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Grant of Transport Allowance to Central Government employees

Grant of Transport Allowance to Central Government employees
Finance Ministry has issued an OM revising the Grant of Transport Allowance to Central Government Employees with effect from 01.04.2015. Grade pay wise / city wise admissible Transport Allowance is given below.
No.21(2)/2015-E.ll (B) 

Government of India 
Ministry of Finance 
Department of Expenditure
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New Delhi, the 5th August, 2015
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:- Grant of Transport Allowance to Central Government employees.
Reference is invited to Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure O.M. No. 21(2)/2008-E.11(8) dated 29th August, 2008 regarding: grant of Transport Allowance to Central Government employees, consequent upon implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission (6th CPC).
2. The Government has since considered the re-classification of cities/towns/localities as per Census-2011 (population criteria) for the purpose of Transport Allowance, Accordingly, the President is pleased to decidethe revised classification of cities, towns and localities, for the purpose of grant of Transport
Allowance at higher rates to Central Government employees, as per Annexure-I.
Therefore, the table below para ‘1’ of O.M. dated 29.08.2008 stands partially modified as under:-
Employees drawing Grade Pay of
Rates of Transport Allowance of admissible per month
Cities classified as per Annexure-1
All cities, towns and localities,other than thoseincluded in
Annexure-I
Grade Pay of Rs.5400– and above
Rs.3200/- plus Dearness Allowance thereon
Rs.1600/- plus Dearness Allowance thereon
Grade Pay of 4200/-, Rs.4600/- and Rs.4800/-
Rs.1600/- plus Dearness Allowance thereon
Rs.800/- plus Dearness Allowance thereon
Those drawing Grade pay below Rs.4200 put drawing pay in pay band equivalent to Rs.4401-and
above
Grade pay below Rs.4200 and pay in pay band below Rs.7440/-
Rs.600/- plus Dearness Allowance thereon
Rs.400/- plus Dearness Allowance thereon
3.  The revised classification of cities/towns/localities for the purpose of grant of Transport Allowance shall take effect from 1st April, 2015.
4. The orders will apply to all civilian employees of the Central Government. The orders will also be applicable to the civilian employees paid from the Defence Services Estimates. In respect of Armed Forces personnel and Railway employees, separate orders will be issued by the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Railways, respectively.
5. All other conditions mentioned in Department of Expenditure O.M. No.21(2)/2008-E.II(B) dated 29.08.2008 shall remained unchanged.
6. In so far as the persons working in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, this Order issues in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. ·
7. Hindi version is attached.
(Subhash Chand)
Director
ANNEXURE-I
LIST OF CITIES AND TOWNS ELIGIBLE FOR HIGHER RATES OF TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE ON RE-CLASSIFICATION OF CITIES/TOWNS AS PER CENSUS-2011
(WITH EFFECT FROM 1st APRIL, 2015)
Sl.No.
NAME OF THE STATE/UNION TERRITORIES
NAME OF THE CITY/TOWN
(i)
ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
(ii)
ANDHRA PRADESH/TELANGANA
Hyderabad(UA)
(iii)
ARUNACHALPRADESH
(iv)
ASSAM
(v)
BIHAR
Patna(UA)
(vi)
CHANDIGARH
(vii)
CHHATTISGARH
(viii)
DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI
(ix)
DAMAN & DIU
(x)
DELHI
Delhi(UA)
(xi)
GOA
(xii)
GUJARAT
Ahmadabad(UA); Surat(UA)
(xiii)
HARYANA
(xiv)
HIMACHAL PRADESH
(xv)
JAMMU AND KASHMIR
(xvi)
JHARKHAND
(xvii)
KARNATAKA
Bangalore/Bengaluru(UA)
(xviii)
KERALA
Kochi(UA); Kozhikode(UA)
(xix)
LAKSHWADEEP ISLANDS
(xx)
MADHYA PRADESH
Indore(UA)
(xxi)
MAHARASHTRA
Greater Mumbai(UA); Nagpur(UA); Pune(UA)
(xxii)
MANIPUR
 (xxiii)
MEGHALAYA
(xxiv)
MIZORAM
(xxv)
NAGALAND
(xxvi)
ODISHA
(xxvii)
PUDUCHERRY (PONDICHERRY)
(xxviii)
PUNJAB
(xxix)
RAJASTHAN
Jaipur(UA)
(xxx)
SIKKIM
(xxxi)
TAMILNADU
Chennai(UA); Coimbatore(UA);
(xxxii)
TRIPURA
(xxxiii)
UTTAR PRADESH
Ghaziabad(UA); Kanpur(UA); Lucknow(UA)
(xxxiv)
UTTARAKHAND
(xxxv)
WEST BENGAL
Kolkata(UA)























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