Regulation of Dress Allowance Payment and Rate for Armed Forces Personnel
The Ministry of Defence, Department of Military Affairs, has issued a letter regarding the regulation of payment of Dress Allowance to Armed Forces personnel who join service after 1st July of a year. The letter specifies the rate of Dress allowance for such personnel.
1(4)12019/D(Pay/Services)
Ministry of Defence
Department of Military Affairs
D(Pay/Services)
New Delhi,
dated: 24th May, 2023
To
The Chief of the Army Staff
The Chief of the Naval Staff
The Chief of the Air Staff
Subject: Regulation of payment of Dress Allowance to the Armed Forces personnel joining service after 1st July of a year — regarding.
- In continuation of this Ministry’s letter no. 1(4)/2019-D(Pay/Services) dated 01.09.2022 on the above subject, the Govt has decided that the rate of Dress allowance in respect of Armed Forces personnel joining service after 1st July of a year, shall be as follows:
(a) Rate of Dress allowance:
| Sl.No | Category of AFP | Rate per annum (in Rs.) |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Officers | 20,000/- |
| 2. | MNS Officers | 15,000/- |
| 3. | JCOS/OR | 10,000/- |
(b) The amount of Dress Allowance shall be credited to Armed Forces personnel’s account directly in the month of July. The disbursement of the payment of Dress Allowance has been explained below with an example:
- Formula for proportionate payment of Dress Allowance is:-
Amount/12*No.of month (Date of commission in case of Officer/MNS Officers or from date of reporting to units in case of JCOs/OR till month of June of the following years)
- These orders shall be effective from date of issue of this letter.
- This issues with the conccurrence of Finance Division of this Ministry vide their I.D.No.110/AG/PD/2023 date 22/05/2023 of RF No. 2(7)2017-AG/PD
Yours faithfully,
(T.Jhonson)
GP Capt
Director (Pay/Services)
Opportunity for revision of Option to come over to revised Pay Structure.
No.1 (4)/2021/D (Pay/Services)
Government of India
Ministry of Defence
New Delhi Dated:-23.05.2023
To,
The Chief of the Army Staff
The Chief of the Naval Staff
The Chief of the Air Staff
Subject:- Pay Rules/Regulations, 2017 for Army/Navy/ Air Force officers, MNS, JCOs/OR & equivalent- Opportunity for revision of Option to come over to revised Pay Structure.
Sir,
I am directed to refer to Rules 5 & 6 of Pay Rules/Regulations 2017 for Defence Personnel regarding exercise of option to come over to the revised pay structure effective from 01.01.2016 as notified by the Pay Rules/Regulations for Defence personnel and to state that the said option was to be exercised within one hundred and eighty days from the date of the notification i.e. 03.05.2017, 30.06.2017(for NCs(E)) and 14.07.2017 (for MNS), of the said Rules. In this regard vide MoD letter No. 1(29)/2017/D (Pay /Services) dated 06 Aug 2019 an opportunity to revise the option to come over to revised pay structure was provided. The following Pay Rules/Regulations, 2017 have been issued for Defence Personnel:-
(a) Army Officers Pay Rules, 2017.
(b) Navy Officers Pay Regulations, 2017.
(c) Air Force Officers Pay Rules, 2017.
(d) Military Nursing Service Pay Rules, 2017
(e) Army Pay Rules, 2017.
(f) Navy Pay Regulations, 2017.
(g) Air Force Pay Rules, 2017.
(h) NCs (E) of Air Force Rules-2017.
2. Personnel of Army/Navy/Air Force/MNS/NCs(E) who were promoted/financially upgraded between 01.01.2016 and the date of Notification of Pay Rules by this Ministry i.e. 03.05.2017 and who have been requesting for re-exercising of option to switch over to the 7th CPC structure shall be permitted to re-exercise their option in terms of Rules 5 & 6 thereof. The revised option shall be exercised within a period of one hundred and eighty days from the date of issue of this letter. The option exercised in terms of these orders shall be final and shall not be liable to any further change under any circumstances. All other terms and conditions laid down in the said Rules 5 & 6 of Pay Rules/Regulations 2017 shall continue to be applicable.
3. The personnel covered under this letter may also be given opportunity to revise option for fixation of pay as per provision of FR22(!)(a)(l).
4. The other conditions contained in MoF(DoE) OM No. dated 31.07.2018 and 28.11.2019 as adopted by this Ministry, may be duly followed.
5. This issues with the approval of Ministry of Finance vide their ID No. 03-04 /2022- E.111A dated 0 9.0 5.2 0 2 3 and concurrence of Defence(Finance) vide their ID Note No. 1(8)2017-AG/PA/85-PA/Part-1 dated 15.05.2023.
Yours faithfully
(Laxmi Balasubramanian)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India.