7th Pay Commission latest news: Government employees to be paid allowances before Dussehra
As per the pay matrix of 6th Pay Commission, government employees were beneficiaries of a total of 196 allowances. However, the AK Mathur-led CPC committee has abolished 51 allowances.
New Delhi, Aug 12: This festive season for central government employees will come with an enhanced bonanza, as the government is set to upgrade and implement their allowances as per the recommendations of 7th Pay Commission. The High Level Committee formed by the Finance Ministry was provided time till November to analyse the various anomalies in allowance hike as recommended by the 7th Pay Commission. However, sources within the Finance Ministry have confirmed that the allowances will be fixed by the next month, and government would credit the salaries of government employees ahead of Dussehra.
The High Level Committee, comprising of Health, Defence and Home Secretaries, was formed after several employee unions protested against the radical changes in terms of allowances proposed by the Justice AK Mathur-led 7th Pay Commission panel. The committee has also been entrusted with the responsibility of analyzing the demand of National Joint Action Committee (NJAC) which wants the minimum salary be scaled upto Rs 26,000, rather than Rs 18,000, which has been currently proposed.
As per the pay matrix of 6th Pay Commission, government employees were beneficiaries of a total of 196 allowances. However, the AK Mathur-led committee has abolished 51 allowances, and subsumed nearly 37 of them.
Source : http://www.india.com/