The Union
budget 2016-17 presented by Hon’able Finance Minister in the parliament
on 29th Feb 2016 . has the total expenditure in the Budget for 2016-17
has been projected at Rs 19.78 lakh crore, consisting of Rs 5.50 lakh
crore under Plan and Rs 14.28 lakh crore under Non-Plan. The increase in
Plan expenditure is in the order of 15.3% over current year.
The
fiscal deficit in RE 2015-16 and BE 2016-17 have been retained at 3.9%
and 3.5% of GDP and the growth of GDP has now accelerated to 7.6%.
This clearly shows that the finance of the Central Government is in good shape. The
Hon’able Finance Minister in the parliament on 29th Feb 2016 has stated
that the next financial year 2016-17 will cast an additional burden on
account of the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission and the
implementation of Defence OROP.
Let us examine the last year spending on various ministries Amount spent by various ministries
This clearly shows many ministries have not
spent the money allocated, this due to mainly the shortage of talented
staff and various policies’ of the Government.
Today, the weakest link in respect of any
government policy is at the delivery stage. This phenomenon is not
endemic to India. Internationally also, there is an increasing emphasis
on strengthening the delivery lines and decentralization with greater
role being assigned at delivery points, which actually determines the
benefit that the common citizen is going to derive out of any policy
initiative of the government.
More the talented persons are there in
Government services, more the delivery of the government schemes will be
there, thus the Government machinery will be more effective and common
man will benefit a lot.
The 7th CPC has not improved the service
condition of the Central Government employees, it has provided just 14.3
% wage hike against the staff side demand of more than 70% wage hike.
The person joining a Government Service is
not just for the employment is for a whole career, if a person joins a
Government Service he will quit/ retire from the job only after putting
30 years service or more. In case of the person joining a private
company he will jump from one company to another at least five times in
thirty years.
The talented persons from all over the
country are moving to IT, BT and private sectors, rather than Central
Government sector. Because of the lower salary / pay structure in
Central Government sector compared to IT and BT sectors and complex
nature of rules and regulations in Central Government sector and also
the skill and merit of the worker/ employee is not into account in
Central Government sector.
Main consideration in the private and public
sector being ‘profit’, and in Central Government it is “service” even
through Railways, Income Tax & Central Excise are revenue earning
departments, hence an equal comparison with the Government is not going
to be ever possible. Performance for the Government is usually not
measured in terms of profit, but in terms of achieving societal goals.
The minimum wage should be calculated using
DrAykroyd formula and following 15th ILC norms. The actual market rates
should be adopted , not the imaginary rates as provided the 7th CPC
should be adopted . This will pay way of meaningful wage hike and
fitment formula. House rent is from Rs 7000/- per month to Rs 35,000/-
per month. The 7th CPC has provided just from Rs 3000/- to Rs 25,000/-
per month. The old HRA rates should be adopted.
The strength of Central government employees
should increase. In 1990 Population of the country is 85 crores –
Central Government Employees strength is 40 lakhs . In 2014 Population
of the country is 125 crores – Central Government Employees strength is
31 lakhs. India has 1,622.8 government servants for every 1,00,000
residents. In sharp contrast, the U.S. has 7,681. The Central
government, with 3.1 million employees, thus has 257 serving every
1,00,000 population, against the U.S. federal government’s 840.
Non-filling up of vacant posts has resulted
in increased work load on the existing employees and delivery of the
Government schemes.
Hence the Government should adopt a proper
wage policy for the central Government employees and improve vastly the
7th CPC recommendations and fill up vacant post to deliver the
Government schemes to the needy of the country. Now that the Central
Government finances are good. This way both Central Government employees
will benefit and the common man will also benefit.

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