Bad news for central government employees, allowance hike may be delayed by 2 years

Bad news for government employees, allowance hike may be delayed by 2 years

Government staff face two-year wait for allowance hike

New Delhi, June 24: In what could a disappointing news for government employees, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government may defer the allowance hike proposed in the 7th Pay Commission recommendations. In order to save about Rs 60,000 crore, the government may delay the a revision of allowances recommended by the 7th Pay Commission by two years to 2018-19, reported .

Source:Business Standard.