7th Pay Commission latest news: From August 1, increase only in Basic Pay; allowance hike awaited l

7th Pay Commission latest news: From August 1, increase only in Basic Pay; allowance hike awaited Written By Admin,PoTools on Jul 15, 2016 | 3:35 PM New Delhi, July 14: The notification for implementation of 7th Pay Commission is expected to be issued by early next week. As per the latest reports, government is expected to implement hike only in basic pay of the central government employees. The hike in allowance has been delayed by at least four months. Government has formed a High Level Committee headed by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa to re-examine the hike in Housing Rental Allowance (HRA), Dearness Allowance (DA) and Non Practicing Allowance.  Without the hike in allowances, the salaries which government employees would receive from August 1 would be hiked by 14.29 per cent. This would be the lowest ever salary hike implemented by any Pay Commission in the past 70 years. Also Read: 7th Pay Commission – What pensioners has got? 7th Pay Commission -Clarification regarding salaries to be paid 7 CPC - Addl. increment for every 2 stages bunched due to fixation - reg Government had set up a High-Level Committee earlier in the month to examine the anomalies in the CPC recommendations related to the allowances. The Committee will also consider the demand raised by several employee unions demanding the increase in entry-level salary from Rs 18,000 to Rs 26,000. The implementation of 7th Pay Commission will positively impact a total of 47 lakh central government employees, along with 53 lakh pensioners. The revised CPC recommendations tabled by the Empowered Committee of Secretaries received the approval of Union Cabinet on June 29. The notification of the salary hike is expected to be issued early next week.