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Shah announces 40% hardship and risk allowance for NDRF personnel
The Morning Standard
|June 30, 2024
THE Central government has approved 40 per cent hardship and risk allowance for National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel, keeping in mind the tough operations they undertake in the event of natural and man-made calamities, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday.
Shah was speaking at a function to welcome the 35-member NDRF expedition team that recently scaled the 21,625-foot high Mount Manirang in Himachal Pradesh. At the event, he announced that the Centre has formed a committee under the chairmanship of the director of Intelligence Bureau to work out a model to ensure mandatory participation of a contingent of Central Armed Police Forces in national and international sporting events.
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