1. Holiday Compensatory Allowance
2. Holiday Monetary Compensation
3. National Holiday Allowance
2. Holiday Monetary Compensation
3. National Holiday Allowance
8.6.2 Employees, who are regularly
required to work on holidays, are compensated in a variety of ways. Some, like
the employees of Delhi Police and the CISF, are granted an extra month’s pay
per year. Employees of other CAPFs are granted extra thirty days’ leave. Some
other categories of staff are paid allowances, which are dealt with in this
section. There are 3 such allowances.
Holiday Compensatory
Allowance
8.6.3 It is a compensation for
non-gazetted staff of IB who are required to perform duties on holidays and
weekends; granted at the rate of one day’s (Basic Pay + DA) for up to thirty
days in a financial year. No demands have been received regarding this
allowance.
Analysis and Recommendations
8.6.4 The Commission notes that
employees in almost all ministries/departments are, sometimes, required to
work on weekends. They are usually compensated by providing
a “compensatory off.” Thus, grant of an allowance for weekend working is
not justified.
8.6.5 At the same time, the
sensitive, and time bound nature of work done by IB should also be kept in
mind. Therefore, it is recommended that the non-gazetted staff of IB, presently
covered under Holiday Compensatory Allowance, should, henceforth, be covered by
National Holiday Allowance. They will be granted this allowance for up to
twelve holidays in a year (including the three National Holidays) at the
rates prescribed. Accordingly, Holiday Compensatory Allowance, as a
separate allowance, should be abolished.
Holiday Monetary
Compensation
8.6.6 This allowance is granted in
Department of Posts and is payable to postmen and other departmental staff who
are required to perform duty on second holiday if three consecutive holidays
occur. The existing rates are:
|
Category
|
Rate of Remuneration
|
|
Supervisor
|
₹85
Per Holiday for 4 Hours
|
|
Postal Assistant
|
₹85
Per Holiday for 4 Hours
|
|
Postmen/sorting Postmen
|
₹ 85
Per Holiday
|
|
Multi – tasking Staff
|
₹ 60
Per Holiday for 4 Hours
|
8.6.7 Demands have been received to
increase the rate of this allowance to ₹600 per holiday.
Analysis and Recommendations
8.6.8 Since the allowance is not DA
indexed, it is proposed to raise the amount to ₹200 per
holiday for Supervisors, Postal Assistants and Postmen/Sorting Postmen; and ₹150 per
holiday for Multi-tasking Staff. The rate of allowance will further increase by
25 percent each time DA increases by 50 percent.
National Holiday Allowance
8.6.9 This allowance is paid to
non-gazetted Railway employees who are rostered to work on a “National
Holiday.” The existing rates are:
|
Pay in Pay Band + Grade Pay
|
Rate
|
|
Up to ₹ 7260
|
₹ 256
per day
|
|
₹ 7261 – ₹ 9700
|
₹ 318
Per day
|
|
₹ 9701 and above (Limited to
non-Gazetted Staff)
|
₹ 420
Per day
|
8.6.10 There are demands to increase
the amount of this allowance to 1.5 x (one day’s Basic Pay + DA)
Analysis and Recommendations
8.6.11 The Commission notes that
although there are only three National Holidays, this allowance is granted
for twelve days in a year due to operational constraints. Also, the allowance
is already partially indexed to the DA. Hence, it is recommended that the amount
should be increased by 50 percent to the following:
|
Level
|
Rate of Allowance (Per day)
|
|
1 and 2
|
₹ 384
|
|
3 to 5
|
₹ 477
|
|
6 to 8 (Limited to
non-gazetted Staff)
|
₹ 630
|
8.6.12 The rate of allowance will
further increase by 25 percent each time DA rises by 50 percent.
