Definition given by 7th
Central Pay Commission --
Defining a Central
Government Employee : The III CPC had attempted
to define who is a Central Government employee. It stated that “All persons in
the civil services of the Central Government or holding civil posts under that
government and paid out of the Consolidated Fund of India.”
The Commission is in
broad agreement with what has been stated in the III CPC Report.
For the purposes of its
work, the Commission defines Central Government employees as all persons in the
civil services of the Central Government or holding civil posts under that
government and paid Salaries out of the Consolidated Fund of India. This
however, does not include such persons appointed to serve Parliament or the
Union Judiciary.
The Commission has
obtained data regarding 33.02 lakh Central Government civil personnel, in Civil
Ministries / Departments, Defence (Civilians), Posts and Railways. The analysis
includes 0.77 lakh personnel of Delhi Police, who are paid salaries from the
Police grant of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Views of Important
Stakeholders on Central Government Personnel
The Commission has
received representations / memoranda on issues that broadly involve the strength,
deployment and expenditure on Central Government personnel.
Joint Consultative Machinery-Staff
Side: On the size and nature of government, the JCM-Staff Side has made the
following submissions to the Commission:
i. Majority of Central
Government employees (88 percent) are either industrial or operational staff
and therefore the contention that wage bill of the Central Government is for
administrative purpose is ill conceived.
ii. Existence of a large
array of personnel employed by the government through contract, pushing a major
segment of government functions into informal sector.
iii. Expenditure on pay
and allowances over the years as a percentage of revenue receipts and revenue
expenditure has been falling.
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