7th Central Pay Commission: Ceilings in respect of Office Expenditure on hospitality

7th Central Pay Commission: Ceilings in respect of Office Expenditure on hospitality

F.No. 13024/01/2016-Trg. Ref.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
Training Division

Block-4, Old JNU Campus
New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi-67
Dated: October 24 2017

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Ceilings in respect of Office Expenditure on hospitality - reg

Consequent upon acceptance of the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) by the Government, Sumptuary allowance and Entertainment allowance have been abolished with effect from 30.06.2017. As per Resolution of the Government dated 06.07.2017, such expenditure on hospitality should be treated as office expenditure and the Ministry of Finance was to lay down the ceilings for various levels. Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure vide their OM No. 11-1I2016/E.Il B (ih CPC)Pt.III(C) dated 22nd September, 2017 has conveyed the ceiling of office expenditure on hospitality.

(Biswajit Banerjee)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

To
1. All Ministries/Departments of Government of lndia (as per DoPT's standard list and a request that this OM be given wide publicity).
2. All CTIs/ATls
3. Director, LBSNAA, Mussoorie.
4. Director, ISTM, Old JNU Campus, New Delhi.

No.11-1/2016/E.1I 8(7th CPC)/PUII(C)
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
Department of Expenditure
(7th CPC matters)

North Block, New Delhi
Dated: 22.09.2017

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Ceilings in respect of Office Expenditure on hospitality- regarding

Consequent upon acceptance of the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) by the Government, Sumptuary Allowance and Entertainment Allowance have been abolished with effect from 30.06.2017, As per Resolution of the Government dated 06.07.2017, such expenditure on hospitality should be treated as office expenditure and the Ministry of Financewas to lay down the ceilings for various levels. Accordingly, the hospitality related expenditure is now to be incurred as office expenditure.

The President is pleased to decide the ceilings of office expenditure on hospitality as under:

2. The expenditure on hospitality with ceilings mentioned above shall be booked as 'Office Expenditure'

3. The prescribed ceilings will be effective from the date of issue of this OM.

(Annie George Mathew)
Joint Secretary to the Govt. of India

Source: DoPT

FAQ on Central Staffing Scheme

FAQ on Central Staffing Scheme

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Who are eligible to apply for Central Staffing Scheme?
Officers from 36 participating services and fulfilling the eligibility conditions as given in the circular are eligible to apply.

2. If a particular Service is not listed in the Participating Services, can it be included?
No. The participating services are duly approved by Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC).

3. Whether this online application is also for Posts of Chief Vigilance Officers (CVOs).
No. the online application is only for Posts under Central Staffing Scheme.

4. How an IAS officer will apply for Central Staffing Scheme.
IAS officers will apply through IntraIAS Website (http://intraias.nic.in). For IntraIAS Portal an IAS Officer needs UserName and Password.

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The Officer needs to send an e-mail communication mandatorily with full particulars (Name, Cadre and Allotment Year) to ‘persinfotech@nic.in’. The username and password will be sent by reply e-mail.

6. IAS officer's data are available in ER Sheet maintained by DOPT. Whether the officer needs to enter all those details again in the CSS online application.
No. All the information available in ER Sheet of the officer will be automatically populated in the application form. If the officer desires, the officer can modify the details in the online application form. It may be noted that editing of these data is permitted but it will not be automatically reflected in their respective ER Sheet.

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7th Pay Commission: How it will change your exact salary-know simply

7th Pay Commission: How it will change your exact salary-know simply

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government on June 29 approved the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) on pay and pensionary benefits.

It will come into effect from January 1, 2016.

The recommendations will benefit over 1 crore employees. This includes over 47 lakh central government employees and 53 lakh pensioners, of which 14 lakh employees and 18 lakh pensioners are from the defence forces.
 
The new scales of pay provide for entry-level basic pay going up from Rs 7,000 per month to Rs 18,000, while at the highest level i.e. Secretary, it would go up from Rs 90,000 to Rs 2.5 lakh. For Class 1 officers, the starting salary will be Rs 56,100.

Here we will show you how the 7th Pay Commission will change your exact salary keeping in mind the 4 main pay bands:

Existing Pay Band (5200-20200)

All numbers are in rupees
Basic pay = 5200
Grade pay = 1800
Total entry pay = 7000
Dearness allowance of 125% on Basic pay and Grade pay = 8750
Total salary = 7000+ 8750+ allowances = 16750 + allowances
New salary ( as per 7th Pay Commission) = 18000 + allowances
Net difference = 1250
Employees covered: Security guard, junior attendant, senior laboratory assistant, overseer

Existing Pay Band (9300-34800)

Basic pay = 9300
Grade pay = 4200
Total entry pay =13500
Dearness allowance of 125% on Basic pay and Grade pay = 16875
Total salary = 13500+ 16875 + allowances = 30375 + allowances
New salary ( as per 7th Pay Commission) = 35400 + allowances
Net difference = 5025
Employees: TGT/PGT teacher, pharmacist, senior security inspector, senior superintendent

Existing Pay Band (15600-39100)

Basic pay = 15600
Grade pay = 5400
Total entry pay = 21000
Dearness allowance of 125% on Basic pay and Grade pay = 26250
Total salary = 21000+ 26250 + allowances = 47250 + allowances
New salary ( as per 7th Pay Commission) = 56100 + allowances
Net difference = 8850
Employees covered: Medical officer, Assistant registrar, manager, scientific officer, assistant professor, engineer

Existing Pay Band (37400-67000)

Basic pay = 37400
Grade pay = 8700
Total entry pay = 46100
Dearness allowance of 125% on Basic pay and Grade pay = 57625
Total salary = 46100 + 57625 + allowances = 103725 + allowances
New salary ( as per 7th Pay Commission) = 118500 + allowances
Net difference = 14775
Employees covered: Professor, director, associate professors

Note: The decision regarding implementation of revised allowances is still pending and the employee will keep drawing the existing allowances for now.

Source: Zeenews