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SINGAPORE – All national servicemen across all ranks will see their monthly allowance increase by $70 to $120 from March, said Senior Minister of State for Defence Heng Chee How.
This increase includes a minimum $50 vocation allowance that is given to all national servicemen in recognition of the different vocational demands, and applies to servicemen in the Singapore Armed Forces, Singapore Police Force and Singapore Civil Defence Force.
The vocation allowance replaces the combat allowance, which was given to servicemen in combat vocations in the SAF, such as armour, guards and infantry.
This was among the moves to benefit national servicemen announced in Parliament on Monday during the debate on the Ministry of Defence’s annual budget.
National service allowances were last increased in December 2015, by $80 across all ranks.
The current increase means a recruit in the SAF or SCDF who used to receive $560 a month will now get $630. The base amount for an NSF lieutenant in the SAF or a police inspector is now $1,330, up from $1,260.
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