Guwahati: The Assam Police have increased the duty allowances of their home guards from the previous Rs 300 to Rs 767, which is welcome news and satisfies a long-standing demand.
The Assam Government made this decision during its cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
As a result, the monthly pay for Assam’s 24,000 house guards has risen to Rs 23,310.
An official order by the state government read, “The Governor of Assam is pleased to enhance the duty allowances of Home Guards from the existing rate (Rs 300 per day per head for Basic Trained Home Guards and Rs 315 per day per head for Advance Home Guards) to Rs 767 per day per head with effect from the date of issue of this notification.”
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took to twitter to inform about the wage hike.
He wrote, “A key arm of @assampolice, Home Guards play a crucial role in maintaining law & order. Fulfilling the long-standing demand of around 24,000 Home Guards, we’ve approved enhancement of their daily wage to ₹767 from existing ₹300, thus increasing their monthly wages to ₹23,010.”
It should be noted that the Gauhati High Court ordered the state administration to raise the pay of the state’s home guards in August of this year.
The high court gave the state 30 days to carry out the injunction.
The house guards had been waiting patiently for an increase in their pay.