from January 1, 2016, the day from which the central government employees got the revision in their pay and pension based on the Seventh Central Pay Commission recommendations. The Cabinet also gave a green light to all 326 public sector undertakings to enter into wage negotiations with the recognised staff unions. Some of these undertakings have the practice of wage revision once in 10 years like