Coll 29/12 'Bushire: office allowance of consul-general' [‎77r] (155/603)

No. 18(11)-E/43.
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GonfidentiaL
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To
The Secretary to the Government•of India
in the External Affairs Department,
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The Under Secretary of State for India,
India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , London,
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Dated Simla, the /t/7A May 1943.
Subject:- Grant of dearness allowance to the clerical
establishment in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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Sir,
I am directed to address you on the 3 ^.,
dearness allowance to the clerical establislimcn
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. .
2. The ilon’ble the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
represented that the cost of living in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and
Iran had increased tremendously on account of the conditions
created by the war and the grant of relief, by way of a dearness
allowance, to the clerical establishment was a matter of urgent
necessity. Also that it was difficult for him to find personnel
on the existing emoluments
resigned and it was
. . . unless relief was granted
immediately. On the basis of the comparative statement,
furnished by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , of prices of essential
articles of consumption at the commencement of the war and in
the autumn of last year, at the various places at which the ^ ■
staff are stationed, the percentage increasesiLn cost of living
per head ipvar that in 1939, works out to be a^out 150 to 260/
The P^plitical Resident also reported that Foreign Office had
sanctioned liberal rates of dearness allowance (at 170% since
June 1942 and at 200% since February 1943 for Munshis A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. ) for their-
low paid staff in Iran with effect from June 1942. He recommend--
ed the grant of dearness allowance to the staff in question at
the following scales with effect from 1st August 1942:-
Area.
1 .
Percentage of dearness allce.
calculated on pay, special pay
and all allowances excepting
customs compensatory allce.
2 .
3.
(i) Arab Coast (including
Bahrain Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and 7 * ^ u
Kuwait. •
(ii) Bushire, Bandar Abbas
and Kerman.
(iii) Khorramshahr.
40%
50%
70%
to
staff
Allowances at the
rates in column 2
be admissible on
emoluments of the
upto Rs. 200 /- p.m. and
at half the rates otx
the portion of their
emoluments exceeding
Rs. 200A p.m. upto a
maximum or Rs. 500/-p.»
only.
3. The Government of India in view of the circumstances
given above, agree with the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. that the grant
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provisionally with* effect, from Ist August 1942 (the date*from"
whicn dearness allowance has been sanctioned for low paid
staff in India) till the end of June 1943, pending approval of
His Majesty's &axsxH 8 m± Government . The extrafcoat involved
in the above proposals will amount to about Rs. 76,800/-
(including that in respect of permanent staff at Bahrain and