Island Special Duty Allowance
ISDA is granted to Central Government employees on their posting to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep. The existing structure of this allowance is as under:
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Areas around capital towns (Port Blair in A&N islands, Kavaratti and Agatti in Lakshadweep) |
12.5% of Basic Pay |
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Difficult Areas (North and Middle Adaman, South Andaman excluding Port Blair, entire Lakshadweep except Kavaratii, Agatti and Minicoy) |
20% of Basic Pay |
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More Difficult Areas (Little Andaman, Nicobar group of Islands, Narcondum Islands, East Islands and Minicoy) |
25% of Basic Pay |
There are demands to increase the rate of ISDA.
Analysis and Recommendations
In line with our recommendations on percentage based allowances, ISDA should be rationalized by a factor of 0.8 to 10 percent, 16 percent and 20 percent of Basic Pay respectively.