No arrears on allowances to Central Government employees

Date : 7.1.2017

No arrears on allowances to Central Government employees

New Delhi, January 5: Central government employees eagerly waiting for the implementation of 7th Pay Commission will won’t be happy to learn that the Union Government has decided that ‘no arrears on allowances will be given to central government employees’ after the recommendations made by 7CPC is implemented. The 7th Pay Commission recommendation made by the committee will be implemented only after elections in five state comes to a conclusion. After Elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur is completed central government employees can expect higher allowances, a Sen Times report suggested.

According to Sen Times report which quoted an unidentified source from Finance Ministry confirmed that “No arrears on allowances will be given to employees”.

The announcement of both higher allowances and implementation of 7CPC will come after March, almost nine months after Union Government implemented the recommendations made by Justice A K Mathur committee.

In November 2015, Justice A K Mathur, Chairman, 7th pay Commission had tabled a report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley recommending 14.27 per cent hike in basic pay, an increase in overall salary, allowances and pensions to be increased by 23.55 per cent. The increase in allowance will be higher by 63 per cent while pensions to rise by 24 per cent.