The UPA government appears to be working overtime to meet the deadline of the upcoming Assembly elections in the five states to be held in December 2013 and the forthcoming general elections in April 2014. Soon after passing the Food Security Bill and Land Acquisition Bill in the Parliament, which it believes a game changer in the elections, now approves the 7th Pay Commission to please more the 55 lakhs of Central government employees and 30 lakhs of pensioners.

The Commission will review the existing pay scales of the employees and make recommendations for the revised pay scales. The entire process takes around two years to complete. So, in wake of the upcoming Assembly and Parliament elections, UPA government believes this is an appropriate time to make an announcement on Pay Commission. Finance Minister P.Chidambaram has made this announcement on Wednesday.

He said Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh has recently approved the proposal for constituting of 7th Pay Commission. The names of the members and Chairman will be announced shortly. However, the recommendations of the Commission will be implemented from 1st January, 2013,” said the Finance Minister. The 4th Pay Commission was implemented from January 1, 1986, then the 6th from January 1, 1996 and the last one from January 1, 2006 maintaining an interval of 10 years between each Pay Commission.