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7th pay commission to put burden of ₹585 crore on PMC coffers
PUNE The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has given a nod to disburse grade pay to its employees as per the 7th pay commission
PUNE The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has given a nod to disburse grade pay to its employees as per the 7th pay commission. With limited resources and a lack of revenue collection, the municipal corporation will have to bear an additional burden of ₹585 crore to pay the arrears to its employees.
Central and state government implemented the 7th pay commission on January 1, 2016.
In the special general body meeting on Tuesday, corporators gave the approval to implement the 7th pay commission.
According to PMC statistics, there are around 17,000 employees working in the corporation’s different departments which include 91 Class I employees, Class II-448, Class III-4,262 and more than 13,000 Class-IV employees.
As mentioned in the proposal which is sanctioned in the general body meeting, PMC will have to pay the arrears from January 1, 2016, to March 30, 2020.
Murlidhar Mohol, city mayor, said, “More than 17,000 employees will benefit from the implementation of the 7th pay commission. But the civic body will have to bear a burden of more than ₹10 crore every month.”
Shivaji Duandkar, chief, labour officer of PMC, said, “Implementation of 7th pay commission was delayed due to Covid pandemic. Now, that the civic body has given a nod the amount will be disbursed in instalments.”
Currently, PMC is already facing a financial crunch due to a lack of revenue collection amid the pandemic. The standing committee approved the ₹8,370 crore budget for the year 2021-22. The opposition political parties, meanwhile, criticised the standing committee chairman Hemant Rasane for inflating the budget with limited revenue resources.
