States want Centre to share burden from 7th pay panel

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The government has cleared the terms of reference for the seventh pay commission for central government employees, but the states, which usually follow central norms in fixing pay scales for their employees, want to be adequately compensated for the hit they would have to take on their exchequer.

They want the Centre to direct the 14th Finance Commission to compensate states for implementing pay scales, to be recommended by the pay panel.

Although implementing central pay panel's recommendations is not mandatory for the states, most states might do so given the precedent. As such, they sought assistance from the Centre, while sending their inputs on the Commission to the Union government.

state governments such as Gujarat, Punjab ,  Bengal , Assam, Karnataka, Manipur and Himachal Pradesh wanted the 14th Finance Commission which would submit its report later this year - to adequately compensate those state governments which wish to implement the recommendations of the seventh pay commission.

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