7th CPC Transport Allowance 7440 issue settled

7th CPC Transport Allowance 7440 issue settled

7th CPC Transport Allowance 7440 issue settled for Matrix Level 1 and 2 (Grade Pay 1800 and 1900)

Department of Expenditure issued an important amendment order regarding Transport Allowance on 2nd August, 2017. Central Government employees who are drawing pay of 24200 and above in Pay Level 1 and 2 of the Pay Matrix, shall be eligible for grant of Transport Allowance 3600 for TPTA Cities and 1800 for all Other Places.

The Central Government employees those who were in Grade Pay 1800 and 1900 and their pay in the pay band equivalent to 7440 and above eligible for higher Transport Allowance.

So, 7440 is now changed as 24200

RATE OF TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE
PAY LEVEL (GRADE PAY)	HIGHER TPTA CITIES*	OTHER PLACES**
Level 9 and Above (GP 5400 PB-2 and Above)	7200 + DA	3600 + DA
Level 3 to Level 8 (GP 2000 to GP 4800)	3600 + DA	1800 + DA
Level 1 and Level 2 (GP 1800 and GP 1900)	1350 + DA	900 + DA

Rates of Transport Allowance recommended by 7th CPC

TPTA Cities: *Ahmedabad(UA), Bengaluru(UA), Chennai(UA), Coimbatore(UA), Delhi(UA), Ghaziabad(UA), Greater Mumbai(UA), Hyderabad(UA), Indore(UA), Jaipur(UA), Kanpur(UA), Kochi(UA), Kolkata(UA), Kozhikode(UA), Lucknow(UA), Nagpur(UA), Patna(UA), Pune(UA), Surat(UA)

Other Places: **Central Government Employees posted at all ‘Other Places’ including Faridabad, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad & Noida.

Note: List of Cities/Towns eligible for Higher Rates of Transport Allowance on Re-Classification of Cities/Towns as per Census 2011 (w.e.f.1.4.2015)

Officers in Pay Level 14 and higher, who are entitled to the use of official car, will ave the option to avail themselves of the existing facility or to draw the TPTA at the rate of Rs.15,750+DA pm. Differently abled employees will continue to be paid at double rate, subject to a minimum of Rs.2,250 plus DA.

7TH CPC LEVEL	TPTA CITIES		OTHER CITIES
Level-1 (GP 1800) and Level-2 (GP 1900)
Level – 1	1350 + DA	900 + DA
	3600 + DA (24200 and Above)	1800 + DA (24200 and Above)
Level – 2	1350 + DA	900 + DA
	3600 + DA (24200 and Above)	1800 + DA (24200 and Above)
Level-3 (GP 2000) to Level-8 (GP 4200)
Level – 3	3600 + DA		1800 + DA
Level – 4	3600 + DA		1800 + DA
Level – 5	3600 + DA		1800 + DA
Level – 6	3600 + DA		1800 + DA
Level – 7	3600 + DA		1800 + DA
Level – 8	3600 + DA		1800 + DA
Level-9 and Above (GP 5400 PB-2 and Above)
Level – 9	7200 + DA		3600 + DA
Level – 10	7200 + DA		3600 + DA
Level – 11	7200 + DA		3600 + DA
Level – 12	7200 + DA		3600 + DA
Level – 13	7200 + DA		3600 + DA