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Q1. Have all CAFs submitted their

recommendations to 7
th
CPC?
-Yes. All CAFs have submitted their
recommendations, officially called
Memorandum, by around
31.07.2014.
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Q2. What are the highlights of CAF
recommendations?

There are more than 150 recommendations in
all divided mainly in four parts viz. Service
Matters, Pay, Allowances and Pensionery
Benefits.
Attempt has been made to highlight the service
conditions of CAFs and 7
th
CPC has been
requested to analyse the specific conditions
of CAFs and consider the same while deciding
the type and quantum of allowances applicable
for CAF personnel.

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Q3. Are the issue of NFU and
Organized Services included in the
recommendations?

Both these issues are interlinked.
Invariably either one or both the
issues have been included by all
major CAFs.
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Q4. What are other important
recommendations?


Other important recommendations are:
CAF Pay/Special Duty Pay (on lines of MSP)
Residency period linked financial upgradation for
NGOs
Leave For SHQ And FTRs like operational HQRs
Upgradation of Grade Pay Of Constable -from Rs.
2000 to Rs. 2400
Grade Pay Of ASI From PB 1 to PB 2
Pay Band 4 for 2IC
Risk And Hardship Allowance be delinked from Army
co-ordinates
House Rent Allowance choice between place of
posting or family
New Pension Scheme- Exemption for BSF
One Rank One Pension
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Q5. Is there any coordinated effort from
all CAFs?
Though all CAFs have submitted their separate
memorandums, there were many coordination
meetings between Pay Commission Committees
(PCCs) of these CAFs before finalizing their
recommendations
List of recommendations and views were
shared/exchanged during these meetings with
a purpose to be on same grid on issues of
common concern
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Q6. What is the recommendation
regarding Basic Pay?
That is not very important indeed.
Pay Bands would be decided for all central
government employees uniformly.
CAF CPCs effort has been to address
anomalies in existing pay scales and to ask for
additional allowances to do justice to our
service conditions.
However general recommendations have been
four times increase in basic pay structure and
increment at the rate of 6%.
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Q7. Are these Memorandums the only
official interactions between CAFs and
7
th
CPC?
No. These memorandums are only one step.
Before that DsG of all CAFs made a presentation before
the Pay Commission in mid-June.
After submission of Memorandum also a number of
meetings have been called by 7
th
CPC for discussing
various issues. These meetings were attended by various
officers from CAFs including members of respective
PCCs and others.
Meetings have also been held in connection with visit of
7
th
CPC to field locations.
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Q8. When is the 7
th
CPC report
expected?
It is given 18 months to submit its report and
is expected to submit the same by Sept next
year.
There could be an interim report before that
with limited recommendations
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Q9. What would be the date of effect of
its recommendations?
4
th
1.1.1986 5
th
1.1.1996 6
th
1.1.2006
7
th
1.1.2016 ?????????

10 years was the general trend. But earlier the CPCs were
constituted around those dates and the recommendations were
made effective with retrospective effect.

The notification this time has made a change. A para has been
included in the terms of reference related to date of effect.
Para 2(h): To recommend the date of effect of its
recommendations on all the above.

It has opened a window for an early date of its being effective
It could be 1.1.15 or even 1.1.14 as some employees
federations are demanding.
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Q10. What are the chances of merging of
DA with Basic Pay?
The issue is settled.
Since it was not there in recommendations of
6
th
CPC or subsequent notifications, it will not
be implemented during currency of 6
th
CPC.
We will have to bear with it for a little while
more.
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Q11. What about interim relief?
That is a possibility. If the Pay Commission
makes a recommendation regarding the date of
its coming into effect before 1.1.16 and if that
recommendation is accepted by the Govt, then
there could be an interim relief from that date
till actual implementation of the
recommendations.

It will be adjusted in arrears subsequently.
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