7th CPC Allowances query Central Government employees: Reason for saving of 40,000 crores by delaying tactics

7th CPC Allowances query Central Government employees: Reason for saving of 40,000 crores by delaying tactics

Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure

RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1833

TO BE ANSWERED ON TUESDAY, THE 1ST AUGUST, 2017
SHRAVANA 10, 1939 (SAKA)

RECOMMENDATIONS OF COMMITTEE ON ALLOWANCES ON 7TH CPC

QUESTION

1833. SHRI NEERAJ SHEKHAR:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the recommendations of Committee on Allowances formed after implementation of 7th CPC in 2016;

(b) the details of the accepted recommendations of said Committee;

(c) the details of the rejected recommendations of the said Committee; and

(d) whether Government has saved around Rs.40,000/- crores by delaying tactics and by rejecting arrears on allowances to Central Government employees and if so, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

(a) to (d): The Committee on Allowances (CoA) recommended the acceptance of the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission (7th CPC) with 33 modifications. The recommendations of the CoA were accepted with 8 modifications by the Government. The 7th CPC recommendations on allowances were approved by the Government on 28.06.2017 with modifications in respect of 34 allowances. As per the established practice relating to implementation of earlier Central Pay Commission’s recommendations on allowances, the recommendations of the 7th CPC on allowances have been implemented prospectively with effect from 01.07.2017.

Source: ENGLISH VERSION