Govt extends by 1 year incentives for employees working in J&K

Special concessions and incentives including departmental arrangements for stay, security and transportation to the place of work for central government employees working in Jammu and Kashmir have been extended by a year, till December 2015.
The concessions include an option for employees to move their families to a selected place of their choice in the country at government expenses. They also include departmental arrangements for stay, security and transportation to the place of work for employees, an order issued by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said.
The DoPT has increased per day allowance given for messing facility for the current year.

The per diem allowance of Rs 10 paid for each day of attendance to compensate for any additional expense in transportation to and from office etc is raised to Rs 50. Messing allowance of Rs 15 and Rs 25.50 is revised at par with rates of ration money given to central armed police forces personnel i.E. Rs. 85.96, it said.
"Pensioners of Kashmir Valley who are unable to draw their monthly pensions through either public sector banks or Pay and Accounts Officer (PAO) treasuries from which they were receiving their pensions, would be given pensions outside the Valley where they have settled, in relaxation of relevant provisions," the order said.

The package of concession is admissible only in the Valley consisting of 10 districts -- Anantnag, Baramulla, Budgam, Kupwara, Pulwama, Srinagar, Kulgam, Shopian, Ganderbal and Bandipora.
"The package of incentives is uniformly applicable to all ministries or departments and public sector undertakings under the government of India and they should ensure strict adherence to the rates prescribed in the package," it said.