Government of Pakistan, Finance Division issued a Notification No. F.No.1(1)Imp/2024-254 on 10-07-2024 in connection with Adhoc Relief Allowance 2024 Federal Govt employees. The Federal Government employees will get the ARA-2024 with effect from 1st July 2024. They will get the Adhoc Allowance 2024 @ 20% to 25%. The details of the notification are given below:
Pay Increase 2024 Federal: Adhoc Relief Allowance 2024 Federal Govt employees
As per the Finance Division OM No. F.No.1(1)Imp/2024-254 dated 10th July 2024, the BPS-01 to BPS-16 employees got more increase as compared to the BPS-17 and above employees.
GRANT OF ADHOC RELIEF ALLOWANCE-2024 TO THE EMPLOYEES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
The President has been pleased to sanction with effect from 1st July, 2024 and till further orders, an Adhoc Relief Allowance-2024 to all the Federal Government Employees i.e. Armed Forces Personnel, Civil Armed Forces and Civil Employees of the Federal Government as well as the civilians paid from Defence Estimates including contingent paid staff and contract employees employed against civil posts in Basic Pay Scales on standard terms and conditions of contract appointment. The rate of Adhoc Relief Allowance-2024 is as under:
| Category of Employees | Pay Increase |
| BPS-01 to BPS-16 | 25% of running basic pay |
| BPS-17 to BPS-22 | 20% of running basic pay |
The amount of Adhoc Relief Allowance-2024:
- i) will be subject to Income Tax;
- ii) will be admissible during leave and entire period of LPR except during extra ordinary leave;
- iii) will not be treated as part of emoluments for the purpose of calculation of Pension/Gratuity and recovery of House Rent;
- iv) will not be admissible to the employees during the tenure of their posting/deputation abroad; and
- v) will be admissible to the employees on their repatriation from posting/deputation abroad at the rate and amount which would have been admissible to them had they not been posted abroad
The term “Basic Pay” for the purpose of Adhoc Relief Allowance- 2024 will also include the amount of the personal pay granted on account of annual increment (s) beyond the maximum of the existing pay scales.
The above Adhoc Relief Allowance-2024 shall be accommodated from within the budgetary allocation for the year 2024-25 by the respective Ministries/Divisions/Departments and no supplementary grants would be given on this account.
