Sat, May 18, 2019
Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa has decided to stay away from the meetings related to the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) due to his dissent on the clean chit given to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah, sources said.
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Wed, Jun 28, 2017
Union Cabinet approves recommendations of 7th Pay Commission on Allowances with 34 modifications; revised rates effective from 1 July 2017
Tue, Jun 27, 2017
The wait to get clarity on allowances like House Rent Allowance (HRA) and Dearness Allowance (DA) under the 7th Pay Commission may be over on Wednesday as the Cabinet is likely to convene a meeting and announce its decision.
Thu, Jun 15, 2017
Decision on arrears like HRA, dearness allowance, transport allowance (TA), etc, under the 7PC were expected to be taken on Wednesday. However, the Cabinet delayed it due to FM Arun Jaitley meet in South Korea.
Wed, Jun 14, 2017
The 7th CPC had also proposed that House Rent Allowance or HRA be capped at 24%. This did not go well with central government employees who demanded a higher HRA at 30%.
Mon, May 22, 2017
Government employees and pensioners waiting to hear about their 7th Pay Commission arrears and allowances may have some good news by May 25, 2017.
Tue, May 16, 2017
On April 27, the allowance committee, had submitted its recommendations report under 7th Pay Commission to the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
Sat, May 13, 2017
The Central government employees are likely to get maximum monthly hike in house rent allowance (HRA) by up to Rs 48,000 from June this year as per the 7th Pay Commission recommendations.
Fri, May 05, 2017
During the meet, Mishra urged Sinha to implement the Committee on allowance's report on higher allowance without any more delay.
The Cabinet's decision got a thumbs-up from the market as Bank Nifty rallied 1.85 per cent to close at 22,720.10.
Thu, May 04, 2017
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said late on Wednesday that the federal cabinet had taken some significant decisions related to the banking sector, without revealing details saying the decisions needed Presidential assent.
Tue, May 02, 2017
"The decision to set-up the Committee was taken in view of significant changes recommended by the 7th CPC in the allowances structure and a large number of representations received in this regard from various Staff Associations as well as the apprehensions conveyed by various Ministries / Departments," Ministry of Finance said in a statement on April 28, 2017.
Fri, Apr 28, 2017
The committee informed the Ministry that they have held a total of 15 meetings and was assisted by a Group of Officers headed by Additional Secretary (D/o Expenditure) in examining the representations.
If the pay commission recommendations on allowances are implemented fully, then as per estimates the cost to the exchequer will be Rs 29,300 crore.
Wed, Apr 19, 2017
he report was expected to be submitted by October. But, since then the submission has been delayed.
Fri, Apr 14, 2017
Before that, on March 28, the Lavasa Panel had said they will finalise the report after receiving comments from ministries on treatment of 14 allowances and benefits.
Thu, Apr 06, 2017
Earlier, the Lavasa committee was expected to submit the report in October, but since then it got delayed.
Wed, Mar 29, 2017
Aadhaar -- a unique 12-digit number is assigned to about 99 per cent of adult Indian residents -- links some 84 government services and is used as an authenticating tool for giving pensions and money transfers.
Tue, Mar 28, 2017
Mon, Mar 27, 2017
A Finance Ministry official has said that "Neither Prime Minister Narendra Modi nor Jaitley responsible for the delay in implementation of higher allowance."
Wed, Mar 22, 2017
As per the source, the final decision on allowance will be taken by the end of this month or in the next meeting scheduled on Thursday.
Fri, Mar 10, 2017
A Lavasa panel tasked tasked with examining the 7th Pay Commission’s (7th CPC) recommendations on allowances has been unable to reach a conclusion in its last scheduled meeting held on March 3 and will have few more meetings before it submits its report to FM Arun Jaitley
Tue, Feb 28, 2017
The Committee on Allowances as part of the 7th Pay Commission has submitted its report on House Rent Allowance (HRA) to the government earlier this week.
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