Education Allowance for disabled children: Sixth Pay Commission

Some more updates on the recommendation by Sixth Central Pay Commission. There are recommendations for Education Allowance for disabled children and the Government has come out with the notification on the same. Below is the text that appears on the office Memorandum of the Government of India. Wikipedia on Sixth Pay Commission.

Recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission implementation of decisions relating to Education Allowance for disabled children of Government employees.

Consequent upon the decision taken by the Government on the recommendations made by the Sixth Central Pay Commission for providing extra benefits to women employees with disabilities especially when they have young children and children with disability, the President is pleased to issue the following instructions:-

(i) Women with disabilities shall be paid Rs.lOOO/-per month as Special Allowance for Child care. The allowance shall be payable from the time of the child's birth till the child is two years old.

(ii) It shall be payable for a maximum of two children.

(iii) Disability means a person having a minimum Disability of 40% as elaborated in Ministry of Welfare's Notification No. 16-18/97-NI.I dated 1.6.2001. (Annexure)

(iv) The above limit would be automatically raised by 25% every time the Dearness Allowance on the revised pay structure goes up by 50%.

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2. Reimbursement of Education Allowance for disabled children of Government employees shall be payable at double the normal rates prescribed. The annual ceiling fixed for reimbursement of Children Education Allowance for disabled children of Government Employees is Rs.24000. The rest of the conditions will be the same as stipulated vide OM No.l201l/03/2008-Estt. (Allowance) dated 2nd September, 2008 on the subject. OM No.12011/03/2008-Estt. (Allowance) dated 2nd September 2008 on the subject.

3. Disability means a person having a minimum Disability of 40% as elaborated in Ministry of Welfare's Notification No.16-18/97-NI.I dated 1.6.2001. (Annexure).

4. These orders shall be effective from 1st September, 2008.

5. Insofar as persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders issue in consultation with the Comptroller and Audit General of India.