Children Education Allowance (CEA)

Children Education Allowance (CEA): Report of the Committee on Allowances 

5.4.3 Children Education Allowance (CEA) (Para 8.17.17)

Existing Provisions: CEA is paid to government employees to take care of schooling and hostel requirements of their children upto class XII. The rates of CEA are double for a differently-abled child. Existing rates are:

CEA – ₹1500/- p.m.

Hostel Subsidy– ₹4500/- p.m;

(Whenever DA increases by 50%, CEA shall increase by 25%)

Recommendations of 7th CPC: The following rates have been recommended:

i.CEA – ₹2250/- p.m.

ii. Hostel Subsidy– ₹6750/- p.m.

Reimbursement should be made once a year, after completion of the financial year. A certificate from the Head of the Institution is sufficient for reimbursement. For Hostel Subsidy, similar certificate from the Head of the Institution mentioning the amount of expenditure incurred is sufficient.

Demands:

I. National Council (Staff Side), JCM: This allowance may be extended to the Graduate and Post Graduate levels at least to the extent of the fees and hostel fees charged by the Government Institutions as the maximum admissible amount. The rates of CEA and Hostel Subsidy may be revised to ₹3,000/- and ₹10,000/- respectively. It has also been requested that CEA should be exempted from Income Tax.

II. Ministry of Home Affairs: The rates of CEA may be increased by 2.57 and this allowance may be extended upto Graduate level. Advance payments may also be allowed w fees are to be paid in advance.

III. J&K IAS Officers Association: CEA along with Hostel Subsidy be allowed for affording good and reputed boarding schools. 

Analysis and Recommendations of the Committee:

The Committee notes that the 7th CPC has recommended that the rates of CEA and Hostel Subsidy be increased by a factor of 1.5 in keeping with the principles for increase in rates enunciated by the 7th CPC at para 8.2.5 of its Report. The recommendations of the 7th CPC on CEA may be accepted without any change.

The demand for extending the benefit of CEA up to graduate and post graduate level does not emanate from any recommendations of the 7th CPC and has, therefore, not been considered by the Committee. For similar reasons, the Committee is not making any specific recommendation on the CEA being exempted from Income Tax though it recognizes that CEA is a reimbursement of expenditure. However, any proposal in this regard may be taken up separately with Department of Revenue.

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Brief Of The Meeting Held Today With The Cabinet Secretary – Secretary NC JCM Staff Side

Brief of the meeting held today with the Cabinet Secretary – Secretary NC JCM Staff Side

BRIEF OF THE MEETING HELD TODAY WITH THE CABINET SECRETARY (GOVERNMENT OF INDIA)

Shiva Gopal Mishra 

Secretary

National council (staff Side) 

Joint Consulative Machinery for 

Central Government Employees 

13-C, Ferozshah Road, New Delhi-110001 

E-Mail : nc.jcm.np@gmail.com

No.NC/JCM/2017

Dated: October 24, 2017

All Constituents of National Council(JCM)

Sub: Brief of the meeting held today with the Cabinet Secretary (Government of India)

Today I met the Cabinet Secretary(Government of India) and shown oru anguish for inordinate delay in finalzation of demands of the Central Government Employees, particularly National Pension System (NPS), Minimum Wage and Fitment Formula.

The Cabinet Secretary said that, he is aware of the problems of the Staff Side(JCM) raised by them from time to time and particularly to this issue and will definitely try to resolve them

Particularly on the issue of National Pension System(NPS) he said that the issue active consideration of the Government of India and we are trying to find out some solution to the problems arisen because of the NPS.

I also persuaded him to fix-up date of the meeting of the National Council(JCM), to which he said that, the agenda came, and some queries have been raised, which are still to be compiled by the DoP&T. He assured that, he will definitely fix-up the date of the meeting within a short period, and said that, before that, he will ask the Secretary(DoP&T) to hold meeting with the Staff Side.

I told to the Cabinet Secretary that, Central Government Employees are agitated because they feel that VII CPC has not done and justice with them and government is also ready to remove the issues pending before them.

This is for your information.

with Faternal Greetings!

Comradely yours,

sd/-

(Shiva Gopal Mishra)

Secretary(Staff Side)

Source: Confederation

Dearness Allowance 5% To Haryana Govt Employees From 1st July 2017

Dearness Allowance 5% To Haryana Govt Employees From 1st July 2017

Payment of Dearness Allowance to Haryana Government Employees on revised scales of pay i.e. 4% to 5% effective from 01.07.2017

No.4/3/2016-5FR/30416

GOVERNMENT OF HARYANA

FINANCE DEPARTMENT

Dated, Chandigarh, the 23rd October,2017

To

1. All the Heads of Department and Commissioners of Divisions

2. All the Deputy commissioners and Sub Divisional Officers (civil) in Haryana

3. The Registrar, General punjab & Haryana High court, Chandigarh

Subject: Payment of Dearness Allowance to Haryana Government Employees on revised scales of pay i.e. 4% to 5% effective from 01.07.2017.

Sir/Madam

I am directed to invite a reference to Finance Department circular letter No.4/3/2016-5FR/11964 dated 18th April,2017 on the subject noted above and to say that the Governor of Haryana is pleased to decide that the Dearness Allowance payable to Haryana Government Employees on revised scales of pay shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 4% to 5% of the pay w.e.f. 1st July, 2017

2. The installment of Dearness Allowance payable under these orders shall be paid in cash to all Haryana government employees with the salary for the month of October,2017 to be paid in November,2017.

3. The payment of arrears of enhanced Dearness Allowance for the month from July,2017 to September,2017 shall be made in the month of November,2017.

4. The provision contained in para 3,4,5, & 7 in FD’s instruction No.4/3/2016-5FR/35222 dated 25th November,2016 shall continue to be applicable while regulating Dearness Allowance under these instructions.

5. Copy of these orders may also be downloaded from the web site www.finhry.gov.in

Yours faithfully,

(Omwati)

Under Secretary Finance

for Additional chief Secretary to Government Haryana

Finance Department.

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DOPT Order - 7th CPC Revision Of Rate Of Training Allowance

DOPT Order - 7th CPC Revision of rate of Training Allowance

No.13024/01/2016-Trg.Ref.

Government Of India

Ministry Of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

Department Of Personnel and Training

[Training Division (IST/IIPA)]

Block-4, Old JNU Campus

New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi-67

Dated:October 24, 2017

OFFICE MEMORAMDUM

Subject: Implementation of Government’s decision on the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission – Revision of rate of Training Allowance.

Consequent upon the acceptance of the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission (CPC) by the Government conveyed vide Ministry Of Finance, Department of Expenditure Resolution No.11-1/2016-IC dated July 6, 2017. The President is pleased to decide that the Training Allowance in Training Academies and Institutes shall be regulated in the following manner:-

Training Allowance

(i)

In the National/Central Training Academies and Institutes for Group A Officers	24% of Basic Pay
In other Training Establishments	12% of Basic Pay

In the National/Central Training Academies and Institutes for Group A Officers 24% of Basic Pay

In other Training Establishments 12% of Basic Pay

(ii) Training Allowance will be admissible only to the employees who join the training establishments for a specified period of time and are then likely to go back.

(iii) Training Allowance will not be admissible to those employees who are directly recruited by such training establishments for imparting training.

2. The revised rates of training allowance shall be admissible with effect from the 1st July,2017.

3. In so far as the employees working in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders are issued with the concurrence of the Comptroller and Auditor General.

4. Hindi Version will follow.

(Biswajit Banerjee)

Under Secretary to the Government Of India.

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DOPT - 7th CPC Revision Of Rates Of Special Allowance Payable To Parliament Assistant

DOPT -7th cpc Revisions of rates of Special Allowance Payable to Parliament Assistant

No.A-27023/02/2017-Estt(AL)

Government Of India

Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions

Department Of Personnel & Training

Block No.IV,Old JNU Campus

New Delhi, Dated 24.10.2017

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Revisions of rates of Special Allowance Payable to Parliament Assistant.

The Undersigned is directed to say that consequent upon the decision taken by the Government on the recommendations made by the 7th Central pay Commission, the president is pleased to enhance the rates of special allowance payable to those wholly engaged in parliament work during parliament session by 50% from the existing levels of Rs.1500/- and Rs.1200/- payable to Assistants and UDCs respectively to the level of Rs.2250/- and Rs/1800/-

2. The above limits would be automatically raised by 25% every time the Dearness Allowance on the revised pay structure goes up by 50% No separate instructions on this count would be required.

3. The allowance will be admissible at full rates for every calendar month in which the parliament is in Session for at least 15 days in that month. For month with shorter periods, the allowance will be admissible at half the rates prescribed for the full month.

4. The allowance will be admissible during the period of regular leave.

5. Normally, the allowance will be admissible to only one parliament Assistant in a Ministry. Where a Ministry considers it necessary to engage more than one Parliament Assistant on full time parliamentary duty, the prior approval of this Department will be necessary. Such additional staff will also be entitled to the Special Allowance mentioned above according to the status he/she enjoys. where this Ministry has agreed in the past to the engagement of more than one parliament assistant for parliamentary work in any Ministry, this Ministry’s approval need not be obtained afresh.

6. No Overtime Allowance shall be paid to parliament Assistant for the calendar months in which the Parliament is in session.

7. Th Special allowance referred to above will be classified as ‘ Other Allowance”

8. These orders shall take effect from 01.07.2017

(Navneet Misra)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

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