Annual Report on Pay & Allowances for Central Government Employees - 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 expe...