7th CPC Recommendations 25% Increase Detachment Allowance

7th CPC Recommendations 25% Increase Detachment Allowance

Detachment Allowance is granted to CAPF troops deployed continuously for operational considerations in situations away from permanent HQ. The present rates are as under:

Pay in the  Pay Band	A-1 class Cities	A-class Cities and specially Expensive Localities	B-Class Cities and Specially Expensive Localities	Other Localities
>30500	780	630	510	405
15000 = Pay < 30500	690	555	450	360
12500 =Pay <15000	600	480	390	315
8000 = Pay < 12500	510	405	330	270
<8000	315	255	210	165

Presently the rates of Detachment Allowance are enhanced by 75 percent in J&K theatre. Similar enhancement has been sought in LWE theatre as well.

Defence forces have demanded that Detachment Allowance should be extended to Defence personnel also.

Analysis and Recommendations

In the present setup, CAPF personnel are entitled to choose either of the following two packages:

Detachment Allowance (Full with loss of Ration Money Allowance OR Half of Detachment Allowance with full Ration Money Allowance) + Special Duty Allowance + Special Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance

OR

Risk/Hardship Allowance + Full Ration Money Allowance

The Commission is of the view that Detachment Allowance already includes provisions for food. Hence, presenting a choice between Detachment Allowance and Ration Money Allowance is not logical. No Ration Money Allowance should be granted with Detachment Allowance. Where free rations are provided, only 50 percent of the Detachment Allowance should be granted. Since the allowance is already partially indexed to DA, the rates should be enhanced by a factor of 1.5 to the following:

Level	A-1 Class Cities	A-Class cities and specially expensive Localities	B-Class cities and specially expensive localities	Other Localities
>12	1170	945	765	608
9 to 12	1035	833	675	540
6 to 8	900	720	585	473
3 to 5	765	608	495	405

The rate of this allowance will increase by 25 percent each time the DA increases by 50 percent. The CAPF personnel will now have the following options to choose from:

Detachment Allowance + [Special Duty Allowance (as and where applicable)

OR

Tough Location Allowance (as and where applicable)]

OR

Risk and Hardship Allowance (as and where applicable) + Ration Money Allowance

The Detachment Allowance should be enhanced by 50 percent in both J&K as well as LWE theatres.

Detachment Allowance will be granted at full rate for first 10 days, at 75 percent of the full rate for next 10 days and at 50 percent of the full rate for the remaining period. The existing conditionality of return to HQ for continuation of the allowance beyond 180 days should be removed in case of CAPF personnel.

Regarding the demand for extension of the allowance to Defence personnel, the Commission is of the view that movements of Defence forces entail shifting of their Headquarters. Hence, grant of Detachment Allowance to Defence personnel cannot be considered.