7th Pay Commission protest: Salary hike demand forces 50,000 government employees to strike; full listing of demands here
7th Pay Commission: According to protesters, Centre should effect a hike in the 7th CPC report based minimum pay from Rs 18,000 to Rs 26,000 with a fitment factor of 3.68 times. They said that the 3.00 times hike in pay was clearly not ebough as price rise was making things too difficult to maintain a lifestyle that was just about adequate.
7th Pay Commission protest was held in Delhi on Tuesday with a mammoth gathering of as many as 50,000 government employees marching all the way to Parliament in an effort to put pressure on the Centre to clear their demands. Image source: Reuters