Sixth Central Pay Commission
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The Sixth Central Pay commission
Pay commission
A Pay Commission is a panel of members of the Union Cabinet of India for review and revision of the salaries of government employees. It was set up by the Central Government in the year 1965 and as an administrative committee to determine the salaries of central government employees...

was set up by Union Cabinet of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 on 5 October 2006 for revising the salaries of central government's employees. The commission was set up under Justice B.N.Srikrishna with a time-frame of 18 months. Other members were Prof. Ravindra Dholakia, Mr. J.S.Mathur and Member-Secretary Smt. Sushama Nath.

Report

Report of Sixth Central Pay Commission was submitted to Finance Minister
Finance minister
The finance minister is a cabinet position in a government.A minister of finance has many different jobs in a government. He or she helps form the government budget, stimulate the economy, and control finances...

 P. Chidambaram
P. Chidambaram
P. Chidambaram or Chidambaram Palaniappan, sometimes written Palaniappan Chidambaram is an Indian politician with the Indian National Congress and present Union Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of India. Previously he was the Finance Minister of India from May 2004 to November 2008...

, now Home Minister, by Justice B. N. Srikrishna on 24 March 2008.
The cabinet has approved sixth pay commission recommendations with some modifications on 14 August. Revised pay will be implemented with effect from 01.01.2006 and allowances will be paid with effect from 01.09.2008.However, on 5th July 2010 , the central Govt. allows employees to choose the date from which one wants to revise the pay as per sixth pay commission.
The report led to a 6% increase in dearness allowance for central govt employees from 16% to 22%.. The implementation would put an additional 20,000 crore burden on the central government.

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