May 6, 2017 by Prakash
Malankar
An employee union leader said the Empowered Committee of
Secretaries (E-CoS) may take 2-3 weeks to screen the allowance committee report
on 7th pay commission recommendations. The Empowered Committee of Secretaries
will then firm up the proposal for approval of the Cabinet.
The employee union leader earlier
this week met top government officials where he was told about the tentative
time to be taken by the Empowered Committee of Secretaries on screening the
allowance committee report on 7th pay commission recommendations. The Ashok
Lavasa committee on allowances, which examined the 7th pay commission’s
recommendations on allowances, submitted its report to the finance minister on
April 27.
The allowance committee has
suggested some modifications in some allowances that are applicable universally
to all employees as well as certain other allowances which apply to specific
employee categories, the finance ministry said in a statement.
The allowance committee report is
being currently examined by the Department of Expenditure. Once that is done,
it will be placed before the Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS) set up
to screen the 7th pay commission recommendations and to firm up the proposal
for approval of the Cabinet. The employee union official said that the
allowance report will be soon taken up by the Empowered Committee of
Secretaries.
The 7th pay commission had
recommended that house rent allowance or HRA be paid at the rate of 24 per
cent, 16 per cent and 8 per cent of the new basic pay, depending on the type of
city.
The 7th pay commission had also
recommended that the rate of HRA be revised to 27 per cent, 18 per cent and 9
per cent when DA crosses 50 per cent, and further revised to 30 per cent, 20
per cent and 10 per cent when DA crosses 100 per cent. With regard to
allowances, employee unions have demanded HRA at the rate of 30 per cent, 20
per cent and 10 per cent.
The 7th pay commission had
recommended that of a total of 196 allowances, 52 be abolished altogether and
36 be abolished as separate identities by subsuming them in another allowance.
The Cabinet on Wednesday approved
modification in recommendations of the 7th pay commission relating to the
method of revision of pension of pre-2016 pensioners and family pensioners
based on recommendations of a high-level panel. It is said that the decision
will benefit over 55 lakh pre-2016 civil and defence pensioners and family
pensioners.
Source: NDTV
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