All the central government employees have to wait for another one week to receive the update on the revised allowance structure as recommended by the 7th Pay Commission. The Union Cabinet of Modi government, last year had accepted the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission and after this, it has increased the minimum wage of over 80 per cent of Central Government employees from Rs 7,000 per month to Rs 18,000 per month. The revised income of Central Govt. employees under 9,300 to 34,800 pay band has been increased finally. The pay band has been divided into four categories which are from 4200 to 5400, which is further divided into another 40 levels.
The decision will be conveyed by the Committee of Secretaries, which is chaired by Finance secretary Mr. Ashok Lavasa. The committee is constituted by the Ministry of Finance. After the meeting, the report will be presented to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union Cabinet.
A total no of 196 allowances has been proposed by the 7th pay commission. An Allowances Committee was formed under Ashok Lavasa, the Finance Secretary to screen them. The employees’ union has been pressing for an update. The committee is hopeful that the proposal regarding the allowances will be cleared by next week. Govt. sources informed that the E-CoS is looking into the recommendations on those allowances made in the Commission. It will submit its report to the Cabinet following which the same will be cleared.
Last year, the Union Cabinet had also approved the changed method of pension revision in the time of approving the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations for pre-2016 pensioners. All the reports suggest that the large number of central govt. employees have to wait for another one week to receive any update on the revised allowance structure.
Last month, Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa submitted a final report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley which now examined by the ECoS which is expected to take a call next week after presenting their opinion in front of the Prime Minister. But a large number of Central Government employees are saying that they are frustrated with it, as it is pending for a long time. Actually, the 7th Pay Commission was constituted in 2014 by Congress government to review the principles and structure of emoluments of all central govt. employees, including defense forces and submitted its report on 19th November 2015.
The Committee was set up to mull changes to 7th Pay Commission report due to a large number of representations received from various Associations, departments, and ministries. A total no of 196 allowances had recommended by the Pay Commission, in which total 52 are abolished altogether and 36 be abolished as separate identities. Demands for the modifications were received in respect of 79 allowances after Committee met members of the Standing Committee of National Council. The meeting was also held with representatives of the Defense Forces, Central APFs and DGs.
