Revision of rates of Non-Practicing Allowance (NPA) in respect of Veterinary posts on the basis of the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission

Revision of rates of Non-Practicing Allowance (NPA) in respect of Veterinary posts on the basis of the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission

F. No.12/2/2016-EIII.A
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure

North Block, New Delhi
7th July, 2017

Office Memorandum

Subject: Revision of rates of Non-Practicing Allowance (NPA) in respect of Veterinary posts on the basis of the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Ministry's OM No. 7(19)/2008-E-lllA dated 30.8.2008 regarding the existing rates of Non-Practising Allowance (NPA) admissible to veterinary posts under the Central Government and to say that as provided for in para 7 of this Ministry’s Resolution No. 1-2/2016-IC dated 25th July, 2016, the question of revision of rates of allowances (except Dearness Allowance) based on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission was referred to a Committee under the Chairmanship of Finance Secretary and until a final decision thereon, all allowances were required to be paid at existing rates in the existing pay structure (the pay structure based on 6th Pay Commission) as if the pay has not been revised w.e.f. 1st January, 2016. Accordingly, NPA was also required to be paid at the existing rates specified in the aforesaid OM dated 30.8.2008.

2. The decisions of the Government on the revised rates of various allowances based on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission and in the light of the recommendations of the Committee under the Chairmanship of the Finance Secretary, have since been notified as per the Resolution No.11-1/2016-IC dated 6th July, 2017.

3. Accordingly, the President is pleased to decide that in modification of the existing rates of NPA as contained in the aforesaid OM dated 30.8.2008, the NPA shall now be paid at the rate of 20% of the basic pay in the revised pay structure in vogue based on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission, as contained in the CCS(RP) Rules, 2016, subject to the condition that the sum of basic pay and NPA does not exceed Rs. 2,37,500 (Rupees two lakh thirty seven thousand and five hundred only). The following conditions shall regulate the grant of NPA under these orders:

(i) The term "basic pay" in the revised pay structure shall mean "basic pay" as defined in Rule 3(x) of CCS(RP) Rules, 2016, Le, "basic pay" in revised pay structure means the pay drawn in the prescribed Level in the Pay Matrix.

(ii) The NPA shall continue to be treated as pay for the purpose of computation of Dearness Allowance and other allowances, except those allowances in respect of which the applicable orders provide othenwise, including calculation of retirement benefits. Dearness Allowance under these orders shall mean dearness allowance as sanctioned by the Central Government from time to time in the 7th Pay Commission- related pay structure.

(iii) NPA shall continue to be restricted to those veterinary posts for which minimum qualification of a Degree of B.V.Sc. & AH with registration in the Veterinary Council of India is required. The following conditions shall also be fulfilled as hitherto:-

(a) The post is a clinical one.
(b) The post is a whole time post.
(c) There is ample scope for private practice, and
(d) It is necessary to prohibit private practice in public interest.

4. The revised rate of NPA in terms of these orders shall take effect from 1st July, 2017.

5. These orders will not be applicable in respect of Veterinary posts under the Ministry of Railways, Defence and Department of Atomic Energy for which separate orders will be issued by the concerned administrative Ministry/Department.

6. Hindi version of these orders is attached.

(Amar Nath Singh)
Director
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All Ministries & Departments

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7th CPC Allowances Govt Decision - List of All 196 Allowances & New Allowances for Railways: Appendix II of Gazette Notification

7th CPC Allowances Govt Decision - List of All 196 Allowances & New Allowances for Railways: Appendix II of Gazette Notification.

The revised rates of allowances shall be admissible with effect from the 1st July, 2017

Appendix II

Statement showing the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission on Allowances and the Government's decision thereon

Sl. No.	Name of the Allowance	Recommendations of 7th CPC	Decision of the Government
1	Accident Allowance	Not included in the report.	Rates to be decided through bi-lateral discussion between Railway Board and Federations and to be notified with the concurrence of Ministry of Finance
2	Acting Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed “Additional Post Allowance."	Accepted
3	Aeronautical Allowance	Retained. Enhanced by 50%.	Accepted
4	Air Despatch Pay	Abolished.	Accepted
5	Air Steward Allowance	Abolished.	Accepted
6	Air Worthiness Certificate Allowance	Retained. Enhanced by 50%.	Accepted
7	Allowance in Lieu of Kilometreage (ALK)	Not included in the report.	Rates to be decided through bi-lateral discussion between Railway Board and Federations and to be notified with the concurrence of Ministry of Finance
8	Allowance in Lieu of Running Room Facilities	Not included in the report.	Rates to be decided through bi-lateral discussion between Railway Board and Federations and to be notified with the concurrence of Ministry of Finance
9	Annual Allowance	Retained. Enhanced by 50%. Extended to some more categories.	Accepted
10	Antarctica Allowance	Retained. Rationalised. To be paid at Rs.31500 for Level 9 and above and Rs.21000 for Level 8 and below as per Cell RH-Max of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix	To be kept out of Risk and Hardship Matrix and to be paid on per day basis. Rates revised from Rs.1125 per day to Rs.1500 per day and from Rs.1688 per day to Rs.2000 per day in Summer and Winter respectively. Team Leader to get 10% extra @Rs.1650 per day and Rs.2200 per day in Summer and Winter respectively
11	Assisting Cashier Allowance	Abolished.	Accepted
12	Accounts Stock Verifiers (ASV) Allowance	Abolished.	Accepted
13	Bad Climate Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in Tough Location Allowance-III. To be paid as per Cell R3H3 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.	Accepted
14	Bhutan Compensatory Allowance	Retained. Status Quo to be maintained.	Accepted
15	Boiler Watch Keeping Allowance	Retained. Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R3H1 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.	Accepted
16	Book Allowance	Retained. Status Quo to be maintained.	Accepted
17	Breach of Rest Allowance	Not included in the report.	Rates to be decided through bi-lateral discussion between Railway Board and Federations and to be notified with the concurrence of Ministry of Finance
18	Breakdown Allowance	Abolished	Retained. Existing Rates multiplied by 2.25. Rates revised from Rs.120 - Rs.300 per month to Rs.270 - Rs.675 per month
19	Briefcase Allowance	Retained. Status Quo to be maintained.	Accepted
20	Camp Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed Territorial Army Allowance.	Accepted
21	Canteen Allowance	Retained. Enhanced by 50%.	Accepted
22	Caretaking Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed “Extra Work Allowance"	Accepted
23	Cash Handling Allowance	Abolished	Subsumed in Cash Handling and Treasury Allowance and rates revised as under:(in Rs., per month) Amount of average monthly cash handled 6th CPC rates Revised Rates <= 5 lakh 230- 600 700 Over 5 lakh 750- 900 1000
24	Children Education Allowance (CEA)	Retained. Procedure of payment simplified.	Accepted.
25	CI Ops Allowance	Retained. Rationalized.	Accepted
26	Classification Allowance	Retained. Enhanced by 50%.	Accepted
27	Clothing Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed Dress Allowance.	Accepted.
28	Coal Pilot Allowance	Abolished	Retained. Existing rates multiplied by 2.25. Rates revised from Rs.45 per trip to Rs.102 for first trip and from Rs.15 per trip to Rs.34 for every subsequent trip.
29	Command Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA) Allowance	Retained. Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R1H1 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.	Accepted
30	Command Allowance	Abolished	Accepted
31	Commando Allowance	Abolished	Accepted
32	Commercial Allowance	Abolished	Accepted
33	Compensation in Lieu of Quarters (CILQ)	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed provisions for Housing for Persons Below Officers Rank (PBORs).	Accepted
34	Compensatory (Construction or Survey) Allowance	Retained. Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R3H2 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.	Accepted
35	Composite Personal Maintenance Allowance (CPMA)	Retained. Rationalised. Enhanced by 50%. Extended to some more categories.	Accepted
36	Condiment Allowance	Abolished.	Accepted
37	Constant Attendance Allowance	Retained. Enhanced by 50%.	Accepted
38	Conveyance Allowance	Retained. Status Quo to be maintained.	Accepted
39	Cooking Allowance	Retained. Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R3H3 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.	Accepted
40	Cost of Living Allowance	Retained. Status Quo to be maintained.	Accepted
41	Court Allowance	Abolished.	Accepted
42	Cycle Allowance	Abolished	Retained. Existing rates of Rs.90 per month doubled to Rs.180 per month for Department of Posts and Railways. To be retained in other Ministries/Departments where there is functional justification for any particular category of staff with the approval of Department of Expenditure.
43	Daily Allowance	Retained. Rationalized. All provisions will apply to Railways personnel also.	Travelling Charges for Level -12 - 13 revised from ‘Non-AC Taxi charges up to 50 km to ‘AC taxi charges upto 50 Kms.' and for level 14 and above to be revised from ‘AC Taxi charges up to 50 km' to ‘AC taxi charges as per actual expenditure commensurate with official engagements'. Existing system of Daily allowance in the Ministry of Railways to continue.
44	Daily Allowance on Foreign Travel	Retained. Status Quo to be maintained.	Accepted
45	Dearness Allowance (DA)	Retained. Status Quo to be maintained.	Not within the purview of the Committee.
46	Deputation (Duty) Allowance for Civilians	Retained. Ceilings enhanced by 2.25.	Accepted
47	Deputation (Duty) Allowance for Defence Personnel	Retained. Ceilings enhanced by 2.25.	Accepted
48	Desk Allowance	Abolished.	Accepted
49	Detachment Allowance	Retained. Rationalized. Enhanced by 50%.	Accepted
50	Diet Allowance	Abolished.	Accepted
51	Diving Allowance, Dip Money and Attendant Allowance	Retained. Enhanced by 50%.	Accepted
52	Dual Charge Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed “Additional Post Allowance".	Accepted
53	Educational Concession	Retained. Rationalized. Extended to some more categories.	Accepted
54	Electricity Allowance	Abolished.	Accepted
55	Entertainment Allowance for Cabinet Secretary	Abolished.	Accepted
56	Entertainment Allowance in Indian Railways	Abolished.	Accepted
57	Extra Duty Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed “Extra Work Allowance".	Accepted
58	Family Accommodation Allowance (FAA)	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed provisions for Housing for PBORs.	Accepted
59	Family HRA Allowance	Retained. Status Quo to be maintained.	Accepted
60	Family Planning Allowance	Abolished.	Accepted
61	Field Area Allowance	Retained. Rationalized.	Accepted
62	Fixed Medical Allowance (FMA)	Retained. Status Quo to be maintained.	Existing rate of Rs.500 per month revised to Rs.1000 per month.
63	Fixed Monetary Compensation	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed “Additional Post Allowance"	Not to be subsumed and retained as a separate allowance. Existing rates multiplied by 2.25. Rates revised from Rs.50 to Rs.115 for full beat and from Rs.24 to Rs.54 for sharing a beat.
64	Flag Station Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed “Extra Work Allowance".	Accepted
65	Flight Charge Certificate Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed “Extra Work Allowance".	Accepted
66	Flying Allowance	Retained. Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R1H1 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.	Accepted
67	Flying Squad Allowance	Abolished.	Accepted
68	Free Fall Jump Instructor Allowance	Retained. Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R2H2 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.	Accepted
69	Funeral Allowance	Abolished	Retained with change in nomenclature as ‘Funeral Expense'. Existing rate multiplied by 1.5. Rates revised from Rs.6000 to Rs.9000.
70	Ghat Allowance	Not included in the report.	Rates to be decided through bi-lateral discussion between Railway Board and Federations and to be notified with the concurrence of Ministry of Finance
71	Good Service/Good Conduct/Badge Pay	Retained. Enhanced by a factor of 2.25.	Accepted
72	Haircutting Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in Composite Personal Maintenance Allowance.	Accepted
73	Handicapped Allowance	Abolished.	Accepted
74	Hard Area Allowance	Retained. Rationalized by a factor of 0.8.	Accepted
75	Hardlying Money	Retained. Rationalised. Full Rate to be paid as per Cell R3H3 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.	Accepted
76	Headquarters Allowance	Abolished.	Accepted
77	Health and Malaria Allowance	Retained. Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R3H3 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.	Accepted
78	High Altitude Allowance	Retained. Rationalized.	Accepted
79	Higher Proficiency Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by Language Award or Higher Qualification Incentive for Civilians.	Accepted
80	Higher Qualification Incentive for Civilians	Retained. Rationalized.	Accepted
81	Holiday Compensatory Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by National Holiday Allowance	Not to be subsumed and retained as a separate allowance. Existing system to continue in Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
82	Holiday Monetary Compensation	Retained. Rationalized.	Accepted
83	Hospital Patient Care Allowance (HPCA)/Patient Care Allowance (PCA)	Retained. Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R1H3 of 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 to only those employees who come in continuous and routine contact with the patients.	Ministerial Staff to continue to get HPCA/PCA as per R1H3 (Rs.4100 for level 8 and below and Rs.5300 for level 9 and above) of Risk and Hardship Matrix
84	House Rent Allowance (HRA)	Retained. Rationalized by a factor of 0.8.	The recommendations of the 7thCPC is accepted with the following modifications: (i) HRA shall not be less than Rs.5,400 per month, Rs.3,600 per month and Rs.1,800 per month calculated @30% of minimum pay for 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% and 9% of Basic Pay in X,Y and Z cities when Dearness Allowance (DA) crosses 25% and further to 30%, 20% and 10% of Basic Pay in X, Y and Z cities when DA crosses 50%.
85	Hutting Allowance	Abolished.	Accepted
86	Hydrographic Survey Allowance	Retained. Rationalized.	Accepted
87	Initial Equipment Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed Dress Allowance.	Accepted
88	Instructional Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by Training Allowance.	Accepted
89	Internet Allowance	Retained. Rationalized.	Accepted
90	Investigation Allowance	Abolished.	Accepted
91	Island Special Duty Allowance	Retained. Rationalized by a factor of 0.8.	Accepted
92	Judge Advocate General Department Examination Award	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed Higher Qualification Incentive for Defence Personnel.	Accepted
93	Kilometreage Allowance (KMA)	Not included in the report.	Rates to be decided through bi-lateral discussion between Railway Board and Federations and to be notified with the concurrence of Ministry of Finance.
94	Kit Maintenance Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed Dress Allowance.	Subsumed in Dress Allowance for Special Protection Group (SPG) and factored in for determining the revised rates of Dress Allowance for SPG.
95	Language Allowance	Retained. Enhanced by 50%.	Accepted
96	Language Award	Retained. Enhanced by 50%.	Accepted
97	Language Reward and Allowance	Abolished.	Accepted
98	Launch Campaign Allowance	Abolished.	Retained. Existing rate multiplied by 1.5. Rates revised from Rs.7500 per annum to Rs.11250 per annum.
99	Leave Travel Concession (LTC)	Retained. Rationalized. One additional free railway warrant should be extended to all personnel of Central Armed Police Force (CAPFs) and the Indian Coast Guard mutatis mutandis.	The recommendations of the 7th CPC on LTC are accepted without any change. However, keeping in view the fact that Indian Navy personnel are not deployed for Field Duties, additional free Railway Warrant to Indian Coast Guard shall not be granted.
100	Library Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed “Extra Work Allowance".	Accepted
101	MARCOS and Chariot Allowance	Retained. Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R1H1 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.	Accepted
102	Medal Allowance	Retained.	Accepted
103	Messing Allowance	Retained for “floating staff" under Fishery Survey of India, and enhanced by 50%. Abolished for Nursing Staff.	Accepted
104	Metropolitan Allowance	Abolished.	Accepted
105	Mileage Allowance for journeys by road	Retained.	Accepted
106	Mobile Phone Allowance	Retained. Rationalized.	Accepted
107	Monetary Allowance attached to Gallantry Awards	Retained. Status Quo to be maintained.	Accepted
108	National Holiday Allowance	Retained. Enhanced by 50%.	Accepted
109	Newspaper Allowance	Retained. Rationalized.	Accepted
110	Night Duty Allowance	Retained. Rationalized.	Accepted
111	Night Patrolling Allowance	Abolished.	Accepted.
112	Non-Practicing Allowance (NPA)	Retained. Rationalized by a factor of 0.8.	Accepted
113	Nuclear Research Plant Support Allowance	Retained. Enhanced by 50%.	Accepted
114	Nursing Allowance	Retained. Rationalized.	Existing rates multiplied by 1.5. Rates revised from Rs.4800 per month to Rs.7200 per month.
115	Official Hospitality Grant in Defence forces	Abolished.	Accepted
116	Officiating Allowance	Not included in the report.	Rates to be decided through bi-lateral discussion between Railway Board and Federations and to be notified with the concurrence of Ministry of Finance
117	Operation Theatre Allowance	Abolished	Retained. Existing rate multiplied by 1.5. Rates revised from Rs.360 per month to Rs.540 per month.
118	Orderly Allowance	Retained. Status Quo to be maintained.	Accepted
119	Organization Special Pay	Abolished.	Accepted
120	Out of Pocket Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by Daily Allowance on Foreign Travel.	Accepted
121	Outfit Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed Dress Allowance.	Accepted.
122	Outstation (Detention) Allowance	Not included in the report.	Rates to be decided through bi-lateral discussion between Railway Board and Federations and to be notified with the concurrence of Ministry of Finance.
123	Outstation (Relieving) Allowance	Not included in the report.	Rates to be decided through bi-lateral discussion between Railway Board and Federations and to be notified with the concurrence of Ministry of Finance.
124	Out-turn Allowance	Abolished.	Accepted
125	Overtime Allowance (OTA)	Abolished except for operational staff and industrial employees governed by statutory provisions.	Ministries/Departments to prepare a list of those staff coming under the category of ‘operational staff'. Rates of Overtime Allowance not to be revised upwards.
126	Para Allowances	Retained. Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R2H2 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.	Accepted
127	Para Jump Instructor Allowance	Retained. Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R2H2 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.	Accepted
128	Parliament Assistant Allowance	Retained. Enhanced by 50%.	Accepted
129	PCO Allowance	Retained. Rationalized.	Accepted
130	Post Graduate Allowance	Retained. Enhanced by 50%.	Accepted
131	Professional Update Allowance	Retained. Enhanced by 50%. Extended to some more categories	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 Rs.7500 per annum to Rs.11250 per annum.
132	Project Allowance	Retained. Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R3H2 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.	Accepted
133	Qualification Allowance	Retained. Enhanced by 50%. Extended to some more categories.	Accepted
134	Qualification Grant	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed Higher Qualification Incentive for Defence Personnel. Tier-II of the Technical Allowance as well as the Qualification Grant will be merged into Higher Qualification Incentive for Defence Personnel	7th CPC recommendations accepted with the modifications that- (i) this will not include Tier - II courses, and (ii) courses will be reviewed by associating experts, including outside professionals and academicians by 31.12.2017.
135	Qualification Pay	Retained. Enhanced by a factor of 2.25.	Accepted
136	Rajbhasha Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed “Extra Work Allowance"	Accepted
137	Rajdhani Allowance	Abolished.	Accepted
138	Ration Money Allowance	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	Provision of free ration for officers of Defence Forces shall be discontinued in peace areas. Ration Money Allowance shall continue to be paid to officers of Defence Forces posted in peace areas. The cash shall be credited directly into the bank accounts of officers.
139	Refreshment Allowance	Retained. Enhanced by a factor of 2.25.	Accepted
140	Rent Free Accommodation	Abolished.	Accepted
141	Reward for Meritorious Service	Retained. Enhanced by a factor of 2.25.	Accepted
142	Risk Allowance	Abolished	Retained. Existing rate multiplied by 2.25. Rates revised from Rs.60 per month to Rs.135 per month.
143	Robe Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed Dress Allowance.	Accepted
144	Robe Maintenance Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed Dress Allowance.	Accepted
145	Savings Bank Allowance	Abolished.	Accepted
146	Sea Going Allowance	Retained. Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R2H2 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.	Accepted
147	Secret Allowance	Abolished.	Accepted
148	Shoe Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed Dress Allowance.	Accepted
149	Shorthand Allowance	Abolished.	Accepted
150	Shunting Allowance	Not included in the report.	Rates to be decided through bi-lateral discussion between Railway Board and Federations and to be notified with the concurrence of Ministry of Finance
151	Siachen Allowance	Retained. Rationalised. To be paid at Rs.31500 for Level 9 and above and Rs.21000 for Level 8 and below as per Cell RH-Max of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.	Rates revised from: Rs.31500 to Rs.42500 per month for Level 9 and above, and Rs.21000 per month to Rs.30000 per month for level 8 and below
152	Single in Lieu of Quarters (SNLQ)	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed provisions for Housing for PBORs.	Accepted
153	Soap Toilet Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in Composite Personal Maintenance Allowance.	Accepted
154	Space Technology Allowance	Abolished.	Retained. Existing rate to be multiplied by 1.5. Rates revised from Rs.7500 per annum to Rs.11250 per annum.
155	Special Allowance for Child Care for Women with Disabilities	Retained. Enhanced by 100%.	Accepted
156	Special Allowance to Chief Safety Officers/Safety Officers	Retained. Rationalized by a factor of 0.8.	Accepted
157	Special Appointment Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed “Extra Work Allowance". Granted to CAPF Personnel holding special appointments	To include Assistant Sub Inspector (Radio Mechanic), Assistant Sub Inspector (Radio Operator) and Sub Inspector (Radio Mechanic) in the list eligible for Extra Work Allowance @2% of Basic Pay per month with the conditions recommended by the 7th CPC.
158	Special Compensatory (Hill Area) Allowance	Abolished.	Accepted
159	Special Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed Tough Location Allowance (TLA) -I, II or III. Tough Location Allowance will not be admissible along with Special Duty Allowance.	7th CPC recommendations that Tough Location Allowance (TLA) will not be admissible along with Special Duty Allowance (SDA) accepted subject to condition that employees be given the additional option to avail of the benefit of Special Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance (SCRLA) at pre-revised rates under the 6th CPC regime along with SDA at revised rates of 7th CPC
160	Special Department of Telecom (DOT) Pay	Abolished.	Accepted
161	Special Duty Allowance	Retained. Rationalized by a factor of 0.8. SDA for AIS officers should be paid at the rate of 30 per cent of Basic Pay and for other civilian employees at the rate of 10 per cent of Basic Pay.	As per DoPT's OM No. 14017/4/2005-AIS (II) dated 10th February, 2009, ‘Special Allowance for Officers belonging to North - East Cadres of All 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 ‘Special Allowance 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.
162	Special Forces Allowance	Retained. Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R1H1 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.	Accepted
163	Special Incident/Investigation/Security Allowance	Retained. Rationalized by a factor of 0.8. Department of Revenue should assess the risk profile of the officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at various levels and thereafter make a case to Ministry of Finance for grant of Risk and Hardship Allowance, if any, as per appropriate cell.	Special Security Allowance (SSA) for Special Protection Group (SPG) to be revised from 40% to 55% of Basic Pay for operational duties and from 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 the approval of Department of Expenditure pending recommendations of the 7th CPC. Accordingly, this allowance to be withdrawn from ED with effect from 01.07.2017. As per recommendations of the 7th CPC, D/o Revenue to examine proposal for Risk & Hardship allowance for ED to make a case to Ministry of Finance for granting Risk & Hardship based allowance to ED officials, if any.
164	Special Level Crossing (LC) Gate Allowance	Retained. Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R3H3 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.	Accepted
165	Special National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) Pay	Abolished.	Accepted
166	Special Running Staff Allowance	Retained. Extended to some more categories.	Name of the allowance to continue as ‘Additional Allowance'.
167	Special Scientists' Pay	Abolished.	Accepted
168	Specialist Allowance	Retained. Enhanced by 50%.	Accepted
169	Spectacle Allowance	Abolished.	Accepted
170	Split Duty Allowance	Retained. Enhanced by 50%.	Accepted
171	Study Allowance	Abolished.	Accepted
172	Submarine Allowance	Retained. Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R1H1 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.	Accepted
173	Submarine Duty Allowance	Retained. Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R3H1 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix, on a pro-rata basis.	Accepted
174	Submarine Technical Allowance	Retained. Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R3H3 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix. Extended to some more categories.	Accepted
175	Subsistence Allowance	Retained. Status Quo to be maintained.	Accepted
176	Sumptuary Allowance in Training Establishments	Abolished.	Accepted
177	Sumptuary Allowance to Judicial Officers in Supreme Court Registry	Abolished.	Accepted
178	Sunderban Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in Tough Location Allowance-III. To be paid as per Cell R3H3 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.	Accepted
179	TA Bounty	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed Territorial Army Allowance.	Accepted
180	TA for Retiring Employees	Retained. Rationalized.	Accepted
181	TA on Transfer	Retained. Rationalized.	Accepted
182	Technical Allowance	Tier-I of the Technical Allowance will continue to be paid on a monthly basis. Tier-II of the Technical Allowance as well as the Qualification Grant will be merged into Higher Qualification Incentive for Defence Personnel	Existing system of Technical Allowance (Tier - I and II) to continue at Rs.3000 per month and Rs.4500 per month up to 31.03.2018. Courses of Technical Allowance (Tier -I and II) along with Qualification Grant (Higher Qualification Incentive for Defence Personnel) to be reviewed by associating experts, outside professionals and academicians in order to keep pace with changing defence requirements. Review of Courses to be completed before 31.12.2017. Technical Allowance (Tier - II) to continue beyond 31.03.2018 only after review of courses.
183	Tenure Allowance	Retained. Ceilings enhanced by 2.25.	Accepted
184	Test Pilot and Flight Test Engineer Allowance	Retained. Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R1H3 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.	Accepted
185	Training Allowance	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.	Ceiling of 5 years period to be removed. Standard cooling off period between tenures will apply.
186	Training Stipend	Abolished.	Accepted
187	Transport Allowance (TPTA)	Retained. Rationalized.	Accepted.
188	Travelling Allowance	Retained. Rationalized. Indian Railways to reconsider its position regarding air travel to its employees.	Level 6 to 8 of Pay Matrix to be entitled for Air travel. Level 5 A of Defence Forces to be clubbed with Level 6 for travelling entitlements. Existing system to continue in Ministry of Railways.
189	Treasury Allowance	Abolished	Subsumed in Cash Handling and Treasury Allowance and rates revised as under: (in Rs., per month) Amount of average monthly cash handled 6th CPC rates Revised Rates <= 5 lakh 230- 600 700 Over 5 lakh 750- 900 1000
190	Tribal Area Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in Tough Location Allowance-III. To be paid as per Cell R3H3 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.	Accepted
191	Trip Allowance	Not included in the report.	Rates to be decided through bi-lateral discussion between Railway Board and Federations and to be notified with the concurrence of Ministry of Finance.
192	Uniform Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed Dress Allowance and to be paid annually.	7th CPC recommendations accepted with following modifications: Different rates for the following categories: (i) Special Protection Group (SPG) personnel- to be paid annually @ Rs.27,800 per annum and Rs.21,225 per annum for operational and non - operational duties respectively. (ii) Nurses - to be paid monthly @Rs.1800 per month To be extended to all Check Points of Bureau of Immigration.
193	Unit Certificate and Charge Certificate Allowance	Retained. Enhanced by 50%.	Accepted
194	Vigilance Allowance	Abolished.	Accepted
195	Waiting Duty Allowance	Not included in the report.	Rates to be decided through bi-lateral discussion between Railway Board and Federations and to be notified with the concurrence of Ministry of Finance
196	Washing Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed Dress Allowance.	Subsumed in Dress Allowance in respect of Nurses and factored in for determining the revised rates of Dress Allowance for Nurses.
197	New Allowances for Railways: (i) Special Train Controller's Allowance, and(ii) Risk and Hardship Allowance for Track Maintainers New Allowance for Fire-fighting Staff: (i) Risk and Hardship Allowance for Fire-fighting staff of Central Government & UTs	New Allowances for Railways: (i) Special Train Controller's Allowance -to be paid @Rs.5,000 per month to Section Controllers and Dy. Chief Controllers (ii) Track Maintainers - I, II, III and IV of Indian Railways to be granted Risk and Hardship Allowance as per cell R3H2 (Rs.2700 for Level 8 and below and Rs.3400 for Level 9 and above) of Risk and Hardship Matrix New Allowance for Fire-fighting Staff: (i) Risk and Hardship Allowance as per cell R2H3 (Rs.2700 for Level 8 and below and Rs.3400 for Level 9 and above) of Risk and Hardship Matrix	Accepted

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Discontinuance of Family Planning Allowance for adoption of small family norms - recommendation of the 7th Central pay Commission

Family Planning Allowance shall stand discontinued w.e.f, 1.7.2017 - Finance Ministry
Discontinuance of Family Planning Allowance for adoption of small family norms - recommendation of the 7th Central Pay Commission

Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure

North Block, New Delhi,
7th July, 2017

Office Memorandum

Subject: Discontinuance of Family Planning Allowance for adoption of small family norms - recommendation of the 7th Central pay Commission

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Ministry’s No.7/20/2008-E-IIIA dated 24-9-2008 regarding the existing rates of Family Planning Allowance (FPA) admissible to Central Government employees and to say that as provided for in para 7 of this Ministry’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 was referred to a Committee under the Chairmanship of Finance Secretary and until a final decision thereon, all allowances were required to be paid at the existing rates in the existing pay structure (the pay structure based on 6th Pay Commission) as if the pay has not been revised w.e.f. 1st January, 2016. Accordingly, FPA was also required to be paid at the existing rates specified in the aforesaid OM dated 24.9.2008.

2. The decisions of the Government on various allowances based on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission and in the light of the recommendations of the Committee under the Chairmanship of the Finance Secretary, have since been notified as per tie Resolution No.11-1/2016-IC dated 6th July, 2017.

3.  As mentioned at Sl. No.60 of the Appendix -Il of the said Resolution dated 8th July, 2017, the recommendation of the 7th Central Pay Commission to abolish Family Planning Allowance has been accepted and this decision is effective from 1st July, 2017. Accordingly, FPA Family Planning Allowance, as admissible hitherto, shall cease to exist in all cases.

4.  These orders shall take effect from 1st July, 2017 and hence Family Planning Allowance shall stand discontinued w.e.f, 1st July, 2017.

5. In their application to the employees serving in the Indian Audit & Accounts Department, these orders are issued in consultation with the Office of C&AG.

6. Hindi version of these orders is attached.

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(Annie George Mathew)
Joint Secretary to Government of India

Authority: www.doe.gov.in

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Implementation of recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission relating to grant of House Rent Allowance (HRA) to Central Government employees

Implementation of recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission relating to grant of House Rent Allowance (HRA) to Central Government employees

No.21512017-E.II(B)
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure

New Delhi, 7th July, 2017.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- Implementation of recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission relating to grant of House Rent Allowance (HRA) to Central Government employees.

Consequent upon the decision taken by the Government on the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission, the President is pleased to decide that, in modification of this Ministry’s O.M. "No.2(37)-E.II (B)/64 dated 27.11.1965 as amended from time to time, O.M. No.2(13)/2008 -E.II(B) dated 29.08.2008 and OM. No.2/5/2014-E.II(B) dated 21.07.2015, the admissibility of House Rent Allowance (HRA) shall be as under:

Classification of Cities/Towns	Rate of House Rent Allowance per month as a percentage of Basic Pay only
X	24%
Y	16%
Z	8%

2. The rates of HRA will not be less than Rs.5400/-, 3600/- & 1800/- at X, Y & Z class cities respectively.

3. The rates of HRA will be revised to 27% 18% & 9% for X, Y & Z class cities respectively when Dearness Allowance (DA) crosses 25% and further revised to 30%, 20% & 10% when DA crosses 50%.

4. The term "basic pay” in the revised pay structure means the pay drawn in the prescribed pay levels in the Pay Matrix and does not include Non-Practising Allowance (NPA), Military Service Pay (MSP) etc. or any other type of pay like special pay, etc.

5. The list of cities classified as 'X', 'Y’ and 'Z’ vide DoE’s O.M. No.2/5/2014- E.II(B) dated 21.07.2015, for the purpose of grant of House Rent Allowance is enclosed as Annexure to these orders.

6. Special orders on continuance of HRA at Delhi ("X" class city) rates to Central Government employees posted at Faridabad, Ghazlabad, NOIDA and Gurgaon, at Jalandhar {“Y" class city) rates to Jalandhar Cantt., at "Y" class city rates to Shillong, Goa & Port Blair and HRA at par with Chandigarh '(“Y" class city) to Panchkula, SAS. Nagar (Mohali) which have been allowed to continue vide Para .'4' of this Ministry’s O.M. No.2/5/2014-E.II(B) dated 21.07.2015 and OM. No. 2/2/2016- E.II(B) dated 03.02.2017, shall continue till further orders.

7. All other conditions governing grant of HRA under existing orders, shall continue to apply.

8. These orders shall be effective from 1st July, 2017.

9. The orders will apply to all civilian. employees of the Central-Government. The Orders will also be applicable to the civilian employees paid from the Defence Services Estimates. In respect of Armed Forces personnel and Railway employees, Separate orders will be issued by the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Railways, respectively.

10. In so far as the persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders issue in consultation with the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.
Hindi version is attached.

(Annie George Mathew)
Joint Secretary to the Government of India

ANNEXURE

To O.M. No.2/5/2017-E.II(B) dated 07.07.2017.

LIST OF CITIES/TOWNS CLASSIFIED FOR GRANT OF HOUSE RENT ALLOWANCE TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

Sl. No.	STATES/ UNION TERRITORIES	CITIES CLASSIFIED AS "X"	CITIES CLASSIFIED AS "Y"
1.	ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS	--	--
2.	ANDHRA PRADESH/ TELANGANA	Hyderabad (UA)	Vijayawada (UA), Warangal (UA), Greater Visakhapatnam (M.Corpn.), Guntur (UA), Nellore UA
3.	ARUNACHAL	--	--
4.	ASSAM	--	Guwahati (UA)
5.	BIHAR	--	Patna (UA)
6.	CHANDIGARH	-	Chandigarh (UA)
7.	CHHATTISGARH	-	Durg-Bhilai Nagar (UA), Raipur (UA)
8.	DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI	-	-
9.	DAMAN & DIU	-	-
10.	DELHI	Delhi (UA)	-
11.	GOA	--	--
12.	GUJARAT	Ahmadabad (UA)	Rajkot (UA), Jamnagar (UA), Bhavnagar (UA), Vadodara (UA), Surat (UA)
13.	HARYANA	-	Faridabad* (M.Corpn.), Guraon* (UA)
14.	HIMACHAL PRADESH	--	--
15.	JAMMU & KASHMIR '	-	Srinaar (UA), Jammu (UA)
16.	JHARKHAND	-	Jamshedpur (UA), Dhanbad (UA), Ranchl (UA), Bokaro Steel City (UA)
17.	KARNATAKA	Bengalore/Bengaluru(UA)	Belgaum (UA), Hubli-Dharwad (M.Corpn.), Mangalore (UA), Mysore UA), Gulbaroa (UA)
18.	KERALA	_	Kozhikode (UA), Kochi (UA), Thlruvanathapuram (UA), Thrlssur (UA), Malappuram(UA), Kannur (UA), Kollam (UA)
19.	LAKSHADWEEP	--	--
20.	MADHYA PRADESH	--	Gwalior (UA), Indore (UA), Bhopal (UA), Jabalpur (UA), Ujjain (M. Corpn)
21.	MAHARASHTRA	Greater Mumbai(UA), Pune (UA)	Amravati (M.Corpn.), Nagpur(UA), Aurangabad (UA), Nashik(UA), Bhiwandi (UA), Solapur (M.Corpn.), Koihapur (UA), Vasai-Virar City (M. Corpn.), Malegaon (UA), Nanded-Waghala (M. Corpn.), Sangli (UA
22.	MANIPUR	--	--
23.	MEGHALAYA	--	--
25.	MIZORAM	--	--
26.	ODISHA	--	Cuttack (UA), Bhubaneswar(UA), Raurkela UA)
27.	PUDUCHERRY(PONDICHERRY)	--	Puducherry/Pondicherry (UA)
28.	PUNJAB	--	Amritsar (UA), Jalandhar (UA), Ludhiana (M. Corpn.)
29.	RAJASTHAN	--	Bikaner(M.Corpn.), Jaipur (M.Corpn.), Jodhpur(UA), Kota (M.Corpn.),Ajmer( UA)
30.	SIKKIM	--	--
31.	TAMIL NADU	Chennai (UA)	Salem (UA), Tiruppur (UA), Coimbatore (UA), Tiruchirappalli (UA), Madurai UA), Erode UA
32.	TRIPURA	--	--
33.	UTTAR PRADESH	--	Moradabad (M.Corpn.), Meerut (UA), Ghaziabad*(UA), Aligarh(UA), Agra (UA), Bareilly(UA), Lucknow (UA), Kanpur (UA), Allahabad (UA), Gorakhpur (UA), Varanasi (UA), Saharanpur (M.Corpn.), Noida (CT), Firozabad (NPP), Jhansi(UA)
34.	UTTARAKHAND	--	Dehradun (UA)
35.	WEST BENGAL	Kolkata (UA)	Asansol (UA), Siliguri (UA), Durgapur (UA)

*Only for the purpose of extending HRA on the basis of dependency.

NOTE The remaining cities/towns in various States/UTs which are not covered by classification as “X” or 'Y”, are classified as “Z” for the purpose of HRA.

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7th CPC List of allowances along with modifications as approved by the Government of India: Appendix I of Gazette Notification

7th CPC List of allowances along with modifications as approved by the Government of India: Appendix I of Gazette Notification

"The Government, after consideration, has decided to accept the recommendations of the Commission on allowances with 34 modifications as specified in Appendix I."

Sl.	Name of the Allowance	Recommendation of 7th CPC	Modifications accepted by the Government
1	Antarctica Allowance	Retained. Rationalised. To be paid at Rs.31500 for Level 9 and above and Rs.21000 for Level 8 and below as per Cell RH-Max of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix	To be kept out of Risk and Hardship Matrix and to be paid on per day basis.Rates revised from Rs.1125 per day to Rs.1500 per day and from Rs.1688 per day to Rs.2000 per day in Summer and Winter respectively. Team Leader to get 10% extra @Rs.1650 per day and Rs.2200 per day in Summer and Winter respectively
2.	Breakdown Allowance	Abolished	Retained.Existing Rates multiplied by 2.25. Rates revised from Rs.120 - Rs.300 per month to Rs.270 - Rs.675 per month
3.	Cash Handling Allowance	Abolished	Subsumed in Cash Handling and Treasury Allowance and rates revised as under: (in Rs., per month) Amount of average monthly cash handled Sixth Central Pay Commission rates (6th CPC) Revised Rates <= 5 lakh 230-600 700 Over 5 lakh 750-900 1000
4.	Coal Pilot Allowance	Abolished	Retained.Existing rates multiplied by 2.25. Rates revised from Rs.45 per trip to Rs.102 for first trip and from Rs.15 per trip to Rs.34 for every subsequent trip.
5.	Cycle Allowance	Abolished	Retained.Existing rates of Rs.90 per month doubled to Rs.180 per month for Department of Posts and Railways. To be retained in other Ministries/Departments where there is functional justification for any particular category of staff with the approval of Department of Expenditure.
6.	Daily Allowance	Retained. Rationalized. All provisions will apply to Railways personnel also.	Travelling Charges for Level -12 - 13 revised from 'Non-AC Taxi charges up to 50 km to 'AC taxi charges upto 50 Kms.' and for level 14 and above to be revised from 'AC Taxi charges up to 50 km' to 'AC taxi charges as per actual expenditure commensurate with official engagements'.Existing system of Daily allowance in the Ministry of Railways to continue.
7.	Fixed Medical Allowance (FMA)	Retained. Status Quo to be maintained	Existing rate of Rs.500 per month revised to Rs.1000 per month.
8.	Fixed Monetary Compensation	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed “Additional Post Allowance”	Not to be subsumed and retained as a separate allowance.Existing rates multiplied by 2.25. Rates revised from Rs.50 to Rs.115 for full beat and from Rs.24 to Rs.54 for sharing a beat.
9.	Funeral Allowance	Abolished	Retained with change in nomenclature as 'Funeral Expense'.Existing rate multiplied by 1.5. Rates revised from Rs.6000 to Rs.9000.
10.	Holiday Compensatory Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by National Holiday Allowance	Not to be subsumed and retained as a separate allowance. Existing system to continue in Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
11	Hospital Patient Care Allowance (HPCA)/Patient Care Allowance (PCA)	Retained. Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R1H3 of 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 to only those employees who come in continuous and routine contact with the patients.	Ministerial Staff to continue to get HPCA/PCA as per R1H3 (Rs.4100 for level 8 and below and Rs.5300 for level 9 and above) of Risk and Hardship Matrix
12.	House Rent Allowance (HRA)	Retained. Rationalized by a factor of 0.8	The recommendations of the 7thCPC is accepted with the following modifications:(ii) HRA shall not be less than Rs.5,400 per month, Rs.3,600 per month and Rs.1,800 per month calculated @30% of minimum pay for 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% of Basic Pay in X,Y & Z cities when Dearness Allowance (DA) crosses 25% and further to 30%, 20% and 10% of Basic Pay in X, Y & Z cities when DA crosses 50%.
13.	Kit Maintenance Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed Dress Allowance	Subsumed in Dress Allowance for Special Protection Group (SPG) and factored in for determining the revised rates of Dress Allowance for SPG.
14.	Launch Campaign Allowance	Abolished	Retained.Existing rate multiplied by 1.5. Rates revised from Rs.7500 per annum to Rs.11250 per annum.
15.	Nursing Allowance	Retained. Rationalized.	Existing rates multiplied by 1.5.Rates revised from Rs.4800 per month to Rs.7200 per month.
16.	Operation Theatre Allowance	Abolished	Retained.Existing rate multiplied by 1.5. Rates revised from Rs.360 per month to Rs.540 per month.
17.	Overtime Allowance (OTA)	Abolished except for operational staff and industrial employees governed by statutory provisions.	Ministries/Departments to prepare a list of those staff coming under the category of 'operational staff'.Rates of Overtime Allowance not to be revised upwards.
18.	Professional Update Allowance	Retained. Enhanced by 50%. Extended to some more categories	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 Rs.7500 per annum to Rs.11250 per annum.
19.	Qualification Grant	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed Higher Qualification Incentive for Defence Personnel.	7th CPC recommendations accepted with the modifications that:(i) This will not include Tier - II courses, and (ii) Courses will be reviewed by associating experts, including Tier-II of the Technical Allowance as well as the Qualification Grant will be merged into Higher Qualification Incentive for Defence Personnel outside professionals and academicians by 31.12.2017.
20.	Ration Money Allowance (RMA)	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	Provision of free ration for officers of Defence Forces shall be discontinued in peace areas.RMA shall continue to be paid to officers of Defence Forces posted in peace areas. The cash shall be credited directly into the bank accounts of officers.
21.	Risk Allowance	Abolished	Retained.Existing rate multiplied by 2.25. Rates revised from Rs.60 per month to Rs.135 per month.
22.	Siachen Allowance	Retained. Rationalised. To be paid at Rs.31500 for Level 9 and above and Rs.21000 for Level 8 and	Rates revised from:Rs.31500 to Rs.42500 per month for Level 9 and above, and Rs.21000 per month to Rs.30000 per month for level 8 and below
23.	Space Technology Allowance	Abolished	Retained.Existing rate to be multiplied by 1.5. Rates revised from Rs.7500 per annum to Rs.11250 per annum.
24.	Special Appointment Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed “Extra Work Allowance". Granted to Central Armed Police Force Personnel holding special appointments	To include Assistant Sub Inspector (Radio Mechanic), Assistant Sub Inspector (Radio Operator) and Sub Inspector (Radio Mechanic) in the list eligible for Extra Work Allowance @2% of Basic Pay per month with the conditions recommended by the 7th CPC.
25.	Special Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance (SCRLA)	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed Tough Location Allowance (TLA) -I, II or III.Tough Location Allowance will not be admissible along with Special Duty Allowance.	7th CPC recommendations that Tough Location Allowance (TLA) will not be admissible along with Special Duty Allowance (SDA) accepted subject to condition that employees be given the additional option to avail of the benefit of Special Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance (SCRLA) at pre-revised rates under the 6th CPC regime along with SDA at revised rates of 7th CPC
26.	Special Duty Allowance (SDA)	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 civilian employees at the rate of 10 percent of Basic Pay.	As per DoPT's OM No. 14017/4/2005-AIS (II) dated 10th February, 2009, 'Special Allowance for Officers belonging to North - East Cadres of All 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 'Special Allowance 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.
27.	Special Incident/ Investigation/ Security Allowance	Retained. Rationalized by a factor of 0.8.Department of Revenue should assess the risk profile of the officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at various levels and thereafter make a case to Ministry of Finance for grant of Risk and Hardship Allowance, if any, as per appropriate cell.	Special Security Allowance (SSA) for Special Protection Group (SPG) to be revised from 40% to 55% of Basic Pay for operational duties and from 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 the approval of Department of Expenditure pending recommendations of the 7th CPC. Accordingly, this allowance to be withdrawn from ED with effect from 01.07.2017. As per recommendations of the 7th CPC, Department of Revenue to examine proposal or Risk & Hardship allowance for ED to make a case to Ministry of Finance for granting Risk and Hardship based allowance to ED officials, if any.
28.	Special Running Staff Allowance	Retained. Extended to some more categories	Name of the allowance to continue as 'Additional Allowance'.
29.	Technical Allowance	Tier-I of the Technical Allowance will continue to be paid on a monthly basis.	Tier-II of the Technical Allowance as well as the Qualification Grant will be merged into Higher Qualification Incentive for Defence PersonnelExisting system of Technical Allowance (Tier - I and II) to continue at Rs.3000 per month and Rs.4500 per month up to 31.03.2018. Courses of Technical Allowance (Tier -I and II) along with Qualification Grant (Higher Qualification Incentive for Defence Personnel) to be reviewed by associating experts, outside professionals and academicians in order to keep pace with changing defence requirements. Review of Courses to be completed before 31.12.2017. Technical Allowance (Tier - II) to continue beyond 31.03.2018 only after review of courses.
30.	Training Allowance	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.	Ceiling of 5 years period to be removed.Standard cooling off period between tenures will apply.
31.	Travelling Allowance	Retained. Rationalized. Indian Railways to reconsider its position regarding air travel to its employees.	Level 6 to 8 of Pay Matrix to be entitled for Air travel.Level 5 A of Defence Forces to be clubbed with Level 6 for travelling entitlements. Existing system to continue in Ministry of Railways.
32.	Treasury Allowance	Abolished	Subsumed in Cash Handling and Treasury Allowance and rates revised as under: (in Rs., per month) Amount of average monthly cash handled 6th CPC Rates Revised Rates <= 5 lakh 230-600 700 Over 5 lakh 750-900 1000
33.	Uniform Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed Dress Allowance and to be paid annually.	7th CPC recommendations accepted with following modifications:Different rates for the following categories: (i) Special Protection Group (SPG) personnel-to be paid annually @ Rs.27,800 per annum and Rs.21,225 per annum for operational and non - operational duties respectively. (ii) Nurses - to be paid monthly @Rs.1800 per month To be extended to all Check Points of Bureau of Immigration.
34.	Washing Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed Dress Allowance	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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Major Highlights of the 7th CPC Allowances approved by the Union Cabinet

The Central Governments decision on recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) on Allowances published in Gazette of India yesterday i.e. 6th July, 2017; All allowances are given effect from 1st July 2017; 

Concerned Ministries advised to issue their Orders on Allowances governed by them immediately so that the revised rates of allowances get reflected in the current month's Salary Bills of the Government employees 

Resolution conveying the Central Governments decision on recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) on Allowances has been published in Gazette of India yesterday i.e.6th July, 2017.

Based on the Report of Committee on Allowances (CoA) and the recommendation of E-CoS, the Cabinet had earlier approved the modifications in 34 Allowances in its Meeting held on 28th June 2017.
All allowances are given effect from 1st July 2017.

Concerned Ministries have now been advised to issue their Orders on Allowances governed by them immediately so that the revised rates of allowances get reflected in the current month's Salary Bills of the Government employees.

Major Highlights of the Allowances approved by the Union Cabinet are as follows: 

• Cabinet approved recommendations of 7th CPC on allowances with 34 modifications - revised rates effective from 01.07.2017
• It will benefit 34 lakh Civilian employees and 14 lakh Defence Forces personnel
• 7th CPC examined 197 allowances, recommending abolition of 53 allowances and subsuming 37 in others.
• 7th CPC recommended revised rates commensurate with Dearness Allowance
• Fully DA-indexed allowances - no raise, not DA indexed raised by 2.25, partially indexed raised by 1.5, % based rationalised by 0.8
• Risk & Hardship Matrix evolved for allowances linked to risk and hardship
• 7th CPC projected additional financial implication at Rs.29,300 cr per annum, modifications to have additional implication of Rs.1448.23 cr
• Combined additional financial implication estimated at Rs.30748.23 crore per annum.

1. Number of allowances recommended to be abolished and subsumed:

• Government decided not to abolish 12 allowances in view of specific functional requirements
• 3 of 37 subsumed allowances will continue as separate identities due to unique nature of these allowances.

2.House Rent Allowance (HRA)

• HRA will be paid @24%, 16% & 8% for X, Y & Z cities respectively
• HRA not to be less than Rs.5400, 3600 & 1800 for X,Y&Z cities, calculated @30,20,&10% of min pay of Rs.18000 - to benefit >7.5 lakh employee
• 7th CPC recommended revision of HRA when DA reaches 50% & 100%, Govt decided to revise rates when DA crosses 25% and 50% respectively.

3. Siachen Allowance:

• Rates of Siachen Allowance increased from Rs.14000 pm (Soldiers) to Rs.30000 & Rs.21000 pm (Officers) to Rs.42500 for extreme risk & hardship.

4. Dress Allowance:

• Government decided to pay Dress Allowance to Nurses on monthly basis due to high maintenance and hygiene requirements.
• Higher rate of Dress Allowance for Special Protection Group accepted by Govt.

5. Tough Location Allowance:

•  7th CPC recommended-TLA not to be granted with SDA-Govt decided to give option of SCLRA at pre-revised rates with SDA at revised rates

6. Recommendations in respect of some important allowances paid to all categories:

• Children Education Allowance increased from Rs.1500 pm/child (max.2) to Rs.2250/child and Hostel Subsidy increased from Rs.4500 pm to Rs.6750 pm.
• Special Allowance for Child Care for Women with Disabilities doubled from Rs.1500 pm to Rs.3000 pm
• Higher Qualification Incentive for Civilians increased from Rs.2000 - Rs.10000 (Grant) to Rs.10000 -  Rs.30000 (Grant)

7. Recommendations in respect of some important allowances paid to Uniformed Services: Defence, CAPFs, Police, Indian Coast Guard and Security Agencies

• Abolition of Ration Money Allowance and free ration to Defence officers in peace areas not accepted, RMA to be credited in bank account
• Technical Allowance (Tier-II) not to be merged, Govt. decided to continue Technical Allowance (Tier-II) @Rs.4500 pm-courses to be reviewed
• Aeronautical Allowance increased Rs.300 pm to Rs.450 pm and extended to Indian Coast Guard also
• Counter Insurgency Ops (CI Ops) Allowance for counter - insurgency ops increased from Rs.3000 - Rs.11700 pm to Rs.6000 - Rs.16900 pm
• MARCOS and Chariot Allowance paid to marine commandos increased from Rs.10500 - Rs.15750 pm to Rs.17300 - Rs.25000 pm
• Conditionality of 12 hrs reduced to 4 hrs for Sea Going Allowance and rates increased from Rs.3000 - Rs.7800 pm to Rs.6000 - Rs.10500 pm
• COBRA Allowance granted to CRPF personnel in Naxal hit areas increased from Rs.8400 - Rs.16800 pm to Rs.17300 - Rs.25000 pm
• Modified Field, Field & Highly Active Field Area Allowances increased from Rs.1200 - Rs.12600 pm to Rs.6000 - Rs.16900 pm.
• Flying Allowance increased from Rs.10500 - Rs.15750 pm to Rs.17300 - Rs.25000 pm and extended to BSF Air Wing also
• High Altitude Allowance increased from Rs.810 - Rs.16800 pm to Rs.2700 - Rs.25000 pm
• Higher Qualification Incentive for Defence Personnel increased from Rs.9000 - Rs.30000 (Grant) to Rs.10000 - Rs.30000 (Grant).
• Test Pilot and Flight Test Engineer Allowance increased from Rs.1500 / 3000 pm to Rs.4100 / 5300 pm
• Additional Free Railway Warrant (Leave Travel Concession) extended to CAPFs.
• Territorial Army Allowance increased from Rs.175 - Rs.450 pm to Rs.1000 -Rs. 2000 pm
• Ceilings of Deputation (Duty) Allowance for Defence Personnel increased from Rs.2000 - Rs.4500 pm to Rs.4500 - Rs.9000 pm
• Detachment Allowance increased Rs.165 - Rs.780 per day to Rs.405 - Rs.1170 per day
• Para Jump Instructor Allowance increased from Rs.2700/3600 pm to Rs.6000/10500 pm
• Govt. increased Special Security Allowance for Special Protection Group to 55% and 27.5% of BP for ops and non - ops duties
• Housing provisions for PBORs and their families residing at other stations significantly improved and linked to HRA, process simplified

8. Allowances paid to Indian Railways

• Additional Allowance increased from Rs.500 / 1000 pm to Rs.1125 / 2250 pm and extended to Loco Pilot Goods and Senior Passenger Guards @Rs.750 pm
• Special Train Controllers Allowance @5000 pm introduced for Train Controllers of Railways

9. Allowances paid to Nurses & Ministerial Staffs of Hospital

• Government increased rate of Nursing Allowance from Rs.4800 pm to Rs.7200 pm
• Operation Theatre Allowance not abolished and rates increased from Rs.360 pm to Rs.540 pm
• Hospital Patient Care Allowance/Patient Care Allowance increased from Rs.2070 - Rs.2100 pm to Rs.4100 - Rs.5300 pm
• 7th CPC recommendations modified and HPCA / PCA to continue for Ministerial staff

10. Allowances to Pensioners

• Fixed Medical Allowance for Pensioners increased from Rs.500 pm to Rs.1000 pm
• Constant Attendance Allowance on 100% disablement increased from Rs.4500 pm to Rs.6750 pm

11. Allowances to Scientific Departments

• 7th CPC recommendations to abolish Launch Campaign Allowance and Space Technology Allowance not accepted - rates revised from Rs.7500 pa to Rs.11250 pa
• Professional Update Allowance for non-gazetted staff of DAE will continue at enhanced rate of Rs.11250 pa
• Antarctica Allowance - Summer rates revised from Rs.1125 per day to Rs.1500 per day, Winter rates from Rs.1688 per day to Rs.2000 per day

12. Allowance paid to D/o Posts & Railways

• Cycle Allowance not abolished - rates doubled from Rs.90 to Rs.180 pm for functional requirements of Postmen in Posts and Trackmen in Railways.

Source: 7cpc.in

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