As per the latest circular, no HRA will be given to government employees in some cases following the revision of the existing rules.
A government employee shall not be entitled to HRA if- -He/she shares government accommodation allotted to another government servant.
- He/she resides in accommodation allotted to his/her parents/son/daughter by the Central, State government, an autonomous public undertaking or semi-government organisation such as municipality, port trust, nationalised bank, Life Insurance Corporation of India.
-His/her spouse has been allotted accommodation at the same station by the Central, State government, an autonomous public undertaking or semi-government organisation such as municipality, port trust, nationalised bank, Life Insurance Corporation of India, whether he/she resides in that accommodation or he/she resides separately in accommodation rented by him/her.
Cities/towns (X) with population criteria of 50 lakhs and above: 24 %
Cities/towns (Y) with population criteria of 5 lakhs to 50 lakhs: 16 %
Cities/towns (Z) with population criteria below 5 lakhs: 8 %
“The rates of HRA will be revised to 27%, 18%, 9% for X,Y,Z class of cities respectively when Dearness Allowance (DA) crosses 25% and further revised to 30%, 20% and 10% when DA crosses 50%,” the notification read.
According to several media reports, the central government employees are likely to get the arrears in three instalments.
It is worthwhile to mention here that the central government employees were stopped payment of allowances from January 2020 to June 2021 in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. And, the demand to release the pending DA arrears was gathering steam for quite some time.
Besides, the demand to clear the arrear was pending before the cabinet for consideration.
If the media reports are to be believed, the DA arrears of Level-3 employees will be around Rs 11,880 to Rs 37,554 and for those belonging to Level-13 or Level-14, it will be between Rs 1,44,200 to Rs 2,18,200.
Recently in September, the Centre had hiked the DA of all Central government employees by 4 percent from 34 percent to 38 percent. The hike has benefitted more than 50 lakh government employees and over 61 lakh pensioners across the country.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informed the same by taking to Twitter. "Happy to announce 4% additional Dearness Allowance for State Govt employees/All India Service Officers with effect from 1st July, 2022, payable with this month’s salary," tweets Sarma.
Extending his wishes on the upcoming festival of lights, the Chief Minister further wrote, "Hope this will add to the festive fervour. Also extending my good wishes for an auspicious and happy Deepawali!"
Happy to announce 4% additional Dearness Allowance for State Govt employees/All India Service Officers w.e.f. 1st July, 2022, payable with this month’s salary.
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) October 23, 2022
Hope this will add to the festive fervour. Also extending my good wishes for an auspicious and happy Deepawali!
Earlier, the Narendra Modi government had announced a 4 per cent hike in Dearness Allowance for Central government employees. The hike in DA came into effect from July 1, 2022.
The 4 per cent increase took the total DA of the Central government employees to 38 per cent.
It is pertinent to mention here that DA is calculated as a specific percentage of the basic salary and then added to the same. The governments revise DA twice in a year.
Later, Odisha government also announced 3 per cent hike in DA effective January 1, 2022, taking the total dearness allowance of the state employees to 34 per cent.
The Ashok Gehlot government approved an increase of 4 per cent in DA of the state employees today. Now, a 38 per cent dearness allowance will be payable to the state employees and pensioners which will be effective from July 1, 2022, informed Rajasthan CMO.
Around 8 lakh Rajasthan government employees and 4.4 lakh pensioners are likely to be benefited from the DA hike.
On Wednesday, the Modi government announced a 4 per cent hike in Dearness Allowance for the Central government employees effective July 1, 2022. The 4 per cent increase has taken the total DA of the employees to 38 per cent.
The hike will reportedly cost the Centre Rs 12852 crore, but it will benefit around 52 lakh Central government employees and pensioners.
It is pertinent to mention here that the DA and DR are revised on the basis of retail inflation-industrial workers. The government revises DA twice in a year.
The current hike in DA will be effective from July 1, 2022. The 4 per cent increase has taken the total DA of the employees to 38 per cent.
The Union Cabinet has decided to increase DA by 4 per cent for central government employees and pensioners, informed Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Wednesday.
This will cost the Narendra Modi government Rs 12852 crore. However, around 52 lakh Central government employees will benefit from this hike. DA and DR are revised on the basis of retail inflation-industrial workers.
Taking into account the recent All-India CPI-IW data for the month of May, it was earlier expected that there could be a DA hike of around or above 4 per cent.
The All-India CPI-IW for May 2022 increased by 1.3 points and stood at 129.0. On 1-month percentage change, it increased by 1.02 per cent with respect to the previous month compared to an increase of 0.42 per cent recorded between corresponding months a year ago.
DA is calculated as a specific percentage of the basic salary and then added to the same. The government revises DA twice in a year.
Meanwhile, the hike in DA is seen as a major relief for the employees in view of the current inflation amid the festivity.
The decision came ahead of expected hike in the Dearness Allowance (DA) for the central government employees. The Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) has issued an office memorandum in this regard on September 20.
“….the instructions issued vide DOPT OM dated 24.3.2009 has been reviewed, in consultation with the UPSC and with the approval of the competent authority it has been decided to revise the norms prescribing minimum eligibility service required for promotion, as per 7th CPC Pay Matrix and Pay Levels,” the office memorandum read.
The department said the revised norms prescribing minimum eligibility service required for promotion, as per 7th CPC Pay Matrix and Pay Levels may be incorporated in the Recruitment Rules/Service Rules by malting suitable amendments.
All the Ministries/Departments have been requested to effect necessary amendments to the Recruitment Rules/Service Rules, in this regard, after following the due procedure.
“Ministries/Departments may initiate action to complete the review in this regard and furnish necessary amendment proposals to the DOFF and the UPSC in the case of Group A and Group B posts within six months from the date of issue of this Office Memorandum,” the office memorandum added.
As per the revised norms, the minimum qualifying service for promotion from Level 1 to Level 2 in the 7th CPC Pay Matrix is 3 years. Similarly, for promotion from Level 6 to Level 11, the minimum qualifying service is 12 years. Moreover, the minimum qualifying service for promotion from Level 7 to Level 8 is just 2 years.
Mann had on Monday announced that his government will implement recommendations of the Pay Commission in colleges and universities of the state.
A statement said acceding to a long-pending demand of teachers, the Cabinet gave its nod to revise their pay scales with effect from January 15, 2016. It will be implemented from October 1 this year.
This decision will benefit all teachers and other employees working in the equivalent cadre in state universities, government colleges and government-aided private colleges.
In another decision aimed at overcoming a shortage of teaching faculty in the colleges, the Cabinet gave go ahead to allow government colleges appoint visiting resource persons from amongst retired faculty of colleges and universities, who are qualified as per the UGC norms.
The visiting resource persons will be hired from amongst retired faculty members up to the age of 70 years and will be paid an honorarium per session, subject to the maximum of Rs 30,000 per month.
This arrangement will be made till the process of regular recruitment against the vacant posts is completed.
In another initiative aimed at improving the standards of higher education, the Cabinet gave approval to enhance the remunerations of the guest faculty working in the government colleges of the state to a minimum of Rs 33,600 per month for both qualified and unqualified teachers, said the statement.
In another decision, the Cabinet decided to do away with the Guardians of Governance scheme, which was launched by the Amarinder Singh-led government.
"Considering the unsatisfactory performance of previous years in monitoring the assigned schemes of few departments, the Cabinet decided to do away with the Guardians of Governance scheme in the state in larger public interest," the statement said.
The scheme was launched in 2017 by the Punjab government with the objective of monitoring schemes of few Departments.
However, soon after the statement of the Minister it was assumed that the Narendra Modi government would not set up 8th Pay Commission for its employees, even if it demands.
According to Mint, Chaudhary has denied the claim that there will be no 8th Central Pay Commission while replying to a question in the Lok Sabha on whether the Centre proposes to ensure a timely constitution of the 8th CPC the government employees so that it could be implemented on January 1, 2026.
“ln order to compensate Central Government employees for erosion in the real value of their salaries on account of inflation, dearness allowances (DA) is paid to them and the rate of DA is revised periodically every 6 months on the basis of rate of inflation as per All lndia Consumer Price lndex for Industrial Workers (AlCPl-lW) released by Labour Bureau under M/o Labour & Employment," said Chaudhary.
Pay Commissions are constituted to revise the pay structure, retirement benefits and allowances of the central government employees. The 7th Central Pay Commission was set up by the government of India in February 2014.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Centre had hiked the Dearness Allowance (DA), which is raised twice a year, by 3 per cent in March this year taking the total DA to 34 per cent. Now, it is expected to hike the DA by around 5 per cent for July-December period.
Earlier in May this year, rumours were rife that the Centre was working on measures to do away with the pay commissions and follow a performance based increment, similar to the norms for the employees in private sector undertakings.
If the government takes up the DA hike issue for discussion during the cabinet meeting and subsequently increases the allowance, it will put an end to the long wait of the employees.
Besides, the Central government employees will have a major hike in their salary as the DA for July-December is expected to be the highest this time.
How much will be the DA hike?
A record DA hike on the basis of the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission is expected this time and the reason is the recent All-India CPI-IW data for the month of May. If the data is anything to go by, there could be a DA hike of around or above 4 per cent.
The All-India CPI-IW for May 2022 increased by 1.3 points and stood at 129.0 (one hundred twenty nine points). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by 1.02 per cent with respect to the previous month compared to an increase of 0.42 per cent recorded between corresponding months a year ago.
It is worth mentioning that the AICP Index is a crucial factor in determining the DA. So, taking into account the good figure for May, a 4-5 per cent hike is what the CG employees are expecting. A 4 per cent increase will take the total DA to 38 per cent.
When will be the announcement?
According to the latest reports, an announcement may be expected by August 7. However, an official confirmation in this regard is still awaited.
Earlier, the Finance Ministry had stopped the DA hike from January 2020 until June 30, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, when it was resumed, the DA was hiked to 28 per cent from 17 per cent in July 2021.
Such decision has been taken as per the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission.
As per the Odisha government’s decision, the HBA has been increased from Rs 25 lakh to Rs 40 lakh.
As per the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), the assistance will be extended to all the employees under the National Pension Scheme and the permanent employees.
The government also fixed the rate of interest on HBA at 8 per cent. It is pertinent to mention here that as per the House Building Advance rules 2020, loan up to up to Rs 25 lakh was paid at 11.5 % interest rates.
From now, the loan will be disbursed to the government employees in two phases in 60-40 ratio.
The Centre revises DA of its employees twice a year in January and July to set off inflation. When there is a high retail inflation, the chances of a higher increase in dearness allowance are more.
It is pertinent to mention here that the DA varies from employee to employee based on their work location- urban sector, semi-urban sector or rural sector.
Recently, the All-India Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers increased by 1.7 points for April 2022 and stood at 127.7. On 1-month percentage change, it increased by 1.35 per cent with respect to March, compared to an increase of 0.42 per cent recorded between the corresponding months a year ago.
The year-on-year inflation for the month also stood at 6.33 per cent compared to 5.35 per cent for the previous month and 5.14 per cent during the corresponding month a year before while the food inflation stood at 7.05 per cent against 6.27 per cent of the previous month and 4.78 per cent during the corresponding month a year ago.
As the AICP Index is a crucial factor in determining DA, the rise in the index for April has increased the hope of a good hike for the central government employees this month.
Reports are abuzz that there could be a 5 per cent hike in DA, taking the total DA of the employees to 39 per cent. Besides, if latest media reports are any thing to go by, there could be a 6 per cent DA hike.
Moreover, the government is likely to make the hike announcement towards the end of this month or on July 31. However, an official confirmation (both on the DA hike and the date of announcement) is still awaited.
Similarly, the year-on-year inflation for the month stood at 6.33 per cent compared to 5.35 per cent for the previous month and 5.14 per cent during the corresponding month a year before while the food inflation stood at 7.05 per cent against 6.27 per cent of the previous month and 4.78 per cent during the corresponding month a year ago.
Now, as the AICP Index is taken as a crucial factor in determining the Dearness Allowance (DA), the recent rise in the index (for the month of April) has increased the probability of hike in the DA of the central government employees who are eagerly waiting for an announcement for the same.
Meanwhile, the buzz is already there that the Narendra Modi government may come up with the good news for the lakhs of employees in July. And, If the latest media reports are to be believed, there could be a 5 per cent hike in DA.
A 5 per cent DA hike will take the total DA of the employees to 39 per cent.
As the Dearness Allowance of Central government employees is revised twice a year, the first increase in DA for the year 2022 was announced in March. The AICPI index figure for March stand at 126.
All the rumours related to the 8th Pay Commission are false and baseless as there is no such official hint or report to back the claims. Besides, if reports are to be believed, the Centre is working on measures to do away with the pay commissions and follow a performance based increment.
As per reports, the central government employees may soon get increments on the basis of their performance, similar to the norms in private sector undertakings.
Besides, in 2016, then Finance Minister and senior BJP leader late Arun Jaitley had said in the Parliament that the government should focus on their employees and not only on the pay commissions.
Meanwhile, it is believed that the performance-based increment in government jobs will lead to dominance of the seniors and employees will face pressure and problems in carrying out their duty honestly.
"At a time when corruption continues to haunt the entire system, don't know how will increment on performance basis serve the purpose. Who will evaluate the performance and on what basis? This might put extra pressure on employees," said a Central government employee.
However, the government needs to come up with a feasible measure to evaluate the performance to ensure an unbiased increment of the employees, he added.
As per reports, the Seventh Pay Commission will be the last pay commission recommending salary revision of employees and there might be no new Pay Commission thereafter.
The Zee News citing media reports quoting sources in the Finance Ministry said that the new salary hike will be based on performance-linked increment.
However, there is no clear picture as yet of the modalities regarding the assessment in salary calculation. The central government is reportedly working on it.
In 2016, the Centre brought several reforms which enabled the implementation of the 7th CPC recommendations within six months from the due date. Prior to that, employees had to wait for 19 months for the implementation of the commission’s recommendations at the time of the 5th CPC, and for 32 months at the time of implementation of the 6th CPC.
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval to release an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners w.e.f. 01.01.2022 representing an increase of 3 per cent over the existing rate of 31 per cent of the Basic Pay/Pension, to compensate for price rise, the Union Cabinet mentioned in a release.
The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief would be Rs 9,544.50 crore per annum, it further said.
The latest hike pushes the DA to 34 percent of the basic salary which is aimed toward benefiting 47.68 lakh government employees. Similarly. the raise in the DR is likely to benefit more than 68.62 lakh pensioners amid rising prices of fuel and surging inflation.
The Centre raised the DA for the central government employees and pensioners to 28 percent from 17 percent in July 2021 after more than one-and-half years of stalling it due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
The government also hiked the DA again by 3 percent to take it to 31 percent in October 2021.
Dearness Allowance, a part of the salary of government employees and pensioners is aimed at giving relief from the impact of inflation. For the unversed, the government revises DA twice every year -- in January and July.
The DA, however, differs from one employee to another based on where the place and type of work -- urban, semi-urban or rural sector. Notably, as the dearness allowance is linked to the basic salary, a hike in DA will also consequently raise the monthly provident fund (PF) and gratuity amount of the central government employees.
Already 80 percent of the Pay Commission salary slab arrears have been paid to the State government employees and the decision to clear the pending dues will benefit nearly 4 lakh employees.
An additional budgetary outlay of Rs 850 crore has been earmarked in the 2021-22 supplementary budget for the purpose.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Odisha government had accepted the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission and implemented it from January 2016. Accordingly the hiked salary was paid from September 2017.
As per the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, it was decided to pay a 20-month increase in arrears between January 2014 and August 2018 in various instalments.
As per the decision, 40 per cent of the increased pay was cleared in 2016-17, 10 per cent in 2019-20 and 30 per cent in 2021-22. It is worth noting that pensioners have also received 100 per cent of their salaries.
However, the employees are yet to get the DA arrears which has been put on hold for 18 months. Therefore, the question remains when will the arrears reach the government employees' bank accounts?
If media reports are to be believed, the Centre is seriously considering the same and the arrear amount will be disbursed soon. It is also believed that the Union Cabinet may take up the matter for discussion in its next meeting.
Besides, the National Council of JCM’s, Shiv Gopal Mishra, reportedly had a meeting with the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) and the Finance Minister regarding the arrears of the employees.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Cabinet Council had made a proposal for a one-time settlement amount towards the DA arrears. So, how much will be the arrears amount?
According to a report in Zee News Hindi, Shiv Gopal Mishra has said that the DA arrear amount of the employees in Level-1 range between Rs 11,880 and Rs 37,554 while for those in Level-13 or Level-14, the arrear amount would range from Rs 1,44,200 to 2,18,200.
The Centre had frozen DA to 48 lakh Central government employees and about 60 lakh pensioners-- for the period January to June 2020, July to December 2020 and January to June 2021-- following the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic.
The Department of Expenditure (Ministry of Finance) recently modified the CTG rule for the retiring Central government employees who wish to settle down at the last station of duty or at any other place. As per existing rules, one-third of CTG is admissible at present for settling down at the last station of duty or at a station not more than 20 km from the last station of duty.
“It has been decided that for the purpose of Composite Transfer Grant in r/o Central Government employee who wishes to settle down at the last station of duty or other than last station of duty after retirement, the condition of 20 km. from the last station of duty, is done away with subject to the condition that change of residence is actually involved,” an office order read.
However, the Department has clarified, “To settle down at the last station of duty or other than last station of duty after retirement, full CTG would be admissible i.e at the rate of 80% of the last month's basic pay. The employee has to submit a self-declaration certificate regarding change of residence.”
Similarly, 100% of the last month’s basic pay would be paid in case of settlement to and from the island territories of Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep, the order added.
Apart from the DA, the government has also effected a correspondent increase in Dearness Relief (DR) for pensioners by 3 percent.
With the fresh announcement, the DA of the State government employees has increased from the present 28 percent to 31 per cent.
The enhanced DA and DR will be applicable retrospectively from July 1, 2021, and will benefit around 7.5 lakh staffers and pensioners.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has also announced that government employees, who had earlier received 50 percent of their hiked salary under the 7th Pay Commission from January 2016 to August 2017, will get 30 percent of the arrears.
The Odisha government's sudden move to hike dearness allowance (DA) of the government employees and pensioners comes just two months after it had hiked the DA by 11% in October 2021.
Following a Cabinet meeting today, Odisha Chief Secretary Suresh Mohapatra said that all the eligible teaching and non-teaching of the said education institutions will get grant-in-aid on the basis of Odisha Revised Scale of Pay Rules, 2017 (7th Pay).
"About 26164 teaching and non-teaching employees of the New-Aided Non-Government High Schools, UP(ME) Schools and Madrasas who are in receipt of 100% Grant-in-Aid will be benefited by such enhancement," read an official release.
This new hike in salary will be effective from January 1, 2022. Around 26000 school teachers and 16664 college teachers will be benefitted with this announcement of the State government.
The salary hike will reportedly cost the State exchequer an additional Rs 126 crore.
Besides, the Cabinet has approved Jaga Mission for five municipal corporation areas of the State. Odisha government will provide land to slum dwellers, benefitting as many as 1.9 lakh families in 938 slums in the State.
The State Cabinet also approved the proposal to amend Grama Panchayat Act, Panchayat Samiti Act, and Zilla Parishad Act. Provisions have been included for penal action against candidates filing false affidavits.
The Ministry has already sent a proposal in this regard to the Railway Board for approval.
As per the media reports, the proposal to implement the HRA from January 2021 was made by the Indian Railways Technical Supervisors Association (IRTSA) and the National Federation of Railwaymen (NFIR).
Once it is accepted, the HRA of employees will increase and they will get arrears too. Also, when the dearness allowance is raised, it will subsequently increase the HRA and Transport Allowance (TA) of the employees.
As per reports, the increase in salary will be different for the employees as per the pay scale under the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC). The 7th Pay Commission, in its recommendations, had earlier proposed to increase HRA when the DA crosses 25 percent. The rate will rise from 8, 16, 24 percent to 9, 18, and 27 percent respectively.
The employees are likely to benefit in the range of Rs 5400 to Rs 8100 per month. However, the minimum HRA has been fixed at Rs 5400 per month.
While the hike will be effective retrospectively from July 2021, the State government employees will get the hiked salary from this month, October.
With this 11 per cent hike, the DA of the State government employees has increased to 28 per cent.
The Narendra Modi government had in July earlier this year approved DA hike for the Central government employees from 17 per cent to 28 per cent.
The 11 per cent hike announcement by the Centre came after adding three pending DAs, which included the 4 per cent DA announced for January to June 2020, including the allowance for the period July to December 2020 and January to June 2021.
It is worth mentioning here that, soon after the Centre's announcement, States like Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir also hiked DA for their respective government employees and pensioners from 17 per cent to 28 per cent.
A total of three DA instalments were due before the cabinet approved the hike. Two instalments were there from last year while one was from this year. So, a total DA hike of 11 per cent was approved as part of the three pending instalments.
Meanwhile, reports are there that the Modi government may increase the DA of the Central government employees once again. The Centre is now reportedly planning to hike the DA to 31 per cent. In case the DA is hiked further, it will directly increase the overall salary of the employees.
As the government has not yet taken a decision regarding the DA of June 2021. And, as per the All India Consumer Price Index data, the DA for the period will increase by 3 per cent, reports DNA.
Earlier, the 11 per cent hike announcement had come after adding three pending DAs- 4 per cent DA announced for January to June 2020, including the allowance for the period July to December 2020 and January to June 2021.
The association alleged that despite several representations to the Odisha government, no step has been taken to resolve their grievances.
Manas Purohit, the working president of All Odisha Aided College (488 category) Teachers & Employees Association, said that teachers/lecturers are deprived of the pension benefits even if the 1981 Pension rule clearly mentions that it is applicable for the employees of aided institutions.
“It is a fact that the lecturers and employees serving for more than 25 years and receiving GIA as per ORSP rule 2008 have been neglected in every matter in comparison to SSB sponsored employees. There should not be any hesitation to introduce 7th pay for us as the GIA order 2013, 2016 and 2017 clearly mentions 6th pay in their "payment provision" paragraphs. It is also another blunder of Administrative department if the employees who are working for more than 25 years and not regularised. So the implementation of 7th pay should not be further delayed,” said Purohit.
Priyaranjan Rath, General Secretary of the association, said, "Despite working for over 25 years, we do not have any retirement benefits like pension or the 7th pay commission benefits. We are also demanding for Common Cadre and promotion as it will create parity. Otherwise, SSB sponsored candidates will jump to upper rank. The Common Cadre and promotion directive may be framed by computing the period of admissibility of post or date of joining or successful service of 8 years from receiving full grant (i.e from 2009).”
The association members are also demanding to increase the retirement age to 62 from 60 years alike the retirement age of government employees which has been increased to 60 years from 58.
(Edited By Pradeep Singh)
The Pushkar Singh Dhami-ruled government made the announcement in this regard on Wednesday and said the DA hike will come into effect from September 1.
“Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami has announced to lift the freeze on the payment of dearness allowance (DA) to its employees; the increased 28% DA will be given from September,” read a statement released by the chief minister’s office.
With this announcement, around 1,60,000 government employees and nearly 1,50,000 pensioners will be benefited.
Besides, the Uttarakhand CM said a decision on grade pay of police personnel will be taken soon.
Notably, the DA freeze was imposed last year in keeping with a similar decision by the Centre.
Recently, several States including Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Bihar hiked the DA for their state government employees.
Because, days after the hike in dearness allowance (DA), the Narendra Modi-led government has reportedly increased the House Rent Allowance (HRA) of the central government employees.
If reports are anything to go by, the central government employees would receive an enhanced salary from September 2021, thanks to increased HRA.
According to the Centre’s rules, the house rent allowance automatically increase and is revised when the DA exceeds 25%. This is also corroborated in an order of the Department of Expenditure issued in 2017.
The Centre has earlier stated the Central government employees would be granted HRA as per classification of their cities which come under X, Y and Z categories. And after the latest revision, the HRA for employees in X category cities will be revised to 27% of basic pay, while that for Y category cities HRA would be 18% of basic pay.
For the employees in Z category cities, the HRA will be 9% of basic pay. X class cities have population above 50 lakh. In case the population of a city crosses 5 lakh, then it gets upgraded from Z category to Y category, and the employees would receive enhanced HRA.
Under any given circumstances, the minimum HRA will not be less than Rs 5400, Rs 3600 and Rs 1800 at X, Y, and Z class cities respectively. The HRA of X, Y, Z class cities will be further revised to 30%, 20%, and 10% respectively when DA exceeds 50 per cent, the Centre’s order said.
As per national media reports, from July onwards the central government employees would receive Rs 5040 per month DA as per the 7th Pay Commission Pay Matrix rules.
As per reports, the Narendra Modi government is not going to make any announcement today regarding minimum pay hike of the CG employees. So now, the CG employees’ all hope is on the upcoming cabinet meeting.
Similar reports of announcement for the CG employees were there ahead of Independence Day, Dussehra, Diwali and New Year… But all ended up in disappointment for the 50 lakh odd Central government employees.
There has been a change of guard at the Union Finance Ministry. As Arun Jaitley is away abroad for treatment and Piyush Goyal has filled the post for time being.
Now the big question is, will Goyal come up with any such announcement in the interest of the lakh of employees? Apart from all these media reports of a possible hike or announcement, one thing is for sure that turning blind to the demand of the CG employees will definitely hurt the Modi government in the 2019 polls, believe experts.
“It’s a genuine demand of the Central government employees. Moreover, the Modi government had promised to hike the minimum pay beyond the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission. The Centre must keep its promise,” said a retired CG employee.
It is pertinent to mention here that disappointment had already engulfed the CG employees after the government declared an interim budget. However, hopes are still intact on the Modi government as it might not want to disappoint the employees.
The CG employees are presently getting a minimum pay of Rs 18,000 and demanding Rs 26,000- a hike of Rs 8000 or an increase in the fitment factor by 3.68 times from the existing 2.57 times.
After announcing a 200 per cent hike in the running allowance for the employees of Indian Railways, the Modi government has approved 300 per cent hike in the allowance for the CG employees handling cash and treasury.
Those dealing with cash and treasury will now get allowance from Rs 700 to Rs 1,000 for handling a different amount of cash- earlier the allowance was between Rs 230 and Rs 900.
For handling cash up to Rs 50,000, the employees used to get Rs 230 allowance while for handling cash up to Rs 2 lakh, up to Rs 5 lakh and up to Rs 10 lakh, the allowance was Rs 450, Rs 600 and Rs 750, respectively.
All these categories have now been subsumed into two -- Rs 700 for handling cash up to Rs 5 lakh and Rs 1,000 for managing cash over Rs 5 lakh, reported Business Today.
As per the ministry of Personnel, the powers to grant cash handling and treasury allowance remain delegated to the ministries and head of departments.
On the other hand, the Central government employees' disappointment continues as their demand for an increase in the minimum pay is still waiting for the Modi government’s consideration.
Moreover, the recent decision of the government to come up with an interim budget has disappointed the CG employees again as it’s doesn’t seem feasible that their demand could be taken up under such conditions.
The CG employees are presently getting a minimum pay of Rs 18,000 and demanding Rs 26,000- a hike of Rs 8000 or an increase in the fitment factor by 3.68 times from the existing 2.57 times.
According to a ZeeBiz report, the Indian Railways has decided to increase the running allowance of its guards, assistant loco and pilots loco pilots by more than double.
It is worth mentioning that the railway employees had been demanding an increase in the allowance for the last several years.
It is believed that the increase in the allowance will put a financial burden of around Rs 1,225 crore on railways. Besides, it will increase operating ratio by 2.5 per cent.
On the other hand, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) had earlier approved a proposal to extend the seventh pay commission recommendations to academic staff of government and aided technical institutions.
The government had reportedly granted Rs 1,241 crore for this purpose giving direct benefit to 29,264 teachers and other academic staff of institutes funded by state government.
However, the woes of the Central government employees continue as their demand for an increase in the minimum pay is still waiting for the Modi government's consideration.
Surprisingly, the decision of the government to come up with an interim budget has disappointed the CG employees again as it's doesn't seem feasible that their demand could be taken up under such conditions.
The CG employees are presently getting a minimum pay of Rs 18,000 and demanding Rs 26,000- a hike of Rs 8000 or an increase in the fitment factor by 3.68 times from the existing 2.57 times.
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The government has reportedly granted Rs 1,241 crore for this purpose. "This will directly benefit 29,264 teachers and other academic staff of institutes funded by state government. Moreover, about 3.5 lakh teachers and other academic staff of private colleges or institutions within the purview of All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) will also benefit from the approval," Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday.
"The Centre will also reimburse 50% of total additional expenditure to be incurred by these institutes towards arrears payment on account of 7th Central Pay Commission implementation," Javadekar added.
The HRD minister further said that the move will help technical institutions attract and retain faculty of high academic standards.
On the other hand, the Narendra Modi government is yet to take any decision related to the demand of the Central government employees who have been demanding a hike in their minimum pay.
While reports are there that the disappointment has again engulfed the CG employees after the government declared an interim budget, hopes are still intact on the Modi government as it might not want to disappoint the 50 lakh odd employees by not paying heed to their demand.
Adding to the woes, the decision of the government to come up with an interim budget has once again dashed all the hopes of the CG employees that ther long-standing demand might be considered.
The Narendra Modi government at the Centre recently decided to bring in an interim budget instead of a full-fledged one. While the date for the interim budget has been scheduled as February 1, there seems to be one announcement of a hike in the minimum pay of the Central government employees on Republic Day or anytime soon.
On the other hand, some media reports state that the government is having closed door meeting over the issues of the CG employees and it may consider hiking the fitment factor to 3.68 per cent.
If in case the government is really sympathetic about the demand of the employees, the next cabinet meeting is going to be crucial... All eyes will be on the meeting and with high hopes, the CG employees will see if the Modi government raise the issue of further increase against the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission.
The CG employees are presently getting a minimum pay of Rs 18,000 and demanding Rs 26,000- a hike of Rs 8000 or an increase in the fitment factor by 3.68 times from the existing 2.57 times.
The approval to the pay hike of government employees from January 1 was given by the Cabinet at its meeting here.
The state announced the hike ahead of the 2019 general polls; besides, the state will face assembly polls in the second half of 2019.
Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar, addressing reporters at the secretariat, had earlier said that the decision will benefit 20,50,000 government employees, including those working in Zilla Parishads (ZPs), aided schools and also pensioners.
The arrears as per the seventh pay commission will be given to employees with retrospective effect from January 2016 while the dearness allowance will be paid retrospectively for the last 14 months, said Mungantiwar.
Mungantiwar had further said that the decision will put an additional burden of Rs 38,645 crore on the state exchequer.
“The arrears will be paid in equal installments over five years. Each year the government will spend Rs 7,631 on implementation of the 7th Pay Commission,” PTI had quoted him as saying.
Meanwhile, the Central government employees wait for the hike in their minimum pay by the Narendra Modi government before the 2019 general elections.
The Maharashtra government on Thursday approved the recommendations of the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission, giving a salary hike to its over 20 lakh employees and pensioners. The hike will be effective from January 1, 2019.
The approval to the pay hike of government employees from January 1 was given by the Cabinet at its meeting here and it comes just months ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. The state will face assembly polls in the second half of 2019.
Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar, addressing reporters at the secretariat, said the decision will benefit 20,50,000 government employees, including those working in Zilla Parishads (ZPs), aided schools and also pensioners, reported PTI.
The arrears as per the seventh pay commission will be given to employees with retrospective effect from January 2016 while the dearness allowance will be paid retrospectively for the last 14 months, said Mungantiwar.
Mungantiwar further said that the decision will put an additional burden of Rs 38,645 crore on the state exchequer.
"The arrears will be paid in equal installments over five years. Each year the government will spend Rs 7,631 on implementation of the 7th Pay Commission," PTI quoted him as saying.
Meanwhile, the Central government employees wait for the hike in their minimum pay by the Narendra Modi government before the 2019 general elections.
However, there seems to be a good news for the doctors of New Delhi as the concerned government has reportedly assured implementation of the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission within 15 days enabling the Resident doctors of government hospitals (MD/MS/DNB Super-speciality/FNB) in the national capital will receive revised salaries with retrospective effect from January 1, 2016.
Reports are also there that the arrears for these three years will be paid within the next three months. it is believed that around 15000 doctors working in 30 different government hospitals of the national capital will get the benefit.
Besides, reports are there the Central government is considering to revise salary and clear arrears of Indian Railways' Class 4 employees, Gunman and Trackman. Moreover, a India Railways official notification reads, “The demand for raising Risk on Duty Allowance (RDA) has been raised from Rupees One Thousand to Four Thousand and One Hundred.”
On the other hand, the Central government employees recently received a setback as the Minister of State for Finance P Radhakrishnan, under the Narendra Modi-led NDA government, once again said that there is no proposal for any hike in the fitment factor of the CG employees.
"The fitment factor for the purpose of fixation of pay in the revised pay structure based on the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission is 2.57 which is uniformly applicable to all categories of employees. As the same is based on the specific and considered recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission, no change therein is envisaged," OneIndia had quoted the minister as saying.
The CG employees are presently getting a minimum pay of Rs 18,000 and demanding Rs 26,000- a hike of Rs 8000 or an increase in the fitment factor by 3.68 times from the existing 2.57 times.
The Central government employees have been demanding a further hike in the minimum pay but the recent news has almost put an end to all the speculations related to a possible hike in their pay.
According to a report of OneIndia, the Minister of State for Finance P Radhakrishnan has once again said that there is no proposal for any hike in the fitment factor of the CG employees.
"The fitment factor for the purpose of fixation of pay in the revised pay structure based on the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission is 2.57 which is uniformly applicable to all categories of employees. As the same is based on the specific and considered recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission, no change therein is envisaged," OneIndia quoted the minister as saying.
Besides, on HRA, the minister further said that there would not be any hike in HRA as it has already been hiked.
Earlier reports were there that Meanwhile, the Modi government was eyeing the pay hike as an opportunity to woo voters for the 2019 general elections and it would make an announcement related to hike ahead of the polls to get positive response from the CG employees.
However, if the statement of the minister is anything to go by, it would be a huge disappointment for the employees who have been hoping a hike as the present minimum pay is 'not enough'.
The CG employees are presently getting a minimum pay of Rs 18,000 and demanding Rs 26,000- a hike of Rs 8000 or an increase in the fitment factor by 3.68 times from the existing 2.57 times.
The last date to apply for the position is January 14, 2019.
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First, there were reports that the Modi government would made the announcement of further hike in the minimum pay on Independence Day but it didn’t happen. Again, rumours started making rounds that there will be an announcement before Dussehra or on Diwali.
After receiving no clarification from the government, the CG employees decided to resort to strike but soon government issued warning stating that stern action would be taken against those remain absent from office and join the stir.
Meanwhile, if the latest reports are to be believed, the Modi government is eyeing the pay hike as an opportunity to woo voters for the ensuing 2019 general polls. It is believed that any such announcement related to hike will have a positive impact on the huge mass of CG employees and may add to the prospects of the BJP in the elections.
Similarly, if the above reports are anything to go by, the Modi government will make the announcement anytime before March, at least before the code of conduct for the 2019 elections comes into force.
Now, one more question arises… What will be the hike? Will the Modi government accept the demand of the CG employees and go for Rs 26000 minimum pay? Or, there will be a further hike against the recommendation of the 7th Pay commission but it will be around Rs 22000?
Earlier, rumours were there that the government would not go for Rs 8000 hike (the CG employees’ present minimum pay is Rs 18000), rather it would announce a hike of something around Rs 22000 by taking into the account inflation and the market situation.
On the other hand, the NDA government recently increased DA of the CG employees by 2% taking it to 9%. So, an employee with the present minimum pay of Rs 18,000, will now get a DA of around Rs 1620.
The last date of application submission is December 31, 2018.
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Hundreds of teachers, under the aegis of Federation of University Teachers' Association, took out a rally from OUAT to Raj Bhawan to press their demands that include implementation of Seventh pay Commission and norms of University grants Commission (UGC), 2018.
The teachers also demanded to raise the age of retirement from the current 60 to 65.
"Teachers of all the government universities today gathered here and met the Governor with our demands of increasing the retirement age and implementation of the recommendation of the 7th pay commission," said convener of Federation of University Teachers' Association.
Earlier, teachers of Ravenshaw University had gathered in front of the Vice Chancellor’s office demanding implementation of 7th Pay recommendations in ‘toto’ for the University faculty and removing anomalies of the 6th Pay Commission immediately without any further delay.
The teachers had also alleged that 22 service books of the faculty members were still pending with the government, preventing those teachers from getting ‘Career promotion’.
Resentment is brewing among the CG employees which the Modi government is also aware of. Keeping this in view, the Centre had earlier considered increasing the dearness allowance (DA) of the CG employees.
At present, the employees are getting a DA of 9%, which was recently increased by 2%. So, an employee with the present minimum pay of Rs 18,000, will now get a DA of around Rs 1620.
Besides, taking into account the present market index, the CG employees deserve a hike in the minimum pay as they had also earlier said that the present pay is not enough and it fails to have any impact on their financial position.
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The CG employees are presently getting a minimum pay of Rs 18,000 and demanding Rs 26,000- a hike of Rs 8000 or an increase in the fitment factor by 3.68 times from the existing 2.57 times.
On the other hand, rumours are there that the government may consider the increase but not what the employees are demanding, rather something less- an increase of Rs 4000.
As per Ravenshaw University Teachers' Association (RUTA) release, they will sit on protest for one hour everyday till November 17. After that, a mass rally will be taken out to Raj Bhawan, it read.
The teachers also alleged that 22 service books of the faculty members are still pending with the government and this has prevented those teachers to get 'Career promotion'.
Similarly, as per the UGC guidelines, age of retirement should be 65 but the the government is yet to take a call on this.
Also Read: 7th Pay Commission: Hike For Central Govt Employees But Not As Expected
Similarly, University teachers of Berhampur University also staged dharna demanding implementation of 7th Pay Commission.
However, when will the government come up with the decision is not clear yet; but it is expected to be in March.
At present, the CG employees are getting a DA of 9%, which was recently increased by 2%. So, a employee with the present minimum pay (Rs 18,000) will now get a DA of around Rs 1620.
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However, NDA government's silence on the Central government employees' demand is seen as a bias attitude of the Centre towards the 50 lakh employee and pensioners.
The CG employees are presently getting a minimum pay of Rs 18,000 and demanding Rs 26,000- a hike of Rs 8000 or an increase in the fitment factor by 3.68 times from the existing 2.57 times.
The hike will be effective from July 1, 2018.
The announcement of the government to increase 2 per cent DA is seen as a 'Diwali gift' for the employees ahead of the festival of lights.
The employees were given a dearness allowance of 7 per cent which has now been hiked to 9 per cent.
Earlier, DA of Odisha government employees and pensioners were hiked by an additional two percent after a proposal in this regard was approved by the State Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
The DA is a cost of living adjustment allowance paid to government employees and also pensioners. It's a component of salary and is counted as a fixed percentage of the basic salary.
Also Read: 7th Pay Commission: Central Govt Employees ‘Just Look On Diwali Bonanzas’
On the other hand, the Central government employees are yet to get a further hike in their minimum pay under the 7th pay Commission. While the resentment against the Narendra Modi government is brewing, it is believed that the Modi govt will consider hiking their minimum pay soon.
After Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, in October, the Delhi government has approved the revision of pay scales for its employees as per the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission.
Considering a proposal, grant of revised pay scale to teachers and equivalent cadres and administrative posts in colleges and universities has been approved by the Cabinet.
The revised pay scale, effective from January 1, 2016, the teachers would get a revised pay along with arrears for 34 months.
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While reports were there that the government may consider and increase the minimum pay of the employees early next year, news are also there that there will be an increase in the minimum pay but it will not be Rs 8,000 as demanded by the CG employees, rather it will be around Rs 2000.
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Of all, it is believed that the the Modi government will definitely pay heed to the employees' demand for two reasons... First, their demand is genuine and second, as elections are around the corner, the NDA government will not take risk of facing the wrath of around 50 lakh Central government employees.
Around 100,000 State government employees are likely to take out a rally under the banner of Uttar Pradesh State Employees Federation demanding pay hike, something that is yet to be met, including the pension-related issues.
The employees had already submitted a notice about their protest- strike from October 25 to October 27. However, the State government warned that the salaries of the employees taking part in the strike will be cut, ZeeBiz reported.
Reports are there that the UP government may announce 7th pay commission-linked dearness allowance (DA) and bonus for the employees in late October.
Moreover, reports are there that the Yogi government has accepted demands of the employees and the concerned department may act next month in this regard. If the reports are to be believed, the employees will not take out any protest rally today.
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On the other hand, the Bihar government on Tuesday cleared a DA by two per cent beyond the recommendation of the 7th Pay Commission with effect from July 1, 2018.
Meanwhile, the demand of the Central government employee for the hike in their minimum pay is yet to be considered by the Narendra Modi government.
The Central government employees are presently getting a minimum pay of Rs 18,000 which they say not enough to have any impact on their financial position. They are demanding a hike of Rs 8000- Rs 26,000- an increase in the fitment factor by 3.68 times from the existing 2.57 times.
Informing the development, Bihar cabinet secretariat department Principal Secretary Sanjay Kumar said that the employees will now get nine per cent in place of the existing seven per cent, reported ZeeBiz.
As per reports, with the implementation of the new DA, the government will have to bear an additional annual burden of Rs 419 crore.
Meanwhile, the demand of the Central government employee for the hike in the minimum pay is yet to be considered by the Narendra Modi government.
Even though the CG employees have threatened the Modi government either to pay heed to their demand or face consequence in the upcoming election, the NDA government is yet to make any announcement in this regard.
However, news are also there the BJP government is in no mood to face the wrath of the 50 lakh CG employees considering the ensuing general elections and thus it is in close-door discussion and will soon come out with an announcement in this regard.
Besides, a news is also making rounds that the Modi government will announce the minimum pay hike of the CG employees in January.
The Central government employees are presently getting a minimum pay of Rs 18,000 which they say not enough to have any impact on their financial position. They are demanding a hike of Rs 8000- Rs 26,000- an increase in the fitment factor by 3.68 times from the existing 2.57 times.
The Narendra Modi-led NDA government has reportedly taken a decision to increase the fitment factor of about 50 lakh CG employees; however, it will make the announcement sometime in January next year.
The government has already finalised the pay hike plan and it will be in line with the demand of the CG employees, ZeeBiz.Com reported, adding that the Modi government may make the announcement on January 26.
Besides, rumours are also making rounds that there will be an increase in the minimum pay but it will not be Rs 8,000 as demanded by the CG employees but it will be around Rs 2000.
The Central government employees are presently getting a minimum pay of Rs 18,000 which they say not enough to have any impact on their financial position. They are demanding a hike of Rs 8000- Rs 26,000- an increase in the fitment factor by 3.68 times from the existing 2.57 times.
So, the Central government employees will have to wait for more before the Modi government come up with the announcement of pay hike beyond what was recommended by the 7th Pay Commission.
However, the same has been repeated again as the Modi government is not going to make any announcement related to the minimum pay hike before the end of the festive season.
Besides, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had also promised on June 30, 2016 to hike the minimum pay of the CG employees and he also reportedly reiterated it in Rajya Sabha on July 19, 2016.
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The Central government employees are presently getting a minimum pay of Rs 18,000. They are demanding a hike of Rs 8000- Rs 26,000- an increase in the fitment factor by 3.68 times from the existing 2.57 times.
Of all, the Central government employees still hope that the Centre will consider their demand and some up with an announcement in this regard soon.