<P> These recommendations of the Pay Commission were, however, mostly ignored by the Janata Dal (United Front), and BJP Government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee that followed . Mulayam Singh Yadav, Defence Minister (1 June 1996--19 March 1998), Indrajit Gupta (Communist Party of India - United Front), Home Minister (29 June 1996--19 March 1998), and LK Advani (BJP), Home Minister (19 March 1998--22 May 2004) did little to implement these recommendations . The problem festered, and the pension bill ballooned . </P> <P> In July 2006, the Cabinet approved setting up of the sixth pay commission . This commission has been set up under Justice B.N. Srikrishna with a timeframe of 18 months . The cost of hikes in salaries is anticipated to be about ₹ 20,000 crore for a total of 5.5 million government employees as per media speculation on the 6th Pay Commission, the report of which is expected to be handed over in late March / early April 2008 . The employees had threatened to go on a nationwide strike if the government failed to hike their salaries . Reasons for the demand of hikes include rising inflation and rising pay in the private sector due to the forces of Globalization . The Class 1 officers in India are grossly underpaid with an IAS officer with 25 years of work experience earning just Rs. 55,000 as his take home pay . Pay arrears are due from January 2006 till September 2008 . Almost all the Government employees received 40% of the pay arrears in 2008 and balance 60% arrears (as promised by Government) has also been credited in Government employees account in 2009 . The Sixth Pay Commission mainly focused on removing ambiguity in respect of various pay scales and mainly focused on reducing number of pay scales and bring the idea of pay bands . It recommended for removal of Group - D cadre . </P> <P> The Government of India has initiated the process to constitute the 7th Central Pay Commission along with finalisation of its Terms of Reference, the composition and the possible timeframe for submission of its Report . On September 25, 2013 then Finance Minister P Chidambaram announced that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has approved the constitution of the 7th Pay Commission . Its recommendations are likely to be implemented with effect from January 1, 2016 . Justice A.K Mathur will be heading the Seventh Pay Commission, announcement of which was done on 4 February 2014 . On 29 June 2016, Government accepted the recommendation of 7th Pay Commission Report with meager increase in salary of 14% after six month of intense evaluation and successive discussions . The Finance Minister of India claimed it historical increase of salaries due to little knowledge of Sixth Pay Commission . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Designation </Th> <Th> Role in Commission </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ashok Kumar Mathur </Td> <Td> Retired Judge, Supreme Court and Retired Chairman, Armed Forces Tribunal </Td> <Td> Chairman </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vivek Rae </Td> <Td> Retd . Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas </Td> <Td> Member (Full Time) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dr. Rathin Roy </Td> <Td> Director, NIPFP </Td> <Td> Member (Part Time) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Meena Agarwal </Td> <Td> OSD, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance </Td> <Td> Secretary </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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