Since
India’s Independence, seven pay commissions have been set up on a regular basis
to review and make recommendations on the work and pay structure of all civil
and military divisions of the Government of India.
Historically
the Central Government has been setting up the Pay Commissions after a period
of almost ten years. This is more of precedence than a statutory requirement.
Government is not bound by any law or regulation to set up the Pay Commission
after ten years.
The
objective of the Pay Commission is to bring parity in the salaries and perks of
Government Servents with their private sector counterparts and bring a sort of
compatibility with the trends in the price rise of different commodities, thus
encouraging them to lead an honest life.
The
roots of practise of setting up Pay Commissions goes back to British Period
when Royal Commissions were set up for various purposes including Pay Revisions
– e.g. Aitcheson Commission (1886-87) and Islington Commission (1912-13).
At
present India is perhaps the only country where this practice still followed.
Even Britishers have long discontinued with this system.
Following is a brief
summary of all of the Central Pay Commissions in India
PAY
COMMISSION |
WAS
CONSTITUTED IN
|
SUBMITTED
REPOR IN
|
CHAIRMAN
|
FINANCIAL
BURDEN
|
% HIKE
|
First
|
May 1946.
|
In One Year
|
Srinivasa Varadachariar
|
||
Second
|
Aug. 1957
|
Two Years
|
Jaganath Das
|
Rs. 396 million.
|
–
|
Third
|
Apr. 1970
|
Mar. 1973
|
Raghubir Dayal
|
Rs. 1.44 billion
|
–
|
Fourth
|
Jun. 1983
|
Four Years
|
P N Singhal
|
Rs.12.82 billion
|
–
|
Fifth
|
1994
|
Jan. 1997
|
Justice S. Ratnavel Pandian
|
Rs. 17,000 crore
|
99%
|
Sixth
|
Jul. 2006
|
Apr. 2008
|
Justice B N Srikrishna
|
–
|
–
|
