Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Freezing of DA to employees and DR to Pensioners, Govt. will enforce further economy measures to off-set any increase: Finance Commission.


FINANCE COMMISSION IN COVID TIMES
REPORT FOR 2021-26

Chapter 4
Pandemic Times: Analysis for the Future 2021-26

Pensions and Salaries

4.40 The Government of India has, as of now, frozen the dearness allowance to its employees and dearness relief to its pensioners due from January 2020 to July 2021, clarifying that this will be restored only prospectively. Based on this decision, we do not expect any growth in the salary requirements for 2020-21 over 2019-20. In view of the strain on revenues, for 2021-22 also we expect that the Union Government will enforce suitable economy measures in its committed expenditures to off-set any increase on account of dearness and other allowances. Accordingly, we have factored in a growth rate of 1 per cent in salaries and 1.5 per cent in pensions in these two years (2020-21 and 2021-22). Thereafter, we have employed an annual growth of 5 per cent in salaries and 5.5 per cent in pensions, keeping in mind the need for annual increment of employees, dearness allowance/relief of employees and pensioners and the normatively assessed change due to attrition in the workforce. We also expect that the expenditure on government workforce will be prudently rationalised, with emphasis on functional efficiency, to stay within the means. Our projections are presented at Annex 4.1. 

अध्‍याय 4
महामारी का दौर: भावी विश्‍लेषण (2021-26)

पेंशन एवं वेतन

4.40 भारत सरकार ने अभी अपने कर्मियों के लिए महंगाई भत्ता और पेंशनभोगियों के लिए महंगाई राहत पर जनवरी, 2020 से जुलाई, 2021 तक रोक लगा रखी है और संघ सरकार ने यह स्पष्ट किया है कि रोक हटने के बाद इन भुगतानों की बहाली उत्तरव्यापी प्रभाव से की जाएगी। इस निर्णय के आधार पर, हम 2019-20 की तुलना में 2020-21 के वेतन में कोई वृद्धि की उम्मीद नहीं करते हैं । राजस्वों पर दबाव को ध्यान में रखते हुए, हम यह उम्मीद करते हैं कि 2021-22 के लिए संघ सरकार अपने प्रतिबद्ध व्ययों में उपयुक्त मितव्ययिता उपाय (economy measures) लागू करेगी, ताकि महंगाई एवं अन्य भत्तों के कारण बढ़ोतरी को प्रतिसंतुलित किया जा सके | तदनुसार, हमने इन दो वर्षों, अर्थात 2020-21 और 2021-22 में वेतन में 1 प्रतिशत तथा पेंशन में 1.5 प्रतिशत की वृद्धि दर का आकलन किया है। उसके बाद की अवधि के लिए हमने कर्मियों की वार्षिक वेतन-वृद्धि, कर्मियों एवं पेंशनभोगियों के लिए महंगाई भत्ता/राहत तथा कार्यबल में क्षयण (attrition) के कारण मानकीय तौर पर आकलित बदलावों को ध्यान में रखते हुए, वेतन में 5 प्रतिशत और पेंशन में 5.5 प्रतिशत की वार्षिक वृद्धि आकलित की है। हम यह भी उम्मीद करते हैं कि कार्यदक्षता पर विशेष बल देते हुए सरकारी कार्यबल पर खर्च किए जा रहे व्यय को विवेकशील तरीके से युक्तियुक्त (rationalised) बनाया जाएगा, ताकि व्यय उपलब्ध संसाधनों के भीतर ही हो। हमारे पूर्वानुमान अनुलग्नक 4.1 में प्रस्तुत किए गए हैं ।Annex 4.1
(para 4.14, 4.40, 4.51,4.55)

Assessment of Union Government Finances for the Award Period of the FC-XV

(Rs. crore)

 2020-21 (BE)2020-21
(Reassessed)
2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26
Gross Revenue Receipts2808037213515624294052684206299906233810733841641
Gross Tax Revenue2423020187611821353982362270264332229862003401357
Corporation Tax681000490050559515623300701836798338917690
Income Tax638000443444509295567354641820737130855808
Customs Duties138000101893117024129253144182163214185737
Union Excise Duties267000295639323577345095370459398984431103
Service tax1020
Goods and Services Tax6905005413106216946925677798318827681004590
Other Taxes7500378242934701519457666429
Non-Tax Revenues385017259038294007321936355740394873440284
Interest Receipts11042110421104211042110421104211042
Dividends and Profits65747334113792141523458835093156788
Dividend/Surplus from RBI8964989649101751111417123116136659152375
Petroleum14075111311263313833152861696718919
Telecommunication133027698467000070000650006000060000
Other Non Tax Revenues7147743959606607412195413119274141160
Divisible pool1913731139984616063181786897201069522843102616072
Tax Share to States7841815739376585917326288243859365671072589
NCCD Transfer to NCCF/NDRF2930293029302930293029302930
Net Revenues to the Centre2020926155828817678841948650217174724415762766120
Revenue Expenditure2630145269014528389953011135319161734065863679145
General services1270606121674813135271424012153854416561711776717
Interest Payments7082036786357601568384259170189957501074093
Defence revenue expenditure209319209319220832235722252659271501292543
Pensions210682186392189188199593210571222152234371
Police93597935979434699252105008111099117542
Fiscal Services18780187801885719688205562146322409
External Affairs8876887689129411101041084811647
Other general services21149211492123621921226282335824112
Social Services125274156214165751182608203825227805254941
Health3094061880711698259995866111264129135
Other Social Services943349433494582100009107959116541125806
Economic Services (excluding subsidy)228315287075274904282770300749319337338437
Transport and Communication37021370213707339245425554614550037
Science, Technology & Environment30516305163055932349350783803741245
Export Promotion2256225622592391259328113049
Power13392133921341114197153951669318101
Other economic services145130203890191602194588205128215651226005
Subsidy262109312109314148322093332615343307355340
Food115570165570187003194484202263210353218768
Others146539146539127145127609130352132954136572
Grants-in-Aid to State Governments Recommended by Finance Commission149925196449233279227846198012190203183722
Revenue deficit grants300007434011845286201516732448313705
Disaster relief grants to States20000221842218423294244662568826969
Grants to local government to States99925999258029784703871819208792093
Sector-specific grant1234623729247733306236077
State-specific grant991999191488314878
Provision for other transfers (expected) to States**, of which511500439134444485468941503198541173625050
GST compensation to States1274409348090189100474112623127163186199
Grants-in-Aid to Union Territories47258472585422860324678797711688316
Other revenue expenditure35158351583867342541467955147456622
Capital Expenditure412085352085369269357910401577450192485619
Non-Debt Capital Receipts2249676862013834511347810858910365798754
Revenue Deficit/Surplus(-)6092191131857107111110624851019870965011913022
Fiscal Deficit/Surplus(-)796337141532213020351306918131285813115451299887
Adjusted Outstanding Debt*10676357114004381267320914026621154068271677752218105890
GDP22489420191194582170058523762140262571652914545332497181

Note: (*) The adjusted outstanding liabilities presented in the table are equal to the outstanding liabilities, minus the State borrowing from NSSF, minus cash balances minus Central loans to State Government plus extra budgetary resources and finally adjusted for external debt at current exchange rate.

(**) Includes transfers made through functional heads also. The functional heads have been adjusted to this extent.

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Source: Finance Commission Report