Representatives of Unions representing employees of the Central Government had met the Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh, the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley and the Minister for Railways Sh. Suresh Prabhu in the evening of 30th June, 2016.

They had requested that certain issues raised by them in relation to the pay scales and other recommendations of the Pay Commission be allowed to be raised before a Committee of Secretaries looking into different aspects of grievances of employees in relation to the Pay Commission recommendations.

The Ministers assured the Union leaders that the issues raised by them would be considered by a High Level Committee.

High level committee review of pay commission recommendations assured; union concerns on pay scales to be examined. Ministers met with union representatives who requested that concerns about pay scales and pay commission recommendations be placed before a Committee of Secretaries; the ministers assured that those issues would be examined by a High Level Committee.