Air India has reduced monthly allowances of its employees who have a monthly gross salary of more than Rs 25,000 by up to 50 per cent, according to an internal order of the company.
The order, dated July 22, said basic salary and allowances linked to it like industrial dearness allowance (IDA) and house rent allowance (HRA) will remain unchanged. However, for “general category officers”, all other allowances – except the aforementioned ones – would be reduced by 50 per cent, said the order.
“General category staff” and “operators” would get all other allowances decreased by 30 per cent, the order mentioned.
