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The modifications shown by the gov. indicated “some changes” in salaries and allowances of defence, paramilitary and police personnel. The new report is expected to be presented at the next meeting of the Union Cabinet and, is expected to be implemented thereafter. It is thought that the entire exercise should not take “more than 10 days”, provided that nothing new may not come.

The implementation of the report’s key financial proposals is likely to further aggravate the inflationary pressure that is already impacting the economy adversely. According to the original report, submitted on March 24, the proposals are to be implemented with effect from January 2006 and the employees are anxiously waiting to receive the arrears of 31 months (till July), which should be a good amount at all levels.
The arrear payment burden itself would be over Rs 18,000 crore, but employee associations have argued that at the current salary levels, government servants are finding it hard to cope with rising prices.