BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government on Sunday announced a 38 per cent hike in the duty call-up allowance for home guards working under the state police. The decision to hike the duty call-up allowance was taken at a meeting presided by Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra after the approval of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
After the hike, home guards will now get a Rs 12,480 duty call-up allowance per month instead of the earlier Rs 9,000. They will also get other allowances given earlier, a release from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said.