ISLAMABAD: The federal government has fixed Special Science & Technology/PhD allowance for the officers of all the ministries and departments.
According to a circular issued by the Finance Division, all the employees having PhD/DSc degrees will be awarded PhD/DSc allowance of Rs10,000 per month instead of PhD allowance of Rs2,250 or SS&T allowance of Rs7,500 per month.
It has also been decide that the PhD/DSc allowance will not be linked with the category of subjects and will be admissible irrespective of place of posting or job assigned to the person concerned. However, it will not be admissible for more than one subject.
All the orders regarding Science and Technology allowance issued earlier, will stand modified to the extent indicated above, the circular said.
