Compendium of Seventh Pay Commission Allowances - Railway

Compendium of Seventh Pay Commission Allowances - Railway

Ministry of Railways
Government Of India
Compendium of Seventh Pay Commission Allowances

Index of Contents

S.No.	Name of the Allowance	RBE No	Date	Page No.
A	Summary			A- D
1	Special Running Staff Allowance (Additional Allowance)	85/2017	10.08.2017	1
2	Special Train Controllers' Allowance	86/2017	10.08.2017	7
3	Risk and Hardship Allowance for Track Maintainers	87/2017	10.08.2017	15
4	Tenure Allowance to Officers posted in Railway Board and RDSO	181/2017& amp; 182/2017	04.12.2017	19
5	Breakdown Allowance	106/2017	30.08.2017	30
6	National Holiday Allowance	108/2017	30.08.2017	34
7	Flag Station Allowance	121/2017	05.09.2017	36
8	PCO Allowance	112/2017	30.08.2017	38
9	Special Allowance to Chief Safety Officers/Safety Officers	111/2017	30.08.2017	40
10	Special LC Gate Allowance to Track Maintainer	110/2017	30.08/2017	42
11	Coal Pilot Allowance	92/2017	11.08.2017	44
12	TA/DA for Railway officials	103/2017	24.08.2017	48
13	Children Educational Allowance	147/2017	12,10.2017	61
14	Overtime Allowance	175/2017	28.11.2017	67
15	Constant Attendant Allowance	101/2017	24.08.2017	72
16	Conveyance Allowance	89/2017	10.08.2017	77
17	Daily Allowance on Tour	84/2017	08.08.2017	81
18	Fixed Medical Allowance (FMA)	75/2017	28.07.2017	87
19	Hard Area Allowance	95/2017	16.08.2017	89
20	Health and Malaria Allowance	159/2017	27.10.2017	93
21	House Rent Allowance	71/2017	19.07.2017	95
22	Cycle (Maintenance) Allowance	93/2017	11.08.2017	103
23	Non-Practicing Allowance (NPA)	82/2017	04.08.2017	109
24	Nursing Allowance	166/2017	13.11.2017	113
25	Ration Money Allowance	17/2017	28.02.2017	115
26	Refreshment Allowance	RSPBNo. 03/2017	08.09.2017	119
27	Special Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance.	91/2017	11.08.2017	121
28	Bad Climate Allowance	91/2017	11.08.2017	121
29	Sunderbans Allowance	91/2017	11.08.2017	121
30	Tribal Area Allowance	91/2017	11.08.2017	121
31	Special Duty Allowance	88/2017	10.08/2017	134
32	TA for retiring employees	117/2017	01.09.2017	138
33	TA on Transfer	117/2017	01.09.2017	138
34	Training Allowance	145/2017	06.10.2017	142
35	Transport Allowance (TPTA)	80/2017	03.08.2017	144
36	Out of Pocket Allowance	RSPBNo. 04/2017	08.09.2017	153
37	Kit Maintenance Allowance	141/2017	03.10.2017	154
38	Shoe Allowance	141/2017	03.10.2017	154
39	Dress Allowance	141/2017	03.10.2017	154
40	Compensatory (Construction or Survey) Allowance	156/2017	12.12.2017	160
41	Project Allowance	156/2017	12.12.2017	160

Summary

S.No	Name of the Allowance	Rates prior to 7th CPC	New Rates as per MoF Resolution dated 06-07-2017	RBE No.& date
1	Special Running Staff Allowance (Additional Allowance)	Rs.1000/- + DA p.m to Loco Pilot (Mail)Rs.500/- + DA P.M. to Loco Pilot (Passenger) Rs.500/- + DA P.M.to Mail Guard	Rs. 2250/- P.M to Loco Pilot Mail/ExpressRs. 1125/- P.M to Loco Pilot Passenger/Motorman Rs. 1125/- P.M to Guard Mail/Express Rs.750/-P.M to Loco Pilot Goods Rs.750/- P.M to Sr.Passenger Guard	85/2017dt 10-08-2017
2	Special Train controllers Allowance	New Allowance	Rs.5000/- Per month to Section controllers and chief controllers	86/2017Dt. 10-08- 2017
3	Risk and Hardship Allowance for Track Maintainers	New Allowance	Rs.2700/- P.M. for Level-8 and belowRs.3400/- for Level-9 and above Granted to Track Maintainers-I,II,III and IV	87/2017 Dt. 10-08 -2017
4	Tenure Allowance to Officers posted in Railway Board and RDSO	10% of Basic Pay subject to a ceiling of Rs.4000/-	10% of Basic Pay subject to a ceiling of Rs.9000/-	181/2017& 182/2017 Dt. 04.12.2017
5	Breakdown Allowance	Rs.80/- p.m to Helper Gr.II/Helper Gr.I/other Staff Gr."D" staff (GP 1300,1400,1650,1800/PB-1)Rs.120/- p.m to Technician Gr.III (GP 1900/PB-1) Rs.160/-p.m to Technicians Gr.II,Technicians Gr.I and Supervisors (GP 2400,2800/PB-1) Rs.200 p.m to Sr.Technicians/Junior Engineers and staff in higher scales (GP 4200 & above/PB-2)	Rs. 270/- p.m to Helper Gr.II.Helper Gr.I/other Staff Gr."D"Staff (Level 1)Rs.405/- p.m to Technician Gr.III (Level 2) 540/- p.m to Technicians Gr.II,Technicians Gr.I and Supervisors (Level 4 and 5) Rs.675/- p.m to Sr.Technicians/Junior Engineer and staff in higher scales (Level 6 and above)	106/2017Dt.30.08.2 017
6	National Holiday Allowance	Rs.170/- for pay in pay Band + GP upto 7260Rs.212/- for pay in pay Band + GP=7261-9700 Rs.280/- for pay in pay Band + GP=9701 and above	Rs.384/- per day to Level-1 and 2Rs.477/- per day to Level 3 to 5 Rs.630/- per day to Level-6 to 8 (limited to Non- gazetted staff)	108/2017Dt. 30-08 -2017
7	Flag Station Allowance	Rs.120/- per month	ABOLISHEDEligible employees to be governed by "EXTRA WORK Allowance" @ 2% of Basic Pay per month	121/2017Dt. 05-09- 2017
8	PCO Allowance	7.5 % of Basic Pay for eligible staff in GP 460015% of Basic Pay for eligible staff up to GP 4200	6% of basic pay for section Engineers and Sr.Section Engineers (Level-7 in pay Matrix)12% of Basic Pay for Non-Supervisory Staff and Jr.Engineers (Upto Level-6)	112/2017dt 30.08.2017
9	Special Allowance t chief safety officers/safety Officers	7.5 of Basic Pay for eligible staff	6% of Basic Pay	111/2017dt 30-08- 2017
10	Special LC Gate Allowance to Track Maintainer	Rs.450/- per month	Rs.1000/- p.m upto Level-8Rs.1200/- p.m for Level-9 and above Granted to Track Maintainers deployed for manning any of the Engineering Gates	110/2017dt 30-08- 2017
11	Coal Pilot Allowance	Rs.45 for the First TripRs.15 for every subsequent trip	Rs.102/- for the First TripRs.34/- for every subsequent trip	92/2017dt 11-08- 2017
12	TA/DA for Railway Officials			103/2017 dt 24.08.2017
13	Children Educational Allowance	CEA @ Rs.1500/-p.m Hostel Subsidy @Rs.4500/- p.m	CEA @Rs.2250/- p.mHostel Subsidy @Rs.6750/- p.m	147/2017dt 12.10.2017
14	Overtime Allowance			175/2017Dt.28-11- 2017
15	Constant Attendant Allowance	Rs.4500/- p.m	Rs.6750/- p.m	101/2017dt 28-11- 2017
16	Conveyance Allowance			89/2017Dt 10-08- 2017
17	Daily Allowance on Tour			84/2017Dt 08-08- 2017
18	Fixed Medical Allownace (FMA)	Rs.500/- p.m	1000/- p.m	75/2017Dt 28-07- 2017
19	Hard Area Allowance	25% of Basic Pay to Central Government Employees on their posting to the Nicobar and Lakshadweep groups of Island	20% of Basic Pay to those posted in Nicobar Group of Islands and Minicoy in Lakshadweep Islands12% of Basic Pay for those posted in Lakshadweep Group of Islands	95/2017Dt.16-08- 2017
20	Health and Malaria Allowance	Rs.600/- per month	Rs.1000/- p.m upto Level-8Rs.1200/- p.m for Level-9 and above	159/2017Dt 27-10- 2017
21	House Rent Allowance	30% of Basic Pay for Class-X cities20% of Basic Pay for Class-Y cities 10% of Basic Pay for Class-Z cities	24% of Basic Pay for Class-X cities16% of Basic Pay for Class-Y cities 8% of Basic Pay for Class-Z cities	71/2017Dt 19-07- 2017
22	Cycle (Maintenance Allowance)	Rs. 90/- p.m	Rs. 180/- p.m	93/2017Dt. 11-08- 2017
23	Non-Practising Allowance (NPA)	25% of Basic Pay	20% of Basic Pay	82/2017Dt. 04-08- 2017
24	Nursing Allowance	Rs.4800/- Per month	Rs.7200/- Per month	166/2017Dt.13-11-2017
25	Ration Money Allowance	Rs. 95/52 per head per day	Rs.97.85 per head per day	17/2017Dt.28-02- 2017
26	Refreshment Allowance	Rs.240/- Per day per head	Rs.540/- per day per head	RSPB No.03/2017Dt. 08-09-2017
27	Special Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance		Subsumed in Tough Location Allowance	91/2017Dt. 11.08.2017
28	Special Duty Allowance	37.5 percent of Basic pay for AIS Officers and 12.5 percent of Basic Pay for other employees	10% of Basic Pay for personel serving in North Eastern region and Ladakh	88/2017Dt.10-08- 2017
29	TA for retiring Employees			117/2017Dt.01.09.2017
30	TA on Transfer			117/2017Dt. 01.09.2017
31	Training Allowance	30 percent of Basic Pay in the National/Central Training Academies and Institutes for Group "A" Officers and 15 percent of Basic Pay in other training establishment	24% of Basic Pay to Faculty Members in National/Central Training Academies and Institutes for Group 'A' Officers12% of Basic Pay to Faculty Members in other Training Establishment	145/2017Dt.06.10.2 017
32	Transport Allowance (TPTA)			80/2017Dt.03.08.20 17
33	Bad climate Allowance	Rs.600/- p.m for GP>5400Rs.360/- p.m fo others	Subsumed in Tough Location Allowance-III(R3H3 of Risk and Hardship Matrix)Rs.1000/- to Level-8 and Below Rs.1200/- to Level-9 and above	91/2017Dt.11-08- 2017
34	Kit Maintenance Allowance		Subsumed in Dress allowance	141/2017Dt.03-10- 2017
35	Out of Pocket Allowance		Discontinued	RSPB No.04/2017
36	Shoe Allowance	Rs.900/-per month	Subsumed in Dress Allowance	141/2017Dt. 03-10 -2017
37	Sunderbans Allowance	Rs.90 for pay in pay Band <5600Rs.180 for pay in pay Band 5600-8400 Rs.270 for pay in pay Band 8401-11200 Rs.360 for pay in pay Band 11201-16800	Subsumed in Tough Location Allowance-III (R3H3 of Risk and Hardship Matrix)Rs.1000/- to Level-8 and Below Rs.1200/- to Level-9 and above	91/2017Dt.11-08- 2017
38	Tribal Area Allowance	Rs.600/- p.m.for GP>Rs.5400Rs.360/- p.m for others	Subsumed in Tough Location Allowance -III (R3H3 of Risk and Hardship Matrix)Rs.1000/-to Level-8 and Below Rs.1200 to Level-9 and Below	91/2017Dt.11-08- 2017
39	Dress Allowance	New Allowance which subsumes kit maintenance Allowance, Shoe Allowance, Uniform Allowance and Washing Allowance.	Rs.20,000/- per annum to Officers of RPF/RPSFRs.10,000/-per annum to PBOR of RPF and Station Masters Rs.5,000/- per annum to other categories of staff who were supplied uniforms and are required to wear them regularly Rs.1800/- per month to Nurses	141/2017Dt.03-10- 2017
40	Compensatory(construction or Survey) Allowance	Rs.1500/- p.m for GP>5400Rs.1000/- p.m for others	Rs.3400/- p.m for Level 9 and aboveRs.2700/- p.m for Level 8 and below	156/2017Dt.12.12.2017
41	Project Allowance	Rs.2250/- p.m for GP>5400Rs.1500/- p.m for others	Rs.2700/- p.m uptoLevel-8 Rs.3400/- p.m for Level-9 and above	156/2017Dt.12.12.2017

Source: NFIR

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7th CPC Railway Orders - Discontinuance of Family Planning Allowance for adoption of small family norms

7th CPC Railway Orders - Discontinuance of Family Planning Allowance for adoption of small family norms

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAILWAY BOARD

S.No. PC-VII/27
No,PC-V/2017/A/FPA/1

RBE No. 77/2017
New Delhi, dated 28/07/2017

The General Managers
All Indian Railways & PUs
(As per mailing list)

Subject:- Discontinuance of Family Planning Allowance for adoption of small family norms recommendation of the 7th Central Pay Commission

Please refer to Board’s letter No. PC-V/2008A/O/2(FPA) dated 14.10.2008 (RBE No. 151/2008) regarding the existing rates of Family Planning Allowance (FPA) admissible to Railway employees and as provided for in para 9 of the Schedule for RS (RP) Rules, 2016, dt.02.08.2016 (RBE No. 93/2016), the matter regarding allowances (except Dearness Allowance) based on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission were to be notified subsequently and separately. Until then, all allowances were required to be paid at the existing rates in the exisiting pay structure (the pay structure based on 6th Pay Commission) as if the pay has not been revised w.e.f. 1st January 2016. Accordingly, FPA was also required to be paid at the existing rates specified in the aforesaid Board's letter dated 14.10.2008.

2. The decisions of the Government on various allowance based on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission and in the light of the recommendations of the Committee under the Chairmanship of the Finance Secretary) constituted for this purpose, have since been notified. The recommendation of the 7th Central Pay commission to abolish Family Planning Allowance has been accepted and this decision is effective from 1st July 2017. Accordingly, Family Planning Allowance as admissible higherto, shall ceast to exist in all cases.

3. These orders shall take effect from 1st July, 2017 and hence Family Planning Allowance shall stand discontined w.e.f. 1st July, 2017.

4. This issues with the occurence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

5. Hindi version is enclosed.
(Authority : MoF's OM No. 12(4)/2016-EIII.A, dt 7th July, 2017)

(N.P. Singh)
Dy, Director Pay Commission-V
Railway Board

Source : NFIR

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Air Travel Entitlement for JCOs in Defence Forces

Air Travel Entitlement for JCOs in Defence Forces

According to the Gazette Notification issued by the Government on 6.7.2017, Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs) are now eligible to travel by Air.

Those who are in Level 6 to 8 of Pay Matrix (Pre-Revised Grade Pay 4200, 4600 and 4800), as the Travel entitlement for them so far is AC II by Train only. Now the are entitled to Travel By Air in Economy Class.
Level 6 to 8 pertain to the three ranks of JCOs - Naib Subedar, Subedar and Subedar Major - in the Army, and their equivalents in the Navy and Air Force. Level 5 A of Defence Forces to be clubbed with Level 6 for travelling entitlements.

7th CPC Recommendations on Travel Entitlements: The 7th Pay Commission opines that the present provisions are adequate. Hence, status quo is recommended with the present system of differentiation based on Grade Pay duly substituted by the Levels of the Pay Matrix.

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Central Government fails to implement 7th pay commission arrears on allowances

Central Government fails to implement 7th pay commission arrears on allowances

New Delhi: Despite all that has been said about the arrears on allowances under the 7th Pay Commission recommendations, an important issue for central government employees, which has now been notified on June 6 without arrears.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had claimed his commitment to implement the allowances after four months of the basic pay hike but it failed to come true.

More than 18 months have passed since the 7th pay commission report was submitted and 11 months have elapsed since the union cabinet approved the 7th Pay Commission recommendations for basic salary hike of central government employees, the centre now notified 7th pay commission allowances without arrears.
The government has given higher basic pay in August 2016 with arrears, effective from January 1, 2016 to its employees on the recommendations of the 7th pay commission but the increased allowances, which comes into effect from July 1, 2017.

The government used delaying tactics to save the government money to pay revised allowances without arrears. Hence the ‘Committee on Allowances’ headed by the Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa was formed for examination allowances.

However. the government stuck with the 7th Pay Commission's recommendations on allowances and gave nod accordingly but no recommendation of the ‘Committee on Allowances’ was approved.
The delay in the implementation of allowances is chiefly because of the financial gains of the government, while financial condition of the government is very sound.

The delayed implementation of allowances have saved the government nearly Rs 40,000 crore.
The non-payment of arrears on allowances has caused tremendous irritation and frustration among the central government employees.
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7th Central Pay Commission - Resolution on Allowances, Dated 6th July, 2017

7th Pay Commission Allowances - Finmin issued Resolution

7th Central Pay Commission - Resolution on Allowances, Dated 6th July, 2017

MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Expenditure)

RESOLUTION

New Delhi, the 6th July, 2017

No. 11-1/2016-IC.-The Seventh Central Pay Commission (the Commission) was set up by the Government of India vide Resolution No. 1/1/2013-E.III (A), dated the 28th February, 2014. The period for submission of report by the Commission was extended upto 31st December, 2015 vide Resolution No. 1/1/2013-E.III (A), dated the 8th September, 2015. The Commission, on 19th November, 2015, submitted its Report on the matters covered in its Terms of Reference as specified in the aforesaid Resolution dated the 28th February, 2014.

2. The Government, vide Para 7 of the Resolution No. 1-2/2016- IC, dated 25th July, 2016, decided to refer the allowances (except Dearness Allowance) to the Committee on Allowances (the Committee). It was also decided that till a final decision on allowances is taken based on the recommendations of the Committee, all allowances will continue to be paid at existing rates in existing pay structure, as if the pay had not been revised with effect from 1st day of January, 2016.

3. The said Committee submitted its Report on 27th April, 2017. The Government, after consideration, has decided to accept the recommendations of the Commission on allowances with 34 modifications as specified in Appendix I. The Statement showing the recommendations of the Commission on allowances and the Government’s decision thereon is annexed at Appendix II.

4. Some of the allowances paid to the Indian Navy which are also paid to the Indian Coast Guard at present have not been mentioned in the Report of the Commission. The Government has decided that these allowances which are admissible to the Indian Navy shall also be paid to the Indian Coast Guard at par with the Indian Navy.

5. The rates in respect of 12 running allowances relating to the Ministry of Railways shall be notified by the Ministry of Railways with the concurrence of the Ministry of Finance.

6. The revised rates of allowances shall be admissible with effect from the 1st July, 2017.

ORDER

Ordered that this Resolution be published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary.
Ordered that a copy of this Resolution be communicated to the Ministries and/Departments of the Government of India, State Governments, Administrations of Union territories and all other concerned.

R.K.CHATURVEDI,
Jt. Secy.

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7th Pay Commission: Higher allowances dropped from today's cabinet meeting agenda

7th Pay Commission: Higher allowances dropped from today's cabinet meeting agenda
 

New Delhi: The Union government has dropped higher allowances proposal under the 7th Pay Commission from its today's cabinet meeting agenda at the last minute, the Finance Ministry officials involved with the process of higher allowances told The Sen Times on condition of anonymity.

The officials said recommendation of the Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS) headed by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha on higher allowances, was due to come before the Union cabinet at its meeting today for formal approval.

However, the item was dropped from the agenda at the last minute, as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is on an official visit to South Korea, they added.

However, they said that the Cabinet may decide on 7th pay commission allowances this month.

In June 2016, the Cabinet approved 14% pay and pension hike for central government employees and pensioners under the 7th Pay Commission recommendations with effect from January 1, 2016.

The decision on higher allowances was postponed by the Cabinet on that time because the 7th Pay Commission wanted abolition of 52 allowances and subsuming of another 36 allowances into larger existing ones out of total 196 allowances.

Employee unions were opposed it, which government complied with formation of the Committee on Allowances headed by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa in June 2016 to review the allowances.
The Committee on Allowances submitted its report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on April 27.

The report was then taken up by the Department of Expenditure for examination, following which it was passed on to the Empowered Committee of Secretaries set up to screen the 7th Pay Commission recommendations and to firm up the proposal for approval of the Cabinet.

The Empowered Committee of Secretaries was in the process of preparing the Cabinet note on higher allowances, which was completed on June 1.

The central government employees are now getting no new allowances (except Dearness Allowance) with their new pay structure till the cabinet nod.

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7th Pay Commission: Latest Developments On Allowances, HRA

7th Pay Commission: Latest Developments On Allowances, HRA
The government had last year accepted the recommendation of Justice AK Mathur-headed Seventh Pay Commission in respect of the hike in basic pay and pension.

The Union Cabinet today did take up proposals related to 7th pay commission allowances, including HRA, as it was not part of the meeting’s agenda, sources told NDTV. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is on an official visit to South Korea. Nearly 50 lakh central government employees could get revised allowances under 7th pay commission award, including HRA or house rent allowance, from July, Financial Express in a report said last week. The report, citing sources, said that the Cabinet may decide on 7th pay commission allowances this month.

The Ashok Lavasa committee, which examined the 7th pay commission's recommendations on allowances, submitted its report to the finance minister on April 27. An Empowered Committee of Secretaries was set up screen the report and firm up proposals for the Cabinet.

The Lavasa committee 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 had said in a statement. Economists say that disbursement of 7th pay commission allowances is expected to give a further boost to consumer spending and thus the broader economy.

The Reserve Bank has however flagged upside risks to inflation from disbursement of revised 7th pay commission allowances. "At the current juncture, global political and financial risks materialising into imported inflation and the disbursement of allowances under the 7th central pay commission's award are upside risks. The date of implementation of the latter is still not announced and as such, it is not factored into the baseline projections," the RBI said in its latest monetary policy statement last week.
The government had last year accepted the recommendation of Justice AK Mathur-headed Seventh Pay Commission in respect of the hike in basic pay and pension. The 7th Pay Commission's recommendations relating to allowances were referred to the Ashok Lavasa committee.

The 7th pay commission had recommended that house rent allowance 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 or dearness allowance crosses 50 per cent, and further revised to 30 per cent, 20 per cent and 10 per cent when it 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 had earlier 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. The decision will benefit over 55 lakh pre-2016 civil and defence pensioners and family pensioners.

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Central Government Employees not to go on strike on May 23 over 7th Pay Commission allowances

Central Government Employees not to go on strike on May 23 over '7th Pay Commission allowances'

New Delhi: Central government employees' will not to go on strike on May 23 in protest at the "government inaction" on fulfilling their demands, including hike in allowance as per the 7th Pay Commission recommendations.

No central government office will be closed at any part of the country and the trains will also be running on May 23.

The Confederation of central government employees, has temporarily postponed the strike scheduled on May 23 following assurance of government to hike allowances shortly.

"The strike has been put on hold for now following the assurance of government. However, the confederation will make sure that the genuine demands of the employees are met with," a top leader of confederation, who did not wish to be named told us.

"In view of government's assurance to hike allowances shortly, our strike on May 23 stands deferred," he added.

The Confederation of central government employees had given the strike call protesting against the delay in allowance hike as per the revised 7th Pay Commission recommendations.

The confederation is opposed to the government's delaying tactics to hike allowances of central government employee.

After the government implemented the recommendation of the 7th Pay Commission from January 1, 2016 in respect of basic pay and dearness allowances, the Committee on Allowances, headed by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa was constituted in June last year.

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, which triggered resentment among central government employees that governments complied with formation of the Committee on Allowances.

The Committee on Allowances had submitted its report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on April 27.
The report is being currently examined by the Department of Expenditure. 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 central government employees now get all allowances except dearness allowance at the old rates until the cabinet approval of higher allowances.

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7th Pay Commission Allowances : Waiting for announcement

7th Pay Commission Allowances : Waiting for announcement

About 47 lakh Central government employees and 53 lakh pensioners have been waiting for 7th Pay Commission Allowances since July last year, but still there is no conclusion on 7th Pay commission allowances for Central Government Employees.

All the employees are eagerly waiting for the announcement from the Finance Ministry on allowances part. Due to delay in announcement all the employees getting huge loss in the monthly take home salary. 7th Pay commission implemented from Jan 2016, but still employees are getting 6th CPC allowances only.
NCJCM Secretary met Cabinet Secretary on 28th March 2017 and expressed the anguish situation among central government employees due to delay in the 7th Pay Commission Allowance. But Cabinet Secretary mentioned that MCD election may result in some delay, so all are expected the announcement after MCD election on April 23rd. but still there is no announcement.

On April 28th, a high-level committee headed by finance secretary Ashok Lavasa submitted its report on allowances to 47 lakh central 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.

After submitting the report to Jaitley, 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.

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

All the employees expecting announcement for 7th CPC Allowances & arrears for allowances. Hope all these topics will get some conclusion soon.

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7th Pay Commission: Report on allowances to be placed before secretaries panel next week

7th Pay Commission: Report on allowances to be placed before secretaries panel next week
New Delhi: The report on allowances will be placed before the empowered committee of secretaries in the next week for screening, a finance ministry official told on Monday.

The empowered committee of secretaries to take up all issues of allowances, including house rent allowance (HRA), which has been submitted by Committee on Allowances headed by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa on its report under the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission.

The Cabinet approved the setting up of Empowered Committee of Secretaries on January 13, 2016 to process the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission in an overall perspective. Accordingly, the report of allowances will be screened by that Empowered Committee of Secretaries, the official said.
The finance ministry has set up a 13-member Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS) headed by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha on January 27, 2016 on cabinet nod for processing the report of the 7th Pay Commission, which has bearing on remuneration of 47 lakh central government employees and 52 lakh pensioners.

The other members in the panel include secretaries from the Home Affairs and Defence ministry and secretaries of department of personnel and training, pension and PW, revenue, expenditure, posts, health, and science and technology. Chairman of Railway Board, Deputy CAG and Secretary (Security) in the Cabinet Secretariat are also on the panel.

"It will look at all the issues of allowances, including HRA and it will function as a Screening Committee to process the Committee on Allowances report with regard to all relevant factors," the official said.
"The report on allowances is now being examined in the Department of Expenditure. It will be completed shortly, we expect, the finance minister Arun Jaitley next week will hand over it to the Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS) to examine it and after consideration by the empowered committee of secretaries, the higher allowances shall be placed before the Cabinet for approval.," the official added.
The employees now get all allowances except dearness allowance at the old rates until the cabinet approval of higher allowances.

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7th Pay Commission: Committee on Allowances yet to submit report: Minister of State for Finance

7th Pay Commission: Committee on Allowances yet to submit report: Minister of State for Finance

New Delhi: The Committee on Allowances, tasked with reviewing the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission on allowances, was given four months to submit its report. Later, the deadline was extended to February 22, 2017, has not yet submitted its report to the government.

In a written reply to a question on 7th Pay Commission in Lok Sabha on March 10, Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal said the Committee, under Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa, is yet to submit its report.

The minister said that the deliberations of the committee are in the final stages.

The Committee on Allowances was formed in July 2016 following protests by government employees over recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission on allowances.

The 7th Pay Commission had recommended of abolishing 51 allowances and subsuming 37 others out of 196 allowances.

In July, the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley constituted a committee under Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa to review the recommendations. The committee was given four months’ time to submit the report to Finance Minister.

In October, Ashok Lavasa was quoted by some agencies as saying that he was ready with the report.

Later, the Finance Minister extended the deadline for report submission to February 22, 2017. Now, going by Minister of State for Finance’s reply, it seems government employees will have to wait longer before they can hear some news on hike in allowances.

According to some reports, the Committee on Allowances has decided that the current HRA slab, which is 30 per cent of basic pay, for metros would continue against reducing the House Rent Allowance (HRA) for central government employees. The 7th Pay Commission suggested bringing down the HRA to 24 per cent, 16 per cent and 8 per cent respectively depending on type of cities.

The transport allowance is likely to remain constant as certain reports said the Committee on Allowances agreed with 7th Pay Commission’s recommendation, which had already factored in the Dearness Allowance at 125 per cent assuming the date of implementation to be January 1 next year.

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7th Pay Commission : Committee on Allowances likely to submit report today - HRA Revision expected

7th Pay Commission : Committee on Allowances likely to submit report today - HRA Revision expected

After much debate and protest by government employees on some of recommendations made by the 7th Pay Commission on allowances, the government had formed a committee to review the same.

Government employees have been waiting to hear from the central government on allowances since the cabinet cleared the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission in June last year.

The Committee on Allowances, headed by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa, is expected to present its review report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today.

The 7th pay commission had recommended reducing the house rent allowance (HRA) to 24 per cent of basic pay as against the 30 per cent of basic pay employees were drawing under the Sixth Pay Commission.
According to some reports, the Committee on Allowances has recommended the current HRA slab, which is 30 per cent of basic pay, for metros. An announcement on the same is expected soon.

Allowances form a significant chunk of government employees’ salary, and therefore when the pay commission recommended slashing some while merging others, protests erupted.

The 7th Pay Commission recommended abolishing 53 of the current 196 allowances meant for employees while merging a few others.

The pay commission’s recommendation of a 14.27 per cent hike in basic pay is the lowest in 70 years. A further reduction in allowances meant earning the ire of nearly 50 lakh Central government employees.
Though the report may be submitted today, “A decision is likely to be announced after the State assembly elections get over,” said a senior official. The entire exercise of State polls will get completed by March 11.
Sources indicated that the committee has recommended higher house rent allowance could be increased to offset the higher cost of living.

However, the revised structure for allowances is likely to be implemented from April 1, to ensure that it does not have any impact on the government's finances this fiscal.

An official said the impact of the higher allowances has already been factored in the Union Budget 2017-18, which has increased the allocation for allowances (other than travel expenses) by seven per cent.

Source: India Today

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7th Pay Commission: How Jaitley saved Crores of Rupees this Financial year

7th Pay Commission: How Jaitley saved Crores of Rupees this Financial year.

It has been more than six months since the Narendra Modi government cleared the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission

Government employees are, however, yet to enjoy the full benefits of the recommendations with the decision on allowances still to be announced.

The 7th pay commission recommendations cover more than one crore government employees and pensioners. The commission recommended a 14.27 per cent hike in basic pay.

HOW MR. ARUN JAITLEY SAVED CRORES FOR THE GOVERNMENT:

1. The hike in basic pay has resulted in a marginal increase in the total salary drawn by government employees. This is because allowances form a sizeable chunk of their pay.

2. Till date, the government has not made announcements on when exactly does it plan to start giving out the allowances to its employees.

3. The government had asked the Committee on Allowances headed by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa to review the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission on allowances.

4. The government has given the committee an extension up to February 22, 2017 to submit its report on higher allowances. In October last year, Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa had said the committee was ready with its report.
However, no extension of period was asked by the committee, but still the government delayed the implementation by this extension.

5. The government’s dilly-dally on allowances has largely been attributed to demonetisation and the Assembly elections in five states. The 7th Pay Commission has recommended scrapping 53 of the 196 allowances, and merging a few others.

6. The hiked salary, as per the recommendations of the pay commission, is given in two parts. The increase in the basic salary is calculated from the time the government implements the recommendations of the commission, i.e. on a back date basis. As a result, employees are eligible for arrears on their basic pay.

7. The increase in allowances, however, is applicable from the date the government decides to disburse it. Therefore, government employees are not entitled to arrears.

8. Usually, once the recommendations of the pay commission are approved, the increase in basic pay is followed by an increase in allowances.

9. It is widely believed that the government will decide on a hike in allowances once the Assembly elections are over. In other words, employees can expect to get allowances from April, which marks the beginning of the new financial year.

So, finally the government has acted smart, the government has effectively saved a lot of money this financial year by not making an announcement on allowances. Government employees, on the other hand, have expressed their disappointment over being denied the full remuneration for a long time, but who cares about it!

Source: India Today

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7th Pay Commission: Higher allowances to be paid after Budget

7th Pay Commission: Higher allowances to be paid after Budget

New Delhi: The higher allowances under 7th pay commission is set to be paid to central government employees and pensioners after the budget 2017-18.

A top official in the Finance Ministry told The Sen Times on the condition on anonymity, "Government is very pleased to pay the higher allowances to its employees after Budget."

He added that the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had earlier expressed confidence that the currency shortage would be mitigated after December 30.

"The acute cash crunch in banks and ATMs that prevailed for a month following the demonetization move of the government has eased from January 1, as the daily withdrawal limit from ATMs has been increased from Rs 2,500 to Rs 4,500. Hence, the Finance Ministry felt it would be wiser to announce of higher allowances after Budget." the official revealed.

Currently, the central government employees are getting hike in basic pay with retrospective effect from January 2016 under the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission but they are getting allowances according to the 6th Pay Commission recommendations.

The 7th pay commission had recommended of abolishing 51 allowances and subsuming 37 others out of 196 allowances, so the government referred hike in allowances other than dearness allowance to the 'Committee on Allowances' headed by the Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa for examination.

The 'Committee on Allowances' has finalized the report on the allowances in October, however the government gave extension the committee till February 22, 2017 to submit its report.

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Draft minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday the 25th October 2016, under the Chairmanship of Secretary (P) with the representatives of Staff Side, National Council (JCM) on issues relating to the DoPT- Specific Allowances.

Allowances Committee Meeting Draft Minutes

No.6/8/2016-CPC
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
(CPC Section)

North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 7th November 2016

To

Shri Shiv Gopal Mishra
Secretary, Staff Side
National Council Staff Side (JCM),
13-C, Ferozeshah Road
New Delhi - 110001

Subject: Draft minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday the 25th October 2016, under the Chairmanship of Secretary (P) with the representatives of Staff Side, National Council (JCM) on issues relating to the DoPT- Specific Allowances.

Sir,
Please find enclosed a copy of the Draft Minutes of the meeting held under the Chairmanship of Secretary (P) on Tuesday the 25th October 2016 with the representatives of Staff Side on issues relating to the DoPT- Specific Allowances. You are requested to send your comments on the draft minutes by 15/11/2016 positively.

Yours faithfully,
(D.K. Sengupta)
Deputy Secretary (CPC)

RECORD NOTE OF THE DISCUSSION ON DOPT-SPECIFIC ALLOWANCES, HELD WITH THE STAFF-SIDE, NATIONAL COUNCIL (JCM) AT 3.00 P.M. ON 25.10.2016 UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF SECRETARY(P).

A discussion on the DoPT-specific allowances with the Staff-Side National Council (JCM) was held at 3.00 p.m. on 25.10.2016 under the Chairmanship of Secretary(Personnel) in Room No. 119, North Block, New Delhi in compliance with the direction contained in the minutes of the 2nd meeting of the Committee on Allowances held on 01.09.2016 that every Ministry/Department should firm up its views/comments on allowances relating to the Ministry/Department after holding discussion with their Staff Associations.

List of participants is at Annexure.

At the outset JS(JCA) welcomed all the members of the Staff side of the National Council of JCM to the discussion on department specific allowances. JS(JCA) informed that in the second meeting of the Committee on Allowances it was decided that all the department specific allowances will be discussed with the JCM. After a brief introduction it was decided to discuss the following department specific allowances on which DOPT has received the comments for Staff-Side.

Children Education Allowance (CEA)

The Staff-Side has stated that the benefit of Children’s Education Allowance should be extended to the Graduate and Post Graduate levels also. They have informed that the private institutions are charging exorbitantly. So, subject to a ceiling on tuition fees and hostel fees, the CEA should be extended to the Graduates and Post Graduates level. Staff-Side has informed that they had also represented to the Pay Commission for simplifying the procedure wherein they had suggested that reimbursement should be based on the bonafide certificates from the schools where the children are studying. This suggestion has been accepted by the Pay Commission and the Staff-Side has requested that it should be implemented.

On the issue of DOPT’s circular on e-receipt, Secretary, DoPT clarified that this circular had been issued before the government accepted the 7th Pay Commission recommendation.

(Action: JS(Estt.)

Night Duty Allowance (NDA)

Staff-Side has pointed out that the Night Duty Allowance (NDA) is still being paid at the 4th CPC rate. Even though there is a Board of Arbitration award in favour of employees that from 01.01.1996 it should be given in the 5th CPC pay scale, the government did not accept the arbitration award and even today employees are getting it at the same rate as it was prevalent during the 4th CPC period.

In the Ministry of Defence a lot of litigation had taken place and the matter went up to the Supreme Court. Hon’ble Supreme Court directed that it should be paid on the basis of the actual pay drawn and that NDA should be revised w.e.f. 01.04.2007 at the 6th CPC pay scale which has been implemented by the government. However, the audit authorities came up with an objection that there is a ceiling for it which has been objected to by the Staff-Side.

Apart from that, the 7th Pay Commission has recommended that it should be worked out with the actual pay of the employee being the criterion. However, in spite of that, except for the Ministries of Defence and Railways, employees working in other Ministries/Departments are getting it at 4th CPC rate. Thus, the absence of uniformity on this allowance across Ministries/Departments is very glaring which, according to the Staff-Side, is a principal source of litigation and will continue to remain so. Therefore, the Staff-Side has suggested that an early revision of the NDA without ceiling, and on the basis of the actual basic pay, and extending it to whoever is asked to do night duty will go a long way in reducing litigations in the future.

(Action: JS(Estt.)

Over Time Allowance (OTA)

Staff-Side has pointed out that there are two types of over time duty. One is covered under the Factories Act, 1948, and the other is for the office staff. In the first case, since it is a statutory obligation, the Pay Commission has not recommended anything on it. But for those Central Government employees who are not covered under the statutory provisions of the Factories Act, OTA is paid at a single rate of Rs.15.85/- only and, that too, for the first hour immediately after the scheduled office closing time, it is Nil. In case of OTA there is also an arbitration aw-ld from 01.01.1996 that it should be at par with the 5th CPC pay scale. However, neither it has been implemented nor have the rates been revised.

The Staff-Side has stated that if an employee is asked to work after hours the rate of OTA should be as per 7th CPC pay scale. Staff-Side is of the opinion that overtime means working after office hours, and asking an employee to work beyond office hours automatically entitles him/her to this allowance. The over time rates should also be above the normal level. It was pointed out by them that as per 7th CPC, an MTS is paid @ Rs.75/ hour; whereas overtime allowance is @ Rs. 15.85/- only. Even an outsider employed on casual basis is being paid hourly wages which are more than OTA. The Staff-Side is strongly of the view that if government is deploying a person on overtime work then he has to be paid at least according to the rate of salary which he is getting

(Action: JS (Estt.)

Cash Handling Allowance (CHA)

Staff-Side has informed that the 7th CPC recommendation on its abolition is based on the fact that in most of the offices today salary disbursement is not made in cash. It is credited to the individual bank accounts. But cash transactions do take place in certain offices like the Post Offices where cash handouts are made under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. PLI is also another example. Therefore, if it is stopped all of a sudden, no person will show interest in working as cashiers and take the additional responsibility of handling huge amounts of cash. Therefore, the Staff-Side has contended that till all cash transactions are eliminated, CHA should continue.

It was also pointed out by them that this allowance depends on the amount of cash transaction; when the volume of cash transaction comes down, the allowance will also proportionately come down.

(Action: JS(Estt.)

Uniform related allowances subsumed in a single Dress allowance (including shoes)

Staff-Side has informed that the 7th Pay Commission has recommended that Persons Below Officers Rank (PBOR) should be given Dress Allowance @ Rs.10,000/- per month. There are 5 Ordnance Factories under Ministry of Defence where persons are exclusively deployed to produce special high altitude dresses for the combat forces of the army. 12000 employees are working in these 5 factories. Therefore, if a uniform rate like this is maintained, it will have an adverse impact on the quality of these high altitude uniforms and will thus jeopardise the safety of the armymen and the nation as a whole. Staff-Side is stated to have already made a request to M /o Defence not to implement this recommendation. Army has also taken a stand that this will result in substandard or sub quality material. So this recommendation on the Dress allowance for PBOR should not be implemented.

As far as Civilian employees are concerned, it has been stated that the 7th CPC has recommended four slabs of Dress Allowances for various categories. One of the categories is called ‘others’. Whereas, in the Department of Posts there are about 75,000 postmen and Multi Tasking Staff wearing uniform. There is no mention about these postmen and multi tasking staff in any of the categories shown by the Pay Commission. If it is presumed that they come under ‘Others’, then they will be getting Rs. 5,000 whereas at present they are getting around Rs. 7,000 plus washing allowance. As such a separate category should be there for postmen and MTS also and the allowance should be Rs.10,000/-

It has also been pointed out that there are many categories like canteen employees, security staff, chowkidars which have not been mentioned and who are eligible for uniform or uniform allowances. It has to be clarified whether these categories will be covered under ‘others’. Staff-Side has stated that whosoever is getting Dress Allowance as on today should continue to get that. Staff-Side has also informed that the recommendations on Dress Allowance have created a lot of discrimination among staff working in similar circumstances.

Staff-Side has also drawn attention to the Dress Allowance with respect to the Nursing Staff. It has been stated that earlier also Nursing Staff were not given normal washing allowance or dress allowance considering the importance or the peculiar conditions prevailing in hospitals. Now they have also been bracketed in the general category. They were getting Rs.750 as Uniform Allowance and Rs. 450 as Washing Allowance per month. Now there is no separate category that has been given to them. For them a different dispensation was made taking into account their special requirements because they work in such an environment where their uniforms require regular washing entailing a substantial expenditure. As these have not been accounted for in the 7th CPC, the nursing staff should have a special dispensation, as is strongly felt by the Staff-Side.

JS (JCA) has requested Staff-Side to submit a note on the justification or break-up of the amount of Rs.32,400(maximum) as suggested by them and the Staff-Side has agreed to provide the same.

Secretary, DOPT summed up the demands of the Staff-Side by observing that those who were getting Dress Allowances, their allowances should not come down. And the categories of the employees which had special dispensation in the past and have not been mentioned this time or have been clubbed together with other categories need clarification.

(Action: JS(JCA)/Staff-Side)

Risk Allowance

The Staff-Side has informed that Ministry of Defence is engaged in arms and ammunitions manufacturing etc. In the process of manufacturing them, the staff engaged for this purpose, have to handle hazardous chemicals, acids and so many other poisonous combinations. Cabinet has approved 45 risk operations pertaining to Defence civilian employees. Apart from that, because of the technological developments taking place fast and as the requirement of the armed forces is increasing for getting modern equipments, ammunitions and explosives, new risk operations have also come into existence of which Ministry of Defence is aware and have recommended also accordingly. In spite of this, the existing Risk Allowance has been abolished by the Pay Commission. It has been pointed out by the Staff- Side that it has not been subsumed under the risk and hardship matrix. Rather it comes in the abolition list. In no matrix are the risk operations of Defence civilians are covered. Staff-Side has informed that they have discussed this with Defence Secretary and Defence Ministry is going to recommend in favour of its inclusion in one of the matrix.

In response to the query of Secretary, DOPT as to whether the activities which have been considered to be risky have all been identified, Staff-Side has clarified that it has been identified by a high level committee and approved by the Cabinet. 45 risk operations have been identified and approved. But within a period of 2 decades, lot of new ammunitions and new explosives have come in the arsenal, along with a lot of hazardous chemicals and acids. So, M/o Defence has again appointed a committee and they have identified that all these are additional risk operations over and above the 45 identified, where Defence Civilian employees are actively involved. But the Pay Commission has abolished Risk Allowance. So this has to be incorporated in one of the risk matrix.

(Action: JS(Estt.)

Other Items

Staff-Side has pointed out that in the 7th CPC report it has been stated that any allowance not mentioned and hence not reported to the Commission shall cease to exist immediately. They have requested that this recommendation should be rejected. On the contrary, the administrative Ministries should come forward and recommend for their abolition or retention.

Staff-Side has also stated that 7th CPC has abolished all advances completely. Noting that we regularly celebrate a number of festivals like Diwali, Holi, Eid and keeping the general sentiment in mind, they are of the view that advances are very necessary. Moreover, these advances are required to be paid back to the government.

On Family Planning Allowance, the Staff-Side has stated that since the Government has not changed its Family Planning policy, the allowance should be continued. At least in the case of those people who were getting it they should continue to get as they have fulfilled all conditions when the allowance was granted. Otherwise there will be drop in their emoluments.

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7th Pay Commission : Central Government Employees Fed up : As Govt Crawls on Allowances, Wage Revision Issues

7th Pay Commission : Central Government Employees Fed up : As Govt Crawls on Allowances, Wage Revision Issues

Once again Central government employees are ready to take on the government and are preparing to strike work as government remains slow in revising the 7th Pay Commission's recommendations on allowances, minimum wage and fitment formula.

The government employees are ruing the fact that no decision has taken place on Allowances so far. The Secretary ( Personnel) was to have a meeting with the Secretary, Staff Side, on October 13, to firm up the view on various allowances pertaining to Department of Personnel & Training. The meeting has been postponed to October 25.

It was expected that the recommendations of allowance committee will be made in October 2016 , with the postponement of meetings now we can expect the allowances committee to submit its report in November 2016. said the Confederation of Central Government Employee and Workers of Karnataka State.

The employees are also complaining that the government has so far not set up the high level committee on minimum wage, fitment formula revision and other main demands of central government employees as assured by Cabinet Ministers in July 2016.

When central government employees rejected the 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations and threatened to strike work, government,announced to set up a high level committee within a period of four months, and look into the issue of wage revision.

The Central Government has shown urgency in issuing orders on advances, but the same urgency is not shown in case of issue of orders on allowances and revision of minimum wage, fitment formula which will benefit lakhs of Central Government employees, added the confederation.

The employees are planning to carry out demonstrations on October 20 and once again try to reach out to the Prime Minster, Home Minister, Finance Minister and all Department heads. The employees are willing to strike work post December 15, if their demands remain ignored.

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7th Pay commission Allowances meeting postponed to 25th October 2016

7th Pay commission Allowances meeting postponed to 25th October 2016

Shri. M.Krishnan,Secretary General, Confederation of central Government Employees and Workers, has informed in his blog that the Government has Postponed the Meeting of Allowance Committee meeting from 13-10-2016 to 25-10-2016. The message posted in official website of Confederation of Central Government Employees and workers is as follows

7th PAY COMMISSION ALLOWANCE COMMITTEE MEETING & JCM NATIONAL COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS POSTPONED TO 25th OCTOBER 2016

GOVERNMENT INFORMED THAT MEETINGS OF THE ALLOWANCE COMMITTEE AND JCM NATIONAL COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEE SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON 13TH OCTOBER 2016 STANDS POSTPONED TO 25th OCTOBER 2016


 

M.Krishnan
Secretary General
Confederation
Mob: 09447068125
Email: mkrishnan6854@gmail.com

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7th Pay Commission Allowances : Atomic Energy Employees writes to Government writes to Finance Ministry requesting a meeting to discuss about enhancing of Allowances

7th Pay Commission Allowances : Atomic Energy Employees writes to Government writes to Finance Ministry requesting a meeting to discuss about enhancing of Allowances.

Dept of Atomic Energy employees association writes to the Secretary, Dept of Expenditure regarding

NFAEE
DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY
NFAEE Office, Opp. NIYAMAK BHAVAN, Anusaktinagar, Mumbai 400 094

Ref. No: nfaee/sg/16/198

26.09.2016

To
The Secretary to the Government of India
Department of Expenditure
Ministry of Finance

Sub: Note on 7th CPC recommendations on Allowances. Reg

Sir,
It is understood that the Committee on Allowances constituted by the Government hold a preliminary meeting with National Council (JCM) Standing Committee on 1st September 2016. In the meeting the staff side representatives presented their views on various allowances and decided to submit a detailed note and to hold further meeting.

In this context, National Federation of Atomic Energy Employees (NFAEE) which represents the entire non gazetted employees under Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) would like to submit the note attached with this letter contains the views on various allowances.

The 7th Central Pay Commission, in its report referred about 196 Allowances and recommended to:

• Abolish certain allowances
• Subsume with certain allowances
• Certain allowances are merged as single allowance)
• While considering Department specific Allowances, some of them are considered and certain other allowances has not referred/mentioned

Under this circumstance we feel the Committee should review the every comments recorded by the Pay Commission on Allowances. Similarly the Committee on Allowance also should consider various allowance, especially Department specific which are not considered by the CPC and not recommended neither to abolish or subsume nor enhance.

However we prepared the note attached herewith is directly related to the employees of Department of Atomic Energy in which some allowances are common in nature and others are Department specific. Following Allowances are linked with various categories of DAE Employees.

A. COMMON ALLOWANCES:

a. House Rent Allowance
b. Transport Allowance
c. Dearness Allowance
d. Overtime Allowance
e. Night Duty Allowance
f. National Holiday Allowance
g. Dress Allowances
h. Nursing Allowance
i. Hospital Patient Care Allowance (HPCA) & Patient Care Allowance (PCA).
j. Children Education Allowance
k. Family Planning Allowance
l. Cash Handling And Treasury Allowance
m. Fixed Conveyance Allowance
n. Fixed Medical Allowance
o. Unreported Allowances

B. AREA SPECIFIC ALLOWANCES.

a. Special Compensatory (Hill Area) Allowance.
b. Special Duty Allowances
c. Tribal Area Allowance

C. DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC ALLOWANCES.

a. Update Allowance
b. Qualification Incentive Scheme (QIS)
c. Nuclear Research Plant Supporting Allowance (NRPSA)
d. Risk & Hardship Matrix

Further we request you to arrange a meeting with the office bearers of NFAEE to present our views in person, especially about the Allowances which are related to the employees of Department of Atomic Energy.

Thanking you
Yours faithfully,
(Jayaraj KV)
Secretary General

Click to view NFAEE Ref. No: nfaee/sg/16/198 dated 26.09.2016

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7th Pay Commission : Allowances Report to be Delayed by a Week As FM too busy with political agenda

7th Pay Commission : Allowances Report to be Delayed by a Week As FM too busy with political agenda

The submission of report on allowances is likely to be delayed by a week, primarily because of the Uri terror attack on an army base in Jammu and Kashmir and partly because of the BJP national executive meet held in the Kerala city of Kozhikode.

Sources said, The report of special committee on allowances recommended by the 7th Pay Commission is to be delayed because of Uri attack and BJP national executive meet held in Kozhikode, Kerala.

An official in Anonymous said, The report of special committee on allowances recommended by the 7th Pay Commission is to be delayed because of Uri attack and BJP national executive meet held in Kozhikode, Kerala. The committee on allowances recommended by the 7th Pay Commission could not submit its report as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was too busy due to political developments post attack on Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri and BJP’s national executive meet.

The report of the committee on allowances, headed by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa was to submit last week but the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was too busy with political agenda for the both incidents that so fatter allowances was not prioritised, sources in Finance Ministry quoted.

The committee on allowances was ready to submit its report even two months in advance. The committee is likely to call on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in this week, if the political situation returns to normal, sources added.

The 7th pay commission had recommended abolition of 51 allowances and subsuming 37 others out of 196 allowances. The government while issuing the notification for the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission had announced to set up a special committee to examine the recommendations on allowances. The Committee was given four months to submit its report on allowances. The committee met employees unions leaders on August 4 and September 1 respectively before preparing its report. However the submission of the report is likely to be delayed by a week now.

The pay commission resolution issued on July 25 said, till a final decision on allowances is taken based on the recommendations of this Committee, all allowances will continue to be paid at existing rates in existing pay structure, as if the pay had not been revised with effect from January 1, 2016. The allowances had been a major bone of contention amongst majority of the central government employees.

The government issued the notification for the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations in July. The 7th Pay Commission notification confirmed that central government employees will get 14.27 per cent hike in basic pay at junior levels, which is the lowest in 70 years. The Cabinet also approved the increase in minimum pay Rs 18,000 from existing Rs 7,000.

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New allowances from October says Finmin: 7th Pay Commission

New allowances from October says Finmin: 7th Pay Commission

New Delhi: The new allowances for the central government employees is likely to be implemented from October 1, a senior Finance Ministry official told.

“Definitely, the new allowances on recommendations of 7th Pay Commission will be made effective soon. However, if its implementation is delayed it will be given effect from October 1,” the official told our reporter.
The finance ministry official said the Finance Secretary committee will submit its report by September end.
The official said alongside main allowances, the Finance Secretary committee will recommend various reforms in allowances hence it will take some time to implement those after scrutinising.

The Union Cabinet cleared the recommendations of 7th Pay Commission in respect of the hike in basic pay and pension on June 29 but decision on its suggestions relating to allowances has been referred to a Committee headed by Finance Secretary.

Accordingly, notification and resolution for the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations in respect of the hike in basic pay were issued on July 25.

The pay fixation and arrears related Office Memorandum No.1-5/2016-IC and Corrigendum dated July 29 and dated August 1 respectively were issued for paying arrears in one go in August salary.

According to Union Cabinet decision, a Committee headed by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa and Secretaries of Home Affairs, Defence, Health and Family Welfare among others as its members was constituted on July 22 for examination of the recommendations of 7th Pay Commission on allowances other than dearness allowance.

The pay commission headed by Justice A K Mathur had recommended abolition of 51 allowances and subsuming 37 others after examining 196 allowances.

The scrapping of the allowances was opposed by the central government employees’ Unions and so it has been referred to a Committee of Secretaries.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in Rajya Sabha in this month, “These measures are radical in nature, even the employees’ unions have given their suggestions in the matter and therefore the committee has been formed to look into allowances. Whatever the committee decides, it will go to the Cabinet.”

The first meeting of the Finance Secretary Committee on allowances already took place on August 4.
The once in a decade pay hike has seen burden on exchequer rise from Rs 17,000 crore in the 5th Pay Commission to Rs 40,000 crore in the 6th and Rs 1,02,100 crore in the 7th Pay Commission, Jaitley earlier said.

“The Union government needs funds. The Pay Commission has put a burden of Rs 1.03 lakh crore,” Jaitley said in the Parliament in this month.

The hike in the salary component as recommended by the 7th Pay Commission was accepted with retrospective effect from January 1, 2016. The arrears will be paid to the Central government employees and pensioners on August 31, Jaitley added.

It is noted that no arrears for allowances will be paid, as per usual practice, the allowances would be paid from the date of implementation.

The recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission cover 48 lakh Central government employees and 52 lakh pensioners.

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