The Chairman of the VII Central Pay Commission  Justice Mathur has submitted its report to the Finance Minister Arun Jaitely today by about 19.30 hours. Only certain brief points have been mentioned by the Chairman in his press conference.

According to the recommendations, the lowest pay will be Rs. 18,000. Annual increment will be @  3%. The Pay Band and Grade Pay has been abolished and the basic pay as earlier will continue. A fitment of about 15% will be there. The recommendations will be implemented from 01-01-2016.

Finance Minister stated that  an amount of Rs. 1.02  lakh crore will be required to implement the recommendations, including payment of pension to about 52 lakh pensioners. Further details are expected.

The Central Government employees, including Railways, Defence, Postal etc. had organised a massive dharna in Delhi today participated by more than six thousand workers as per the call of the National Joint Council of Action, protesting against the delay of the report as also against the meagre increase proposed and against FDI increase, privatisation, disinvesment etc.