Allowances Covered
1. Holiday Compensatory Allowance
2. Holiday Monetary Compensation
3. National Holiday Allowance
1. Holiday Compensatory Allowance
2. Holiday Monetary Compensation
3. National Holiday Allowance
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.
1. Holiday Compensatory Allowance
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
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.
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.
[Government
Decision on Holiday Compensatory Allowance: Abolished as a separate
allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by National Holiday
Allowance. Not to be subsumed and retained as a separate allowance.
Existing system to continue in Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Research and
Analysis Wing (RAW)]
2. Holiday Monetary Compensation
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 |
Demands have been received to increase the rate of this allowance to ₹600 per holiday.
Analysis and Recommendations
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.
[Government Decision on Holiday Monetary Compensation: Retained. Rationalized. Accepted ]
3. National Holiday Allowance
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 |
There are demands to increase the amount of this allowance to 1.5 x (one day’s Basic Pay + DA)
Analysis and Recommendations
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 |
The rate of allowance will further increase by 25 percent each time DA rises by 50 percent.
