TA for Retiring Employees As the name suggests, this allowance is granted to employees upon retirement. Presently it consists of (a) reimbursement of expenditure involved in transportation of conveyance, and (b) a Composite Transfer Grant (CTG) equal to last month’s Basic Pay drawn. Analysis and Recommendations The individual components of TA for retiring employees will […]
8th Pay Commission News
Special Duty Allowance
Special Duty Allowance Special Duty Allowance (SDA) is granted to attract civilian employees to seek posting in North Eastern and Ladakh regions, in view of the risk and hardship prevailing in these areas. Currently, the rate of SDA is 37.5 percent of Basic Pay for AIS officers and 12.5 percent of Basic Pay for other […]
Special NCRB Pay
Special NCRB Pay Special NCRB Pay is granted to Assistant Director in C&S division and Deputy Superintendent (Finger Print) in Central Finger Print Bureau of National Crime Records Bureau, on the premise that the feeder posts of both the above mentioned posts lie in the same GP which is an anomaly. A proposal to upgrade […]
Specialist Allowance
Specialist Allowance This allowance is paid to specialist medical officers in Defence Services when posted to fill vacancies of specialists in the medical establishment. The present rates are as under: Graded Specialist ₹2400 pm Classified Specialist ₹3000 pm Consultant/Advisor/Professor ₹3600 pm There are demands to raise the amount of this allowance four-fold. […]
Spectacle Allowance
Spectacle Allowance Spectacles are issued free to those Defence Forces personnel in whose case impairment of vision is either attributable to service or their sight is so defective that it interferes with their efficiency. When spectacles are not issued, reimbursement is permitted in the form of Spectacle Allowance, at the following rates: For spectacles […]