The government also has increased rate of Nursing Allowance from Rs 4800 per month to Rs 7200 per month.
In what could be a bad news for around 50 lakh central government employees, there would be no scope for a change in minimum basic pay from Rs 18,000 to Rs 26,000, reported india.com citing sources close to the development.
The Seventh Pay Commission had earlier recommended Rs 18,000 as the basic salary but the employees are demanding it to raise further to Rs 26,000.
The source further said, that the Department of Personnel Training letter had said that fitment factor and minimum pay didn’t come under the National Anomaly Committee. He further added that it was futile to hope that there would be any change in the future.
It was reported earlier that the National Anomaly Committee might agree to making the minimum salary to be Rs 21,000 from Rs 18,000. The fitment factor was reportedly to be increased from 2.57 to 3 times.
Earlier, the Cabinet had hiked the rates of Siachen Allowance from Rs 14,000 per month for soldiers to Rs 30,000. For officers the allowance had been raised from Rs 21,000 per month to Rs 42,500 per month for extreme risk and hardship.
The government also has increased rate of Nursing Allowance from Rs 4800 per month to Rs 7200 per month. The Operation Theatre Allowance increased from Rs 360 per month to Rs 540 per month.
Further, the hospital patient care allowance or Patient care allowance rose from Rs 2070-Rs 2100 per month to Rs 4100-Rs 5300 per month. However, 7th CPC recommendations modified and HPCA/PCA to continue for Ministerial staff.
The 7th Pay Commission had recommended HRA too be fixed at 24%, 16% and 8% depending on the cities employees work in. But, central government employees demanded 30%, 24% and 16% HRA.
Looking at the high protest by the employees, FM Jaitley last year formed a committee under the leadership of Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa to look into matter. After several months, Lavasa panel submitted its recommendation report in April suggesting HRA to be fixed at between 25% and 27%.
Under the 7th Pay Commission, nearly 200 allowances have been subsumed into a smaller batch.
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