Clarification on 7th CPC Special Compensatory Allowance Implementation of the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission – Grant of Special Compensatory Allowances subsumed under Tough Location Allowance No.3/1/2017-E.II(B) Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure New Delhi, the 17th January, 2019 CORRIGENDUM Subject:   Implementation of the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission – Grant of Special Compensatory Allowances subsumed under Tough Location Allowance. The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s O.M. of even number dated 19th July, 2017 regarding grant of Special Compensatory Allowances subsumed under Tough Location Allowance consequent upon acceptance of the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission. In this regard, in Annexure-I to the O.M., where places/areas have been mentioned. Part ‘A’ Sl.No.4 – Jammu and Kashmir – “Illaqas of Padder and Niabat Nowgam in Kashmir Tehsil’ under Doda District may be re...

7TH CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS ON ALLOWANCES RELATED TO WORKING ON HOLIDAYS Allowances Covered 1. Holiday Compensatory Allowance 2. Holiday Monetary Compensation 3. National Holiday Allowance Employees, who are regularly required to work on holidays, are compensated in a variety of ways. Some, like the employees of Delhi Police and the CISF, are granted an extra month’s pay per year. Employees of other CAPFs are granted extra thirty days’ leave. Some other categories of staff are paid allowances, which are dealt with in this section. There are 3 such allowances. 1. HOLIDAY COMPENSATORY ALLOWANCE It is a compensation for non-gazetted staff of IB who are required to perform duties on holidays and weekends; granted at the rate of one day’s (Basic Pay + DA) for up to thirty days in a financial year. No demands have been received regarding this allowance. Analysis and Recommendations The Commission notes that employees in almost all ministries/departments ar...

Ministry of Defence DAD Releases Handbook on Pay & allowances of JCOs & ORs Dated 04 APR 2018 The Defence Accounts Department is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining the pay accounts of million plus Jawans and JCOs of Indian Army. The Pay Accounts Offices (PAOs) of this department are at the forefront of the concerted efforts that are being put in to ensure that these men get their correct dues within reasonable time frame. An important requirement to meet the expectations of the end user and ensuring their contentment is that the JCOs/ORs understands their dues and their entitlement. If they further appreciate the processes involved in acceptance or denial of any dues, it would equip them with enough knowledge to have better awareness to contest entitlement inconsistencies, if any. This handbook was conceptualized with the aim to provide more grasp on the rules of entitlement as well as to have complete transparency of procedures in the PAOs. This first edition co...

Grant of Tough Location Allowance to Central Govt. Employees of Darjeeling Grant of Tough Location Allowance to Central Govt. Employees of Darjeeling "Consider grant of any kind of Special Duty Allowance/Tough Location Allowance/High Altitude Allowance as a special case" Ref: Confdn/Genl/2016-19 Dated : 14.03.2018 To The Secretary Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure North Block, New Delhi - 110001 Sir, Sub:  Grant of Tough Location Allowance to Central Govt. Employees of Darjeeling. This is to bring to your kind notice that Hill Compensatory Allowance (HCA) was being paid till June 2017 to the employees of Darjeeling. Unfortunately HCA has been withdrawan from the month of July 2017 onwards after implementation of 7th CPC Allowance Committee report. However, the neighbouring state, Sikkim is still getting the Special Compensatory Allowance (SCA). It is worth mentioning that Darjeeling and Sikkim share same type of terrain, alongwith climatic conditions. It is furthe...

Grant of Tough Location Allowance to Central Govt. Employees of Darjeeling “Consider grant of any kind of Special Duty Allowance/Tough Location Allowance/High Altitude Allowance as a special case” Ref: Confdn/Genl/2016-19 Dated : 14.03.2018 To The Secretary Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure North Block, New Delhi – 110001 Sir, Sub:  Grant of Tough Location Allowance to Central Govt. Employees of Darjeeling. This is to bring to your kind notice that Hill Compensatory Allowance (HCA) was being paid till June 2017 to the employees of Darjeeling. Unfortunately HCA has been withdrawan from the month of July 2017 onwards after implementation of 7th CPC Allowance Committee report. However, the neighbouring state, Sikkim is still getting the Special Compensatory Allowance (SCA). It is worth mentioning that Darjeeling and Sikkim share same type of terrain, alongwith climatic conditions. It is further to mention here that the employees of some hill areas viz; Shimla in Himachal P...

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...

Good Service / Good Conduct / Badge Pay in 7th Pay Commission Good Service / Good Conduct / Badge Pay (Para 8.8.3-5) Existing Provisions: PBORs of the three Services are granted Good Service Pay after completion of certain specified length of service during which they have maintained high degree of discipline, good conduct and professional update. For PBORs of army, the specified length is 3, 6 and 9 years of service. For PBORs of IAF and Navy, it is 4, 8 and 12 years of service. For the PBORs of the Indian Army. The existing rate is Rs.64 pm for each of the three stages, while for the PBORs of Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force, the amount is Rs.80 pm. Recommendations of 7th CPC: The 7th CPC has recommended to enhance the rate of this allowance by 2.25. The nomenclature has also been changed to Good Service/Good Conduct/ Badge Allowance. Demands: I. Defence Forces: Good Service Pay / Good Service Badge be allowed to all JCOs on their promotion or these may be allowed to be subsumed ...

7th CPC Report of the Committee Funeral Allowance Funeral Allowance (Para 8.17.54) Existing Provision: When death of an employee occurs in peace areas, a funeral allowance of Rs. 6,000 is granted and mortuary charges are reimbursed in the case of Defence personnel. Reasons mentioned by 7th CPC for recommending abolition: With the pay raises provided by successive Pay Commissions, this kind of an allowance has lost its meaning. Demand: Ministry of Defence: This allowance may not be discontinued considering the circumstances in which this allowance is granted. The rates may be enhanced by suitable multiplication factor. Analysis and Recommendations of the Committee: The Committee is of the view that this cannot be categorized as an allowance as it is not paid to the employee but to the Next of Kin. Para 8.2.3 of the 7th CPC Report also states that  "Allowance" should be used when it is paid to an individual and if it is paid as an administrative expenditure, it should be referr...

7th CPC : Central Government employees will not get Family Planning Allowances GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF  FINANCE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2447 ANSWERED ON-08.08.2017 Doing away with allowances under 7th CPC 2447 .    Shri A. K. Selvaraj (a) whether the Central Government employees will not get Family Planning Allowances; (b) whether it is a fact that the diet, haircutting and soap toilet allowances given to select categories of employee have been discontinued; and c) whether it is also a fact that a raft of grants and allocations made to various sections of Government employees have been done away with or revised as per the recommendations of the Committee on Allowances, if so, the details thereof? ANSWER FINANCE MINISTER (SHRI ARUN JAITLEY) (a): The 7th Central Pay Commission recommended that Family Planning Allowance should be abolished. The Government has accepted the recommendation with effect from 1st July, 2017. (b): The 7th Central Pay Commissi...

Deputation (Duty) Allowance to Central Government Employees - Recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission - DOPT Orders No.2/11/2017-Estt.(Pay-II) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department of Personnel & Training North Block, New Delhi Dated the 24th November, 2017 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject:- Grant of Deputation (Duty) Allowance - Recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission - Regarding. This Department’s OM No. 6/8/2009-Estt.(Pay-II) dated 17.6.2010 inter-alia provides for rates of Deputation (Duty) Allowance admissible to Central Government employees. 2. As provided in para 7 of Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure’s Resolution No.1-2/2016-IC dated 25th July, 2016, the matter regarding allowances (except Dearness Allowance) based on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) was referred to a Committee under the Chairmanship of Finance Secretary and until a final decision thereon, all Allowances have b...

7th Central Pay Commission: Grant of Extra Work Allowance (abolition of existing Flight Charge Certificate Allowance) Instruction regarding Grant of Extra Work Allowance, Dress Allowance and Tough location Allowance No.PC-1(16)/2017/D (pay/Services) Government of India Ministry of Defence New Delhi, the 16th Nov, 2017 To, The Chief of the Army Staff The Chief of the Naval Staff The Chief of the Air Staff Subject: Grant of Extra Work Allowance (abolition of existing Flight Charge Certificate Allowance) - decision of the Government on the recommendation of the Seventh Central Pay Commission. Sir, I am directed to refer to MoD letter No.1 (54)/2008/D(Pay/Services) dated 04.11.2008 and Department of Expenditure OM No.12-3/2016-E.III(A) dated 20.07.2017 and to say that consequent upon the decision taken by the Government on the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission vide Ministry of Finance Resolution No.11-1/2016-1C, Flight Charge Certificate Allowance has been abolished a...

Implementation of recommendations of Seventh Central Pay Commission as accepted by the Government- Health and Malaria Allowance – RBE 159/2017 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS) (RAILWAY BOARD) PC-VII No. 7 0 RBE No. 159/2017 New Delhi, dated 27.10.2017 No. E(P&A)I-2017 /SP-1/Genl-2 The General Managers and Principal Financial Advisers, All Indian Railways & Production Units. Sub: Implementation of recommendations of Seventh Central Pay Commission as accepted by the Government- Health and Malaria Allowance. Consequent upon the decisions taken by the government on the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission relating to revision of allowances, the President is pleased to revise the rates of Health and Malaria Allowance, granted to Health and Malaria Inspectors (Health Inspectors) in Indian Railways. The allowance will be paid as per cell R3H3 of the Risk and Hardship Matrix. The rate of this allowance will be Rs. 1000/- per month upto level 8 in Pay Matrix (...

7th CPC: Recommendations of the Official Committee, 2017 on revision of pay and allowances and other related benefits - Admitting of salary - Instructions FINANCE (CMPC) DEPARTMENT Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009. Letter No.54867/CMPC/2017-1, dated: 30-10-2017 From Thiru K.SHANMUGAM, I.A.S., Additional Chief Secretary to Government. To All Secretaries to Government. Sir/Madam, Sub: Recommendations of the Official Committee, 2017 on revision of pay and allowances and other related benefits - Admitting of salary - Instructions - Regarding. Ref: G.O.Ms.No.303, Finance (Pay Cell) Department, dated: 11-10-2017. G.O.Ms.No.304, Finance (Pay Cell) Department, dated: 13-10-2017. G.O.Ms.No.305, Finance (Pay Cell) Department, dated: 13-10-2017. G.O.Ms.No.306, Finance (Pay Cell) Department, dated: 13-10-2017. I am to invite your attention to the references cited. 2. Based on the recommendations of the Official Committee, 2017, orders have been issued in the Government Orders first to fourth cited g...