7th Pay Commission: Committee on Allowances to submit report on April 27, India.com says

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley left for US on April 20 to attend the annual Spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. From US, Arun Jaitley will travel to Moscow for a two-day visit from April 25. The Finance Minister, who also hold the additional charge of the Defence Ministry, will return to the capital on April 27. It is believed that the Committee on Allowances then submit its report on higher allowances under the 7th Pay Commission. Earlier, sources in the Finance Ministry informed that the report on higher allowances under the 7th Pay Commision was in the final stage and the Committee on Allowances would submit it to the Finance Ministry anytime soon.

According to media reports, Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa led committee is in the process of preparing notes for it to be taken up by the government. The committee had held a meeting on April 6, which was called as ‘conclusive’ by employees’ unions. A government official had attributed the delay in submission of the report to non-availability of allowance panel members. “I believe that there has been some delay in the finalisation of the report as some allowance panel members were outside the country on an official visit,” he was quoted as saying.