7th Pay Commission Report Island Special Duty Allowance
7th Pay Commission Report for other Allowance of Island Special Duty Allowance Retained.Rationalized by a factor of 0.8.
ISDA is granted to Central Government employees on their posting to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep. The existing structure of this allowance is as under:
Areas around capital towns (Port Blair in A&N islands, Kavaratti and Agatti in Lakshadweep) |
12.5% of Basic Pay |
Difficult Areas (North and Middle Adaman, South Andaman excluding Port Blair, entire Lakshadweep except Kavaratii, Agatti and Minicoy) |
20% of Basic Pay |
More Difficult Areas (Little Andaman, Nicobar group of Islands, Narcondum Islands, East Islands and Minicoy) |
25% of Basic Pay |
There are demands to increase the rate of ISDA.
Analysis and Recommendations
In line with our recommendations on percentage based allowances, ISDA should be rationalized by a factor of 0.8 to 10 percent, 16 percent and 20 percent of Basic Pay respectively.
Source: 7th CPC Report