EVENTH PAY COMMISSION ALLOWANCES TO GOVT EMPLOYEES: OFFICIAL ANSWER IN LOK SABHA
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO: 57
ANSWERED ON: 18.11.2016
ALLOWANCES TO GOVT. EMPLOYEES
VIJAY KUMAR S.R.
SUDHEER GUPTA
Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to
state:-
(a) whether the Government has deferred the
Seventh Pay Commission’s recommendations on various allowances, perks and
perquisites and referred the matter to a Committee;
(b) if so, the details thereof along with
the terms of reference and aims and objectives of this move;
(c) whether the Committee has submitted its
report to the Government and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons
for the delay; and
(d) the timeframe drawn for the Committee
to submit its report to the Government and the date from which the allowances
including house rent, education and transport allowances are likely to be made
effective?
ANSWER
FINANCE MINISTER (SHRI ARUN JAITLEY)
A Statement is laid on the Table of the
House
Statement Annexed with the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 57 for 18.11.2016 by
Shri S. R. Vijayakumar and Shri Sudheer Gupta on Allowances to Government
Employees
(a) & (b): In view of the number of
representations received with regard to substantial changes with the existing
provisions relating to Allowances recommended by the 7th Central Pay
Commission, the Government has set up a Committee to examine the
recommendations of the Commission on allowances (except Dearness Allowance).
The Committee has been asked to go into the recommendations of the Commission
on various allowances and, having regard to the representations made by the
staff associations as also the suggestions of the concerned Ministries/Departments
and to make recommendations as to whether any changes in the recommendations of
the Commission are warranted and, if so, in what form. Till a final decision is
taken by the Government based on the recommendations of this Committee, all allowances
(except Dearness Allowance) will continue to be paid at existing rates in the
existing pay structure. The Committee, constituted vide order dated 22.7.2016,
is to submit its report within four months.
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