7th pay commission: 5 updates so far you need to know

 Good News for Maharashtra employees: 

Instead of waiting till Diwali to disburse the Rs 21,000 crore seventh pay commission arrears to all 17 lakh government employees, the state government will be disbursing Rs 5,000 crore of the amount to employees before Ganeshotsav. Sources within the Finance Department informed DNA that the government took this decision since disbursing the entire amount right before Diwali would not ease the burden on the employees, as most of the festivities are over by then. 

Earlier, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has ordered a hike in the special pay of state government drivers from Rs 800 to Rs 1,000 per month. He has also cleared a hike in the uniform allowance from Rs 200 to Rs 300. It is to be noted that the chief minister also ordered that the pending medical and travelling allowance bills of the drivers and conductors should be cleared at the earliest.

Hike in pension for teachers

Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar took to his Twitter account to inform that according to 7th Central Pay Commission  the centre government has raised the pension of retired faculty and other non-teaching staff in central universities and colleges. 

Relief for Guwahati employees

The government of Assam has finally agreed to implement the recommendations of the Pay Anomaly Committee. The decision will provide employees the benefits related to the House rent allowance (HRA). 

No overtime allowance 

To central government employees' disappointment, Modi government has now decided to discontinue overtime allowance given to its employees except operational staff, according to an order issued by the Personnel Ministry.