Latest Dearness Allowance, HRA, TA, Overtime and other Allowances Rates.

Various rates of Dearness Allowance, HRA, TA, Conveyance Allowance, Project Allowance, Overtime Allowance, Cash Handling Allowance etc are given below.

1. Dearness Allowance (DA):

With effect from 1.1.2006, Dearness allowance is granted to compensate price increase above to which the revised pay scales relate. This will be sanctioned twice a year, payable from 1st January and 1st July.

(More on Dearness Allowance and How to calculate DA).

The following table shows the rates of Dearness Allowance (as on August 2010)

Date From Which Payable	Rate (in Percentage)
1-1-2007	6
1-7-2007	9
1-1-2008	12
1-7-2008	16
1-1-2009	22
1-7-2009	27
1-1-2010	35
1-7-2010	45 (Expected)

2. House Rent Allowance (HRA):

Classification of Cities	Rates (In Percentage)
X	30
Y	20
Z	10

3. Special Compensatory Hill Area Allowance:

Grade Pay	Bad Climate Allowance(in Rs)	Composite HCA (in Rs)
Rs 5400 & Above and HAG + and above	400	600
Less than Rs 5400	240	480

4. Project Allowance:

Grade Pay	Rate Per Month
Rs. 5400 and above and pay scale of HAG + and above	1500
Less than Rs 5400	1000

5. Bad Climate Allowance:

Grade Pay	Rate per Month
Rs. 5400 and above and pay scale of HAG + and above	400
Less than Rs 5400	240

6. Transport Allowance (TA):

Grade Pay	Rate of TA per Month Classified as A-1, A Cities	Rate of TA per Month Other Cities
Rs. 5400 and above	3200 + DA	1600 + DA
Rs. 4200, 4600 and above Rs. 4800	1600 + DA	800 + DA
Below Rs. 4200 but drawing pay in the pay band equal to Rs. 7440 & above	1600 + DA	800 + DA
Below Rs. 4200 but drawing pay in the pay band less than Rs. 7440	600 + DA	400 + DA

7. Overtime Allowance:

Office staff

Emoluments pre-revised Scale	For the First one hour ( Per Hour)	Thereafter (in Rs) (Per Hour)
Rs. 2201 and above	NIL	12.50

Operative Staff

	Rate of OTA per Hour(in Rs)
Emoluments	For Working Days	For Working Days	For Working Days	For Sundays & Holidays	For Sundays & Holidays	For Sundays & Holidays
	48 Hrs Duty	44 Hrs Duty	42 1/2 Hrs Duty	48 Hrs Duty	44 Hrs Duty	42 1/2 Hrs Duty
2201 and above	15.85	17.25	19.90	21.15	23.05	22.85

Staff Car Drivers:

Emoluments	Rate of OTA per hour
	Up to the first one hour in excess of the prescribed hours of duty	Thereafter
Rs. 2201 and above	NIL	16.50

Casual Employees:

Category	Hourly Rate of OTA
Employees drawing Minimum wage	1/8 th of the daily wage
Employees drawing 1/30 of the pay at the minimum of the relevant pay scale + DA for 8 Hrs work per day	Minimum of the relevant pay scale plus DA admissible at the rates divided by (30*8)
Casual workers having temporary status	Like in the case of Office staff mentioned above.

8. Cash Handling Allowance to Cashiers:

Amount of Average Monthly Cash Disbursed	Rate Per Month
Up to Rs. 50,000	150
Over Rs. 50,000 & Up to 2,00,000	300
Over Rs. 2,00,000 & Up to 5,00,000	400
Over Rs. 5,00,000 & Up to 10,00,000	500
Over 10,00,000	600

9. Conveyance Allowance

Average Monthly travel on Official Duty ( In KM )	Own Motor Car (In Rs)	Other Conveyance ( In Rs)
201-300	1,120	370
301-450	1,680	480
451-600	2,070	640
601-800	2,430	750
Above 800 KM	3,000	850

10. Conveyance Allowance to Medical Officers:

Mode of Conveyance	CHS Maximum per Month	CHS Minimum per month	Non CHS Maximum per Month	Non CHS Minimum per Month
Their own motor car	3,300	160	550	80
ho maintain scooter / motor cycle	1,080	80	180	40
who do not maintain either car or motor cycle / scooter	900	60	150	30

11. Tribal Area Allowances:

Same as Bad Climate Allowance

12. Hard Area Allowance:

25 % of Basic Pay + NPA

13. Non-Practising Allowance:

Admissible to CHS officers and veterinary doctors at 25% of their Band + Grade pay where as BP + Grade pay does not exceed 85,000.

14. Caretaking Allowance:

10 % aggregate of pay in the pay band and Grade Pay.

15. Split Duty Allowance:

Rs. 200 per month.

16. Island Special Duty Allowance:

Areas	Rate Per Month of Basic Pay + NPA (In Percentage)
Areas around Capital Towns ( Port Blair in A & N Islands, Kavaratti and Agatti in Lakshadweep )	12.5
Difficult Areas: ( North & Middle Andaman, South Andaman , all islands of Lakshadweep (excluding above)	20
More Difficult areas: ( Little Andaman, Nicobar Group of Islands, Narcondam Islands, East Islands in A & N Islands, Minicoy in Lakshadweep)	25

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Postal Assistant Recruitment 2010 Kerala Circle:

ASSISTANTS/SORTING ASSISTANTS

Date of issue: 20 -08-2010

Last date of receipt of application: 05-10-2010

Total No. of vacancies:832 (vacancy position likely to change)

Pay Band: (Rs. 5200-20200 + Grade Pay Rs.2400 + admissible allowances).

Educational Qualification: Pass in 10+2 or equivalent examinationexcluding vocational stream. Typing and Computer knowledge is desirable.

Age as on : 05-10-2010 : 18 to 25 years. Upper Age Limit is relaxable for SC/ST/OBC/Physically Handicapped and Ex-Servicemen as per rules.

For further details viz. recruitment procedure, Division / unit wise number of vacancies, the officer to whom applications are to be addressed etc. please refer to the prospectus / vacancy notification attached with the application form available at all the Head Post Offices and identified Sub Post Offices of this Circle on payment of Rs.25/- at the concerned Post Office Counter.

IMPORTANT:

1. Applications down loaded from web site should be affixed with postage stamp worth Rs.25/-. Those applications without prescribed postage stamps affixed will not be considered.

2. Applications should be sent to the address mentioned in column (x) of the chart showing the vacancy position of the respective Division / Unit in which the candidate desires to apply.

3. Application should be sent by REGISTERED / SPEED POST ONLY. Those sent through other means or by hand will not be accepted.

4. Applications and the envelopes should be clearly super scribed indicating the post for which and the Division / Unit to which applied.

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DOPT – e-Learning Program For CG Servants

DOPT – e-Learning Program For CG Servants

1. Purpose/Objective

The purpose of the Program is to increase the availability and flexibility of options open to employees for enhancing their knowledge and skills in order to improve the functioning of Government organizations and the Delivery of services to the public.

i) The Programme is open to Central Employees (working in
Ministries/Departments/Attached offices) and the faculty members of State Apex Training Institutions. The officers working under Public Sector Undertakings are not eligible for the Programmes covered under this Programme.

(ii) The specific conditions of eligibility of employees (including level of employee and Ministries covered) for each module/course will be decided for each course/module and notified from time to time by DoPT.

3. Types of Courses Offered under the Programme

The following category of courses are open for enrolment under this programme:-

(i) Short-Duration Specialised modules:-
The specialised Modules are basically oriented to cater to the requirement of Government employees in a specific domain.
(ii) Certificate Programmes:
(iii) Masters, PG and PG Diploma Programmes.

4. Notification of Courses/Programmes:-

The menu of courses/programmes on offer shall be reviewed annually by the Committee headed by the Joint Secretary, Training, Department of Personnel and Training with the members drawn from different Ministries. Besides recommending the programmes to be offered under this Programme, the Committee shall also make recommendations on the eligibility of the employees of different Ministries for the select courses.

5. Course review committee for upgrading the course material:-

(i) For certain Ministry specific courses, respective Nodal Ministry will be represented in the Course review Committee of IGNOU. The committee may also co-opt the following:-

(a) Representative of the nodal Ministry
(c) Director in charge distance learning in DoPT
The Course Review Committee may meet from time to time to review the course content based on the general feedback and make such recommendations as deemed necessary.

6. Admission Procedure

(i) The employees concerned have to apply directly in response to the admission notification of IGNOU subject to availability of funds.

(ii)The number of seats for Employees in each programme shall be limited to 50 and
these will be offered on a first come first served basis.

7. Payment and Reimbursement of Fees

(i) The employees enrolling for the courses under this Programme will pay the required course fees to IGNOU. The amount so paid shall be re-imbursed to the employee on his/her successful completion of the course by IGNOU.

(ii) Employees failing to complete the course in the time limits and / or with the minimum qualifying grades prescribed by IGNOU shall not be eligible for any reimbursement.
(iii) Reimbursement for the Masters programme is available to an employee only once in his/her career.
(iv) The participants are eligible to enrol for only one programme at a time under this Programme.
(v) An officer is eligible to claim reimbursement/refund for successful
completion of maximum of ten (10) numbers of Units in a block of five (5) years.

The equivalent units for each course / programme are listed in the Table below:‐

SL No	Category	Category/ Type of Course / Program	Equivalent Units	Maximum Units Permissible in a Block of 5 years
1	A	. Certificate/ .Advance certificate . PG Certificate	2 Unit	10 Units ( With Different Combinations of A, B, C and D)
2	B	. Masters	8 Units	“
3	C	. PG Diploma . Advanced Diploma . Diploma	4 Units	“
4	C	.Select / Specialised Module	1 Unit	“

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Current DA Rates for Employees:
The decision taken by the Government on the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission relating to DA, to decide that the DA admissible to all categories of Central Government employees shall be admisible from the dates mentioned below at the following rates:

Date Rate of DA

1.1.2006 0

1.7.2006 2

1.1.2007 6

1.7.2007 9

1.1.2008 12

1.7.2008 16

1.1.2009 22

1.7.2009 27

1.1.2010 35

1.7.2010 ?


The expected All India Consumer Price Index number (AICPIN) for Industrial Workers Base 2001=100 for the month of May 2010 has been released by Statistical Department, Labour.

The AICPIN for the month of May 2010 is 172.
Based on AICPIN index, we calculated DA percentage for 1st July 2010.

Month	All India Index	% of increase
Nov-08	148	21.44
Dec-08	147	22.38
Jan-09	148	23.39
Feb-09	148	24.32
Mar-09	148	25.12
Apr-09	150	25.98
May-09	151	26.84
Jun-09	153	27.78
Jul-09	160	29
Aug-09	162	30.23
Sep-09	163	31.45
Oct-09	165	32.67
Nov-09	168	34.11
Dec-09	169	35.7
Jan-10	172	37.43
Feb-10	170	39.01
Mar-10	170	40.59
Apr-10	170	42.03
May-10	172	43.54
Jun-10	?	?

As per above data, we got 35% dearness allowance for last time in December 2009 based on % of increase in AICPIN.


How to calculate percentage of increase ?

DA = (Avg of AICPIN for the past 12 months – 115.76) * 100 / 115.76 .

All India Consumer Price Index Number for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) on base 2001=100 for May 2010 increased by 2 points and stood at 172 (one hundred and seventy two).

If the index value remains 172 in June 2010, then % of increase value is 44.91, =June 10 % of Increase index value minus Jan 10 % of Increase index value.

= 44.91 (-) 35.7 = 9.21.
ie Minimum 9% percentage increase will be there in DA.
so DA will be 35 + 9 = 44 % .

AICPIN for June 2010 will be required to calculate the final value of DA.

Children Education Allowance-DOP&T Order and Clarifications

The Representatives of Staff Side- National Council insisted in the 46^thmeeting of National council that theChildren Education Allowance should be paid to the two studying Children instead of restricting it to the eldest two children. We welcome the staff side’s view, but at the same time it’s unfortunate that it made us to feel that they are not worried about the unwanted procedure framed for claiming the Children Education Allowance.

It has been clearly stated in the first two lines of 2^nd Para of OFFICEMEMORANDUM issued on 2^nd September 2008 by DOP&T that ‘In order to ensure that Government servants have no difficulty in claiming reimbursement, the procedure under this Scheme is being kept simple.’

But these two guidelines, mentioned below make the above instruction meaningless.

1 “Reimbursement should henceforth be made on the submission of original receipts on the basis of self-certification by the Government servant.”

2. “Under this scheme, reimbursement can be claimed once every quarter. The amount that can be claimed in a quarter could be more than Rs.3000 and in another quarter less than Rs.3000, subject to the annual ceiling of Rs.12000 /-per child being maintained”.