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Seventh Pay Commission recommendations on parity between IAS and Non IAS officers GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE RAJYA SABHA QUESTION NO 191 ANSWERED ON 19.07.2016 Seventh Pay Commission recommendations on parity between IAS and Non IAS officers 191 Shri D. Raja Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to satate :- (a) whether it is a fact that Government has not considered the Seventh Pay Commission’s contentious recommendation for parity between IAS and Non-IAS officers when Government decided on the implementation of the recommendations of the panel; and (b) If so, the details and reasons therefor? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL) (a) & (b): 7th Pay Commission could not arrive at a consensus on this issue. Therefore, the matter will be examined by the concerned Department in detail for further consideration. English Version            Hindi Version

The Seventh Pay Commission is likely to submit its report in the third week of November The war of words between the officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and cadres of the All India Services over pay parity ahead of the Seventh Pay Commission is out in the open, especially on Twitter. While IAS officers last week wrote to the ministry of personnel and training (MoPT) opposing any move to take away their edge over the other services in terms of compensation and promotions, the officers from other cadres have opposed it. The Seventh Pay Commission, headed by retired Supreme Court judge Ashok Kumar Mathur, is expected to submit its report in the third week of November. Through Twitter hashtags like #parity4allservices and #IASnoUsainBolt, officers of non-IAS cadres are openly challenging the IAS officers’ arguments. Discussions are also on in many closed groups of these cadres on social networking site Facebook as well as on various blogs. Non-IAS cadres have ...