Annual Report on Pay & Allowances for 2016-17 - Finance Ministry
Pay Research Unit
Department of Expenditure
Ministry of Finance
New Delhi
ANNUAL REPORT ON PAY & ALLOWANCES FOR THE YEAR 2016-17
SALIENT FEATURES
1. The total expenditure on Pay and
Allowances (excluding Productivity Linked Bonus/Ad-hoc Bonus,
Honorarium, Encashment of Earned Leave and Travelling Allowance) for
Regular Central Government Civilian employees including employees of the
Union Territories was Rs.182513.25 crore in 2016-17 as compared to
Rs.150028.57 crore in 2015-16. Thus, there is an increase in expenditure
by Rs.32484.68 crore over previous year which in relative terms works
out to around 21.65%.
2. The Total expenditure on pay and
allowances as a percentage of Revenue Receipts and Revenue Expenditure
of the Central Government during the financial year 2016-17 is 10.88%
and 9.18% as compared 10.45% and 8.43% respectively during the financial
year 2015-16.
3. Out of the total expenditure of
Rs.182513.25 crore, the percentage expenditure on Pay, Dearness
Allowance (DA), House Rent Allowance (HRA) and other allowances are
65.75%, 16.57%, 3.42% and 14.26% respectively.
4. Out of the total expenditure of
Rs.6253.93 crore on HRA in 2016-17, the HRA expenditure for ‘X’ class
cities is Rs.2817.83 crore which is around 45.06% of the total
expenditure on HRA.
5. Almost 86% of the total expenditure
was incurred by five major Ministries/ Departments (Railways,
Defence(Civil), Home Affairs, Posts and Revenue) during 2016-17.
6. Of the total expenditure on Pay and
Allowances in 2016-17, the Ministry of Railways continues to have the
largest share i.e 38.92% , marginally increased from 34.98% in 2015-16.
Share of Ministry of Home Affairs has decreased from 26.59% to 25.06%
and department of Posts has been decreased from 7.74% to 5.55% . Share
of Ministry of Defence (Civil) has decreased from the previous year i.e.
from 12.11% to 12.04%.
7. The expenditure of UT administrations
is Rs.3781.92 crore in 2016-17 as compared to Rs.3382.19 crore in
2015-16. Thus, there is an increase in expenditure by Rs.399.73. crore
over previous year which in relative terms works out to around 11.82%.
8. The expenditure of Indian Missions/
Embassies abroad is Rs.1426.08 crore in 2016-17 as compared to
Rs.1159.54 crore in 2015-16. Thus, there is an increase in expenditure
by Rs.266.54 crore over previous year which in relative terms works out
to around 22.98%.
9. As on 01.03.2016, the total number of
Regular Central Government Civilian Employees in position was 32.21
lakh against the sanctioned strength of 36.34 lakh and approximately
11.36% of the posts were vacant.
10. Almost 92% of the total manpower is
covered by five major Ministries/Departments viz, Railways,
Defence(Civil) , Home Affairs, Posts and Revenue. Of the total strength
of 32.21 lakh, the percentage share of the Railways is 41.33%, Home
Affairs 29.44%, Defence (Civil) 12.37%, Posts 6.02 %, Revenue 3.11% and
all other Ministries/ Departments 7.73%
11. Against the sanctioned strength of
9.57 lakh in Central Police Forces, 9.01 lakh employees were in position
as on 01.03.2016. In Union Territories (UTs) 64910 employees were in
position as on 01.03.2016.