Government employees may get higher salary than proposed by panel -Notification in the last week of June

Central government employees are likely to get minimum monthly salary of Rs. 24,000 when the proposals of the 7th Central Pay Commission (7th CPC) are implemented. This is more than the Rs. 18,000 recommended by the Commission, a trade union affiliated to the ruling BJP hinted on Tuesday, after meeting a minister in the Narendra Modi government.

"The minister said we will consider the proposal of minimum pay of Rs 24,000," Pawan Kumar, Regional Organizing Secretary, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), said after meeting Jitendra Prasad, Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Zee News reports.

The pay panel had used a multiple of 2.57 to arrive at the minimum monthly salary for various grades, translating into a range from Rs. 18,000 to Rs. 29,200.

Kumar also said that the notification for the implementation of the recommendations of the 7th CPC is expected next month.

"We are expecting the notification for implementation of the 7th Pay Commission in the last week of June, and payout to begin in July," he told the channel.