8th Pay Commission- Big news for crores of central government employees. Right now central employees and pensioners across the country are eagerly waiting for the notification of the 8th Pay Commission. It is believed that through this commission, not only will the basic salary and dearness allowance (DA) increase, but there can also be major changes in the allowance system.
According to a report, this time the government is working on reducing the number of allowances and making the salary system more transparent and practical. Its purpose is to make the salary system easy and understandable, so that the employees benefit in every way.
In the 7th Pay Commission too, allowances were ‘cut’. At that time it was observed that a total of 196 types of allowances were being given. Many of these allowances were similar to each other or were being used very little. In view of this, the 7th Pay Commission recommended abolishing 52 allowances completely and merging 36 allowances with other allowances. After this, the government discontinued many old allowances and re-implemented some with new names and new rules. Something similar can happen this time too – that is, in the 8th Pay Commission too, the number of allowances can be reduced and the salary system can be made more clean.
In the digital age, many old allowances are now becoming useless. Experts believe that this time the government can pay special attention to making allowances easy and understandable. Due to digitalization and new administrative systems, many allowances like typing allowance or clerical allowance are no longer needed as before. In such a situation, it is being speculated that such allowances can be abolished.
Apart from this, allowances which have the same purpose can be combined into a single allowance. This will not only make the salary system simple and clean, but the calculation of the salary of the employees will also be done quickly and correctly. Along with this, unnecessary hassles in government work will also be reduced.
Travel and regional allowances will also be cut
According to media reports and sources, this time travel allowance, special duty allowance, small level regional allowances and allowances related to some specific departments are under the purview of government review. Although no firm announcement has been made by the government in this regard so far, there are indications that changes can be made in the direction of making the salary system more logical and balanced.
Employees should not fear that their total salary will be reduced due to the abolition of allowances. Usually, the government maintains a balance while taking such a decision. For example, if some allowances are removed, then they are compensated by increasing the basic salary and dearness allowance (DA).