ISLAMABAD, June 7: The federal government has increased the house rent allowance for civil and military officials by 134 per cent and medical and conveyance allowance by 100 per cent.
The increase has taken place owing to a 15 per cent raise in their basic pay-scales. These allowances had been frozen in 1991 but have now been fixed on the basis of new pay-scales.
With these revisions, the salaries of civil servants have increased in the range of 22.7 per cent to 29.4 per cent. The salaries of military officials have gone up in the range of 15 per cent to 35.4 per cent.
CIVIL SERVANTS: On the basis of 134 per cent increase, the house rent (in 14 big cities) of scales 1, 2 and 3 has gone up to Rs969, Rs990 and Rs1024 per month. The rent of scales 4, 5 and 6 have increased to Rs1,055, Rs1,087 and Rs1,118 per month. Similarly, the house rent of BPS 7, 8 and 9 has gone up to Rs1150, Rs1,195 and Rs1,247 respectively.
The house rent of BPS-10, 11 and 12 has been increased to Rs1,289, Rs1,341 and Rs1,420, for BPS 13, 14 and 15 to Rs1,514, Rs1,604 and Rs1,701 for BPS-16 to Rs1,969, BPS 17 to Rs3,213, BPS- 18 to Rs4,210, BPS 19 to Rs6,417, BPS 20 to Rs7,612, BPS 21 to Rs8,438 and BPS 22 to Rs9,025. The house rent for civil servants in other cities from 1-22 is in the order of Rs645, 660, 683, 704, 725, 746, 767, 797, 831, 860, 894, 947, 1,010, 1,070, 1,134, 1,313, 2,142, 2,807, 4,278, 5,075, 5,625 and 6,017.
The conveyance allowance for both civil and defence employees has increased by 100 per cent. For BPS 1-4, the allowance will be Rs340, Rs460 for BPS 5-10, Rs680 for 11-15 and Rs1,240 for 16-20.
The medical allowance for civil servants from BPS 1-16 has been incresed from Rs210 to Rs425 per month.
DEFENCE OFFICIALS: In the progressive order, the house rent for non-commissioned servants is Rs592, Rs900, Rs900, Rs1142, Rs1142, Rs1704, Rs1704 and Rs1704.
For defence officers, cadets would get Rs3,213, Rs4,210, for majors, Rs6,417 for Lt-Col and colonel, Rs7,612 for brigadiers, Rs8,438 for major-generals and Rs9,025 for generals in 14 big cities. In other cities, their house rents would range between Rs2,142 and Rs6,017.
In the officers category, cadets will get Rs7,142, second lieutenant Rs11,663, lieutenant Rs16,485, Captain Rs23,328, major Rs29,937, Lt-Col Rs36,313, brigadier Rs37,349, Major-Gen Rs42,295 and Lt-Gen Rs45,177.
The defence recruit (Z-1) will now get Rs30,99, recruit-2 will get Rs4,140, NCSE-3 will get Rs5,314, sepoy Rs6,488, L-naik Rs6744, naik Rs7,580, havildar Rs8,034, N-subedar Rs10567, subedar Rs11,251, Sub-Tech Rs11,953 and sub-major Rs15878.
