Deputation allowance for central government employees to hike
Posted on: 28/Nov/2017 1:22:20 PM
To all the central government employees, here is a good news. There is going to be a significant hike in deputation allowance or duty allowance which is a leap jump. As per latest orders from the Department of Personnel and Training, the allowance is almost increased by two times and raised to Rs 4500 from the present Rs 2000 a month when the deputation is in the same station. This initiative is taken abiding by the 7th central pay commission recommendations.
If the deputation is within the same station, the rate of allowance will be 5 percent of the basic pay and will be up to Rs 4,500 at the maximum per month, said a ministry statement. On last Friday, the order was rolled out where it was mentioned that the deputation allowance shall be paid at 10 percent rate of the basic pay. This can be up to Rs 9000 per month in case of deputation in other stations. Earlier, the cap on deputation used to be Rs 4000 in varied cities. There will be furthermore increase by about 25 percent every time there is increase in dearness allowance by 50 percent.
Following media reports from the Ministry of Finance sources that stated that the government doesn’t have any such plan, the central government employees who were seeking for hike in minimum salaries were disappointed. A fitment factor of 2.57 was recommended in the 7th Pay Commission. This has hiked the minimum wages from Rs 7000 to Rs 18,000 per month. However, in the past 18 months, there have been requests from the government staff unions asking for fitment factor rise to3.68 that will uptick their minimum pay to Rs 26,000.
In fact, a number of employee unions had staged 3-days long Dharna to give a push to their agenda.
It is believed that the latest news about deputation allowance will relieve the agitated employees. Amidst these, there is a request for meeting with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for discussing the minimum wage hike after the tight schedule passes away.
