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Report on the Dearness Allowance Committee

1953

8. The Chairman and the Members of the Committee place on record their appreciation of the untiring efforts and hard work put in by the Secretary of the Committee and his staff in collecting and analysing a large volume of evidence in assisting in the discussions and in drafting the Report. [...] Since the time the Pay Commission reported the effects of partition in 1947 and derationing of food articles in 1948 in the internal sphere and the strained international situation arid the J4CONSIDERATION OF THE QUESTION OF STABILISATION IN THE COST OF LIVING Korean War in 1950-51 in the external sphere had given an impetus to the factors which tend to raise the cost of living. [...] In the same way local differences in the wage levels of the working classes were reflected in the pay of the lower grades of the services. [...] The basic pay of the employees has been fixed in the various industries by agreement with the management or by industrial tribunals etc; as regards the dearness allowance the postion has been summed up in para 43 of the Report of the Committee on Fair Wages 1949 which reads as follows :— "As regards the quantum of relief to be granted to wage earners to meet the burden of the increased cost [...] In this connection it may be of interest to see the following table which shows the percentage increase in the element of pay at the minimum stage of the various scales of pay applicable to employees in the lower pay groups consequent on the acceptance of our recommendations.
government politics public policy
Pages
57
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.145421
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-i unknown view
Chapter I Introductory
1-3 unknown view
Chapter II Cost of Living Index
4-9 unknown view
Chapter III Pay and Dearness Allowance of Central Government Servants
10-13 unknown view
Chapter IV Consideration of the question of stabilisation in the cost of living
14-16 unknown view
Chapter V Recommendation as regards portion of dearness allowance to be treated as pay
17-23 unknown view
Chapter VI Other Recommendations
24-29 unknown view
Minute of Dissent
30-31 S. Guruswami view
Appendices
32-56 unknown view