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

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

Special Incident / Investigation / Security Allowance (Para 8.17.121-122)

Existing Provisions: 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, as under:

Recommendations of 7th CPC: The following structure of Special Security Allowances is recommended:

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.

The Commission has also recommended Special Security Allowance @20% of Basic Pay to R&AW.

Demands:

I. Special Protection Group (SPG): There is a need to enhance the existing formula and rate of the Special Security Allowance be revised to 60% and 30% plus DA thereon for Ops and Non-Ops categories respectively.

II. Department of Revenue: Special Incentive / Security Allowance may be given to Enforcement Directorate, Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), India, DRI at par with the CBI.

III. Chairman, NTRO: Special Allowance of 15% of the Basic Pay is granted to NTRO employees since its inception. However, 7th CPC has made no recommendations regarding NTRO. Therefore, SSA should be granted to NTRO and be enhanced from 15% to 20%.

IV. National Disaster Response Force: NDRF allowance to personnel of NDRF at par with SPG, NSG and IB.

V. Intelligence Bureau: Special Security Allowance be allowed @25% of Basic Pay + DA.

Analysis and Recommendations of the Committee:
The Committee notes that the 7th CPC has recommended that no new categories of staff in other organizations may be made eligible for the grant of this allowance based on these recommendations.

The Committee also notes that this allowance has been granted to Enforcement Directorate as an ad – hoc measure with the approval of Department of Expenditure pending recommendations of the 7th CPC. Further, the Department of Revenue has sent the file that DRI and FIU (India) also be allowed this allowance at par with ED. The 7th CPC, in Para 11.18.109 of the Report, has recommended that Department of Revenue should assess the risk profile of the officials of the ED at various levels and thereafter make a case to Ministry of Finance for grant of Risk and Hardship Allowance, if any, as per appropriate cell.

It has been brought to the notice of the Committee that employees of National Technical Research Organization (NTRO) have been getting this allowance but have not been mentioned in the Report.

Therefore, it is recommended that:

(i) The Department of Revenue should assess the risk profile of the officials of the ED at various levels and thereafter make a case to Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance for grant of Risk and Hardship allowance, if any, as per appropriate cell. In the meantime and taking into consideration the fact that the 7 th CPC has not recommended this allowance for ED, it may be withdrawn as it was approved as an ad-hoc measure by the Department of Expenditure and was to the recommendations of the 7th CPC in this regard.

(ii) Officers / Officials of NTRO be allowed this allowance @20% of Basic Pay only as they appear to have been inadvertently left out from the list.

The additional financial implication on account of the changes proposed by the Committee is estimated to be ₹ 1.25 crore per annum and will benefit approximately 1081 personnel of NTRO.