7th Pay Commission: Recommendations to raise salaries and pensions have been well received by most quarters, but there are voices being raised to make changes specific to certain sections of the bureaucracy leading to protests. In this vein, Junior engineers (JEs) and senior sections engineers (SSEs) of the Indian Railways at other zonal, divisional and rail coach factories in the country staged a protest over the 7th Pay Commission on pay scales to press their demand for group B status. (Express Photo by Ganesh Shirsekar) <br><a href="https://www.financialexpress.com/tag/7th-pay-commission-recommendations/" title="Latest News">Also read: All you wanted to know about 7th Pay Commission</a> -
"The protest over the 7th Pay Commission on pay scale had been organised under the banner of All India Railway Engineers Federation (AIREF) at all zonal and divisional offices in country and a memorandum addressed to the Railway Minister and the Railway Board Chairman was submitted," the national organisation secretary of AIREF V K Badgaiya said. (Express Photo by Surbhi Singh)
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The engineers are upset over the 7th Pay Commission pay scales, as it did not grant them group B status despite a notification by the Department of Personnel and Training that Railway JEs and SSEs be treated at par with their counterparts in other Central government departments. (Express Photo by Surbhi Singh)
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Another 7th Pay Commission pay scale related demand raised by the Indian Railways employees is for raising grade pay. Badgaiya's said, "We have also demanded Rs 5,400 grade pay to JE and Rs 6,600 to SSE," he said. (AP)
