NC JCM Staff Side suggested to 7th Pay Commission on House Rent Allowance for CG Employees
National Council JCM Staff Side given suggestion on House Rent Allowance for Central Government employees as under…
The present scheme of HRA is based on the recommendation of the 6th CPC, which is as follows:
HRA suggestion by NC JCM
Government should take houses on long lease and make residential
accommodation available to its employees on payment of 10% of their pay.
We reproduce hereunder the recommendation made by the third Central Pay
Commission in the matter of grant of house rent allowance. (Para 29 Part
I. Vol. IV.Chapter 56), which would be the best if implemented even
today. While we find it difficult to accept the kind of parity suggested
above, we are aware of the acute problem caused by the lack of adequate
government housing and by the inadequate government housing and by the
inadequacy of the existing rates of house rent allowance and recommend
as follows:-
(ii) Government should lay down appropriate house rent allowance rates
in different cities and towns based not on population criteria, but on
an actual assessment of the prevailing levels of rent in different
cities and towns. Alternatively, certain notional rents for different
types of accommodation meant for officers and personnel of specified pay
groups should be laid down for particular cities after studying the
actual conditions in that city. The difference between the actual rent
paid and 10% of pay should be reimbursed subject to a maximum of the
difference between the notional rent and 10% of the pay. The existing
norms in regard to entitlement of accommodation, size of rooms etc.
could, if necessary, be reduced depending on the housing situation and
the norms usually adopted by different income groups in renting
accommodation in the various cities. Such notional rents should, to
start with, be applied to all stations falling under the description of
classified cities for purposes of House Rent Allowance, Additions could
also be made to the list later on by including other cities deserving
similar treatment.
(iii) Till the Government is able to make arrangements recommended in
the preceding sub-paragraphs, the rates of HRA should be as follows:-
The rates prescribed by the 6th CPC, though an improvement over its
predecessor Commission, it has not improved the situation. The real
estate value throughout the country has skyrocketed and owning an
accommodation within the city/Municipal limit has become impossible for
Government employees. There is not a single town/village where the real
estate boom has remained unaffected. The phenomenal increase in the
value of land has naturally impacted the rent, one is to pay on leasing
house/flat. The house rent allowance does not bear even a small
percentage of the rent. The 7th CPC may recommend to the Government to
act upon the suggestion made by the 3rd CPC without any further delay.
Pending action on the part of the Government, the Commission may suggest
the following rates of House Rent allowance;The above said
recommendations is still to be acted upon by the Government and the
transitory provisions suggested by them i.e. payment of allowances at a
pre-determined rate on the basis of classification made of the cities
depending upon the population continue to be employed. The
non-implementation of the above recommendation of the third CPC , has
without exception, gone to depress the wage of all sections of Central
Government employees as they are perforce to spend more than what they
receive as HRA for obtaining and retaining the accommodation.
Source: www.7thpaycommissionnews.in
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