Need for Seventh Pay Commission
Need for Seventh Pay Commission – Com K.K.N Kutty, Secretary General Confederation of Central Government Employees and workers explains
The background of the demand for setting up the 7th CPC raised by the Central Government employees on the ground that the wage revision was due in January, 2011,it would be pertinent to examine the wages as a ratio to the revenue resources and revenue expenditure of the GOI in the crucial years 1960-61`,1975-=76, 1986-087, 1997-98 and 2006-07 the relevant years in which the 2nd, 3rd,4th 5th and 6th CPC recommendations were given effect to. It is not difficult to discern the declining trend over the years , which is suggestive of the erosion in the real wages of the Public servants in India.
Year
|
Revenue Budget
|
Wage Bill
|
Wage Bill as % of
|
||
Total Revenue receipts
|
Total Revenue Expenditure.
|
Revenue Receipts
|
Revenue expenditure.
|
||
1960-61
|
1,297
|
1,246
|
417
|
31.3
|
33.5
|
1975-76
|
8,075
|
7,189
|
1,887
|
22.0
|
22.8
|
1986-87
|
33,083
|
40,860
|
6,100
|
18.4
|
14.9
|
1997-98
|
1,33,901
|
1,80,350
|
27,430
|
20.5
|
15.2
|
2006-07 (BudgetEstimate)
|
4,03,465
|
4,88,192
|
41,770
|
10.4
|
08.5
|
We could see the emerging picture of a declining trend in the ratio of wages and salaries both with reference to revenue receipts and revenue expenditure.
Years
|
Total Rev.
Receipts
|
Total Rev.
Expenditure
|
Wages &
Salary Bill
Amount
Value
|
Wage Bill as % of Revenue
Receipt
|
Wage Bill as % of Revenue
Expenditure
|
1991-92
|
66,047
|
82,308
|
10,744
|
16.3
|
13.1
|
1992-93
|
74,128
|
92,702
|
13,397
|
18.1
|
14.5
|
1993-94
|
75,453
|
108169
|
14585
|
19.3
|
13.5
|
1994-95
|
91,083
|
122112
|
15721
|
17.3
|
12.9
|
1995-96
|
110130
|
139860
|
18023
|
16.4
|
12.9
|
1996-97
|
126279
|
158988
|
20396
|
15.6
|
12.8
|
1997-98
|
133901
|
180350
|
27430
|
20.5
|
15.2
|
1998-99
|
149510
|
217419
|
31560
|
21.1
|
14.5
|
1999-00
|
181513
|
249109
|
33978
|
18.7
|
13.6
|
2000-01
|
192624
|
277858
|
33986
|
17.6
|
12.2
|
2001-02
|
201449
|
301611
|
31407
|
15.6
|
10.4
|
2002-03
|
231748
|
339627
|
33317
|
14.4
|
9.8
|
2003-04
|
263878
|
362140
|
34554
|
13.1
|
9.5
|
2004-05
|
306013
|
384351
|
38653
|
12.6
|
10.1
|
2005-06RE
|
348474
|
440295
|
40047
|
11.5
|
9.1
|
2006-07RE
|
403465
|
488192
|
41774
|
10.4
|
8.5
|
By
Com K.K.N. Kutty
Secretary General.Confederation of CGEs and workers.
Source: Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers, Karnataka State