Special Compensatory Allowances subsumed under
Tough Location Allowance - Finmin Orders
Implementation
of the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission - Grant
of Special
Compensatory Allowances subsumed under Tough Location
Allowance.
No.3/1/2017-E.II(B)
Government of India
Ministry
of Finance
Department of Expenditure
New Delhi, the 19th July, 2017.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:-
Implementation
of the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission - Grant
of Special
Compensatory Allowances subsumed under Tough Location
Allowance.
Consequent
upon the acceptance of the recommendations of Seventh
Central Pay
Commission, in supersession of the existing orders for grant
of Special
Compensatory Allowances viz. Special Compensatory (Remote
Locality)
Allowance, Bad Climate Allowance, Special Compensatory
Scheduled/Tribal
Area Allowance and Sunderban Allowance which have been
subsumed in Tough
Location Allowance, the President is pleased to decide the
rates of
these Special Compensatory Allowances (subsumed in Tough
Location
Allowance) to Central Government employees as under :
SI.No.
|
Name of the
Allowance
|
Category
|
Cell Name
|
Pay Level in
Pay Matrix
|
Rate per
month
(in Rs.)
|
(i)
|
Special Compensatory (Remote Locality)
Allowance:
(i) Special Compensatory (Remote
Locality) Allowance Places covered under
Part- A &
B (Annexure I & II)
|
Tough
Location Allowance-I
|
R3H1
|
Level 9 and above
|
5,300
|
Level 8 and
below
|
4,100
|
(ii) Special
Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance
Location Places covered under Part-
C (Annexure III)
|
ToughLocation Allowance-II
|
R3H2
|
Level 9 and
above
|
3,400
|
Level 8 and
below
|
2,700
|
(iii) Special
Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance
Places covered under Part- D(Annexure IV
|
Tough
Location Allowance-II
|
R3H3
|
Level 9 and
above
|
1,200
|
Level 8 and
below
|
1,000
|
(II)
|
Bad Climate
Allowance
|
Tough
Location
Allowance-III
|
R3H3
|
Level 9 and
above
|
1,200
|
Level 8 andbelow
|
1,000
|
(Ill)
|
Tribal Area
Allowance
|
Tough
Location Allowance-Ill
|
R3H3
|
Level 9 and
above
|
1,200
|
Level 8 and
below
|
1,000
|
(IV)
|
Sunderban
Allowance
|
Tough
Location Allowance-Ill
|
R3H3
|
Level 9 and
above
|
1,200
|
Level 8 and
below
|
1,000
|
2.These
rates shall increase by 25 per cent whenever the Dearness
Allowance
payable on the revised pay structure goes up by 50 per
cent.
3.The term 'Pay Level’ in the revised pay structure means the
'Level in the Pay Matrix.
4.In
respect of those employees who opt to continue in their
pre-revised pay
structure/Pay scales, the corresponding Level in the Pay
Matrix of the
post occupied on 01.01.2016 as indicated in GCS (Revised Pay)
Rules,
2016 would determine the allowance under these orders.
5.Sunderban
Allowance categorised 'as Tough Location Allowance-III shall
be
admissible to the Central Government civilian employees
working in
Sunderban areas South of Dampier Hodge’s line, namely,
Bhagatush Khali
(Rampura), Kumirmari (Bagna), Jhinga Khali, Sajnakhali,
Gosaba,
Amlamathi (Bidya), Canning, KuKali, Piyali, Nalgaraha,
Raidighi,
Bhanchi, Pathar Paratima, Bhagabatpur, Saptamukhi, Namkhana,
Sikarpur,
Kakdwip, Sagar, Mousini, Kalinagar, Haroa, Hingalganj,
Basanti, Kuemari,
Kultola, Ghusighata (Kulti) area. The allowance shall be
admissible
only upto the period for which the. Government of West Bengal
continues
to pay this allowance to its employees.
6.Scheduled/Tribal Area
Allowance and Bad Climate Allowance categorised as Tough
'Location
Allowance-III shall be admissible only in those States where
Scheduled/Tribal Area Allowance and Bad Climate :Allowance
are
admissible and shall be discontinued in those States where it
has been
discontinued for the State Government employees with effect
from the
date(s) of such discontinuance.
7.In the event of a place falling In more than one category,
the higher rate of Tough Location Allowance will be
applicable.
8.Tough
Location Allowances shall not be admissible along with
Special Duty
Allowance. However, employees have the option for continuing
Special
Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance at old rates of 6th
CPC, where
it was admissible, along with Special Duty Allowance at
revised rate of
10% of Basic Pay,
9 Employees may exercise their option to choose
either Hard Area Allowance which is admissible alongwith
Island Special
Duty Allowance or one of the Special Compensatory Allowance,
subsumed
under Tough Location Allowance as mentioned in Para 1
above,
10.These orders take effect from 1st July, 2017.
11.These
orders shall also apply to the civilian employees paid from
the Defence
Services Estimates and the expenditure will be chargeable to
the
relevant head of. the Defence Services Estimates. In regard
to Armed
Forces personnel and Railway employees, separate orders will
be issued
by the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Railways,
respectively.
12.In
so far as the employees working in the Indian Audit and
Accounts
Department are concerned, these orders are issued with the
concurrence
of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
Hindi version is attached.
sd/-
(Annie George Mathew)
Joint Secretary to the
Government of India
Click to view the order
Authority:
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7th CPC Construction Projects - Grant of Project
Allowance
Implementation of 7th CPC recommendations on
Allownaces - Project Allowance
No.6/1/2017-E.II(B)
Government
of India
Ministry of
Finance
Department of
Expenditure
New Delhi, the 19th July, 2017
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:
Implementation of the recommendations of 7th
Central Pay Commission - Construction Projects - Grant of
Project Allowance.
Consequent
upon the acceptance of the recommendations of Seventh
Central Pay
Commission by the Government, the President, is pleased to
decide that,
in modification of this Ministry's -O.M. No.20011/5/73-E.II
(B)
dated.17.01.1975 as amended from time to time and OM.
No.6(3)/2008-E.II(B) dated 29.08.2008 on the subject
mentioned above,
the Central Government employees shall be paid Project
Allowance, which
has been covered in the Risk/Hardship Matrix, at the
following revised
rates:-
Level in Pay Matrix
|
Cell Name
|
Rate per month(Rs.)
|
Level 9 and above
|
R3H2
|
3400
|
Level 8 and below
|
R3H2
|
2,700
|
3. The term 'Pay Level' in the revised pay structure means
the 'Level in the Pay Matrix.
4.
In respect of those employees who opt to continue in their
pre-revised
pay- structure, corresponding Grade Pay in the prescribed pay
band as
indicated in CCS(Revised) Pay) Rules, 2016 would determine
the allowance
under these orders.
5. These rates shall increase by 25 per cent
whenever the Dearness Allowance payable on the revised pay
structure
goes up by 50 per cent.
6. All other terms and conditions governing the grant of this
allowance shall remain unchanged.
7
These orders shall take effect from 1st July,
2017.
8.
These orders shall also apply to the. civilian employees
paid from the
Defence Services Estimates and the expenditure will be
charge-able to
the relevant head of the Defence Services Estimates in regard
to Armed
Forces personnel and Railway employees, separate orders will
be issued
by the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Railways,
respectively.
9.
In so far as the employees. working in the Indian Audit and
Accounts
Department are concerned, these orders are issued with the
concurrence
of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
Hindi version is attached.
sd/-
(Annie George Mathew)
Joint Secretary to the
Government of India
Click to view the order
Authority: www.doe.gov.in