In partial modification of Clause 27 of the Bipartite Settlement dated 25th May 2015, w.e.f. 1st November, 2017, workmen in project areas shall be paid project area compensatory allowance as under:
Project Area Group ‘A’
Clerical Staff – Rs. 290/-p.m. Sub-Staff – Rs.230/- p.m.
Project Area Group ‘B’
Clerical Staff – Rs.230/- p.m. Sub-Staff – Rs.200/- p.m.
Note: In addition to the areas/places identified and defined as Project Ares, Branches opened and located within Special Economic Zone, Export Promotion Zone, etc. shall be treated as Project Areas for the purpose of payment of project area compensatory allowance as above.
Project Area centres:
In partial modification of clause 8.1 Settlement dated 19th October, 1966, clause II/8 of settlement dated 8th November, 1973 and clause 2 of Minutes of Discussions dated 15th/16th April, 1980, the following places shall be termed as Project Areas for the purpose of the provisions under this Settlement.
Project Area Centres – Group A
1. Bheemarayangudi (Gulbarga District, Karnataka)
2. Bhilai
3. Bokaro
4. Burnpur (West Bengal)
5. Dapchari (Thane District, Maharashtra)
6. Durg (Madhya Pradesh)
7. Durgapur
8. Heavy Electricals, Kailasapuram (Tiruchirapalli)
9. Jamshedpur
10. Pong Dam (Punjab)
11. Rajghat (Madhya Pradesh)
12. Ramagundam (Andhra Pradesh)
13. Reasi (Jammu & Kashmir)
14. Rourkela
15. Sundarnagar (Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh)
16. Tirthapuri (Aurangabad District, Maharashtra)
17. Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)
Project Area Centres – Group B
1. Agali Attapady Irrigation Project
2. Almatti Dam Site (Karnataka)
3. Ambikanagar (Karnataka)
4. Ankleshwar (Gujarat)
5. Balimela (Koraput District, Orissa)
6. Bhadravati (Chandrapur District, Maharashtra)
7. Bhopal Heavy Electricals (Madhya Pradesh)
8. Cambay (Gujarat)
9. Chakranagar (Shimoga District)
10. Chas
11. Chattargarh (Rajashthan – Rajasthan Canal)
12. Dandeli (Karnataka)
13. Deola (Chankapur Project, Nasik)
14. Dharoi Village (Ahmedabad Circle)
15. Donimalai (Karnataka)
16. Dhurva
17. Farakka Barrage
18. Gajuvaka
19. Ganeshgudi (Giant Kali Project, SupaDam)
20. Gunupur (Koraput District, Orissa)
21. Haldia (West Bengal)
22. Hatia
23. Idikki
24. Jagdalpur
25. Jeypore (Koraput District, Orissa)
26. Jog Falls (Karnataka)
27. Jyotipuram (Salai Hydro Electric Project, Jammu & Kashmir
28. Kalpakkam (Tamilnadu)
29. Kanker (Bastar District)
30. Kashipur (Koraput District, Orissa)
31. Kasimpur (Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh)
32. Kargal (Mysore)
33. Khetri
34. Koraput (Koraput District, Orissa)
35. Kotpad (Koraput District, Orissa)
36. Kudremukh Iron Ore Project (Malleswara)
37. Kulamavu
38. Mach hakund (Koraput District, Orissa)
39. Mahi (Rajasthan – Dam Project)
40. Malthon (West Bengal)
41. Malkangiri (Koraput District, Orissa)
42. Mandi (Himachal Pradesh)
43. Munsar (Pench Electric Project, Maharashtra)
44. Nagarjunsagar
45. Nangal Township
46. Narora Atomic Power Project
47. Nawarngpur (Koraput District, Orissa)
48. Neyveli
49. Pandoh
50. Pochampadu (Andhra Pradesh)
51. Pophali ( Maharashtra)
52. Ramchandrapuram
53. Ranchi (Bihar)
54. Rawat Bhata
55. Rayaguda (Koraput District, Orissa)
56. Sileru (Andhra Pradesh)
57. Supa (Karnataka)
58. Srisilam (Andhra Pradesh)
59. Sunabeda (Koraput District, Orissa)
60. Surangani (Himachal Pradesh)
61. Talwara
62. Umarkote (Koraput District, Orissa)
63. Wadigodri (Jayakwad Project, Aurangabad)
64. Obra (Uttar Pradesh)
65. Renukoot (Uttar Pradesh)
Note: It is understood that as and when Central Government or any State Government may declare any other Centre as Project Area, the same would be treated accordingly. Similarly, if any Centre is treated as non-project area by them, those Centres would stand deleted from the above list.