In addition, the following facilities are also admissible to I.F.S. Officers during service abroad.

i) Free furnished accommodation according to status

ii) Medical attendance facilities under the Assisted Medical Attendance Scheme

iii)One set of Home Leave Passage is given during each posting abroad for a normal tenure of 2/3 year, for self and dependent family members, In addition two single Emergency Passages are given during an officer’s entire career for self or a member of his family to travel to India for reasons of personal or family emergency.

iv) Annual return air passage for children between the ages of 6 and 22 studying in India to visit their parents during vacation, subject to certain conditions.

v) Children education allowance for a maximum of two children between ages 5 and 20 studying at the station of the officers posting in any of the schools approved by the Ministry of External Affairs.

vi) Outfit allowance amounting Rs. 6,500 at the time of departure for each posting abroad, subject to a maximum of eight times

h) Central Civil services ( Leave Rules, 1972) as amended from time to time, will apply to members of the Service subject to certain modifications. For service abroad I.F.S. officers are entitled under the IFS(PLCA) Rules, 1961 to an additional credit of leave to the extent of 50 percent to Earned Leave admissible under the C.C.S(Leave) Rules, 1972 for the period effective service rendered abroad.

i) Provident Fund – Officers of the Indian Foreign Service are governed by General Provident Fund ( Central Service) Rules, 1960.

j) Retirement Benefits – Officers of the Indian Foreign Service appointed on the basis of competitive examination are governed by the Central Civil Service ( Pension) Rules, 1972.

f) While in India, Officers are entitled to such concessions as are admissible to other Government servants of equal and similar status.

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