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,

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(Shiva Gopal Mishra)

Secretary(Staff Side)

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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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Report Of The Committee On Allowances - Transport Allowances (TPTA)

Transport Allowance (TPTA) : Report of the Committee on Allowances

Transport Allowance (TPTA) (Para 8.15.53)

Existing Provisions: Granted to cover the expenditure involved in commuting between place of residence and place of duty. The existing rates are as under:

Officers drawing GP 10000 and higher, who are entitled to the use of official car, have the option to avail of the existing facility or to draw TPTA @ ₹7000 + DA.

Differently abled employees are granted TPTA at double rates subject to a minimum of ₹1000+DA.

Recommendations of 7th CPC: Transport Allowance is already fully DA indexed. Therefore, following rates of Transport Allowance are recommended:

Officers in Pay Level 14 and higher, who are entitled to the use of official car, will have the option to avail themselves of the existing facility or to draw the TPTA at the rate of ₹15,750+DA pm.

Differently abled employees will continue to be paid at double rate, subject to a minimum of ₹2,250 plus DA.

Demands:

I. National Council (Staff Side), JCM:

i. There should be only two levels for Transport Allowance, as under:

Level 9 and above

₹7500+DA (Higher TPTA Cities)

₹3750 + DA (Other Places

Below Level 9

₹3750+DA (Higher TPTA Cities)

₹1875 + DA (Other Places)

ii. Income Tax exemption, which was available for Transport Allowance, may be reintroduced.

II. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: SAG Doctors should be paid Transport Allowance at the rates admissible to Joint Secretary in lieu of Staff Car.

Analysis and Recommendations of the Committee: The Committee notes that the Transport Allowance is fully indexed to Dearness Allowance and the rates have accordingly been revised by the 7th CPC. As the demands do not relate to any changes recommended by the 7th CPC, the recommendations of the 7th CPC on Transport Allowance may be accepted without any change.

When this allowance was introduced by 5th CPC, the entire amount was exempted from Income Tax. However, the Committee is not making any recommendations relating to raising of Income Tax ceiling on Transport Allowance as it is not within the purview of the Committee. The matter may be taken up separately with Department of Revenue.

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7th CPC - Committee Report Of The House Rent Allowance (HRA)

7Tth CPC - Committee Report Of The House Rent Allowance (HRA)

House Rent Allowance (HRA) : Report of the Committee on Allowances

House Rent Allowance (HRA) (Para 8.7.3-16)

Existing Provisions: HRA is paid @30, 20 and 10 percent for X class (50 Lakh & above), Y class (5 to 50 lakh) and Z class (below 5 lakh) cities respectively.

At present, in the case of those drawing either NPA or MSP or both, HRA is being paid as a percentage of BP+NPA or BP+MSP or BP+NPA+MSP respectively.

Recommendations of 7th CPC: It has been retained and rationalized. After applying a multiplication factor of 0.8, the rates have been revised downwards to 24 percent, 16 percent and 8 percent of the Basic Pay for X, Y and Z class cities, respectively.

The rate of HRA will be revised to 27 percent, 18 percent and 9 percent when DA crosses 50 percent, and further revised to 30 percent, 20 percent and 10 percent when DA crosses 100 percent. Add-ons like NPA, MSP, etc. should not be included while working out HRA.

Demands:

I. National Council (Staff Side), JCM: HRA may be retained @30%, 20% and 10% for X, Y and Z cities respectively as the Commission has taken unreliable statistics to determine HRA, which has been reduced by a multiplication factor of 0.8 to 24%, 16% and 8% for X, Y and Z cities respectively.

II. CAG, Civil Aviation, M/o Health & FW, M/o HRD – D/o of Higher Education, MEA, Coal, DAE, DRDO, Dep. Of Space, CVC: Retain the allowance at the existing rates.

III. M/o of Law & Justice- D/o Justice: Cities having population of more than 1 crore may be granted HRA @ 30%.

Analysis and Recommendations of the Committee: The Committee has the following observations on the recommendations of the 7th CPC on HRA:

(I) HRA rates have been revised downwards by applying the multiplication factor of 0.8 applied by the 7th CPC on all percentage- based allowances. This was done to neutralise the significant increase in the Basic Pay. All fixed allowances have only been given an inflation indexed increase by the 7th CPC. While the 7th CPC has not explicitly stated how the multiplication factor of 0.8 has been arrived at anywhere in the Report, it may be seen that factoring in the expected Dearness Allowance of 125% on 01.01. 2016 would have yielded a multiplication factor of 0.875 which may have been rounded off to 0.8.

(II) On the 7th CPC recommendation that the rate of HRA will be revised to 27%, 18% and 9% when DA crosses 50 percent and further revised to 30%, 20% & 10% when DA crosses 100%, the Committee is of the view that given the inflation rates since January 2016 and the RBI policy on inflation, the DA rates might not go beyond 50% in the next 10 years.

(III) While the rents for residential accommodation have not gone up significantly in the recent past and might also have fallen in some areas, the HRA at the rates recommended by the 7th CPC at the lower levels might not continue to be adequate as per the prevailing market rent.

In view of these observations, the Committee has deliberated upon the following three options which separately, or in combination, can be suggested by way of modifications to the 7th CPC recommendations:

Option (i): Having regard to submissions made before it stating that towards the later part of the ten year period, HRA compensation falls considerably short of requirement, the 7th CPC has recommended that the rate of HRA will be revised to 27 percent, 18 percent and 9 percent when DA crosses 50 percent, and further revised to 30 percent, 20 percent and 10 percent when DA crosses 100 percent. However, considering the present inflation rate, the rate of increase of the Dearness Allowance and future inflation projections, it appears unlikely that DA rates will reach 100 % in the ten year period. Taking this into consideration, the Committee considered that the timing of the upward revisions in HRA rates proposed by the 7th CPC may be advanced as under:

This would have no immediate financial implication and the 1st revision, as per the current trend of increase in DA, is expected to occur in July, 2018. Accordingly, additional annual financial implication in July, 2018 will be approximately ₹1850 crore. The additional financial implication in the second, third and fourth revision will also be

approximately ₹1850 crore per annum.

Option (ii): Instead of advancing the full restoration of HRA rates, the Committee considered splitting the revisions proposed by 7th CPC as under:

The financial implication would be similar as in Option (i) except that the timing of the revision would undergo a change.

Option (iii): It has been pointed out that at the recommended rates, HRA at the minimum level might not be sufficient. The minimum HRA calculated at the entry level of Level 1for X, Y and Z category cities at the rates recommended by the 7th CPC will be ₹4320, ₹2880 and ₹1440 respectively. The Committee considered recommending that the HRA at the rates recommended by the 7th CPC may be subject to a floor which may be fixed at ₹5400, ₹3600 and ₹1800 per month, calculated at 30%, 20% and 10% of the minimum pay for X, Y and Z category cities respectively. This will benefit employees in Levels 1, 2 and 3.

The additional financial implication is estimated to be ₹ 385.00 crore and around 7.70 lakh employees shall be benefited. After a detailed consideration of the above options, the Committee recommended that either only option (iii) or option (iii) in combination with option (ii) be accepted. A final decision in this regard may be taken by E-CoS.

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7th CPC - Committee Report Of 7th CPC Allowances

7th CPC - Committee Report Of 7th CPC Allowances

Report of the Committee on 7th CPC Allowances

Report of the Committee on Allowances

April, 2017

Perface

Government of India, vide OM No.11-1/2016-IC dated 23rd July 2016 constituted a Committee under the Chairmanship of Finance Secretary & Secretary (Expenditure) and Secretaries of Home Affairs, Defence, Health & Family Welfare, Personnel & Training, Posts and Chariman, Railway Board as Members to examine the recommendations of the 7th CPC on Allowances.

The Committee acknowledges the assistance provided by Shri R.K.Chaturvedi Joint Secretary (IC) and his team, Shri P.K.Das, Additional Secretary (Expenditure) who headed the Group of Officers and the members of his group, the representatives of Departments / Ministries, Services and Staff Associations in finalizing the Report.

The Committee, after due deliberations, submits its report on 27th April, 2017.

sd/- (Ashok Lavasa) Chairman
sd/- (Rajiv Mehrishi) Member	sd/- (G.Mohan Kumar) Member
sd/- (C K Mishra) Member	sd/- (B P Sharma) Member
sd/- (B V Sudhakar) Member	sd/- (A K Mittal) Member
sd/- (R K Chaturvedi) Member Secretary

New Delhi

Date: 27th April 2017

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