Friday 2 June 2017
7th Pay Commission: Report to Cabinet submitted; HRA capped at 27%
7th Pay Commission: Report to Cabinet submitted; HRA capped at 27%
Key Highlights
- E-CoS submitted its report on higher allowance under 7th Pay Commission to Union Cabinet
- E-CoS recommended HRA slab ranging between 25-27% of the basic pay
- Proposal to hike salary likely to be placed in Cabinet by next week
The Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS) has submitted its report on higher allowances like House Rent Allowance (HRA), Dearness Allowance (DA) and Transport Allowance (TA) under 7th Pay Commission (7th CPC) to Union Cabinet, sources told Alok Priyadarshi.
Not meeting the demand of the central government employees, E-CoS recommended HRA slab ranging between 25%-27% of the basic as against demands of 30%, 20% and 10%.
7th CPC had recommended house rent allowance (HRA) to be paid at the rate of 24%, 16% and 8% of the new Basic Pay, depending on the type of cities.
The proposal may be accepted and announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Cabinet as early as next week.
Finance Ministry had formed the Committee on Allowances headed by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa to look at demands for these allowances.
Out of 196 allowances, the 7th Pay Commission report had recommended abolition of 52 and subsuming of another 36 into larger existing ones.
Source: Zeenews
Postal/Sorting Assistant Result 2016 Out - SSC CHSL 2016
Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has published the result of SSC CHSL 2016. The exam was held from 7th January 2017 to 8th February 2017 in the Computer Based Mode for Recruitment of Postal Assistants / Sorting Assistants, Data Entry Operators, Lower Division Clerks and Court Clerk at various centres all over the country. 30,57,993 candidates appeared in the said Examination and 53201 candidates have been qualified for the Tier II (Descriptive test).Check below for more details.
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