7th Pay Commission Report Special Incident/Investigation/Security Allowance

7th Pay Commission Report Special Incident/Investigation/Security Allowance

7th Pay Commission Report for Special Incident/Investigation/Security Allowance of Retained. Rationalized by a factor of o.8

This allowance is provided to personnel of special security forces, both as compensation for risk and hardship as well as an incentive to attract talent. The present structure of these allowances is as under:

Granted to personnel of	Present Rate
SPG (Operational Staff)	50% of (BP+DA)
SPG (Non-Operational Staff)	25% of (BP+DA)
NSG	25% of (BP+DA)
NIA (Executive Staff)	25% of (BP+DA)
NIA (Non-Executive Staff)	15% of (BP+DA)
CBI (Officers up to the level of SP)	25% of BP
CBI (Officers of the rank DIG and above)	15% of BP
CBI (Non-Executive Cadres)	15% of BP
IB	15% of BP
RAF of CRPF	10% of BP

There are demands to rationalize the entire structure of this allowance. A proposal for extending this allowance at the rate of 25 percent of Basic+DA to personnel of Parliament Duty Group has also been forwarded to the Commission by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Analysis and Recommendations

The Commission notes that these allowances were started at different points in time. There are varying rates that need to be rationalized. After due discussions with various stakeholders, the following structure of Special Security Allowances is recommended:

Granted to personnel of	Recommended Rate
NSG	40% of Basic Pay
SPG (Operational Staff)
SPG (Non – Operational Staff)
IB	20% of Basic Pay
CBI
NIA
Parliament Duty Group (PDG)
RAF (CRPF)	10% of Basic Pay

The rationalized structure will be applicable only to those employees who were already in receipt of the allowance, except in case of PDG employees. No new categories of staff in other organizations may be made eligible for the grant of this allowance based on these recommendations. No Deputation (Duty) Allowance will be applicable along with this allowance.

Source: 7th CPC Report