NEW DELHI: APR 27, 2017:
A high-level committee headed by the Finance Secretary submitted today
its report on allowances to 47 lakh government employees to Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley.
The Ashok Lavasa Committee was constituted in June last year after the
government implemented the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission.
The pay panel had recommended abolition of or subsuming of allowances
like acting, assisting cashier, cycle, condiment, flying squad, haircutting,
rajbhasha, rajdhani, robe, shoe, shorthand, soap, spectacle, uniform, vigilance
and washing. The report will now be examined by the empowered committee of
secretaries and following that it will be placed before the Cabinet, he
said.
Out of total 196 allowances, it had recommended abolition of 52 and
subsuming of another 36 into larger existing ones. After submitting the report to Jaitley, Finance
Secretary Ashok Lavasa said the committee has taken into account representations
made by various stakeholders.
The report will now be examined by the empowered
committee of secretaries and following that it will be placed before the
Cabinet, he said. Out of total 196 allowances, it had
recommended abolition of 52 and subsuming of another 36 into larger existing
ones. The commission had recommended hiking the HRA in the range of 8-24 per
cent.
If the pay commission recommendations on allowances are implemented fully, then as per estimates the cost to the exchequer will be Rs 29,300 crore.
Lavasa said the government will take the final call on the date of payout of revised allowances to government employees.
If the pay commission recommendations on allowances are implemented fully, then as per estimates the cost to the exchequer will be Rs 29,300 crore.
Lavasa said the government will take the final call on the date of payout of revised allowances to government employees.
Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ PTI