The second part of the Budget Session of Parliament began on Thursday, March 9, 2017. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he hopes for a breakthrough on GST and that the debate will take place in a democratic manner and the level of debate will be good.

The second part of the Budget session will continue for a month till April 12, and it is widely believed that Arun Jaitley can make an announcement during the session, and employees may start getting revised allowances from the new fiscal in April.

However, the question on allowances still remains as the Commission recommended subsuming all 52 allowances into pay structures itself. 

The government deferred this move and constituted a Committee on Allowances headed by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa. 

Representatives of employees unions are not happy with the hike and said it is not in sync with price rise and inflation. According to some reports, employees union are planning to protest against the "meager" hike in DA.

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