7th Pay Commission festival advance: Govt to give this amount to central government employees in advance

“In order to enable government servants to meet expenses relating to festivals and to encourage spending thereby giving a boost to economic activities, in pursuance of decision taken by the government, it has been decided that a special festival package of advance will be accorded to all government servants for any important festival up to March 31, 2021.  Reuters

The order has been set in motion from the date of the issuance of the order, I.e. October 12,” read the official memorandum. A head of an office has been authorised to sanction the special package of Rs 10,000 to any central government employee during any “important festival” before March 31, 2021.  Reuters

It identifies “important festival” as one of such festivals that Head of Department may declare in respect of establishments under his/her administrative control. All the ministries/departments have been directed to inform about this official memorandum to all of its attached and subordinate offices for proper dissemination of information. PTI  

It identifies “important festival” as one of such festivals that Head of Department may declare in respect of establishments under his/her administrative control. All the ministries/departments have been directed to inform about this official memorandum to all of its attached and subordinate offices for proper dissemination of information. (IANS)  

This amount is interest free, which will be released through pre-loaded RuPay Card from the State Bank of India (SBI), said the official order. Reuters

The festival package will be granted to a government employee if he/she is on government duty or on leave, excluding leave preparatory to retirement, on the date on which advance special package is being reimbursed. PTI