Reimbursement of Briefcase allowance in the Defence Accounts Department

Reimbursement of Briefcase allowance in the Defence Accounts Department

 

CGDA

Controller General of Defence Accounts
Ulan Satar Road, Palam, Delhi Cantt- 110010

No. AN/14/14114/III/ JCM/Briefcase

Dated: 29.05.2020

IMPORTANT CIRCULAR

To
All PCsDA/CsDA/PCA (Fys)
(Through Website)

Sub : Reimbursement of Briefcase allowance in the Defence Accounts Department.

Sanction of the Ministry of Defence (Fin.) is hereby conveyed for revision of rates and entitlement for reimbursement of briefcase allowances to the Officers and Staff of DAD as follows. The revised rates/ entitlement will be effective from 01st June 2020:-

Level of Officers/ Officials (Ministry)	Level of Officers/ Officials (DAD)	Level (7th CPC)	Rates (Rs.)
Secretary/ Special Secretary	CGDA	Level-17	10000/-
Addi. Secretary & equivalent	Addl.   CGDA/   PCsDA/   PIFA and equivalent	Level-16/ 15	8000/-
Joint Secretary & equivalent	CsDA/ IFAs and equivalent	Level-14	6500/-
Director/ Dy. Secy./Sr. PPS & equivalent	Addl. CsDA/Jt. CsDA and equivalent	Level-13/ 12	5000/-
Under Secretary/ PPS & equivalent	DCsDA/ PPSs and equivalent	Level-11	4000/-
Desk Officer/ Section Officer & equivalent	ACsDA/ADs (OL)/Sr.AOs/AOs/ AAOs/SPSs and equivalent	Level-10-8	4000/-
Assistant Section Officer/ PA or equivalent	PS I Senior Translation Officer and equivalent  Staff  in the  Grade  pay Rs. 4600/- and above.	Level-7	3500/-
Senior Secretariat Assistant (SSA) I Steno or equivalent with made pay Rs. 4200 and above.	Sr. Auditor/ DEO-C/ Steno-I/ Junior Translation Officer in the Grade pay Rs. 4200/- and above.	Level-6	3500/-

2. The sanction is being conveyed within the existing budget and no additional allocation would be made on this account.

3. The officers/ staff entitled for Briefcase allowance can purchase briefcase/ office bag/ ladies purses of their own choice from any private/ public outlet. However, the reimbursement shall be restricted to the above mentioned ceiling limits.

Also read: Briefcase Allowance of 7th Pay commission

4. The reimbursement for briefcase allowance shall be made to the entitled officers/ staff on joining the Department or on completion of three years from the date of issue of earlier one.

Sd/-
(Rajeev Ranjan Kumar)
Dy. CGDA (AN)

Briefcase Allowance of 7th Paycommission

Briefcase Allowance of 7th Pay Commission

8.17.5 Certain categories of Central Government employees are entitled to reimbursement of expenditure incurred on purchase of briefcase/official bag/ladies’ purse as per the following provisions:

Pay Band/GP	Ceiling (Rs.)
Apex	10000
HAG, HAG+	8000
GP 10000	6500
GP 7600 to GP 8700	5000
GP 4800 to GP 6600	4000
GP 4200 to GP 4600	3500

8.17.6 The periodicity of reimbursement is restricted to once in three years. No demands have been received regarding this allowance.

Analysis and Recommendations

8.17.7 The Commission is of the view that the present rates are adequate However, the ceiling shall further increase by 25 percent each time DA increases by 50 percent

Source: 7cpc.india.gov.in