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| 7th Pay Commission: No arrears on allowances to Central Government employees |
New Delhi, January 5: Central
government employees eagerly waiting for the implementation of 7th Pay
Commission will won’t be happy to learn that the Union Government has decided
that ‘no arrears on allowances will be given to central government employees’
after the recommendations made by 7CPC is implemented. The 7th Pay Commission
recommendation made by the committee will be implemented only after elections
in five state comes to a conclusion. After Elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand,
Punjab, Goa and Manipur is completed central government employees can expect
higher allowances, a Sen Times report suggested.
According to Sen Times report which quoted an
unidentified source from Finance Ministry confirmed that “No arrears on
allowances will be given to employees”.
The announcement of both higher allowances and
implementation of 7CPC will come after March, almost nine months after Union
Government implemented the recommendations made by Justice A K Mathur
committee.
In November 2015, Justice A K Mathur, Chairman,
7th pay Commission had tabled a report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
recommending 14.27 per cent hike in basic pay, an increase in overall salary,
allowances and pensions to be increased by 23.55 per cent. The increase in
allowance will be higher by 63 per cent while pensions to rise by 24 per cent.
Justice Mathur had recommended of abolishing 51
allowances and subsuming 37 others out of 196 allowances, so the government hiked
the basic pay but referred hike in allowances other than dearness allowance.
In October the ‘Committee on Allowances’
finalised the report but the government gave then the extension till February
22, 2017, to submit its report for getting normalised the cash crunch position.
The Election Commission on Wednesday announced
elections to state assemblies in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and
Manipur. In these five states, the election will start on February 4 and will
end on March 8 and the results of which will be announced on March 11.
On Wednesday the Election Commission also made
it clear that the model code of conduct will come into force with immediate
effect.
The central government employees are getting
allowances under the 6th Pay Commission recommendations.
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