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Ajay Banerjee
New Delhi, April 21
Risk and hardship allowance to armed forces private has been revised upwards, therefore eradicating a disparity vis-a vis personnel of the Central armed police forces (CAPF’s).
The CAPF’s have been drawing increased charges of ‘risk allowance’ than the armed forces personnel posted at identical location.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh made the announcement to revise the allowance on the Army Commanders’ Conference at present to deliver it at par with what’s paid to CAPF’s.
The allowance has additionally been made admissible to NCC models, Training Centres, BRO, MES and different static models at one stage decrease as admissible to the combatant troops.
The personnel posted for Anti-Naxal Task Force (ANTF) duties with CAPF has been granted the allowance. The revised charges are relevant with retrospective impact from February 22, 2019.
Post the Pulwama terror assault on a CRPF bus in February 2019 , the danger allowance was hiked for CAPF’s. A committee was fashioned within the Ministry of Defence in March 2019 to look at the problem. The matter was shifted to the Department of Military Affairs after it was fashioned. A committee submitted its report in January 2021 and permitted by the Defence Minister in August 2021.
The proposal for parity of allowance was cleared in April 2022. The delay was primarily because of Covid contemplating the big monetary outgo.
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