Lavasa panel fails to wrap up deliberations on 7th pay commission

Employees seek clarity on 14 additional allowances that the pay panel did not include in its report

A panel headed by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa, tasked with examining the 7th Pay Commission’s (7th CPC) recommendations on allowances, has been forced to delay wrapping up its deliberations as representatives of the central government’s 4.7 million employees have sought clarity on 14 additional allowances that the pay panel did not include in its report.

This will lead to the late submission of observations by the Lavasa panel to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, which, in turn, will cause a delay in the Union Cabinet’s and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s final decision on the matter.

Out of 196 allowances, the 7th