The rules are now clear in the new order.
The central government has taken a big decision to affect the allowances of the employees. The government has changed the rules related to dress allowance. According to the new instructions, after 1 July 2025, new employees who join the job will also get the benefit. The postal department has issued a new order in this regard, in which the situation has been clarified for retired and new recruitment employees. This new order has brought relief for the employees who join or retired in mid -year. Now they will not worry about when and how much will be paid for their dress allowance, because the rules are now clear.
The order issued on 24 September 2025 states that which Employee Job or retire in the middle of the year, they will now be given dress allowance on a proportionate basis. Dress allowance is the amount that the government gives to those employees who have to wear uniforms while on duty. The Finance Ministry had said in a circular issued in August 2017 that the dress allowance is now given to many older allowances. Such as textile allowance, basic equipment allowance, uniform maintenance allowance, gown allowance and shoe allowance.
Approval from Finance Ministry
An old order issued in June 2025 stated that an explanation has been sought from the Finance Ministry for the employees retiring after July 2025 and till then only the old rules of 2020 will remain in force. Now the Finance Ministry has clarified that as new recruitment employees get dress allowance according to the year, the employees who retire in the middle of the year will also get proportionate dress allowance.
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Allowance is given with the salary of July
The postal department said that the dress allowance is given with the salary of July. Therefore, many such employees who are retiring this year have already received complete or half allowance. Under the new rules, additional payments will be recovered if needed from the employees who retired from October 2025, but there will be no recovery from the retired employees before 30 September 2025.
Explanation for new employees
The department has also made it clear that employees who join before July 2025 will get dress allowance as per the rules applicable till June 2025. It was seen at some places that last year’s dress allowance was not included in the salary of July 2025, so now instructions have been given to correct it.