ISLAMABAD: The finance division has notified grant of disparity reduction allowance at 25 percent of the basic pay to the civil employees in BS-1-19 of the federal government.
Sources on Friday said that the finance division had issued a notification for the approval of the Federal Government for grant of Disparity Reduction Allowance at 25percent of the basic pay of Basic Pay Scales 2017 with effect from March 01, 2021.
This allowance shall be admissible to civil employees in BPS 1-19 of the Federal Government, (including employees of the Federal Secretariat and attached departments), who have never been allowed additional allowance/allowances equal to or more than 100 percent of the basic pay (whether frozen or not) or performance allowance subject to the following conditions:
- a) This Allowance will not be admissible to the employees of the organizations as mentioned in Annexure-I and those employees who are drawing additional allowance/allowances equal to or more than 100 percent of the basic pay whether frozen or otherwise);
- b) This allowance will be frozen at the level drawn on March 01, 2021
- c) This Allowance will be subject to Income Tax;
- d) This Allowance will be admissible during leave and entire period of L.P.R. except during extra ordinary leave;
- e) This Allowance will not be treated as part of emoluments for the purpose of calculation of Pension/Gratuity and recovery of House Rent;
- f) This Allowance will not be admissible to the employees during the tenure of their posting/deputation abroad;
- g) This Allowance will be admissible to the employees on their repatriation from posting/deputation abroad at the rate and amount which would have been admissible to them, had they not been posted abroad;
- h) This Allowance will be admissible during the period of suspension;
- i) The term “Basic Pay” will also include the amount of Personal Pay granted on account of annual increment (s) beyond the maximum of the existing pay scales.
Annexure-I
Following is the List of organizations/Employees drawing Extra Allowances
- President/ PM Secretariat
- Federal Board of Revenue
- Health personnel/ Health establishments
- National Accountability Bureau (NAB)
- All Superior Courts
- Law & Justice Commission of Pakistan
- Islamabad Capital Territory Police
- National Highways & Motorways Police
- Islamabad Model Traffic Police
- Airport Security Force
- Civil Armed Forces
- Intelligence Bureau
- Inter Services Intelligence
- Federal Investigation Agency
- National Highways & Motorways Police
- National Assembly
- Senate Secretariat
- Parliamentary Affairs Division
- District Population Welfare Office
- Clinical Regional Training Institute
- Directorate General of Special Education
- National Institute of Rehabilitative Medicines
- National Institute of Special Education
- Rehabilitation Centre for Children with Development Disorders Islamabad
- National Council for Rehabilitation
- National Braille Press Islamabad
- Rehabilitation Unit Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment of Disabled persons Islamabad
- National Mobility & Independence Training Centre
- National Training Centre for Special Persons G-9/2 Islamabad
- Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment of Disabled persons SC-1 Islamabad
- Provision of Hostel facilities at NSEC VHC Islamabad
- National Special Education Centre for PHC Islamabad
- National Special Education Centre
- National Library & Resource Centre Islamabad
- National Trust for the Disabled
- Common Unit to Manage Global Fund
- Federal Services Tribunal
- Central Health Establishment and its Field Offices
- Federal Tax Ombudsman
- Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue
- Customs Excise and Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal
- Environmental Protection Tribunal
- Accountability Courts
- Special Judge (Customs Taxation & Anti Smuggling)
- Special Judge (Central)
- Banking Courts
- Special Courts (Control of Narcotics Substance)
- Special Court (Offence in Banks)
- Special Court (Anti Terrorism)
- Competition Appellate Tribunal
- Intellectual Property Tribunal
- Drug Courts
- Anti Dumping Appellate Tribunal
- Senior Civil Judge West Islamabad
- Senior Civil Judge East Islamabad
- District & Session Judge West Islamabad
- District & Session Judge East Islamabad
- The civilian employees of PAF who are drawing additional allowance as allowed vide Finance Division’s U.O. note bearing No.F.1(7) imp/2009-705, dated 19-12-2012.