7th Pay Commission: Payment of Washing Expenditure to Industrial Employees with revised rate - BPMS

7th Pay Commission : Payment of Washing Expenditure to Industrial Employees with revised rate - BPMS requests

BHARATIYA PRATIRAKSHA MAZDOOR SANGH

(AN ALL INDIA FEDERATION OF DEFENCE WORKERS)

(AN INDUSTRIAL UNIT OF B.M.S.) 

REF: BPMS / MOD / Allowances / 48A (7/2/R)

Dated: 01.10.2017

To,
The Secretary,

Govt of India, Min of Defence,

South Block, DHQ PO,

New Delhi � 110011 

Subject: Payment of �Washing Expenditure� to Industrial Employees with revised rate.

Respected Sir, 

With due regards, it is submitted that the industrial personnel in Min of Defence have been authorized for protective clothing/garments such as water-proofs, warm overcoats, overall, Dangries, Apron and protective accessories such as gum boots, boiler suits, goggles and gauntlets etc. These protective clothing & accessories are being issued to the specified categories whose duties require the issue of these accessories. Protective garments and accessories are provided either as a protection against inclement weather for those who works out-doors or against hazards such as are encountered in factories etc (kindly refer Para 1 & 2 of Chapter 64 - Staff Amenities, 3rd CPC Report and Para 26.44 of 4th CPC Report).

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For the washing of some of these protective clothing garments, all the concerned industrial workers employed in Army Ordnance Corps were granted �Washing Allowance� Rs. 4/ per month per worker and this amount was revised to Rs. 8/- per month vide MoD letter No. 82147/P.CIo/OS- 10A/2876/D(O-II), Dated 08 Sep. 1998 (copy enclosed).

Later, a corrigendum was issued vide MoD Letter No. 82147/P.CIo/OS-10A/1626/D(O-II), Dated 06 May 1999 (copy enclosed) to define that �Washing Allowance� mentioned in the letter dated 08.09.1998 will be �Washing Expenditure�. In due course, this �Washing Expenditure� has been revised on the introduction of subsequent Central Pay Commissions.

Now, on the recommendation of 7th CPC �Washing Allowance� being granted for the washing of uniform has been abolished and subsumed in dress allowance in respect of Nurses as per DoE, Min of Fin, Resolution No. 11-1/2016-IC, Dated 06.07.2017. It has to be kept in the mind that the �Washing Expenditure� being granted to industrial personnel for washing of protective clothing has not been abolished or subsumed in the dress allowance and there is no mention of �Washing Expenditure� in the 7th CPC�s Report or in the Resolution of Govt of India dated 06.07.2017.

In such circumstances, you are requested to take appropriate action so that entitled industrial employees may be granted the �Washing Expenditure� unflagging with revised rate.

Thanking you.

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Sincerely yours

Enclosed: As mentioned

(MUKESH SINGH)

Secretary/BPMS &

Member, JCM-II Level Council (MOD) 

Source : BPMS

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