Special Duty Allowance ( SDA )for the North East including Sikkim and Ladakh

Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
New Delhi, the 29th August, 2008.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:-Special (Duty) Allowance for Civilian Employees of the CentralGovernment serving inthe NorthEastern Region (includingSikkim) and Ladakh -

Recommendationsof Sixth Central Pay Commission.
The undersigned is directed to state that certain allowances and special facilities have been granted toCentral Govt. employees including officers of the All India Services, serving in the North Eastern Region States(including Sikkim) and Union Territories of A&N and Lakshadweep group of Islands.2. Special (Duty) Allowance is admissible in North Eastern Region @ 12.5% of the basic pay as prescribedin Para 2(iii) of this Ministry's O.M. No.11(2)/97-E.II(B),dated 22.7.1998 as amended from time to time, to thoseemployees who are posted from outside the region having `All India Transfer Liability'. In partial modification ofO.M. dated 22.7.1998, and O.M.No.I1 (5)/97-E.II (B), dated 29.5.2002, on the recommendations of Sixth CentralPay Commission, the President is now pleased to decide that this allowance shall be admissible to the Centralgovernment employees @ 12.5% of (the revised Basic Pay + NPA where applicable) irrespective of whether thetransfer( including on initial appointment) is from outside the North Eastern Region or from another area of thatregion. The existing condition that employees should have All India Transfer Liability has also been dispensedwith.