7th CPC Pay Matrix Table for Defence Force Personnel 
List of 197 Seventh CPC Allowances (S.No.161 to 180)
The Final lsit of All Allowances Recommended by 7th CPC as per the Government Gazette Notification issued on 6.7.2017.
The detailed table of all allowances recommended by the Seventh Central Pay Commission and the Government’s decision thereon.
List of 54 Abolished Allowances – Click here
List of 52 Retained / Rationalised Allowances – Click here
List of 37 ‘Abolished as a Separate Allowance’ Allowances – Click here
List of 12 Allowances as’Not Included in the Report’ – Click here
| 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 Accordingly, this allowance to be withdrawn from ED with effect from 01.07.2017.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 |