Nursing allowance, uniform allowance, washing allowance, special pay and qualifications pay received by nursing personnel do not count as emoluments.
2) Nursing allowance, uniform allowance, washing allowance, special pay and qualifications pay received by nursing personnel do not count as emoluments. - Enquiries are being received from time to time whether the Nursing Allowance, Uniform Allowance, Washing Allowance, Special Pay and Qualification Pay granted to nurses working in Central Government institutions under the following orders :- 1/30/2019 CHAPTER http://persmin.nic.in/pension/rules/pencomp4.htm#Emoluments 5/14 (i) No. Z-29016/4/87-PMS, dated 11-2-1987, about Nursing Allowance : (ii) Z-28016/2/87-PMS, dated 11-2-1987, about Uniform Allowance : (iii) No. Z-28016/3/87-PMS, dated 11-2-1987, about Washing Allowance : (iv) No. Z-28016/17/89-PMS, dated 23-10-1989, about Special Pay ; and (v) No. Z-28016/8/87-PMS, dated 23-3-1988, about qualification Pay ; are counted for the purpose of determining pension/gratuity, etc. 2. It is clarified that as per the Pension Rules, the term `emoluments' for purpose of calculating various retirement and death benefits shall mean basic pay as defined in FR 9 (21) (a) (i) which the Government servant was receiving immediately before his/her retirement or on the date of his death, i.e., it includes only basic pay (substantive or officiating) drawn by him/her but does not include Special Pay, Personal Pay, Deputation (Duty) Allowance, etc. However, Non-Practising Allowance and Stagnation Increments count as "emoluments". 3. In view of the above definition of "emoluments" for purpose of determining pension/gratuity, the allowances such as Nursing Allowance, Uniform Allowance, Washing Allowance, Special Pay and Qualification Pay drawn by nursing personnel working in the Central Government Hospital/Institutions/Hospital run by the Delhi and New Delhi Municipal Committee and Centrally funded autonomous bodies like All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh etc., do not count as `emoluments' for purposes of retirement benefits. 4. This issues with the concurrence of Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare (Pension Unit), New Delhi, vide their Dy. No. 7464, dated 7-5-1992. [G.I., Min. of Health and F.W., O.M. No. Z-28016/14/90-PMS, dated the 20th July, 1992.]