Grant of Interim Relief to the Central Government employees
F.No.7(23)/E.III/96
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
New Delhi, dated the 6th September, 1996.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Grant of Interim Relief to the Central Government employees.
The undersigned is directed to invite attention to this ministry’s office memorandum No.7(51)/E-III/95 dated 14th July, 1995 on the above subject and to say that the fifth central pay commission in their third interim report have recommended a further instalment of interim relief at the rate of 10% of the basic pay of the employees subject to a minimum of Rs.100/- per month with effect from 1stApril, 1996.
2. The Government have accepted the above recommendation of the pay commission. Accordingly, the president is pleased to sanction another instalment of Interim Relief at the rare of 10% of the basic pay {Pay as defined under F.R.9(21)(a)(i)} subject to a minimum of Rs.100/- per month, to be fully adjusted against and subsumed in the package that may become admissible on acceptance of commission’s final recommendations, to all central government employees with effect from 1st April, 1996
3. The amount of Interim Relief will be sui generis viz. it will neither be termed as “pay” nor “allowance” nor wage. Accordingly, this amount will not count for any service benefit i.e. computation of house rent Allowance, compensatory Allowances, Overtime Allowance, Cash Compensation, Encashment of Leave, pay Fixation, Pension or gratuity, etc. etc.
a. The provisions of this Office Memorandum will also apply to the employees of the Union Territories.
b. In so far as the officers serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders issue after consultation with the comptroller and auditor General of India.
4. Hindi version of this Office Memorandum is attached.
Sd/-
(D.SWARUP)
Joint Secretary to the Government of India
Source: http://finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_expenditure/notification/inerimrelief/06-09-1996.pdf