7th CPC Allowances: List of Abolished as a Separate Allowance

7th CPC Allowances: List of Abolished as a Separate Allowance

Among the total of 197 allowances, 37 Allowances has been recommended as ‘Abolished as a Separate Allowance’ by the 7th Central Pay Commission…

ABOLISHED AS A SEPARATE ALLOWANCE
2	ACTING ALLOWANCE	ABOLISHED AS A SEPARATE ALLOWANCE. ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES TO BE GOVERNED BY THE NEWLY PROPOSED “ADDITIONAL POST ALLOWANCE.”	ACCEPTED
13	Bad Climate Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in Tough Location Allowance-III. To be paid as per Cell R3H3 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.	Accepted
20	Camp Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed Territorial Army Allowance.	Accepted
22	Caretaking Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed “Extra Work Allowance”	Accepted
27	Clothing Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed Dress Allowance.	Accepted.
33	Compensation in Lieu of Quarters (CILQ)	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed provisions for Housing for Persons Below Officers Rank (PBORs).	Accepted
52	Dual Charge Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed “Additional Post Allowance”	Accepted
57	Extra Duty Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed “Extra Work Allowance”.	Accepted
58	Family Accommodation Allowance (FAA)	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed provisions for Housing for PBORs.	Accepted
63.	Fixed Monetary Compensation	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed “Additional Post Allowance”	Not to be subsumed and retained as a separate allowance. Existing rates multiplied by 2.25. Rates revised from ₹50 to ₹115 for full beat and from ₹24 to ₹54 for sharing a beat.
65	Flight Charge Certificate Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed “Extra Work Allowance”.	Accepted
64	Flag Station Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance.	Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed “Extra Work Allowance”. Accepted
72	Hair cutting Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in Composite Personal Maintenance Allowance.	Accepted
79	Higher Proficiency Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by Language Award or Higher Qualification Incentive for Civilians.	Accepted
81.	Holiday Compensatory Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by National Holiday Allowance	Not to be subsumed and retained as a separate allowance. Existing system to continue in Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
87	Initial Equipment Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed Dress Allowance.	Accepted
88	Instructional Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by Training Allowance.	Accepted
92	Judge Advocate General Department Examination Award	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed Higher Qualification Incentive for Defence Personnel.	Accepted
94.	Kit Maintenance Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed Dress Allowance.	Subsumed in Dress Allowance for Special Protection Group (SPG) and factored in for determining the revised rates of Dress Allowance for SPG.
100	Library Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed “Extra Work Allowance”.	Accepted
120	Out of Pocket Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by Daily Allowance on Foreign Travel.	Accepted
121	Outfit Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed Dress Allowance.	Accepted.
125.	Overtime Allowance (OTA)	Abolished except for operational staff and industrial employees governed by statutory provisions.	Ministries/Departments to prepare a list of those staff coming under the category of ‘operational staff’. Rates of Overtime Allowance not to be revised upwards.
134	Qualification Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed Higher Qualification Incentive for Defence Personnel. Retained. Enhanced by 50%. Extended to some more categories. Accepted Central Government Holiday List 2025 PDF Tier-II of the Technical Allowance as well as the Qualification Grant will be merged into Higher Qualification Incentive for Defence Personnel	7 th CPC recommendations accepted with the modifications that- (i) this will not include Tier – II courses, and (ii) courses will be reviewed by associating experts, including outside professionals and academicians by 31.12.2017.
136	Rajbhasha Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed “Extra Work Allowance”	Accepted
143	Robe Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed Dress Allowance	. Accepted
144	Robe Maintenance Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed Dress Allowance.	Accepted
148	Shoe Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed Dress Allowance.	Accepted
152	Single in Lieu of Quarters (SNLQ)	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed provisions for Housing for PBORs.	Accepted
153	Soap Toilet Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in Composite Personal Maintenance Allowance.	Accepted
157.	Special Appointment Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed “Extra Work Allowance”. Granted to CAPF Personnel holding special appointments	To include Assistant Sub Inspector (Radio Mechanic), Assistant Sub Inspector (Radio Operator) and Sub Inspector (Radio Mechanic) in the list eligible for Extra Work Allowance @2% of Basic Pay per month with the conditions recommended by the 7^th CPC.
159	Special Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance (SCRLA)	Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed Tough Location Allowance (TLA) – I, II or III. Tough Location Allowance will not be admissible along with Special Duty Allowance.	7^th CPC recommendations that Tough Location Allowance (TLA) will not be admissible along with Special Duty Allowance (SDA) accepted subject to condition that employees be given the additional option to avail of the benefit of Special Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance (SCRLA) at pre-revised rates under the 6th CPC regime along with SDA at revised rates of 7^th CPC
178	Sunderban Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in Tough Location Allowance-III. To be paid as per Cell R3H3 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.	Accepted
179	TA Bounty	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed Territorial Army Allowance.	Accepted
190	Tribal Area Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in Tough Location Allowance-III. To be paid as per Cell R3H3 of the newly proposed Risk and Hardship Matrix.	Accepted
192	Uniform Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed Dress Allowance and to be paid annually.	7^th CPC recommendations accepted with following modifications: Different rates for the following categories: (i) Special Protection Group (SPG) personnel- to be paid annually @ ₹27,800 per annum and ₹21,225 per annum for operational and non – operational duties respectively. (ii) Nurses – to be paid monthly @`1800 per month To be extended to all Check Points of Bureau of Immigration.
196	Washing Allowance	Abolished as a separate allowance. Subsumed in the newly proposed Dress Allowance.	Subsumed in Dress Allowance in respect of Nurses and factored in for determining the revised rates of Dress Allowance for Nurses