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Incentives for Central Government Employees in Sporting Events (DoPT): Special Leave, Duty Status and Special Increments

DoPT instructions (OM No. 6/1/85-Estt.(Pay-I) of 16 July 1985 and later orders) give Central Government employees special casual leave, on-duty status with travel allowance, and special increments in personal pay for taking part in sporting events and for excellence in them. Tournaments conducted by recognised National Sports Federations and the National Games count as events of national importance. In October 2025 DoPT added the Ju-Jitsu Association of India (recognised by the Sports Ministry as a national sports federation on 29 July 2021) to its list of recognised federations for these incentives.

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Last updated: 9 Oct 2026· Source: DoPT FAQs on participation of Central Government servants in sporting events and tournaments of national or international importance
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Overview

DoPT instructions (OM No. 6/1/85-Estt.(Pay-I) of 16 July 1985 and later orders) give Central Government employees special casual leave, on-duty status with travel allowance, and special increments in personal pay for taking part in sporting events and for excellence in them. Tournaments conducted by recognised National Sports Federations and the National Games count as events of national importance. In October 2025 DoPT added the Ju-Jitsu Association of India (recognised by the Sports Ministry as a national sports federation on 29 July 2021) to its list of recognised federations for these incentives.

Key details

Official guidelines PDF
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Official website
https://doptcirculars.nic.in/OM/FAQs/8.pdf ↗

Note: Checked against the DoPT FAQ document, read in full. The detailed rates of the special increments are in DoPT OM No. 6/1/2017-Estt.(Pay-I) dated 11 June 2018 and were not opened. The Ju-Jitsu inclusion is from a reproduction of the DoPT order of 28 October 2025. The DoPT FAQ PDF refuses automated link checks but opens in a browser.

Official documents

Notices and PDFs published by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, including earlier years. Links checked 2026-10-06.

Eligibility

  • ▸ Central Government civilian employees; the order does not apply to veteran events.
  • ▸ Excellence is judged by finishing position: the first three positions where more than three individuals or teams take part, and only the winner where there are three or two; for medal sports with a final, gold, silver and bronze medal winners count.
  • ▸ Events of national importance: national championships or tournaments conducted by recognised National Sports Federations in individual disciplines, the National Games conducted by the Indian Olympic Association, and tournaments of the Central Civil Services Sports Board. Events of international importance: events recognised by the international sports bodies in which participation was with the prior approval of the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports.

Benefits

  • ✓ Special casual leave of up to 30 days in a calendar year for coaching or training camps (including NIS Patiala and similar all-India coaching schemes), pre-selection trials and camps, and coaching camps organised by recognised National Sports Federations or Sports Boards; up to 10 days in a calendar year for inter-ministerial and inter-departmental tournaments.
  • ✓ Employees selected for sports events of national or international importance are treated as on duty for the days they participate and for travel, and a pre-participation coaching camp can also be treated as duty; travel allowance is admissible and the employee is entitled to DA as on tour.
  • ✓ Special increments in the form of personal pay for excellence: one increment for a national event and two for international events, with a maximum of five in an entire career. The increments continue to be drawn at the same rate till retirement and do not count for pay fixation on promotion, retirement benefits, DA, CCA or HRA.
  • ✓ Referees and umpires who excel at international level can get two advance increments per event within the same career limit of five; coaches, managers, masseurs and doctors can get the same facilities, and coaches of gold-medal-winning teams at the Asian Games, World Championship or Olympic Games can be considered for increments (not SAI coaches, and not coaches of individual events).
  • ✓ Technical officials are not eligible for special increments, but they can get special casual leave of up to 30 days in a calendar year.

Application process

Through the employee's own ministry or department. The claim for a special increment must be submitted within six months of the end of the overall sports event, and the increment takes effect from the first day of the month after the event ends. Check the department's establishment section for the current form and the competent authority.

Official link
https://doptcirculars.nic.in/OM/FAQs/8.pdf ↗
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Apply via: Through the employee's own ministry or department. The claim for a special increment must be submitted within six months of the end of the overall sports event, and the increment takes effect from the first day of the month after the event ends. Check the department's establishment section for the current form and the competent authority.