Pension and arrears to employees of KVS
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION NO 708
ANSWERED ON 21.12.2017
Pension and arrears to employees of KVS
708 Dr. Anil Kumar Sahani
Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state :-
(a) whether the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) has not extended the revised pension and arrears as per the Seventh Central Pay Commission to its retired employees;
(b) if so, whether arrears and allowances have not even been disbursed to serving employees of KVS;
(c) if so, the reasons therefor; and
(d) the steps taken by Government to provide all benefits of Seventh Pay Commission to employees and pensioners of KVS?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)
(a) to (d) The Grant-in-Aid allocated to Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) in the Budget Estimates 2017-18 was to meet the expenditure of salary/pension for its serving/ retired employees of KVS as per 6th CPC. However, Department of Expenditure (DoE) has given in principle approval for allocation of funds to meet the additional financial burden on the central exchequer while conveying its approval for implementation of revised pay scale as per 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) to the serving employees of KVS.
With regard to extension of Government’s decision on the recommendations of 7th CPC for revision of rates of allowances, DoE has also given in principle approval for allocation of funds for additional financial burden on account of disbursing the arrear of allowances for the serving employees of KVS.
Ministry of Finance, DoE has not conveyed its approval for extension of revised pension to the pensioners of KVS as per the 7th CPC.