The union government has approved certain 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) allowances for nearly 4.5 lakh state government employees in the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir and now working in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union Territory of Ladakh. In a written reply to a question on the development of new UTs of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in Lok Sabha today, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G. Kishan Reddy informed the house that some 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) allowances which include Children Education Allowance, Hostel Allowance, Transport Allowance, LTC, Fixed Medical Allowance that were not being given to nearly 4.5 lakh state government employees in the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir, will now be made available to them.
The approved allowances has an estimated cost of Rs.4800 Crore. The employees who are now working with the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union Territory of Ladakh can avail the benefits of these allowances from the day the new Union Territories came into being i.e 31st October 2019.
The minister stated further in his reply that a total of Rs.14,559.25 crore as the balance share of 14th Finance Commission grants and the share of taxes etc. that were being given to the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir has been apportioned amongst the two new UTs after the creation. Out of this, Rs. 2,977.31 crore has already been released to the UT of Jammu and Kashmir and Rs.1,275.99 crore has already been released to the UT of Ladakh till date.