The government on Friday announced the constitution of a high-level official committee of secretaries to study and review the report of the Sixth Pay Commission.
The committee will be headed by the Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar and has been directed to submit its report to the Cabinet at the earliest possible.
The 12 member committe will comprise secretaries of ministries of home, defence, revenu and expenditure, department of post, security, deputy CAG and financial commissioner and member secretary of the Railway Board.
The committee will mainly function as a screening committee for the pay panel's report and submit its final recommendations to the Cabinet for approval.
The Government has already constituted a committee headed by Finance Secretary D Subbarao to look into the grievances of armed forces and IPS officers.
