Govt gears up to botify fatter allowances

The government is gearing up to notify the fatter allowances shortly for implementation under 7th pay commission recommendations, after it’s got cabinet nod.

The government has to notify higher allowances for central government employees shortly and allowances will get increased from next month, the finance ministry officials informed

The central government employees and pensioners got theirs arrears of basic pay and pension arising from implementation of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations in one go in August salaries and pension respectively. The hike in basic pay and pension has been made effective from January 1, 2016.

The higher allowances will be paid after getting report from the ‘Committee on Allowances’ headed by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa.

The ‘Committee on Allowances’ has been set up on July 22 for examination of the recommendations of 7th Pay Commission on allowances other than dearness allowance.

The committee on Allowances met up with the deadline of four months given to it by the cabinet to submit the report. It’s however currently are waiting for Finance Minister’s call about submission its report.

Sources in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said the Finance Ministry asked to obtain report from the committee on Allowances and to prepare cabinet note in this regard.

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