(FE)
There is good news for the State Government employees of the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir who are now working in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union Territory of Ladakh. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G. Kishan Reddy, in a written reply to a question regarding development of new UTs of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, in Lok Sabha today, informed the House that certain 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) allowances namely Children Education Allowance, Hostel Allowance, Transport Allowance, LTC, Fixed Medical Allowance that were not being given to nearly 4.5 lakh state government employees in the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir, will now be made available to them.
Such CPC allowances have been approved for an estimated cost of Rs.4800 Crore. The benefit will be available since the day these new Union Territories came into existence i.e 31st October 2019, to all such employees, who are now working in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union Territory of Ladakh.
