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Delhi, Aug 12: This festive season for central government employees will come
with an enhanced bonanza, as the government is set to upgrade and implement
their allowances as per the recommendations of 7th Pay Commission. The High
Level Committee formed by the Finance Ministry was provided time till November
to analyse the various anomalies in allowance hike as recommended by the 7th
Pay Commission. However, sources within the Finance Ministry have confirmed
that the allowances will be fixed by the next month, and government would
credit the salaries of government employees ahead of Dussehra.
The
High Level Committee, comprising of Health, Defence and Home Secretaries, was
formed after several employee unions protested against the radical changes in
terms of allowances proposed by the Justice AK Mathur-led 7th Pay Commission
panel. The committee has also been entrusted with the responsibility of
analyzing the demand of National Joint Action Committee (NJAC) which wants the
minimum salary be scaled upto Rs 26,000, rather than Rs 18,000, which has been
currently proposed.
As
per the pay matrix of 6th Pay Commission, government employees were
beneficiaries of a total of 196 allowances. However, the AK Mathur-led
committee has abolished 51 allowances, and subsumed nearly 37 of them.
The
7th Pay Commission recommendations were accepted by Union Cabinet on June 29.
Although, the basic salary was hiked by 14.3 per cent, the hike in allowances
was withheld due to the various anomalies.
Meanwhile,
the government employees would also be paid arrears in one-time installment
through their salaries in the upcoming months. The arrears have been calculated
from January 2016, as the 7th Pay Commission was set to be implemented from the
date. It was delayed by six months since the government had formed the
Empowered Committee of Secretaries headed by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha to
examine the recommendations of AK Mathur led CPC committee.
Source:http://www.india.com/
