REPORT OF 7TH PAY COMMISSION AND MERGER OF D.A.

As per reply of the Government to Parliament Questions as indicated below, regarding submission of report by 7th Pay Commission and Merger of Dearness Allowance, it has been clarified by the Government that It is not possible to indicate the exact time by which the Report of the Seventh Central Pay Commission will be submitted. The Government also indicated regarding non recommendation of Merger of Dearness Allowance with basic pay at any stage by the 6th Central Pay Commission.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF  FINANCE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2057 ANSWERED ON-11.02.2014 Seventh Pay Commission 2057 . SHRI NARENDRA KUMAR KASHYAP Will the MINISTER OF FINANCE be pleased to state: (a) Whether Government has announced constitution of Seventh Pay Commission for the Central Government employees; (b) if so, the details thereof; and (c) the time by which the Pay Commission is expected to submit its report? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA) (a) and (b): Yes, Sir. The constitution of the 7th Central Pay Commission is as under:- (i) Shri Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur - Chairman (Retired Judge of the Supreme Court and Retired Chairman, Armed Forces Tribunal) (ii) Shri Vivek Rae,  - Member (Full time) (Secretary, Petroleum & Natural Gas) (iii) Dr. Rathin Roy,  - Member (Part time) (Director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy) (iv) Smt. Meena Agarwal, - Secretary (OSD, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance) (c): It is not possible to indicate the exact time by which the Report of the Seventh Central Pay Commission will be submitted.

Merging of DA with basic pay of Central Government employees - Rajya Sabha News GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF  FINANCE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2062 ANSWERED ON-11.02.2014 Merging of DA with basic pay of Central Government employees 2062 . SHRI PRABHAT JHA, ARVIND KUMAR SINGH, KUSUM RAI Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state: (a) whether Government is actively considering to merge existing dearness allowance payable to Central Government Employees with basic pay; (b) if so, the details thereof, and if not, the reasons therefor;  (c) whether Government has received any representation from employees associations in this regard; (d) if so, the details thereof and the details of action taken thereon; and (e) the reasons for delay in constitution of 7th Central Pay Commission? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE ( SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA) (a) No Sir. (b) The 6th Central Pay Commission did not recommend merger of Dearness Allowance with basic pay at any stage. This has been accepted by the Government vide Resolution dated 29th August, 2008.  (c)&(d) A number of representations have been received from Associations/Organizations of Central Government Employees demanding merger of 50% of Dearness Allowance with basic pay. However, in view of (b) above, the same has not been agreed to.  (e) The Government has already decided to constitute the 7th Central Pay Commission under the Chairmanship of Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur, Retired judge of the Hon’ble Supreme Court. [Source: http://cengoindia.blogspot.in/]