# Recommendations will be implemented from January 1, 2016. And the arrears will also be payed this year. Covers 47 lakhs employees and 53 lakh pensioners: Jaitley.
# When 5th Pay Commission recommendations were submitted, it took the then government 19 months to implement them: Jaitley.
# Cabinet approved NMEP. To accelerate exploration activity through enhanced participation of private sector: Jaitley.
# Approved proposal to allow women to work in nights: Jaitley.
# Cleared Model Law — malls and movie theaters can remain open 24*7: Jaitley.
# Cabinet approves Revised Cost Estimates for 8 New IITs at Bhubaneswar, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Indore, Jodhpur, Mandi, Patna and Rupnagar.
# Accepted recommendations to regulate working hours of those working in Malls and stores: jaitley.
# Approved three proposals regarding national highways Punjab, Odisha and Maharashtra: FM Arun Jaitley.
“We are waiting for more details after the acceptance of the report,” Ashok K Mathur, Chairman 7th Pay Commission, said, adding “at present it appears that the report as given by me seems to have been accepted in toto.”
“This will involve additional expenditure for the Govt in terms of 1,02,100 crores,” Mathur said.
Over one crore Central government employees, past and present, will benefit from the 7th Pay Commission recommendations approved by the Union Cabinet on Wednesday. But we will have to wait to see what the actual hike will be.
