“The Government, after consideration, has decided to accept the recommendations of the Commission on allowances with 34 modifications as specified in Appendix I.”
Click to view: 7th CPC Allowances Govt Decision – List of All 196 Allowances & New Allowances for Railway: Appendix II of Gazette Notification
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| 1 | Antarctica Allowance | Retained. Rationalised. To be paid at ₹31500 for Level 9 and above and ₹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 ₹1125 per day to ₹1500 per day and from Team Leader to get 10% extra @₹1650 per day and ₹2200 per |
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| 2. | Breakdown Allowance | Abolished | Retained.
Existing Rates multiplied by 2.25. Rates revised from ₹120 – ₹300 per month to ₹270 – ₹675 per |
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| 3. | Cash Handling Allowance | Abolished | Subsumed in Cash Handling and Treasury Allowance and rates revised as under:
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| 4. | Coal Pilot Allowance | Abolished | Retained.
Existing rates multiplied by 2.25. Rates revised from ₹45 per trip to ₹102 for first trip and |
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| 5. | Cycle Allowance | Abolished | Retained.
Existing rates of ₹90 per month doubled to ₹180 per month To be retained in other Ministries/Departments where there |
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| 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 |
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| 7. | Fixed Medical Allowance (FMA) | Retained. Status Quo to be maintained | Existing rate of ₹500 per month revised to ₹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 ₹50 to ₹115 for full beat and from ₹24 |
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| 9. | Funeral Allowance | Abolished | Retained with change in nomenclature as ‘Funeral Expense’.
Existing rate multiplied by 1.5. Rates revised from ₹6000 to ₹9000. |
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| 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). |
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| 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 |
Ministerial Staff to continue to get HPCA/PCA as per R1H3 (₹4100 for level 8 and below and ₹5300 for level 9 and above) of Risk and Hardship Matrix |
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| 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 ₹5,400 per month, ₹3,600 (ii) HRA shall be revised to 27%, 18% & 9% of Basic Pay |
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| 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. |
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| 14. | Launch Campaign Allowance | Abolished | Retained.
Existing rate multiplied by 1.5. Rates revised from ₹7500 per annum to ₹11250 per annum. |
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| 15. | Nursing Allowance | Retained. Rationalized. | Existing rates multiplied by 1.5.
Rates revised from ₹4800 per month to ₹7200 per month. |
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| 16. | Operation Theatre Allowance | Abolished | Retained.
Existing rate multiplied by 1.5. Rates revised from ₹360 per month to ₹540 per month. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 ₹7500 per annum to ₹11250 per annum. |
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| 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, |
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| 20. | Ration Money Allowance (RMA) | Retained. Rationalized.
Provision of free rations and the grant of Ration Money |
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 |
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| 21. | Risk Allowance | Abolished | Retained.
Existing rate multiplied by 2.25. Rates revised from ₹60 per month to ₹135 per month. |
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| 22. | Siachen Allowance | Retained. Rationalised. To be paid at ₹31500 for Level 9 and above and ₹21000 for Level 8 and |
Rates revised from:
₹31500 to ₹42500 per month for Level 9 and above, and |
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| 23. | Space Technology Allowance | Abolished | Retained.
Existing rate to be multiplied by 1.5. Rates revised from ₹7500 per annum to ₹11250 per annum. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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 |
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| 26. | Special Duty Allowance (SDA) | Retained. Rationalized by a factor of 0.8.
SDA for All India Service (AIS) officers should be paid at |
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 |
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| 27. | Special Incident/ Investigation/ Security Allowance | Retained. Rationalized by a factor of 0.8.
Department of Revenue should assess the risk profile of the |
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 This allowance was granted to Enforcement Directorate as an |
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| 28. | Special Running Staff Allowance | Retained. Extended to some more categories | Name of the allowance to continue as ‘Additional Allowance’. |
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| 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 Personnel Existing system of Technical Allowance (Tier – I and II) to Courses of Technical Allowance (Tier –I and II) along with Review of Courses to be completed before 31.12.2017. Technical Allowance (Tier – II) to continue beyond |
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| 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. |
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| 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 Existing system to continue in Ministry of Railways. |
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| 32. | Treasury Allowance | Abolished | Subsumed in Cash Handling and Treasury Allowance and rates revised as under:
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| 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 (ii) Nurses – to be paid monthly @₹1800 per month To be extended to all Check Points of Bureau of |
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| 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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