25% increase in Allowances whenever DA goes up by 50%

25% increase in Allowances whenever DA goes up by 50% – Whether Separate Orders Needed ?

As per the recommendations of Sixth Pay Commission Report, Government included a clause while granting / revising certain allowances such as Children Education Allowance, Travelling Allowance, Conveyance Allowance, Cash handling allowance, Risk Allowance, Bad Climate Allowance, Hill Area Allowance, Remote Locality Allowance, Tribal Area Allowances etc to the etc that whenever Dearness Allowance applicable to Central Government employees goes up by 50%, these allowances would be automatically increased by 25%.

We are getting repeated queries from readers whether any Separate orders will be issued by Government for increasing Allowance by 25% which are linked with increase in DA, since Dearness Allowance has gone up by 50% for the second time now. We are of the opinion that there is no need for Separate orders for increasing these Allowances by 25% as Office Memorandums / Orders relating to these Allowances have the clause “whenever Dearness Allowance applicable to Central Government employees  goes up by 50%, these allowances would be automatically increased by 25%”

The following Table provides the quantum of increase in Allowances linked with increase in DA

Name of the Allowances & Advances	Original Allowance as per 6CPC	Existing amount of Allowance after DA increases by 50%	Revised Allowances per month if DA increases by 100%
Children Education Allowance	Rs.1000	Rs.1250	Rs. 1500
Hostel SubsidyAllowance	Rs.3,000	Rs.3,750	Rs. 4500
Special Compensatory Hill Area Allowance	Rs.600 / Rs.480	Rs.750 / Rs.600	Rs. 900 / 720
Special Compensatory Scheduled / Tribal Area Allowance	Rs.400 / Rs.240	Rs.500 / Rs.300	Rs. 600 / 450
Project Allowance	Rs.1,500 / Rs.1,000	Rs.1,875 /Rs.1,250	Rs. 2250 / 1500
Speical Compensatory (Remote Locality)Allowance	Rs.2,600 /Rs.2,100 /Rs.1,500 /Rs.400	Rs. 3,250 /Rs.2,625 /Rs.1,875 / Rs.500	Rs. 3900 / 3150 / 2250 / 600
Cycle Maintenance Allowance	Rs.60 (Per month)	Rs.75 (Per month)	Rs.90
Mileage for road journey/all components of daily allowance on tour/reimbursement for transfer of personal effects	Rs.500 / Rs.300 / Rs.200 / Rs.150 / Rs.100	Rs.625 / Rs.375 / Rs.250 / Rs.190 / Rs.125 (TA for personal effects-Rs.22.50 per km / Rs. 11.25 per km / Rs.6.90 per km)	Rs.555 / 450 / 300 / 225 / 150(TA for personal Effects – Rs. 27 per km / 13.50 per km / 6.90 per km)
Rates of Fixed Conveyance Allowance under SR-25 (Motor Car)	Rs.1,120 / Rs.1,680 / Rs.2,070 / Rs.2,430 / Rs.3,000	Rs.1,400 / Rs.2,100 / Rs.2,590 / Rs.3,040 / Rs.3,750	Rs.1680 / 2520 / 3105 / 3645 / 4500
Rates of Fixed Conveyance Allowance under SR-25 (Other modes)	Rs.370 / Rs.480 / Rs.640 / Rs.750 / Rs.850	Rs. 470 / Rs.600 / Rs.800 / Rs.940 / Rs.1,070	Rs.555 / 720 / 960 / 1125 / 1275
Washing Allowance	Rs.60	Rs.75	Rs.90
Split Duty Allowance	Rs.200	Rs.250	Rs.300
Spl. Allowance for Child Care for Women with Disabilities and Education Allowance for disabled children	Rs.1,000 per month	Rs.1,250 per month	Rs.1500
Cash Handling Allowance	Rs.600 / Rs.500 / Rs.400 / Rs.300 / Rs.150	Rs.750 / Rs.625 / Rs.500 / Rs.375 / Rs.190	Rs.900 / 750 / 600 / 450 / 225
Risk Allowance	DOPT 21012/1/2008-Estt.(Allowance)	12.3.2009	To be announced
Postgraduate Allowance	Rs.1,000 / Rs.600	Rs.1,250 / Rs.750	Rs. 1500 / 900
Desk Allowance	Rs.600	Rs.750	Rs.900
Bad Climate Allowance	Rs.400 / Rs.240	Rs.500 / Rs.300	Rs.600 / 360
Advances for purchase of Bicycle	Rs.3,000	Rs.3,750	Rs.4500
Advances for purchase of Warm clothing	Rs.3,000	Rs.3,750	Rs.4500
Festival Advance	Rs.3,000	Rs.3,750	Rs.4500
Natural Calamity Advance	Rs.3,000	Rs.3,750	Rs.4500

Read the following Orders / Office Memorandums in respect of Allowances linked with increase in DA