7th CPC Air Force Pay Rules, 2017- Stipend of a recruit and fixation of his pay after successful attestation or mustering

9. Regulation of stipend of a recruit undergoing training and fixation of his pay after successful attestation or mustering.- 

(1) A recruit undergoing training on or after the 1st day of January 2016 shall draw a stipend of Rs. 14,600 per month. 

(2) On successful attestation or mustering, the pay of a recruit shall be fixed after adding increments, as may be admissible, to the first Cell in the Level to which he is recruited. For such fixation, the first annual increment shall be reckoned from his date of enrolment. 

(3) On successful attestation or mustering, a recruit shall be paid “lump-sum amount”. For the purpose of this sub-rule, “lump-sum amount” shall mean the difference between:

 

(a) the aggregate of pay in the level, Group ‘X’ Pay, allowance of the trade to which allotted, and dearness allowance, to which he would have been entitled had he been successfully mustered or attested from his date of enrolment; and 

(b) the stipend to which he is entitled during training (whether such stipend had been received or not). 

(4) The “arrears of stipend” shall be paid. 

Explanation.– For the purpose of this sub-rule, “arrears of stipend” shall mean the difference between; 

(a) the stipend to which he is entitled on account of the revision of his stipend under these rules for the period effective from the 1st day of January, 2016; and (b) the stipend to which he would have been entitled (whether such stipend had been received or not) for that period had his stipend not been so revised.