I am sharing the Updated History of Adhoc Relief Allowances (ARAs) for the Government employees of Pakistan. These allowances are for the Federal Employees as well as all provincial government employees. I am starting the history with effect from 1994 when 7% Allowance was granted to the employees. The details are as follows:
History of Adhoc Relief Allowances (ARAs)
This history of ARAs also include special allowances that were merged into basic pay. Most of these adhoc allowances have already been merged into basic pay to introduce Revised Basic Pay Scales. The last time the Govt introduced Revised Pay Scales 2022 and since then till June 2026 there is no merging of Adhoc Relief Allowances.
Benefits of List of Old Adhoc Relief Allowances
There are many benefits of old list of adhoc relief allowances. The main benefit is the calculation of arrears for the back dated promotions. Some times the employee is promoted from back date or granted back dated financial benefit. So this list will work there fine to calculate the amount of arrears.
List of Adhoc Relief Allowances
Here is the list of ARAs since 1994. You can get the info about the start date of the specific allowance, end date of the allowances, merging date of the allowances and freezing date of the allowance.
7% Allowance (1994)
| Rate of Allowance | Date Effective | End Date | Freezing Date | Merging into Basic Pay Scales | |
| 7% of Running Basic Pay | 01-06-1994 | 30-11-2001 | – | Basic Pay Scales 2001 |
Special Additional Allowance-SAA (1999)
| Rate of Allowance | Date Effective | End Date | Freezing Date | Merging into Basic Pay Scales | |
| BPS-01 to BPS-16 @ 25 % & BPS-17 to BPS- 22 @ 20 % on Initial Basic Pay | 01-07-1999 | 30-06-2011 | 01-12-2001 | Basic Pay Scales 2011 |
Special Relief Allowance-SRA (2003)
| Rate of Allowance | Date Effective | End Date | Freezing Date | Merging into Basic Pay Scales |
| @ 15 % on the Running Basic Pay | 01-7-2003 | 30-06-2011 | 01-07-2005 | Basic Pay Scales 2011 |
Adhoc Relief Allowance-ARA (2004)
| Rate of Allowance | Date Effective | End Date | Freezing Date | Merging into Basic Pay Scales |
| @ 15 % on the Running Basic Pay | 01-07-2004 | 30-06-2011 | 01-07-2005 | Basic Pay Scale 2011 |
Dearness Allowance-DA (2006)
| Rate of Allowance | Date Effective | End Date | Freezing Date | Merging into Basic Pay Scales |
| @ 15 % on the Running Basic Pay | 01-07-2006 | 30-06-2011 | 01-07-2007 | Basic Pay Scale 2011 |
Adhoc Relief Allowance-ARA (2009)
| Rate of Allowance | Date Effective | End Date | Freezing Date | Merging into Basic Pay Scales |
| BPS- 01 to BPS-16@ 20 % & BPS-17 to BPS-22 @ 15 % on Running Basic Pay | 01-07-2009 | 30-06-2011 | 01-07-2011 | Basic Pay Scale 2011 |
Adhoc Relief Allowance-ARA (2010)
| Rate of Allowance | Date Effective | End Date | Freezing Date | Merging into Basic Pay Scales |
| 50 % on the Running Basic Pay | 01-07-2010 | 30-06-2017 | 30-06-2011 | Basic Pay Scales 2017 |
Adhoc Relief Allowance-ARA (2011)
| Rate of Allowance | Date Effective | End Date | Freezing Date | Merging into Basic Pay Scales |
| 15 % on the Basic Pay Scales 2008 | 01-07-2011 | 30-06-2015 | 01-07-2011 | Basic Pay Scales 2015 |
Adhoc Relief Allowance-ARA (2012)
| Rate of Allowance | Date Effective | End Date | Freezing Date | Merging into Basic Pay Scales |
| 20 % of the Running Basic Pay | 01-07-2012 | 30-06-2015 | – | Basic Pay Scales 2015 |
Adhoc Relief Allowance-ARA (2013)
| Rate of Allowance | Date Effective | End Date | Freezing Date | Merging into Basic Pay Scales |
| 10 % of the Running Basic Pay for Federal & Punjab Govt Employees
10 % of the Running Basic Pay for Sindh Govt Employees BPS-16 & Above 15 % of the Running Basic Pay for Sindh Govt Employees BPS-01 to 15 15 % of the Running Basic Pay for Baluchistan & KPK Govt Employees |
01-07-2013 | 30-06-2016 | 30-06-2015 | Basic Pay Scales 2016 |
Adhoc Relief Allowance-ARA (2014)
| Rate of Allowance | Date Effective | End Date | Freezing Date | Merging into Basic Pay Scales |
| 10 % of the Running Basic Pay | 01-07-2014 | 30-06-2016 | 30-06-2015 | Basic Pay Scales 2016 |
Adhoc Relief Allowance-ARA (2015)
| Rate of Allowance | Date Effective | End Date | Freezing Date | Merging into Basic Pay Scales |
| 7.5% on running Basic Pay | 01-07-2015 | 30-06-2016 | – | Basic Pay Scales 2016 |
Adhoc Relief Allowance-ARA (2016)
| Rate of Allowance | Date Effective | End Date | Freezing Date | Merging into Basic Pay Scales |
| 10% on running basic pay | 01-07-2016 | 30-06-2022 | 30-6-2017 | Basic Pay Scales 2022 |
Adhoc Relief Allowance-ARA (2017)
| Rate of Allowance | Date Effective | End Date | Freezing Date | Merging into Basic Pay Scales |
| 10% on running basic pay | 01-07-2017 | 30-06-2022 | 30-06-2022 | Basic Pay Scales 2022 |
Adhoc Relief Allowance-ARA (2018)
| Rate of Allowance | Date Effective | End Date | Freezing Date | Merging into Basic Pay Scales |
| 10% on running basic pay | 01-07-2018 | 30-06-2022 | – | Basic Pay Scales 2022 |
Adhoc Relief Allowance-ARA (2019)
| Rate of Allowance | Date Effective | End Date | Freezing Date | Merging into Basic Pay Scales |
| BPS-01 to BPS-16 @ 10% & BPS-17 and Above @ 5% on running basic pay | 01-07-2019 | 30-06-2022 | – | Basic Pay Scales 2022 |
Adhoc Relief Allowance-ARA (2020) Only Sindh
| Rate of Allowance | Date Effective | End Date | Freezing Date | Merging into Basic Pay Scales |
| 10% for BPS-01 to BPS-16 & 5% for BPS-17 and above on running basic pay | 01-07-2020 | – | – | – |
Adhoc Relief Allowance-ARA (2021)
| Rate of Allowance | Date Effective | End Date | Freezing Date | Merging into Basic Pay Scales |
| 10% on running basic pay | 01-07-2021 | 30-6-2022 | – | Basic Pay Scales 2022 |
Adhoc Relief Allowance-ARA (2022)
| Rate of Allowance | Date Effective | End Date | Freezing Date | Merging into Basic Pay Scales |
| 15% on the pay as on 30-06-2022 | 01-07-2022 | Still Continue | 30-06-2022 | – |
Adhoc Relief Allowance-ARA (2023)
| Rate of Allowance | Date Effective | End Date | Freezing Date | Merging into Basic Pay Scales |
| 30% for BPS-17 and above & 35% for BPS-01 to BPS-16 (on running basic pay) | 01-07-2023 | Still continue | – | – |
Adhoc Relief Allowance-ARA (2024)
| Rate of Allowance | Date Effective | End Date | Freezing Date | Merging into Basic Pay Scales |
| 20% for BPS-17 and above & 25% for BPS-01 to BPS-16 (on running basic pay) | 01-07-2024 | Still continue | – | – |
Adhoc Relief Allowance-ARA (2025)
| Rate of Allowance | Date Effective | End Date | Freezing Date | Merging into Basic Pay Scales |
| 10% on running basic pay | 01-07-2025 | Still continue | – | – |
Disparity Reduction Allowance (DRAs)
The Federal employees have got three DRA for the year 2021, 2022 and 2025. The details are under
Disparity Reduction Allowance (DRA) 2021
| Rate of Allowance | Date Effective | End Date | Freezing Date | Merging into Basic Pay Scales |
| 25% on the running basic pay of 2017 Pay Scales | 01-03-2021 | Still Continue | 01-03-2021 | – |
Disparity Reduction Allowance (DRA) 2022
| Rate of Allowance | Date Effective | End Date | Freezing Date | Merging into Basic Pay Scales |
| 15% on the running basic pay of 2017 Pay Scales | 01-03-2022 | Still Continue | 01-03-2022 | – |
Disparity Reduction Allowance (DRA) 2025
| Rate of Allowance | Date Effective | End Date | Freezing Date | Merging into Basic Pay Scales |
| 25% on the basic pay as on 30-06-2022 | 01-07-2025 | Still Continue | 30-06-2022 | – |
