7th Pay Commission Allowances Committee submits report to Govt

April 28, 2017 by GConnect Team

7th Pay Commission Allowances Committee submits report to Govt – Finance Secretary indicates 8% to 24% HRA – Empowered Committee of Secretaries to examine report and submit to Cabinet

The much awaited report by the Finance Secretary who heads the Committee of Allowances which was appointed by Govt to examine the recommendations of 7th Pay Commission relating to Allowances has been submitted as reported by the Economic Times.  The entire Central Government Employees including Railway and Defence Personnel will be benefited once Govt finalises the quantum of allowances payable based on 7th Pay Commission recommendations

The following is the breaking news reported by Economic Times

A high-level committee headed by the Finance Secretary submitted today its report on allowances to 47 lakh government employees to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

The Ashok Lavasa Committee was constituted in June last year after the government implemented the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission.

The pay panel had recommended abolition of or subsuming of allowances like acting, assisting cashier, cycle, condiment, flying squad, haircutting, rajbhasha, rajdhani, robe, shoe, shorthand, soap, spectacle, uniform, vigilance and washing.

After submitting the report to Jaitley, Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa said the committee has taken into account representations made by various stakeholders.

The report will now be examined by the empowered committee of secretaries and following that it will be placed before the Cabinet, he said.

Out of total 196 allowances, it had recommended abolition of 52 and subsuming of another 36 into larger existing ones.

The commission had recommended hiking the HRA in the range of 8-24 per cent.

If the pay commission recommendations on allowances are implemented fully, then as per estimates the cost to the exchequer will be Rs 29,300 crore.

Lavasa said the government will take the final call on the date of payout of revised allowances to government employees.

Source:Economic Times