No.A.450 1 2 / OL I 20 L7-CHS.VGovernment of India
stry of Health & Family Welfare
ffii *5:':i\\:']lul.. I -'.\rt -' -Nirm an
gte*arr,LNem-D.11'ri.N rman uhgwan,-llew Delhi.
Dated the Z{'becember, 2OLZOFFICE MEMORANDUM
of rates of Non-practicing Allowance (NpA) lnrespect of Central
Health Service Officers-recommendations of the 7th centrat pay
commission.
The Seventh Central Pay Commission has recommended that Non'
Practicing Allowance (NPA) should be paid at the rate of 20 percent
of BasicPay, subject to ,the condition that Basic pay + NpA should
not exceed theaverage of Apex Level and the level of Cabinet
Secretar5r. Consequent uponacceptance of recommendations of tJle
Seventh Central pay Commission bythe Government, the President is
pleased to decide that tlle NpA shall nowbe paid at the rate of
2oo/o of tJ:e basic pay in tr:e revised pay "r*;;;1o9," . blsed on
the recommendations of the Seventh Central paycommission, as
contained in t]1e ccs (Rp) Rules, 2016, subject to thecondition
tJ:at the sum of basic pay and NpA does not exceed Rs..
2,gr,soo(Rupees two lakh thirfy seven thousand and five hundred
only).The following
, conditions shall regulate the grant of NpA under these
orders:(i) The term "basic pay'in the revised pay structure shall
mean
'basic pa5/ as defined in Rule 3(x) of ccs (Rp) Rules, 20!6,
i.e.,"basic pay" in revised pay structure means the pay d.rawn in
theprescribed Level in tJ.e pay Matrix
(ii) The NPA shall continue to be treated as pay for the purpose
ofcomputation of Dearness Allowance and other allowance,
exceptthose allowances in respect of which the applicable
ordersprovide otherwise, including calculation of retirement
benelits.Dearness Allowance under these orders shall mean
dearnessallowance as sanctioned by the Central Government from
timeto time in t].e 7tn pay commission-related pay structure.
(iiil NPA shall continue to be restricted to those medical posts
forwhich medical qualifications recognised under the IndianMedical
Council Act, L956 or under ttre Dentist Act, tg48 havebeen
prescribed as an essential qualification. The followingonditions
shall also be fulfilled as hitherto:_
(a} The post is a clinical one.(b)The post is a whole time
post.(c) There is ample scope for private prd.ctice, and(d) It is
necessary to prohibit private practice in public interest.
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