Tough Location Allowance – Revised Rates for JCOs/OR

7th CPC Defence Allowances for JCOs/OR
All Allowances for JCOs/OR (Junior Commissioned Officer/ Other Rank)

Tough Location Allowance – Revised Rates for JCOs/OR

Tough Location Allowance: Some allowances based on geographical location such as Special Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance (SCRLA), Sunderban Allowance & Tribal Area Allowance have been subsumed in Tough Location Allowance. The areas under TLA have been classified into three categories and the rates will be governed as per different cells of R&H Matrix and will be in the range of ₹1000 – ₹5300 per month.

The 7th CPC had recommended that TLA will not be admissible with Special Duty Allowance (SDA) payable in North-East, Ladakh and the Islands. Government has decided that employees will be given the option to avail of the benefit of SCRLA at pre-revised rates along with SDA at revised rates.

Pay & Allowances of JCOs/OR (Junior Commissioned Officer/ Other Rank)
All the parameters of Pay and Allowances of JCOs/OR of Indian Army, Territorial Army, NCC Personnel, Defence Civilian Non-Gazetted Employees Posted in Field Areas, incorporating the 7th CPC Entitlements.