DMA REJECTS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE 7TH PAY COMMISSION JUNE 30, 2017 LEAVE A COMMENT ON DMA REJECTS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE 7TH PAY COMMISSION When the recommendations of 7 th pay commission came out, the government medical practitioners were shocked after the government reduced the Non-Practicing Allowance (NON-PRACTICING ALLOWANCE), an allowance given exclusively to doctors, from 25% to 20%. Moreover, the 7 th Pay commission had delinked the NON-PRACTICING ALLOWANCE from the basic pay for further calculations such as HRA. Doctors had objected to the same, and demanded that NON-PRACTICING ALLOWANCE to be at least maintained at the status quo (as per the recommendations of the 6 th Pay commission). As you all know, the The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi recently approved the recommendations of the 7 th CPC on allowances with some modifications. However, the medical profession has been complete...