Central government employees will have to wait for yet another week to
receive any update on the revised allowance structure as recommended by
the 7th Central Pay Commission. The Empowered Committee of Secretaries
(E-CoS) is expected to convene next week to ponder on the
recommendations before being presented before the Union Cabinet for
their nod.
The 7th pay commission had proposed a total of 196 allowances; a
Committee of Allowances was formed under the Finance Secretary Ashok
Lavasa to screen them. On April 24 this year, the Committee submitted
its report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, recommending that 52
allowances suggested by the pay commission be entirely scraped and 36 of
them be incorporated with other allowances instead of dealing with them
separately.
The recommendations made by the Lavasa-led review committee regarding
allowance structure were to be tabled before the E-CoS after
consideration by Department of Expenditure. Following which committee of
secretaries will table the proposal for implementing the
recommendations made by the 7th pay commission, complete with the
suggestions from Committee of Allowances, will be presented before the
Cabinet for approval.
Cabinet Secretary PK Sinha will preside over the E-CoS meet, as per
reports. Officials from Home Affairs, Finance, Health and Family
Welfare, Railways, Personnel and Training and Post will also take part
in the meeting.
Central government employees have been waiting since for an update on
the allowances suggested by the 7th pay commission. It was rumored
earlier this week that some union ministers might meet some senior
officials to seek updates on the recommendations, inciting expectations
in the Centre staff and pensioners.
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