Sunday 3 December 2017

7th Pay Commission: Central Government Employees to Go on Indefinite Strike After Gov Decides Not to Increase Minimum Pay

After the NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided not to increase the minimum wage of the central government employees beyond the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission, the union have decided to go on an indefinite strike to oppose the government’s decision.

Since last one month, central government employees are upset with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. They said that he was the one had assured to look into the pay hike issue.

“We were assured by a group of ministers including Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. He has betrayed us and we will not keep quiet,” a government official said.

Some reports suggest that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley are soon likely to meet and discuss a hike in minimum pay and fitment factor beyond the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission.

News sources: news from india.com

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