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7th CPC Allowances: List of Retained / Rationalised Allowances

7th CPC Allowances

List of Retained / Rationalised Allowances

Among the total of 197 allowances, 52 Allowances has been Retained or Rationalised by the Government as per the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission…

List of Retained / Rationalised Allowances

10. Antarctica Allowance
15 Boiler Watch Keeping Allowance
29 Command Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA)
Allowance
34 Compensatory (Construction or Survey) Allowance
35 Composite Personal Maintenance Allowance (CPMA)
39 Cooking Allowance
43 Daily Allowance
49 Detachment Allowance
   
25 CI Ops Allowance Retained.
53 Educational Concession
61 Field Area Allowance
66 Flying Allowance
68 Free Fall Jump Instructor Allowance
74 Hard Area Allowance
75 Har dying Money
77 Health and Malaria Allowance
78 High Altitude Allowance
80 Higher Qualification Incentive for Civilians
82 Holiday Monetary Compensation
83. Hospital Patient Care Allowance (HPCA)/Patient
Care Allowance (PCA)
84. House Rent Allowance (HRA)
86 Hydrographic Survey Allowance
89 Internet Allowance
91 Island Special Duty Allowance
99 Leave Travel Concession (LTC)
101 MARCOS and Chariot Allowance
103 Messing National Holiday Allowance
106 Mobile Phone Allowance
109 Newspaper Allowance
110 Night Duty Allowance
112 Non-Practicing Allowance (NPA)
114. Nursing Allowance
129 PCO Allowance
126 Para Allowances
127 Para Jump Instructor Allowance
132 Project Allowance
138 Ration Money Allowance
146 Sea Going Allowance
151. Siachen Allowance
161. Special Duty Allowance
162 Special Forces Allowance
163. Special Incident/Investigation/Security Allowance
164 Special Level Crossing (LC) Gate Allowance
172 Submarine Allowance
173 Submarine Duty Allowance
174 Submarine Technical Allowance
180 TA for Retiring Employees
181 TA on Transfer
184 Test Pilot and Flight Test Engineer Allowance
185 Training Allowance
187 Transport Allowance (TPTA)
188 Travelling 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
Retained   Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R3H1 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix. Accepted
Retained   Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R1H1 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix. Accepted
Retained   Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R3H2 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix. Accepted
Retained   Rationalised. Enhanced by 50%. Extended to some more categories. Accepted
Retained   Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R3H3 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix. Accepted
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.
Retained.   Rationalized. Enhanced by 50%. Accepted
   
Rationalized Accepted
Retained   Rationalized. Extended to some more categories. Accepted
Retained   Rationalized. Accepted
Retained.   Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R1H1 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix. Accepted
Retained.   Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R2H2 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.` Accepted
Retained. Rationalized by a factor of 0.8. Accepted
Retained. Rationalised. Full Rate to be paid as per Cell R3H3 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix. Accepted
Retained. Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R3H3 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix. Accepted
Retained. Rationalized. Accepted
Retained. Rationalized. Accepted
Retained. Rationalized. Accepted
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
Retained. Rationalized by a factor of 0.8. The recommendations of the 7th CPC 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%.
Retained. Rationalized. Accepted
Retained. Rationalized. Accepted
Retained. Rationalized by a factor of 0.8. Accepted
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.
Retained.Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell
R1H1 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.
Accepted
Retained for “floating staff” under Fishery
Survey of India, and enhanced by 50%. Abolished for Nursing Staff.
Accepted
Retained. Rationalized. Accepted
Retained. Rationalized. Accepted
Retained. Rationalized. Accepted
Retained. Rationalized by a factor of 0.8. Accepted
Retained. Rationalized. Existing rates multiplied by 1.5.   Rates revised from Rs. 4800 per month to Rs. 7200 per month.
Retained. Rationalized. Accepted
Retained. Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R2H2 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix. Accepted
Retained. Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell
R2H2 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.
Accepted
Retained. Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell
R3H2 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.
Accepted
Retained. Rationalised.   Provision of free rations and the grant of Ration Money Allowance to officers of Defence forces posted in peace areas should bewithdrawn 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..
Retained. Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R2H2 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix. Accepted
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
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.
Retained. Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell
R1H1 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.
Accepted
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.
Retained.   Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R3H3 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix. Accepted
Retained.   Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell
R1H1 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.
Accepted
Retained.   Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R3H1 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix, on a pro-rata basis. Accepted
Retained.   Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R3H3 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix. Extended to some more categories . Accepted
Retained. Rationalized. Accepted
Retained.Rationalized. Accepted
Retained.   Rationalised. To be paid as per Cell R1H3 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix. Accepted
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.
Retained. Rationalized. Accepted.
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.
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