Centre Doubles transport Allowance for Hearing impaired Staff

Centre Doubles transport Allowance for Hearing impaired Staff

It has been decided to double transport allowance to hearing impaired employees also in addition to employees who are both deaf and dumb, Finance Ministry in an office memorandum said.

Transport allowance at double the normal rates would be admissible to the hearing impaired employees having loss of 60 decibels or more in the better ear in the conversation range of frequencies, it said.

“The admissibility of the transport allowance at double the normal rates to the categories of employees is subject to recommendation of the head of the ENT Department of the Government Civil Hospital,” it said.

The order is effective from February 19, 2014, it added.

Read the Official Order HERE

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