“Forward ever, backward never: onwards with Breaking Through”
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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No.
Name of the Allowance
Recommendations of the7th CPC
Modifications accepted by the Government
1.
Antarctica Allowance
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
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
2.                    
Breakdown Allowance
Abolished
Retained.
Existing Rates multiplied by 2.25.
Rates revised from 2120 – Z300 per month to 7270 — Z675 per month
3.                    
Cash Handling Allowance
Abolished
Subsumed in Cash Handling and Treasury Allowance and rates revised as under:
(in Z, per month)
Amountof
average monthlycash handled
Sixth Central Pay Commission rates (6thCPC)
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 Z45 per trip to 2102 for firsttrip and from Z15 per trip to Z34 for everysubsequent trip.

5.                    
Cycle Allowance
Abolished
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.

6.                    
Daily Allowance
Retained. Rationalized.
All provisions will apply to Railways personnel also.
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.

7.                    
Fixed   Medical
(FMA)
Allowance
Retained. Status Quo to be maintained
Existing rate of 2500 per month revised to 21000 per month.

8.                    
Fixed Monetary Compensation
Abolished   as separate allowance.

Eligible employees to be governed by thenewly proposed
“Additional     Post
Allowance”
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.

9.                    
Funeral Allowance
Abolished
Retained with change   in nomenclature as`Funeral Expense’.
Existing rate multiplied by 1.5.
Rates revised from 26000 to N000.

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 separateallowance.
Existing          system      to  continue    in             Intelligence
Bureau (m) and Research and Analysis Wing(RAW).

11.                
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.
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

12.                
House Rent Allowance (HRA)
Retained. Rationalized by a factor of 0.8
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%.

13.                
Kit Maintenance Allowance
Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed DressAllowance
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 27500 per annum to 211250per annum.

15
Nursing Allowance
Retained. Rationalized.
Existing rates multiplied by 1.5.

Rates revised from 24800 per month to 27200per month.

16
Operation Theatre Allowance
Abolished
Retained.
Existing rate multiplied by 1.5.
Rates revised from 2360 per month to 2540 permonth.

17
Overtime Allowance (OTA)
Abolished except for operational staff and
Industrial employees
Governed by statutoryprovisions.
Ministries/Departments to prepare a list of thosestaff coming under the category of ‘operationalstaff.
Rates of Overtime Allowance not to be revisedupwards.

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 27500 per annum to 211250per annum.

19
Qualification Grant
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
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.

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 ofDefence Forces posted in peace areas. The cashshall be credited directly into the bank accountsof officers.

21
Risk Allowance
Abolished
Retained.
Existing rate multiplied by 2.25.
Rates revised from 260 per month to 2135 permonth.

22
Siachen Allowance
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.
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

23.                
Space Technology Allowance
Abolished
Retained.
Existing rate to be multiplied by 1.5.
Rates revised from 27500 per annum to 211250per 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 ArmedPolice  Force Personnel
holding        specialappointments
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.

25.                
Special Compensatory
(Remote Locality) Allowance(SCRLA)
Abolished    as 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.
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

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 civilianemployees 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 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.

27.                
SpecialIncident/Investigation/SecurityAllowance
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
any, as per appropriate cell.
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.

28
Special Running
Allowance
Retained.                  
Extended to
some more categories
Name  of the allowance   to continue as‘Additional Allowance’.

29
Technical Allowance
  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
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.

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 willapply.

32
Treasury Allowance
Abolished
Subsumed in Cash Handling and Treasury Allowance and rates revised as under:
(in Z, per month)
Amountof
average monthlycash handled
Sixth Central Pay Commission rates (6thCPC)
Revised Rates
<= 5 lakh
230 – 600
700
Over 5 Lakh
750 – 900
1000

33
Uniform Allowance
Abolished    as            separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed DressAllowance and to be paid annually.
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.

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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