Lok Sabha Q & A committee on allowances of 7th CPC

Lok Sabha Q & A committee on allowances of 7th CPC

Government Of India
Ministry Of Finance
Department Of Expenditure

LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION No.1778

TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 10TH MARCH, 2017
PHALGUNA 19, 1938 (SAKA)

COMMITTEE ON ALLOWANCES OF SEVENTH CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION

QUESTION

1778. SHRI SULTAN AHMED:
SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

(a) Whether the Government has set up a committee to examine the various allowances in the light of recommendation made by the Seventh Central Pay Commission.

(b) if so, the details and terms of reference thereof:

(c) Whether the said Committee on allowances has submitted its report to the Government, if so, the recommendations made by the Committee along with the follow-up action taken by the Government thereon:

(d) if not, the reasons therefor and the time by which the said report is likely to be submitted; and

(e) whether the Government proposes to give arrear of House Rent Allowance and other Allowances with effect from the month of notification of implementation of Seventh Central Pay Commission, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER 
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

(a) & (b): Yes the committee on Allowances has been constituted vide order dated 22.07.2016. The committee is to examine the recommendations of the 7th CPC in regard to various allowances having regard to the representations made by the Staff Associations and the suggestions of the concerned Ministries/Departments and make recommendations as to whether any changes in the recommendations of the 7th CPC are warranted and if so, in what from.

(c) & (e): The Committee has not submitted its report to the Government. The deliberations of the Committee are in the final stages. Decisions on implementing the Report will be taken after the Report is submitted by the Committee.

Source: Lok Sabha

Government to announce 7th CPC Allowances in Parliament session

Expectations are rising that the government may soon announce a hike in allowance as part of the Seventh Pay Commission awards. The second half of the Budget session starts from March 9. Union officials had held final round of talks on February 22 with members of the Ashok Lavasa panel on Seventh Pay Commission allowances, according to Shiv Gopal Mishra, the convenor of National Joint Council of Action (NJCA), a joint body of unions representing central government employees. Some union officials said that the panel on Seventh Pay Commission allowances has already submitted its report.The unions have demanded HRA at the rate of 30 per cent, 20 per cent and 10 per cent. The Seventh Pay Commission had recommended that HRA be paid at the rate of 24 per cent, 16 per cent and 8 per cent of the new Basic Pay, depending on type of cities.

The Seventh Pay Commission had also recommended that the rate of HRA be revised to 27 per cent, 18 per cent and 9 per cent respectively 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.

The panel headed by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa had reviewed Seventh Pay Commission allowances. The government had in June accepted the recommendation of Justice AK Mathur-headed Seventh Pay Commission in respect of the hike in basic pay and pension but its suggestions relating to allowances were referred to the committee. The Seventh Pay Commission had examined a total of 196 existing allowances and, by way of rationalisation, recommended abolition of 51 allowances and subsuming of 37 allowances.

The committee on allowances was initially given a time of four months to submit its report to the finance minister. Allowances form a significant chunk of government employees’ salary.

Source : Profit.ndtv

Government unveils major changes in voluntary retirement rules for babus

NEW DELHI: Bureaucrats seeking voluntary retirement can now hope to see their requests acted upon within a set time frame under new service rules unveiled by the Centre. 

The move to effect major changes in service rules for babus seeking voluntary retirement comes against the backdrop of complaints of harassment by few bureaucrats who claimed that their requests were kept pending for long time. 

The new rules also allow bureaucrats to take back their voluntary retirement request. 

The request for voluntary retirement by an IAS and IPS officers will not be kept pending beyond the notice period mentioned by them in such requests, according to the new rules issued by the Department of Personnel and Training(DoPT). 

If the competent authorities don't issue any order before the expiry of the notice period specified by a service member, the voluntary retirement shall become effective from the date of expiry of the said period, the rules said. 

"Provided that, where no order is issued by the competent authority, then after the expiry of the period specified in the notice, the central government may issue orders." 

The new rules are applicable on three all-India services--Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFoS). 

Existing rules allow a service member to retire before attaining 60 years age of superannuation, after giving three months' notice in writing to the state government concerned, on the date on which he or she completes 20 years of qualifying service or any date thereafter to be specified in such requests. 

The request for withdrawal of notice of voluntary retirement shall be submitted to the competent authority within the period mentioned in the notice, the rules said. 

Source : The Economic Times

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