Grant of Dearness Relief to Pensioners who are in receipt of provisional Pension - Revised rate effective from 1.7.2016

Grant of Dearness Relief to Pensioners who are in receipt of provisional Pension - Revised rate effective from 1.7.2016 on implementation of decision taken on recommendation of 7th Central Pay Commission.

Office Memorandum for Revision of Dearness Relief of Pensioners who are drawing Provisional Pension

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India, New Delhi vide Office Memorandum dated 28.12.2016 has ordered that pensioners who are drawing provisional pension and whose provisional pension has been revised in accordance with the instructions mentioned in DOPT's Office Memorandum No. 38/49/2016- P&PW(A) dated 30.11.2016 would also be entitled to dearness relief on their revised provisional pension, in terms of DOPT's Office Memorandum No. 42/15/2016-P&PW(G) dated 16.11.2016, w.e.f. 1.7.2016.

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7th Pay Commission – New Allowances ‘Likely’ to be Paid from October 1 – This development comes days after the second meeting of the committee on allowances which was held on September 1.

7th Pay Commission – New Allowances ‘Likely’ to be Paid from October 1 – This development comes days after the second meeting of the committee on allowances which was held on September 1.

7th Pay Commission allowances for all central government employees under the new pay matrix will be implemented from October 1, 2016, a top Finance Ministry’s official told in anonymous.

Central Government employees will be receiving the revised allowances from October 1, 2016. The recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission covers some 48 lakh Central government employees and 52 lakh pensioners. “This development comes days after the second meeting of the committee on allowances which was held on September 1, following which the employees will now get the new allowances with their October salaries,” he said.

Under the chairmanship of Union Secretary, the Committee on Allowances met with representatives of the Central government unions on September 1. The committee is likely to submit its report to the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley within a week.

The central government employees union leader Shiv Gopal Mishra also said after the meeting, “Let us believe that, after the meeting, report of the said committee would be sent to the Government of India for its acceptance.”

A press release issued by the government after the Cabinet approval to Pay Commission recommendations had said: “The 7th Pay Commission examined a total of 196 existing allowances and, by way of rationalisation, recommended the abolition of 51 allowances and subsuming of 37 allowances. Given the significant changes in the existing provisions for allowances which may have wide-ranging implications, the Cabinet decided to constitute a Committee headed by Finance Secretary for further examination of the recommendations of 7th pay commission on allowances.”

“Allowances contribute 63 percent in the pay hike recommendation. The allowances which the commission proposed is very substantial. So, the central government employees now get a little hike in pay but the finance ministry will soon move the Cabinet with changes in allowances providing for full compensation to the central government employees after getting the report from the committee on allowances,” said the official.

The sources indicate that no arrears for allowances will be paid, as per usual practice, the allowances would be paid from the date of implementation.

However, the central government employees unions demanded for implementation of the allowances with retrospective effect from January 2016.

Source: gconnect

Secy panel on 7th CPC to have key meeting on June 11; salary hikes unlikely to come in July : Zee News Report

Secy panel on 7th CPC to have key meeting on June 11; salary hikes unlikely to come in July : Zee News Report

New Delhi: The Empowered Committee of Secretaries (CoS) headed by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha processing the report of the Seventh Central Pay Commission is expected to meet on June 11 to finally wrap up its report on the remuneration of government employees.

It is reported that the secretaries panel will finally hear out all the stakeholders, including the Central ministries and Departments, and finalise its report, which will be handed over to the government on June 30.

Sources added that even the Prime Minister's Office is keen on a favourable pay hike for the central government employees, so the panel is likely to recommend a minimum salary at Rs 24,000 and the highest salary at Rs 2,70,000.

The 7th pay panel headed by AK Mathur had recommended the minimum salary at Rs 18,000 and maximum salary at Rs 2,50,000.

Sources added that the government is exploring options for meeting the additional payout over and above what was recommended by the 7th pay panel. The payout could be substantial with salary hike and arrears adding up to a Rs 1.02 lakh crore burden on government finances.

However, it seems that the government employees will have to wait more for the salary hike. Once the report moves from the table of the empowered group of committee to the cabinet, it is likely to take another month before the notification on pay hike will eventually come.

Even the Finance Ministry is keen that higher salaries reach government employees just before the festive season starting mid-August, as spurt in consumption during the festive period will have a domino effect on the economy.

Source: Zee News

7th Pay Commission: Govt employees to get higher pay scales than recommended earlier : Media Reports

7th Pay Commission: Govt employees to get higher pay scales than recommended earlier : Media Reports

  

New Delhi: This news will surely come like an icing on the cake for the central government employees.

As per media reports, a secretaries group is ready with its review on 7th Pay Commission. But it will submit its report once the elections get over.

The surprise element in the secretaries group review report is that it has pushed for higher pay than the recommendation made by the 7th Pay Commission.

Reports say that the secretaries group has recommended between Rs 2,70,000 and Rs 21,000 hike for the higher and the lower level. This is twenty thousand more in the upper limit prescribed by the 7th CPC and three thousand more in the lower level set by the commission.

It may be recalled that the government had set up a high-powered panel headed by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha to process the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission which will have bearing on the remuneration of 47 lakh central government employees and 52 lakh pensioners.

The implementation of the new pay scales is estimated to put an additional burden of Rs 1.02 lakh crore on the exchequer in 2016-17. Subject to acceptance by the government, they will take effect from January 1, 2016.

Source: Zeenews