The order states, "It is felt that some
allowances to the officials and employees of the Uttar Pradesh government, disbursed from time to time, have lost their relevance now.
The house
allowances are being challenged in court.
Officials told The Nation that the AGP observed irregularities of Rs403.876 million in awarding of health professional
allowance, adhoc relief
allowance and payment of arrears of pay and
allowances to the RO pay scale employees of the authority.
The summary to the finance department has proposed that grade 17 doctors would get 75 percent increase of their initial basic pay, 75 percent professional heath
allowance, 75 percent non-practicing
allowance and 57 percent increase in teaching
allowances.
While councillors do not receive a salary, unlike council officers, they are able to claim
allowances and some expenses.
HOUSE ALLOWANCEBut she pointed out that the commission has rates for
allowances and it is expected that different institutions will administer it within the right governance procedures.The MPs kicked off a storm in May when they started pocketing the house
allowance despite opposition from the Treasury and SRC.
A good Independent Financial Adviser can give you guidance on this and help you make the most of tax
allowances that are available.
He said the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina introduced FF
allowances as part of her determination to show honour and respect to them.
'We recommended that management immediately stop the payment of dietary supplement
allowance; and henceforth, refrain from paying any form of
allowances unless legally authorized,' the audit body said.
Nonetheless, he explained that living
allowances were reviewed in 2018 and that the current rates which effected in July last year, resulting in off-campus launch being raised to P1 620 and on-campus with self-catering increasing to P250.
COUNCILLORS have agreed to freeze their
allowances for another year - despite opposition calls for a reduction.