Centre grants special allowance to select VIP security personnel from CAPFs
The Hindu
Order excludes lower VIP security personnel from special allowance, benefiting only those guarding top Z plus category dignitaries.
The Centre has issued an order that will grant a special pay allowance to VIP security commandos of CAPFs who provide armed protection to a handful of the important persons who are guarded under the top two categories of Z plus (ASL) and Z plus.
The personnel who secure the VIPs in the lower VIP security cover categorisations under the Union government security protocol of Z, Y+, Y and X will not get the allowance, as per officials.
An order issued by the Department of Expenditure under the Union Finance Ministry on Thursday (January 24, 2025) said it has "examined the proposal of MHA (Ministry of Home Affairs) for granting special security allowance (SSA) @ 20 per cent of the basic pay to CAPF personnel engaged in VIP security duties."
The order accessed by PTI added that the SSA will be "allowed only to CAPF personnel who are engaged in VIP security duties for Z+ and Z+(ASL) category protectees wherein SPG and NSG are replaced by CAPF".
Two CAPFs — CRPF and CISF — a few years back had sought a special allowance for the commandos of these units on the lines of the Special Protection Group (SPG), who get additional money at the rate of 55% of their basic pay, and the National Security Guard (NSG) who get 40 per cent more money over and above their regular pay for rendering this highly-skilled job.
Out of the about 350 VIPs secured by the VIP security wings of the two forces, only about 35 are under the two top categories.
The VIPs under the top two covers include Union Home Minister Amit Shah, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, her two children — Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and party MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra — and a host of other Ministers like Nitin Gadkari, Kiren Rijiju and business persons like Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani.
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