7th Pay Commission Transport Allowance approved by Govt–Existing Rate retained with applicable DA accepted

7th Pay Commission Transport Allowance approved by Govtโ€“ Existing Rate retained with applicable DA will be allowed

The Official press release of Govt on Cabinet decision on 7th Pay Commission Allowances indicates that fully DA-indexed allowances such as Transport Allowance were not given any raise. Allowances not indexed to DA were raised by a factor of 2.25 and the partially indexed ones by a factor of 1.5. The quantum of allowances paid as a percentage of pay was rationalised by a factor of 0.8.

Transport  Allowance  (TPTA)  is  granted  to  cover  the  expenditure  involved  in commuting between place of residence and place of duty. The existing rates are as under:

 

Employees Drawing

A1/A Class City
(โ‚น pm)

Other Places
(โ‚น pm)

GP 5400 and above 3200 + DA 1600 + DA
 

GP 4200 to GP 4800 and other employees drawing GP<4200 but pay in the pay band equivalent to โ‚น7440 and above

 

 

1600 + DA

 

 

800 + DA

GP<4200 and pay in the pay band below โ‚น7440 600 + DA 400 + DA

Transport Allowance structure recommended by 7th Pay Commission is as follows

 

Pay Level

 

Higher TPTA Cities
(โ‚น pm)

 

Other Places
(โ‚น pm)

 

9 and above

 

7200+DA

 

3600+DA

 

3 to 8

 

3600+DA

 

1800+DA

 

1 and 2

 

1350+DA

 

900+DA

 

Source: PIB