A Committee has been formed to study issues arising out of implementation of the Seventh Central Pay Commission’s recommendations. The 22-member panel will be headed by Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). The panel will include Member (Staff) Railway Board, secretaries of Department of Telecommunications and Department of Posts, financial adviser, defence ministry, two joint secretaries from DoPT and another Joint Secretary (Personnel) in Finance Ministry. A Deputy Secretary of the DoPT will be Member-Secretary of the panel which has 13 people from the staff side, the order said. The Centre has accepted most of the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission, to be implemented from January 1, 2016.

Source: Hindustan Times September 12, 2016 13:40 UTC