List of allowances recommended by the Seventh Central Pay Commission (7th CPC) along with modifications as approved by the Government of India.
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Name of the Allowance
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Recommendations of the7th CPC
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Modifications accepted by the Government
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1.
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Antarctica Allowance
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Retained. Rationalised. To be paid at 231500 for Level 9 and above andX21000 for Level 8 and below as per Cell RH-Max of the newly proposedRisk and Hardship Matrix
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To be kept out of Risk and Hardship Matrix and to be paid on per day basis.
Rates revised from 21125 per day to 21500 perday and from 21688 per day to n000 per day inSummer and Winter respectively.
Team Leader to get 10% extra @21650 per dayand n200 per day in Summer and Winterrespectively
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2.
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Breakdown Allowance
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Abolished
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Retained.
Existing Rates multiplied by 2.25.
Rates revised from 2120 – Z300 per month to 7270 — Z675 per month
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3.
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Cash Handling Allowance
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Abolished
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Subsumed in Cash Handling and Treasury Allowance and rates revised as under:
(in Z, per month)
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4.
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Coal Pilot Allowance
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Abolished
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Retained.
Existing rates multiplied by 2.25.
Rates revised from Z45 per trip to 2102 for firsttrip and from Z15 per trip to Z34 for everysubsequent trip.
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Cycle Allowance
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Abolished
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Retained.
Existing rates of Z90 per month doubled to 2180per month for Department of Posts and Railways.
To be retained in other Ministries/Departmentswhere there is functional justification for anyparticular category of staff with the approval of Department of Expenditure.
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Daily Allowance
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Retained. Rationalized.
All provisions will apply to Railways personnel also.
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Travelling Charges for Level -12 – 13 revisedfrom ‘Non-AC Taxi charges up to 50 km to ‘AC taxi charges upto 50 Kms.’ and for level 14 andabove to be revised from ‘AC Taxi charges up to50 km’ to ‘AC taxi charges as per actual
expenditure commensurate with official
engagements’.
Existing system of Daily allowance in theMinistry of Railways to continue.
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7.
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Fixed Medical
(FMA)
Allowance
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Retained. Status Quo to be maintained
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Existing rate of 2500 per month revised to 21000 per month.
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8.
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Fixed Monetary Compensation
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Abolished as a separate allowance.
Eligible employees to be governed by thenewly proposed
“Additional Post
Allowance”
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Not to be subsumed and retained as a separateallowance.
Existing rates multiplied by 2.25.
Rates revised from 250 to 2115 for full beat andfrom 724 to 754 for sharing a beat.
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Funeral Allowance
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Abolished
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Retained with change in nomenclature as`Funeral Expense’.
Existing rate multiplied by 1.5.
Rates revised from 26000 to N000.
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Holiday Compensatory Allowance
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Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by National Holiday Allowance
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Not to be subsumed and retained as a separateallowance.
Existing system to continue in Intelligence
Bureau (m) and Research and Analysis Wing(RAW).
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11.
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Hospital Patient Care Allowance(HPCA)/Patient
Care Allowance (PCA) |
Retained.
Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R1H3of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.
HPCA and PCA are admissible to ministerial staff as well on the premise that the entire hospital area carries the risk of
communicable diseases.
This practice should be stopped and HPCA/PCA should be admissible toonly those employees who come in continuous and routine contact with thepatients.
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Ministerial Staff to continue to get HPCA/PCAas per R1H3 (24100 for level 8 and below and25300 for level 9 and above) of Risk andHardship Matrix
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House Rent Allowance (HRA)
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Retained. Rationalized by a factor of 0.8
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The recommendations of the 7thCPC is acceptedwith the following modifications:
(ii) HRA shall not be less than 25,400 permonth, 23,600 per month and 21,800 permonth calculated @30% of minimum payfor X (population of 50 lakh & above), 20% for Y (5 to 50 lakh) and 10% for Z (below 5 lakh) category of cities.
(ii) HRA shall be revised to 27%, 18% & 9% ofBasic Pay in X,Y & Z cities when DearnessAllowance (DA) crosses 25% and further to30%, 20% and 10% of Basic Pay in X, Y & Z cities when DA crosses 50%.
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Kit Maintenance Allowance
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Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed DressAllowance
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Subsumed in Dress Allowance for Special Protection Group (SPG) and factored in for determining the revised rates of Dress Allowance for SPG.
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Launch Campaign Allowance
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Abolished
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Retained.
Existing rate multiplied by 1.5.
Rates revised from 27500 per annum to 211250per annum.
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Nursing Allowance
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Retained. Rationalized.
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Existing rates multiplied by 1.5.
Rates revised from 24800 per month to 27200per month.
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Operation Theatre Allowance
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Abolished
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Retained.
Existing rate multiplied by 1.5.
Rates revised from 2360 per month to 2540 permonth.
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Overtime Allowance (OTA)
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Abolished except for operational staff and
Industrial employees
Governed by statutoryprovisions.
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Ministries/Departments to prepare a list of thosestaff coming under the category of ‘operationalstaff.
Rates of Overtime Allowance not to be revisedupwards.
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Professional Update
Allowance
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Retained.
Enhanced by
50%. Extended to some more categories
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This allowance to continue to be paid to non-gazetted staff of Department of Atomic Energy(DAE).
Existing rate multiplied by 1.5.
Rates revised from 27500 per annum to 211250per annum.
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Qualification Grant
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Abolished as separate
allowance.
Eligibleemployees to be governedby the newly proposed
Higher Qualification
Incentive for DefencePersonnel.
Tier-II of the Technical
Allowance as well as the Qualification Grant will be merged into HigherQualification Incentive for Defence Personnel
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7th CPC recommendations accepted with themodifications that:
(i)This will not include Tier – IIcourses, and
(ii)Courses will be reviewed by associatingexperts, including outside professionals andacademicians by 31.12.2017.
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Ration Money Allowance
(RMA)
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Retained. Rationalized.
Provision of free rations and the grant of Ration Money Allowance to officers of Defence forces posted in peace areas should be withdrawn
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Provision of free ration for officers of Defence Forces shall be discontinued in peace areas.
RMA shall continue to be paid to officers ofDefence Forces posted in peace areas. The cashshall be credited directly into the bank accountsof officers.
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Risk Allowance
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Abolished
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Retained.
Existing rate multiplied by 2.25.
Rates revised from 260 per month to 2135 permonth.
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Siachen Allowance
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Retained. Rationalised. To be paid at 231500 for Level 9 and above and721000 for Level 8 and below as per Cell RH-Max of the newly proposedRisk and Hardship Matrix.
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Rates revised from:
231500 to 242500 per month for Level 9 andabove, and 721000 per month to 230000 per month for level 8 and below
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Space Technology Allowance
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Abolished
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Retained.
Existing rate to be multiplied by 1.5.
Rates revised from 27500 per annum to 211250per annum.
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Special Appointment
Allowance
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Abolished as a separate
allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed “Extra Work Allowance”.
Granted to Central ArmedPolice Force Personnel
holding specialappointments
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To include Assistant Sub Inspector (Radio
Mechanic), Assistant Sub Inspector (RadioOperator) and Sub Inspector (Radio Mechanic) inthe list eligible for Extra Work Allowance @2%of Basic Pay per month with the conditionsrecommended by the 7th CPC.
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Special Compensatory
(Remote Locality) Allowance(SCRLA)
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Abolished as a separate
allowance.
Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed Tough Location Allowance (TLA) -I, II or III ToughLocation
Allowance will not be
Admissible along with Special Duty Allowance.
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7th CPC recommendations that Tough LocationAllowance (TLA) will not be admissible along with Special Duty Allowance (SDA) acceptedsubject to condition that employees be given theadditional option to avail of the benefit of
Special Compensatory (Remote Locality)Allowance (SCRLA) at pre-revised rates underthe 6th CPC regime along with SDA at revisedrates of 7th CPC
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Special Duty Allowance
(SDA)
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Retained. Rationalized by a factor of 0.8.
SDA for All India Service (AIS) officers should be paid at the rate of 30 percent of Basic Pay and for other civilianemployees at the rate of 10 percent of Basic Pay.
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As per DoPT’s OM No. 14017/4/2005-AIS (II)dated 10th February, 2009, ‘Special Allowancefor Officers belonging to North — East Cadres ofAll India Service (AIS) officers’ is granted
@25%.Special Duty Allowance (SDA) is granted
@12.5%.
Rationalized by a factor of 0.8.
Both these allowances namely ‘SpecialAllowance for Officers belonging to North —East Cadres of AIS’ and Special Duty Allowance (SDA shall continue to be paid separately as at present at the revised rates of 20% and 10% respectively.
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SpecialIncident/Investigation/SecurityAllowance
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Retained. Rationalized by a factor of 0.8.
Department of Revenue
should assess the risk profile of the officials of the EnforcementDirectorate (ED) at various levels and thereafter make a case to Ministry ofFinance for grant of Riskand Hardship Allowance, if
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Special Security Allowance (SSA) for SpecialProtection Group (SPG) to be revised from 40%to 55% of Basic Pay for operational duties andfrom 20% to 27.5% of Basic Pay for non —operational duties.
National Technical Research Organisation
(NTRO) employees to be granted this allowance@20% of Basic Pay.
This allowance was granted to Enforcement Directorate as an ad – hoc measure with theapproval of Department of Expenditure pendingrecommendations of the 7th CPC. Accordingly,this allowance to be withdrawn from ED witheffect from 01.07.2017. As per recommendationsof the 7th CPC, Department of Revenue toexamine proposal or Risk & Hardship allowancefor ED to make a case to Ministry of Finance forgranting Risk and Hardship based allowance toED officials, if any.
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Special Running
Allowance
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Retained.
Extended to
some more categories
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Name of the allowance to continue as‘Additional Allowance’.
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Technical Allowance
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Technical
Allowance will continue to be paid on a monthly basis.
Tier-II of the Technical
Allowance as well asthe Qualification Grant will be merged into HigherQualification Incentive for Defence Personnel
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Existing system of Technical Allowance (Tier – Iand II) to continue at 23000 per month and24500 per month up to 31.03.2018.
Courses of Technical Allowance (Tier –I and II)along with Qualification Grant (HigherQualification Incentive for Defence Personnel) tobe reviewed by associating experts, outsideprofessionals and academicians in order to keep pace with changing defence requirements.
Review of Courses to be completed before31.12.2017.
Technical Allowance (Tier – II) to continuebeyond 31.03.2018 only after review of courses.
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Training Allowance
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Retained. Rationalized by a factor of 0.8. Extended to some more categories.
The allowance will be
payable to an eligible employee for a maximum period of five years only during the entire career.
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Ceiling of 5 years period to be removed.
Standard cooling off period between tenures willapply.
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Treasury Allowance
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Abolished
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Subsumed in Cash Handling and Treasury Allowance and rates revised as under:
(in Z, per month)
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Uniform Allowance
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Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed DressAllowance and to be paid annually.
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7th CPC recommendations accepted with following modifications:
Different rates for the following categories:
Special Protection Group (SPG) personnel- to be paid annually @ Z27,800 per annum and 721,225 per annum for operational and non —operational duties respectively.
Nurses — to be paid monthly @Z1800 per month
To be extended to all Check Points of Bureau of Immigration.
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Washing Allowance
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Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed Dress Allowance
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Subsumed in Dress Allowance in respect of Nurses and factored in for determining the revised rates of Dress Allowance for Nurses.
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