How 7th Pay Commission travelled 'seven seas' for its recommendations

The Justice Mathur-led panel spent 94 days traversing the length and breadth of the country, apart from Australia and New Zealand, to meet stakeholders and expert groups

The Seventh Central Pay Commission spent 94 days or close to a quarter of its working days meeting various stakeholders and expert groups. The Justice Ashok Mathur headed panel went to different parts of the country from Shillong and Guwahati to Mumbai, Port Blair and Shimla. It even went Down Under to study best practices in government organisations in Australia and New Zealand. Business Standard takes a look at where it went and whom it met:

City: Canberra, Australia
Duration:  2 days
Key meetings: Australian Public Service Commission; Department of Veterans’ Affairs; Department of Defence; Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet

City: Wellington, New Zealand
Duration:  2 days
Key meetings: State Services Commission; The Remuneration Authority of New Zealand; Wellington City Council; Victoria University of Wellington; New Zealand Defence Force

City: Bangalore
Duration:  4 days
Key stakeholders: IIM- Bangalore, ISRO, South Western Railway Employees

City: Dehradun
Duration:  2 days
Key stakeholders met: LBSNAA; Employees Union Ordnance Factory, Dehradun; Wildlife Institute of India

City: Leh
Duration: 1 day
Key stakeholders met: Personnel of Indian Army, Indian Air Force, Defence Institute of High Altitude Research, DRDO, BRO, ITBP, MES, All Ladakh Central Government Employees Association

City: Mumbai
Duration:  4 days
Key stakeholders met: Indian Naval Armament Service Association; Directorate of Marketing and Inspection Employees’ Association, Forest Survey of India Atomic Energy Workers and Staff Union; BARC Employees’ Association, Tarapur

City: Shimla:
Duration: 1 day
Key stakeholders met: Central Research Institute Employees’ Association; All India NIC S&T Officers’ Association; All India Postal Administrative Officers’ Employees Union Group “C” and “D” NFPE

City: Hyderabad:
Duration: 1 day
Key stakeholders met: Nuclear Fuel Complex, IWU, NUFCOSSA and NFCSAA; Rail Mazdoor Union; All India MES Civilian Engineers’ Association; NIMS Paramedicals Employees Union & Society of Indian Radiographers; All India Central Government Deaf Employees; Scientific Workers Association; All India Retired Railmen’s Federation;

City:  Jodhpur
Duration:  2 days
Key stakeholders met: Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti; KVS; All India Ex Para Military Association; Legal Men’s Association (Railways); BRO; Rajasthan Radiographer Association

City: Kolkata
Duration:  2 days
Key stakeholders met: All India P&T SC/ST Employees’ Welfare Association, WB Postal Circle; All India (Postal) Administrative Offices Employees Union; Postal Engineers’ Association; National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organization Employees’ Association

City: Port Blair
Duration: 2 days
Key stakeholders met: Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee; Federation of Pharmacist Association (FIPO); Pensioners Association (JN Chander); Central Islands Agricultural Research Institute; Specialist Doctors Association; Tech. Staff Association Andaman Lakshadweep Harbour Works; Andaman and Nicobar Forest Executive Staff Association; All India Forest Range Officers Federation;

City: Shillong
Duration:  2 days
Key stakeholders met: IG CRPF; Secretary NEC; Regional Coordination Committee of Central Government Employees & Workers Botanical Survey of India; Additional PCCF, MOEF

City: Guwahati
Duration: 1 day
Key stakeholders met: AIS officers of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh Source: Seventh CPC report