Posted by To central government employees’ disappointment, Modi government has now decided to discontinue overtime allowance given to its employees except operational staff, according to an order issued by the Personnel Ministry.
The move follows a recommendation of the Seventh Central Pay Commission in this regard.
It has been clarified by the Department of Expenditure that the government has decided that given the rise in the pay over the years, the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission to discontinue the overtime allowance for categories other than operational staff and industrial employees who are governed by statutory provisions may be accepted, it said.
Accordingly, it has been decided to implement this decision across all the ministries/departments and attached and subordinate office of the government of India.
The operational staff are all non-ministerial non-gazetted central government servants directly involved in smooth operation of the office including those tasked with operation of some electrical or mechanical equipment.
The administration wing of the ministries/departments concerned have been asked to prepare a list of operational staff with full justification for inclusion of a particular category of staff in the list of operational staff, the ministry said.
It has also been decided to link grant of overtime allowance with biometric attendance.
The government has also decided not to revise the rate of overtime allowance or OTA for the operational staff and they would continue to get the amount as per its order issued in 1991.
“OTA should be paid only when his/her senior officer directs the concerned employee(s) in writing for staying back in office to attend urgent nature of work,” the Personnel Ministry said.
Meanwhile, around 50 lakh central government employees are again hopeful that Modi government would fulfil their demand of hike in minimum basic pay. The expectations of the employees were shunted down when the government has earlier denied any pay hike beyond the recommendation of the Seventh Pay Commission.
The Minister of State for Finance P. Radhakrishnan in Lok Sabha had said that the Prime Minister’s Narendra Modi government is not planning to give any hike in minimum basic salary beyond the recommendations of the seventh pay commission.
Denying the reports hinting towards the salary hike, Minister of State for Finance P. Radhakrishnan had said that at present the government has no plans to increase the minimum salary beyond the seventh pay commission recommendations.
But now the strong quarterly growth numbers and the fact that general elections 2019 are due, employees are once again hoeful that their much-awaited demand would be fulfilled.
Besides the positive quarterly figures, the employees are also optimistic of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s promise. FM Jaitley on June 30 in 2016 promised to hike their pay beyond the recommendations of 7th Commission. Experts also belive that 2019’s general elections would also force the Central government to fulfil the demands of 50 lakh employees.
Source:- dnaindia
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