Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced a New Year gift for non-gazetted personnel of UP Police by affecting a hike in their nutrition allowance and making provision for an annual allowance for carrying SIM cards.
Informing media persons about the decision in Lucknow on Wednesday evening, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Kumar Awasthi said, “As per directives of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the government has increased the nutritious diet allowance by 25 per cent for all police personnel of the ranks of inspector, sub-inspector, clerical cadre, head constable and constable. Along with this, it has also been decided to provide an annual SIM allowance of Rs 2,000 to the personnel of the post of sub-inspector, head constable and constable posted on field duty of civil police and PAC.”
Awasthi added, “The nutritious diet allowance currently admissible to inspector/sub-inspector/clerical cadre has been increased from Rs 1,200 to Rs 1,500, for head constable/constable rank from Rs 1,500 to Rs 1,875 and for all class IV employees from the present Rs 1,350 to Rs 1,688.”
The senior official also informed that sub-inspectors, head constables of PAC and civil police on field duty would be provided allowance for SIM cards in order to maintain law and order and ensure peace within the state and effectively curb various incidents.
He said that it had been decided to provide an annual SIM allowance of Rs 2,000 to the personnel in two parts per year.