Allowances For Govt Employees: After DA hike, now Children Education Allowance, Risk Allowance, Night Duty Allowance, Overtime Allowance, Special Allowance for Parliament Assistants and Child Care Special Allowance have been increased. Know which rupees increased by how much?
7th Pay Commission News: The Central Government had announced to increase Dearness Allowance in the first week of March. Recently, the government has also made changes in six major allowances of lakhs of employees. An instruction related to the allowances of central employees has been issued by DoPT. Let us tell you that with increasing inflation, central employees get various types of allowances to compensate for housing, transportation, education, health care and travel expenses etc. These allowances are given in addition to DA which increases every six months. This time there has been an increase in six allowances of employees, which are as follows-
> Children Education Allowance
> Risk Allowance
> Night Duty Allowance (NDA)
> Over Time Allowance (OTA)
> Special allowance for parliamentary assistants
> Child Care Special Allowance for disabled women
Children Education Allowance
According to the notice of the Central Government, government employees can claim Children Education Allowance (CEA) / Hostel Subsidy for their two children. CEA money will be Rs 2250 per child per month and hostel subsidy amount will be Rs 6750 per month. According to the 7th Pay Commission, the Central Government has made changes in the Children Education Allowance for disabled children. Now you can claim up to Rs 4500 per month.
Risk allowance
The Center has also made changes in the risk allowance of employees. This allowance is given to those employees who are engaged in hazardous duties or their work has harmful effects on health. This allowance will not be considered as ‘salary’ for any purpose.
Night duty allowance
The Center has also made changes in the Night Duty Allowance (NDA) of the employees. This is also given to central employees. It was told in the notice that the work done between 10 pm to 6 am at night will be considered. Only those employees will be eligible for Night Duty Allowance whose basic salary limit will be Rs 43600 per month.
Over Time Allowance (OTA)
It was told in the notice that the Central Government has changed the overtime allowance. It was also said that the concerned ministry will prepare a list of such employees who fall in the category of operational staff.
Special allowance for parliamentary assistants
It was said in the notification that the rates of special allowance given by the Center to the employees solely engaged in Parliament related work during the Parliament session will be increased. The allowance has been increased by 50% from the existing Rs 1500 and Rs 1200 to Rs 2250 and Rs 1800.
Child Care Special Allowance for Disabled Women
It was told in the notice that it has been decided to give Rs 3000 every month to disabled women employees as special allowance related to child care. It was said by the Center that this allowance will be given from the birth of the child till he turns two years old.
