The Pay Commission recommendations are in favour of senior-level officers only –Mr. Lalu Prsad, Railway Minister.

At the Cabinet Meeting held on 11.4.2008, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s intervention in removing the anomalies in the recommendations made by the Pay Commission saying they could lead to unrest amongst lower level government employees. He said the recommendations appeared loaded in favour of senior-level officials ignoring the interests of lower-level employees working in the railways, defence and paramilitary forces. Speaking to the media later, Lalu said the PM had assured him that he would look into the matter and take required action.
Saying that the recommendations had further widened the gap between the highest and the lowest grade of government employees, Lalu said the move could lead to wide-spread discontentment and heartburn amongst the staff. Lalu said that instead of considering the massive turnaround of Indian Railways in the last four years, the Commission’s recommendations appear to be based on the report of Rakesh Mohan Committee report of 2001 which had come out at a time when Railways was not in good financial health. He also said that various unions of railway employees had been threatening to go on strike in protest against the recommendations