IndiaToday.in
| New Delhi, March 21, 2017
All
hope may not be lost for Central government employees who were expecting the
government to make an announcement on higher allowances under the Seventh Pay
Commission after the election season.
According
to some media reports, the Committee on Allowances headed by Finance Secretary
Ashok Lavasa may submit its report before the end of this month, giving a
glimmer of hope to employees who can expect to get revised allowances from
April.
The
Committee on Allowances missed its earlier February 22 deadline
for submitting its review report on the recommendations by the Seventh Pay
Commission on allowances.
HERE IS ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT COMMITTEE ON
ALLOWANCES:
1. Replying to a
question on Seventh Pay Commission in Lok Sabha on March 10, Minister of State
for Finance Arjun
Ram Meghwal had said the committee on higher allowances was yet to submit
its report. The minister, however, added that deliberations with the committee
were in the final stage.
2. The Committee on
Allowances was formed in July last year after government employees protested
against the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission. The commission had
recommended scrapping 53 of the 196 allowances for government employees and
also suggested merging a few others.
3. The Ashok Lavasa-led
committee was given four months' time to submit its review report on the
recommendations made by the Seventh Pay Commission. The deadline for report
submission was later extended to February 22, 2017.
4. Allowances form a
significant part of a government employee's salary and the delay in
announcement on a proposed hike has led to growing resentment among nearly 50
lakh employees.
5. It was believed that
once the model code of conduct was lifted following the end of the elections in
five states, the government would soon make an announcement on higher
allowances.
6. The second part of
the Budget session is still on and the Committee on Allowances, as per some
media reports, is expected to submit its report before the end of March. If the
recommendations are implemented by month-end, employees can expect to get
revised salaries from April.
7. Among allowances, the
Lavasa committee's recommendation on house rent allowance will be most-closely
followed. HRA is one of the fatter allowances that employees get and the Seventh
Pay Commission had recommended reducing it by 2-6 per cent depending on type of
cities.
8. If reports are to be
believed, the Committee on Allowances is likely to recommend no changes in HRA,
keeping them as they were under the Sixth Pay Commission at 10, 20 and 30 per
cent for different tiers of cities.
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