Rs 31,000 cr bonanza for government staff |
The Union government of India has announced a bonanza of Rs 30,748 crore, including higher house rent allowance (HRA) and other allowances, for government employees and defence personnel. Nearly 48 lakh employees are expected to benefit. While approving the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, the Union Cabinet also improved upon them, ushering in benefits for serving employees, including defence personnel, as well as pensioners. Siachen allowances for defence personnel have been more than doubled — from Rs 14,000 per month to Rs 30,000 for soldiers and from Rs 21,000 to Rs 42,500 for officers for facing extreme risk and hardship. The increases will be effective from July 1. 108 allowances have been retained against the Pay Commission`s recommendation for 95 allowances. Similarly, as against the recommendation to do away with 53 of the allowances, Centre has decided to abolish 43. Another 34 allowances have been subsumed and decisions with regard to 12 allowances relating to railways will be taken up later.
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