| The Cabinet today cleared the appointment of the Sixth Central Pay Commission, whose members are to be finalised by the Prime Minister shortly.
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| The terms of reference of the Pay Commission would include a study of interim relief, Information and Broadcasting Minister Priya Ranjan Das Munshi said.
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| The financial burden that central and state governments would bear on account of the recommendations of the Commission were not discussed in the meeting, he added.
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| According to Das Munshi, 16 states responded to the Centre’s communication on the Pay Commission. Of them, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh did not want the appointment of a new central Pay Commission, he added.
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| Orissa, Karnataka and North-Eastern states wanted the financial burden, that would accrue due to the Pay Commission recommendations, to be also shared by the Centre, Das Munshi said.
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| The impact of the recommendations of the Fifth Pay Commission, submitted in 1997, came in for negative references in the report of 12th Finance Commission.
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| The Finance Commission had drawn a link between the impact of the Fifth Pay Commission and the worrisome fiscal situation in the late 1990s. The financial impact of the Fifth Pay Commission was Rs 17,000 crore.
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| The Sixth Central Pay Commission would comprise one chairman, one part-time member and one member-secretary. The Commission along with the full complement of post would be a purely temporary body existing for a period of 18 months from the date of its constitution.
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| The Cabinet Committee on prices, which also met today, discussed timely arrival of lentils, and movements in wheat prices. |
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