Payment of Transport Allowance to Central Government Employees-Finmin Orders

No. 21(8)/2010-E-II(B)
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure

Dated, the 1st August, 2012

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- Payment of Transport Allowance to Central Government Employees in Fandabad, Gurgaon, Ghaizaibad and Noida.

 

It has been brought to the notice of this Ministry that some Central Government Offices located in Faridabad and Gurgaon are paying Transport Allowance to its employees at the rates other than that applicable to such areas and such payment is irregular It is clarified that the Central Government Employees posted at Faridabad, Gurgaon. Ghaziabad and Noida are entitled to Transport Allowance at the rates applicable to other places’ i.e. other than 13 classified cities as per the conditions laid down in this Ministry’s O.M. No. 21(2)/2008-E-II(B) dated 29.08.2008.

SOURCE-http://finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_expenditure/notification/ta_ota/TransportAllow_NCR.pdf


O.M. No. 21(2)/2008-E-II(B) dated 29.08.2008

New Delhi, the 29th August, 2008

 

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject : Grant of Transport Allowance to Central Government employees.

            The undersigned is directed to say the consequent upon the decisions taken by the government on the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay commission, the Pleased to decide that in modification of this Ministry’s O.M No.21(1)/97-EII (B) dated 3.10.1997, the Central Government employees shall be entitled to Transport allowance at the following rates.

Employees drawing grade pay of

Rate of Transport Allowance per Month

In 13 Cities Classified as A-1/ A earlier

Other Places

Grade pay of RS.5400 & above

Rs.3200 + DA thereon

Rs.1600 +DA thereon

(i)Grade pay of Rs.4200, Rs.4600 and Rs.4800

Rs.1600+DA thereon

Rs.800+DA thereon

ii)Those drawing grade pay below Rs.4200 but drawing pay in the pay band equal to Rs.7440 & above

 

 

Grade pay below 4200 and pay in the pay band below Rs.7440

Rs.600+DA thereon

Rs.400+DA thereon

 

Hyderabad (UA) Delhi (UA) Bangalore (UA) Greater Mumbai (UA) Chennai (UA), Kolkata (UA) Ahmedabad (UA) Surat (UA) Nagpur (UA) Pune (UA) Jaipur (UA) Lucknow  (UA) and Kanpur (UA)

2. The grant of transport allowance shall be subject to the following conditions.

 

i)                   The blind or orthopaedically handicapped  employee in terms of this Ministry’s orders vide OM No 21(1) 97-E-II(B) dated 3.10.1997 shall continue to draw this allowance at double the normal rates which shall, in no case, be less than Rs.1000 per month plus the applicable rate of dearness allowance.  The other conditions of O.M.No.19029/1/78-E-IV (B) dated 31.8.78 related to grant of conveyance allowance to blind and orthopaedically handicapped central Government employees shall remain unchanged.

ii)                The allowance shall not be admissible to those employees who have been provided with the facility of Government transport.

iii)              The condition contained in para 3(ii) of O.M. No.21(1) 97E-II dated 3.10.97 by which the grant of Transport Allowance to employees provided with official accommodation within one  kilometer to office or within a campus housing the place of work and residence was disallowed, has been withdrawn

iv)               In respect of those employees who opt to retain their pre-revised scales of pay, the corresponding Grade pay of the pay scale / corresponding pay scale of the post occupied on 1.1.2006 as indicated in CCS (Revised Pay) Rules 2008 would determine the allowance under these orders

 (v)  These orders will apply to all civilian employees of the Central Government.  The orders will also apply to the civilian employees paid from the defence service estimates.   In regard to Armed Forces Personnel and Railway employees, separate orders will be issued by the ministry of Defence and Ministry of Railways, respectively.

 

3. Officers drawing grade pay of Rs.10,000 & RS.12000 and those in the HAG +Scale who are entitled entitled to the use of official car in terms of O.M.No.20(5) –E-II(A) / 93 dated 28.1.94 shall be given the option to avail themselves  of the existing facility or to draw the Transport Allowance at the rate of Rs.7000 plus dearness allowance thereon.

4. In so far as the persons serving in the Indian Audit & Accounts Departments are concerned, this order issues in consultation with the Computer & Auditor General of India.

5.The order shall take effect from September 1, 2008

 

 

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