Relief Measures for Pensioners and Government Employees

Relief Measures for Pensioners and Government Employees

The following relief measures are proposed for Government employees and pensioners in the Budget 2022-23:

Introduction of Basic Pay Scales-2022

1. For the Federal Government employees, the Ad-hoc Relief Allowances 2016, 17,18,19 and 21 will

be merged in the Basic Pay Scales 2017 with effect from 1 July 2022, thus introducing new pay

scales i.e. BPS 2022.

Further relief measures are as follows:

2. Grant of 15% Ad-hoc Relief Allowance on the running basic pay of BPS-2017 to all Federal

Government employees with effect from 1" July 2022.

3. The existing rate of pension (i.c.10 %) allowed in March 2022 to the pensioners of Federal

Government will be enhanced to 15% with effect from 1st July 2022.

4. Executive Allowance will be granted to the officers working in Federal Secretariat in BPS 17 to 22

@150% of the basic pay, with effect from 1 July 2022 in line with that granted by all provincial

governments.

5. The Disparity Reduction Allowance 2022 @15% (already provided to BPS 1-19 in Mar 2022) will

be extended to the officers in BPS 20 to 22 on the existing terms and conditions with effect from 1*

July 2022. This is aimed at reducing disparity for senior officers such as principals, Secretariat

General's office, Meteorology

officers and officers of attached departments such as Auditor

department, Bureau of Statistics, Oceanography, Archives, different training institutes, libraries etc.

6. Conveyance allowance will be enhanced by 100% with effect from 1st July 2022.

7. Transport Allowance will be granted to the officers working in Federal Secretariat in BPS 17-19 @ Rs. 25,617 in place of Conveyance allowance with effect from 15 July 2022.

8. The existing rates of qualification pays will be enhanced by 100% with effect from 1st July 2022.

9. Orderly Allowance will be increased from Rs.17,500 to Rs. 25,000 w.e.f. 1st July 2022.

10. The existing rates of Drivers salary embedded in Transport Monetization will be enhanced to

Rs.25,000 with effect from 1st July 2022.

11. Entertainment allowance will be abolished w.e.f. 1st July 2022.

(*The merger is subject to the conditions that:

a) All the Special Pays, Special Allowances or the Allowances admissible as percentage of pay (including

Medical Allowance and House Rent Allowance but excluding those which are capped by fixing maximum

limit) and the Allowance/Special Allowance equal to one month basic pay, granted to Federal Government

employees irrespective of his/her posting in Ministry/Division/Department/Office etc. including civil

employees in BPS 1-22 of Judiciary shall stand frozen at the level of its admissibility as on 30-06-2022.

b) An additional increase of 5% and 10%, in BPS 17-20 and BPS 21-22 respectively, will be included in Ad-

hoc Relief Allowance 2019 in order to remove the expected anomalies. Upon introduction of BPS 2022 the

Ad-hoc Relief Allowances granted w.e.f. 01-07-2016, 01-07-2017, 01.07.2018, 1.07.2019 and 01-07-2021

shall cease to exist with effect from 01-07-2022.)