REVISION OF RATES OF DAILY ALLOWANCES ON OFFICIAL DUTY WITHIN THE COUNTRY.

 

No.F.7 (3) R-10/2023 GOP Finance Division (Regulations Wing) 6^th August. 2023

Government of Pakistan
Finance Division
(Regulations Wing)
Islamabad, August 2023

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:

REVISION OF RATES OF DAILY ALLOWANCES ON OFFICIAL DUTY WITHIN THE COUNTRY.

The President has approved a revision of the daily allowances for Government officers/officials on official duty within the country, effective from July 1, 2023. The revised rates are as follows:

BPS	Existing Ordinary Rate (Rs.)	Existing Special Rate (Rs.)	Revised Ordinary Rate (Rs.)	Revised Special Rate (Rs.)
1-4	496	800	744	1200
5-11	624	880	936	1320
12-16	1120	1440	1680	2160
17-18	2000	2560	3000	3840
19-20	2480	3280	3720	4920
21	2800	4000	4200	6000
22	2800	4800	4200	7200

Specified stations for special rates include Hyderabad, Karachi, Sukkur, Bahawalpur, DG Khan, Multan, Quetta, Sargodha, Sialkot, Lahore, Gujranwala, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Faisalabad, Peshawar, Gwadar, Northern Areas, Muzaffarabad, & Mirpur AJ&K.

• Daily Allowance is admissible only for the actual nights spent at the out-station. If absence from the headquarters exceeds four hours without an overnight stay, half of the daily allowance is allowed.
• The revised rates do not apply to the 20 fixed DAs for operational duties, which remain at the June 30, 2023, levels.
• Government servants in BPS 1-19 may stay in government guest houses or hotels (excluding five-star hotels) and claim actual room rent charges, subject to a maximum of three DAs at specified stations and one and a half DAs at non-specified stations.
• Government servants in BPS-20 and above may stay in hotels and claim room rent charges with receipts, subject to a maximum of three DAs at specified stations and one and a half DAs at non-specified stations. Where no hotel receipt is produced, the rate is equivalent to two DAs at specified stations and one DA at non-specified stations.

Supersession: The earlier instructions by the Finance Division are superseded by this Office Memorandum.

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House Rent Allowance Revision

 

Government of Pakistan Finance Division (Regulations Wing)

 

No.F.2(2)R.5/2010               Islamabad, the 2nd July, 2018

 

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

 

SUBJECT: INCREASE IN RATE OF HOUSE RENT ALLOWANCE

 

The undersigned is directed to refer to the para 7 of the Finance Division O.M No. F.1/7/Imp-11/87 dated 1st July 1987 and to state that the President has been pleased to allow the increase in the House Rent Allowance by 50% of the existing amounts of House Rent Allowance admissible to the Federal Government employees, w.e.f 1-7-2018, as under:-

 

Existing

 

45% of the minimum of Basic Pay Scale 2008

 

30% of the minimum of Basic Pay Scale 2008

 

Revised

 

Increase in the amount of House Rent Allowance @ 50% of the existing amounts being drawn.

 

Increase in the amount of House Rent Allowance @ 50% of the existing amounts being drawn.

 

2. All other existing terms and conditions regulating the House Rent Allowance will continue to apply.