PhD Allowance @1500 Per month 20.07.1988
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: PhD Allowance
I am directed to refer to the subject noted above and to say that the Governor of the Punjab is pleased to decide that w.e.f. 1-7-1988 all PhD/D.Sc. Degree holder Civil Servants who have opted for PhD/D.Sc. allowance in terms of para 3 of Finance Division O.M No. F-1(97)-R.3/85 dated 26-12-85 (adopted by the Government of Punjab vide Finance Department’s No. FD/SRI-9-3/86 dated 17-6-86), as well as those joining service on or after 1st July, 1988 will be allowed PhD/D.Sc. allowance of Rs.1500/-p.m.
2. The PhD/D.Sc. allowance of Rs. 1500/- p.m. would also be admissible as in para 1 to the employees of autonomous bodies/semi autonomous organizations/corporations, who have adopted the scheme of Basic Pay Scales of the Government in toto.
3. It has also been decided that the eligibility of PhD allowance will not hence- forth be linked with Recruitment Rules and the job assigned to them.
4. The orders contained in this department’s circular letter, No. FD/SR-1-9-3/86, dated 17-6-1986 and 15-7-1987 regarding grant of qualification allowance to technical/ professional employees stand amended to the extent indicated above, w.e.f. 1st July, 1938.
