Centre withdraws special benefits offered to AIS officers posted in Northeast

Guwahati, Sep 26: Additional benefits including special incentives and allowances being granted to All India Serving (AIS) officers posted in North East States will be withdrawn, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said in a notification.

In a letter addressed to all the State chief secretaries, the Centre has decided to withdraw all the benefits with immediate effect. It also said that the additional monetary incentives given to the AIS officers will be withdrawn. The additional monetary allowance was introduced in the year 2009.

AIS officers comprise of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFS) personnel. As per DoPT's earlier order, officers belonging to the Assam-Meghalaya joint cadre, Sikkim, Nagaland, Tripura and Manipur cadres were entitled to a special allowance of additional 25 per cent basic pay and a few other incentives for posting in the Northeast.

The letter said that the post-retirement housing facility which was introduced in the year 2007 for officers belonging to NE cadres shall be withdrawn.

As per the order, the incentive of reimbursement of payable Income Tax to Tribal All India Service officers belonging to the North-East Cadres while on central deputation has been withdrawn.

Moreover, the order on flexible inter-cadre deputation for officers of NE cadres that was consolidated in 2017 has also been discontinued.