News Report Claims that Cabinet will announce its decision on Allowances today

 News Report Claims that Cabinet will announce its decision on Allowances today

The Media Report Claims that 7th CPC Allowances will be announced by Cabinet  in its Meeting held today. See below the news Reports published by five leading News Websites about 7th CPC Allowances to be announced today by cabinet

Narendra Modi cabinet meets today to decide on allowances for Central govt employees

The Empowered Committee of Secretaries has reportedly capped House Rent Allowance (HRA) rates at 25-27 per cent. It is, however, for the Union cabinet to take a final call on allowances.

The Union cabinet will meet today to discuss allowances under 7th Pay Commission.

For nearly 50 lakh Central government employees, the long wait for allowances could end today as the Narendra Modi-led cabinet meets to discuss and decide on the revised allowance structure.

After screening the Ashok Lavasa report on allowances, the Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS) has forwarded the report along with its suggestions to the government.

According to some reports, the E-CoS has capped House Rent Allowance (HRA) rates at 25-27 per cent. It is, however, for the Union cabinet to take a final call on allowances, including the HRA  [  Read More at India Today. Com ]

Cabinet to decide on central government employees’ allowance structure

The suspense on reformed allowance structure for central government employees could be over this evening if the Union Cabinet takes a call on the proposals of Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS) on allowance structures when it meets today.

The Empowered Committee prepared its proposals on changes in allowances like House Rent Allowance (HRA), Dearness Allowance (DA), etc based on recommendations by the Committee on Allowances led by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa. The review committee was formed by the Cabinet last year in August. Issues of hike in basic pay and payment of arrears against revised allowance structure are also expected to be taken up in the meeting today.
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Crucial cabinet meeting likely today to discuss HRA, higher allowances

A crucial Union Cabinet meeting is expected to be held today to discuss issues relating to higher allowances and HRA as per the 7th Pay Commission. The Cabinet is likely to make some major as well as key announcements following the meeting. For now the meeting has been tentatively been fixed for afternoon. The Empowered Committee of Secretaries recently submitted a report to the Union Cabinet. The Empowered Committee of Secretaries (ECoS) had screened the report of Ashok Lavasa committee on higher allowances on June 1 [Read More at One India .com ]

7th Pay Commission: Latest Update On Allowances (Including HRA)

The Empowered Committee of Secretaries has finalised 7th pay commission-related allowances (including HRA or house rent allowance) proposals for consideration of the Union Cabinet, a senior employee union leader told NDTV, citing sources. But it is not clear whether the Cabinet will decide on 7th pay commission allowances today, the union leader added. The Cabinet is not likely to take up 7th pay commission allowances in today’s meeting but a decision is expected soon, sources told NDTV. The Empowered Committee of Secretaries met on June 1 to screen the report on 7th pay commission allowances (including HRA) to prepare proposals for consideration by the government, the union leader said.

The Ashok Lavasa committee, which examined the 7th pay commission’s recommendations on allowances, submitted its report to the finance minister on April 27. The committee was headed by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa and had Secretaries of Home Affairs, Defence, Health & Family Welfare, Personnel & Training, and Post, and Chairman, Railway Board, as Members, and Joint Secretary (Implementation Cell) as Member Secretary.[Read More at ndtv.com ]

7th Pay Commission: Cabinet likely to approve higher HRA, allowances today

New Delhi: An important meeting of the Union Cabinet is likely to be held today to discuss on HRA and higher allowances based on the 7th Pay Commission report.

Media reports say that the Cabinet meeting is sheduled later in the day.

The Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS) last Friday placed its final report on allowance before the Cabinet, [ Read More at Zee News ]