Backroom Boys of 7th Pay Commission: Who was its “heart and soul”; and who “displayed great stamina”?

YOU may or may not agree with all the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission which had submitted its report last Thursday. But you must not ignore the hard-work of many an official who made this gigantic 880-page report a reality, well on time. Who were the backroom boys in the Commission headed by chairman Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur, and two members Vivek Rae, a former IAS and Dr Rathin Roy, a young economist? Find out who was the Commission's "heart and soul" and who displayed a "great stamina":

1994 batch IAS Samir Kumar Sinha appointed in newly created JS post in 7th Central Pay Commission

THE OUTGOING government has created a new post at the rank of joint secretary in the 7th Central Pay Commission under the department of expenditure, and appointed 1994 batch Assam cadre IAS Samir Kumar Sinha for that position, according to an order issued on May 13, 2014. Sinha, originally belonging to Bihar, will return from Manila where he has been working as adviser to…