GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTANFINANCE DIVISION(Regulations Wing)

F.No.1 4(1 )R-3/2021 - 90 lslamabad, the 3d March, 2021

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- GRANT OF DISPARITY REDUCTION ALLOWANCE

The undersigned is directed to convey the approval of the Federal

Government for grant of Disparity Reduction Allowance @ 25o/o ol the basic pay of

Basic Pay Scales 2017 w.e.f. 1d March 2021. This allowance shall be admissible to

civil employees in BPS 1-19 of the Federal Government, (including employees of the

Federal Secretariat and attached departments), who have never been allowed

additional allowance/allowances equal to or more than 1 00% of the basic pay

(whether frozen or not) or performance allowance subject to the following conditions:

a) This Allowance will not be admissible to the employees of the organizationsas mentioned in AnnexureJ and those employees who are drawingadditional allowance/allowances equal to or more than 100% of the basicpay(whether frozen or otheMise);

b) This allowance will be frozen at the level drawn on 1"t March 2021c) This Allowance will be subject to lncome Tax;d) This Allowance will be admissible during leave and enlire period of L.P.R.

except during extra ordinary leave;e) This Allowance will not be treated as part of emoluments for the purpose of

calculation of Pension/Gratuity and recovery of House Rent;f) This Allowance will not be admissible to the employees during the lenure of

their posting/deputatlon abroad;g) This Allowance will be admissible to the employees on their repatriation from

posting/deputation abroad at the rate and amount which would have beenadmissible to them, had they not been posted abroad;

h) This Allowance will be admissible during lhe period of suspension;i) The term "Basic Pay" will also include the amount of Personal Pay granted on

account of annual increment (s) beyond the maximum of the existing payscales.

2. All the Principal Accounting Officers and Heads of the departments

are requested to ensure the compliance of this O.M in letter and spirit.

3. Any issues arising out of the implementation of Disparity Reduction

Allowance will be resolved by a committee notilied vide Finance Division

O.M.No.F.14(1)R-312021- 91 dated 3'd March 2021

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ALL MINISTRIES/DIVISIONS/DEPARTMENTS

Web Adminisfator, Finance Division, lslamabad

(Muhammad Shahid Ahmed Ch.)Deputy Secretary (R-l)

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Presidenf s Secretariat (Public), lslamabad.President's Secretariat (Personal), lslamabad.Prime Minister's Office (Public), lslamabad.Prime Ministeds Office (lnternal), lslamabad.National Assembly Secretariat, lslamabad.Senate Secretariat, lslamabad.Election Commission of Pakistan, lslamabad.Supreme Court of Pakistan, lslamabad.Federal Shariat Court, lslamabad.Auditor General of Pakistan, lslamabad.Controller General of Accounts, lslamabad.AGPR, lslamabad/Lahore/Peshawar/Karachi/Quetta.Military Accountant General, Rawalpindi.All JS(expenditure / DS Expenditure) attached to Ministries/Divisions etc and all officers of Finance Division.Chief Accounts Officer, M/o Foreign Affairs, lslamabad.All Chief Secretaries/Finance Secretaries of the Government ofPunjab/Sindh/Khyber Pakhtunkhwa/Balochistan/Azad State ofJammu & Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan with the recommendation toconsider adopting the proposed disparity allowance for theiremployees to be funded from provinces own resources.Federal Public Service Commission, F-5/1, Agha Khan Road,lslamabad.Secretary, Wafaqi Mohtasib (Ombudsman)'s Secretariat,lslamabad.Central Directorate of National Savings, lslamabad.National Accountability Bureau, lslamabad.lntelligence Bureau, lslamabad.Pakistan Mint, Lahore.Dte.Gen, Pakistan Post, lslamabad.Secretariat Training lnstitute, lslamabad.Directorate General of lnspection & Training, Customs & CentralExcise, 8th Floor, New Customs House, Karachi.

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Sr. No. List of Organizations/Employees drawin g Extra Allowances

1 PresidenV PM Secretariat

2 Federal Board of Revenue

3 Health personnel/ Health establishments

4 National Accountability Bureau (NAB)

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Law & Justice Commission of Pakistano

7 lslamabad Capital Territory Police

National Highways & Motorways Police

I lslamabad Model Traffic Police

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11 Civil Armed Forces

12 lntelligence Bureau

13 lnter Services lntelligence

Federal lnvestigation Agency

15 National Highways & Motorways Police

'16 National Assembly

17 Senate Secretariat

18 Parliamentary Affairs Division

19 District Population Welfare Office

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21 Directorate General of Special Education

22 National lnstitute of Rehabilitative Medicines

23 National lnstitute of Special Education

24 Rehabilitation Centre for Children with Development Disorders lslamabad

25 National Council for Rehabilitation

26 National Braille Press lslamabad

27 Rehabilitation Unit Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment of Disabled persons lbd.

28 National Mobility & lndependence Training Centre

29 National Training Centre for Special Persons G-9/2 lslamabad

30 Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment of Disabled persons SC-1 lbd

31 Provision of Hostel facilities at NSEC VHC lslamabad

5Z National Special Education Centre for PHC l),layabad

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All Superior Courts

Airport Security Force

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Clinical Regional Training lnstitute

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JJ National Special Education Centre

34 National Library & Resource Centre lslamabad

35 National Trust for the Disabled

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38 Central Health Establishment and its Field Offices

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40 Appellate Tribunal lnland Revenue

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42 Environmental Protection Tribunal

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44 Special Judge (Customs Taxation & Anti Smuggling)

45 Special Judge (Central)

46 Banking Courts

47 Special Courts (Control Of Narcotics Substance)

49 Special Court (Anti Tenorism)

50 Competition Appellate Tribunal

51 I ntellectual Property Tribunal

52 Drug Courts

53 Anti Dumping Appellate Tribunal

54 Senior Civil Judge West lslamabad

Senior Civil Judge East lslamabad

District & Session Judge West lslamabad

57 District & Session Judge East lslamabad

58 The civilian employees of PAF who are drawing additional allowance as allowed

vide Finance Division's U.O. note bearing No.F.1(7)lmpl2009-705, dated '19-12-

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List of Organizations/Employees drawing Extra Allowances

Common Unit to Manage Global Fund

Federal Services Tribunal

Fed Tax Ombudsman

Customs Excise and Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal

Accountability Courts

48 Special Court (Offence in Banks)

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