COMPENDIUM OF INSTRUCTIONS ON DOUBLE TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE FOR CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WITH DISABILITIES: O.M. DATED 29.07.2025 BY DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE
No. 21/1/2018-E.II(B)
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
North Block, New Delhi,
dated the 29th July, 2025
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: - Compendium of Instructions regarding grant of Transport Allowance at double the normal rates to persons with Disabilities employed in Central Government – reg.
The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s OM of even number dated 15.09.2022 on the subject mentioned above and to say that para 1 of S.No. B (categories of disabilities for the purpose of grant of Transport Allowance at the double the normal rate) of the Compendium is substituted as under:
1. Categories of disabilities for the purpose of grant of Transport Allowance at double the normal rates:
1.1 The Central Government employees with following categories of disabilities as mentioned in Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016 administered by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), shall be paid Transport Allowance at double the normal rates subject to fulfilment of the stipulated conditions:
SI. No. | Name of Disability |
i. | Locomotor Disability including Leprosy cure, Cerebral Palsy, Dwarfism, Muscular Dystrophy and Acid Attack victims. |
ii. | Blindness and Low Vision |
iii. | Deaf and Hard of Hearing |
iv. | Speech and Language Disability |
v. | Intellectual disability including Specific Learning Disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorder |
vi. | Mental Illness |
vii. | Chronic Neurological conditions, such as Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease etc. |
viii. | Disability caused due to blood disorder i.e (a) haemophilia, (b) thalassemia and (c) sickle cell disease. |
ix. | Multiple Disabilities (more than one of the above specified disabilities) including deaf blindness which means a condition in which a person may have combination of hearing and visual impairments causing severe communication, developmental and educational problems. |
Note: Spinal Deformity and Spinal Injury are considered as sub-categories of “Locomotor Disability”.
2. All other conditions stipulated in the ibid OM dated 15.09.2022 shall remain unchanged.
3. This issues with the approval of Finance Minister.
(Samir Kumar Das)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
To: All Ministries and Departments of the Govt. of India as per standard distribution list. Copy to: C&AG and U.P.S.C. etc. as per standard endorsement list.
