The Union Cabinet today approved modifications in the Seventh Central Pay Commission recommendations on pay and pensionary benefits. The approval to modifications in the Seventh Central Pay Commission recommendations comes just days after the Ashok Lavasa-led Committee on Allowances submitted its review report to Arun Jaitley. Subsequently, the report on allowances under the Seventh Pay Commission was sent to the union cabinet for approval. The Seventh Pay Commission suggested abolition of 52 of a total of 196 allowances and subsuming 36 other allowances into larger ones. Also read | 7th Pay Commission: Ashok Lavasa submits report on allowances, ball in Narendra Modi government's courtAlso read | 7th Pay Commission: Delay in allowances may force government employee forum to call a strikeALSO WATCH VIDEO

Source: India Today May 03, 2017 15:18 UTC