Constitution of Empowered Committee of Secretaries for processing the Report of the Seventh Central Pay Commission-finmin orders

No.1-4/2015-E.III(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure

New Delhi, dated the 27th January, 2016

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Constitution of Empowered Committee of Secretaries for processing the Report of the Seventh Central Pay Commission
It has been decided with the approval of the Cabinet to set up an Empowered Committee of Secretaries to process the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission The Committee will have the following members

1.	Cabinet Secretary	–              Chairman
2.	Finance Secretary/Secretary (Expenditure)	–              Member
3.	Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training	Member
4.	Secretary, Department of Pension & PW	–              Member
5.	Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs	–              Member
6.	Secretary, Ministry of Defence	–              Member
7.	Secretary, Department of Revenue	–              Member
8.	Secretary, Department of Posts	–              Member
9.	Secretary, Department of Health	–              Member
10.	Secretary, Department of Science & Technology	–              Member
11.	Chairman, Railway Board	–              Member
12.	Deputy Comptroller & Auditor General	–              Member
13.	Secretary (Security), Cabinet Secretariat	–              Member

2. The Committee may co-opt any other Secretary, whenever found necessary.

3. The Empowered Committee will function as a Screening Committee to screen the recommendations of the Commission after taking into account the views of the concerned stakeholders, viz, the Ministries/Departments, Staff Associations and the JCM, so as to firm up the final conclusions for approval of the Cabinet.

4. The Implementation Cell created in the Department of Expenditure shall function as Secretariat for the Empowered Committee of Secretaries.

5. The final recommendations of the Empowered Committee of Secretaries will be submitted for approval of the Cabinet.

Sd/-

(Annie George Mathew)
Joint Secretary to the Government of India

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