7th Pay Commission: Central Employees Annoyed With Modi Govt About Allowances Hike

7th Pay Commission: Central Employees Annoyed With Modi Govt About Allowances Hike

New Delhi: With widespread resentment against the “meagre” allowances hike implemented in the 7th Pay Commission and not get the arrears of the allowances, central government employees are annoyed with PM Modi government.

The ‘Committee on Allowances’ submitted its report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on April 27 this year.

They are deeply annoyed at little allowances hike without arrears.

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi government stuck with the 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations on allowances and gave nod accordingly.

The major contention is on the House Rent Allowance (HRA), which unions demanded at the rate of 30 per cent, 20 per cent and 10 percent of basic pay with arrears.

The government approved 7th Pay Commission recommendations for reduction in the HRA rates to 24 per cent for X, 16 per cent for Y and 8 per cent for Z category of cities, which comes into effect from July 1, 2017 and no arrears are to be paid.

The sources told us that the government had no plan since beginning to give allowances in arrears.

So, the increased allowances, which comes into effect from July 1, 2017, while the government gave higher basic pay in August 2016 with arrears, effective from January 1, 2016 to its employees on the recommendations of the 7th pay commission.

The delay in the implementation of allowances is chiefly because of the financial gains of the government, while financial condition of the government is very sound.

The delayed implementation of allowances have saved the government nearly Rs 40,000 crore.

The government used delaying tactics to save the government money not to pay arrears of allowances on the pretext of formation of ‘Committee on Allowances’ headed by the Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa in June, 2016 for examination allowances as the 7th Pay Commission had recommended abolition of 51 allowances and subsuming 37 others out of 196 allowances.

The ‘Committee on Allowances’ submitted its report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on April 27 this year and the Union Cabinet approved recommendations of 7th Pay Commission on allowances on June 28, which comes into effect from July 1, 2017.

The 7th pay commission had submitted its report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in November, 2015. The commission had recommended a 14.28% increase in basic pay and the government went with ditto to it.

The huge resentment among the central government employees over little allowances hike without arrears.

TST