GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS
DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING

(TRAINING DIVISION)

New Delhi, dated November 30, 1999.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Improvement of service conditions of faculty members of training institutes.

Reference is invited to sub-para 2 (vi) of this Department’s O.M. No.12017/2/86-Trg.(TNP), dated the 31st March, 1987, on the subject mentioned above where it is provided that the heads of the training institutes alone may be given a sumptuary allowance of Rs.250/- (Rupees two hundred and fifty only) per month because his/her duties require meeting with and entertaining small groups of students/faculty/visiting faculty.

2. It has now been decided to revise the amount of "Sumptuary Allowance" to Rs.500/- p.m. with effect from 1.10.1999. Other conditions will remain the same.

3. This issues with the concurrence of Ministry of Finance vide their I.D. No.1000/E.IV/99, dated 11.10.1999.

4. In so far as the application of these orders to officers of Indian Audit and Accounts Department is concerned, these orders issue in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

(Ms.) Vinod Jindal
Under Secretary to the Government of India.