Chandigarh, December 1

Over three years after the Seventh Central Pay Commission introduced training allowance for armed forces personnel holding instructional posts in military training establishments, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has finally issued orders for implementing the same.

As per a letter to the three Service Chiefs, training allowance would be admissible at 24 per cent of  basic pay to personnel in national and central training academies and institutes (Group-A officers). In other establishments, the allowance would be 12 per cent of the basic pay.

The orders list 21 institutions where personnel would be eligible for the higher allowance. The allowance would be admissible only to faculties who join academies, institutes or establishments for imparting training for a specified period. —TNS