Monday 30 September 2013

Special pay allowance for sportspersons posted in different Central Government offices has been revised,

Special pay allowance for sportspersons revised

Chandigarh, September 29
The special pay allowance for sportspersons posted in different Central Government offices has been revised, benefiting hundreds of them. The allowance had not been revised since 2006.

 The previous allowance was Rs 50, 100 and 150 per month as per the pay scale, which has now been revised to Rs 210 to Rs 1,000 per month depending on the pay scale. The Special Pay allowance is given to the winning and the runnersup team in the Civil Services Tournament. Informing this, Tejinder Pal, team manager of the Punjab AG hockey team, said the allowance had been revised after they took up the issue with local MP Pawan Kumar Bansal who too
k up the matter with the Centre. — TNS

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