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Of HRA, pension and allowances

Parity established between field and secretariat offices.

The secretariat and stenographers cadres to stand merged in future. All future recruitment in secretariat to be made as executive assistants with minimum qualifications of gradation and one-year diploma in computers. Executive assistants to discharge the functions presently being carried out by assistants as well as the private secretaries.

Scale of Rs 26,000 (fixed) corresponding to the revised pay scale of Rs 80,000 (fixed).

Base year of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for computation of dearness allowance to be revised as frequently as feasible. Formulation of a separate CPI for government employees by National Statistical Commission for computation of dearness allowance suggested.

Existing rates of most of the allowances to be doubled both in case of Defence Forces as well as civilian employees.

Existing rate of HRA to be retained for A-1 cities. A, B-1, and B-2 cities to be given this allowance at the higher rate of 20%. C and Unclassified cities to be given the allowance at the higher rate of 10%.

CCA to be subsumed in Transport Allowance and the rates of this allowance to be increased by 4 times.

Travel entitlements to be paid on actuals.

Reimbursement of education allowance to be raised from existing Rs 50 to Rs 1,000 per child per month, subject to a maximum of two children. Hostel subsidy to be raised from existing Rs 300 per month to Rs 3,000 per month.

Risk allowance to be replaced by risk insurance.

All fixed allowances made inflation proof with provision of automatic revision whenever dearness allowance payable on revised pay bands goes up by 50%. Transport allowance to be increased every year on the basis of the increase in the dearness allowance.

Encashment of earned leave in case of defence forces personnel delinked from the number of years of service. All defence forces personnel to be eligible of leave encashment of up to 300 days at the time of retirement/discharge.

A new medical insurance scheme recommended for government employees. The scheme to be optional for existing central government employees and pensioners. New government employees and new pensioners to be compulsorily covered by the scheme.

Fitment formula recommended for serving employees to be extended in case of existing pensioners/family pensioners.

Rates of Constant Attendant Allowance for disabled pensioners to be increased by five times to Rs 3,000 per month.

Pension to be paid at 50% of the average emoluments/last pay drawn (whichever is more beneficial) without linking it to 33 years of qualifying service for grant of full pension.

Image: Activists from Indian Trade Unions led by All India Trade Union Congress general secretary Gurudas Das Gupta march towards Parliament during a demonstration in New Delhi. | Photograph: Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images Also read: India's 10 fastest growing cities

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