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| Sep 7, 2016,
NEW DELHI: The two panels set up by the government to review pensions and allowances are expected to announce interim relief and help blunt the criticism that the government employees and pensioners have not benefited from the 7th pay commission recommendations.
"They
are expected to announce some interim award. The government will consider
them," a senior government official, who did not wish to be identified,
told TOI .
This
should come as a relief to thousands of government employees and pensioners who
have slammed the commission's recommendations saying the increase was paltry.
Government employees and pensioners say the increase in pay and pension is
limited and some employee associations have taken up the issue with the
government.
After
taking into account dearness allowances at the prevailing rate, the salary and
pension of all government employees, including pensioners, was raised by at
least 14.3% as on January 1, 2016 and up to 23% in upper brackets. While
assuring employees and pensioners, officials say there is a limit to which
salaries and pensions of government employees can be raised.
In
June, the cabinet approved the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission and
decided that arrears of pay and pension benefits will be paid during the
current financial year (2016-17) itself. The recommendations have benefited
over 1 crore employees, including over 47 lakh central government employees and
53 lakh pensioners, of which 14 lakh employees and 18 lakh pensioners are from
the defence forces.
But
the government had set up two panels to examine the Pay Commission's
recommendations with regards to pensions and allowances and they were given
four months' time to submit their reports.
The
government has implemented one of the two options suggested by the pay
commission on pensions and has allowed all the allowances to be paid at their
existing rates until the panel submits its recommendations.
Source
: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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