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All national servicemen to receive S$125 to S$200 increase in NS allowance: Mindef, MHA

SINGAPORE — From July, all national servicemen in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) will receive a S$125 to S$200 increase in their National Service (NS) allowance, depending on their rank and vocation.

All national servicemen to receive S$125 to S$200 increase in NS allowance: Mindef, MHA
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SINGAPORE — From July, all national servicemen in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) will receive a S$125 to S$200 increase in their National Service (NS) allowance, depending on their rank and vocation.

In a joint news release, the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Monday (May 29) that the adjustments will raise allowances by between 10.9 per cent and 21.7 per cent.

For example, a full-time national serviceman (NSF) holding the rank of recruit will now receive a monthly NS allowance of S$755, up from the current S$630.

An SAF NSF naval diver, NSF police tactical trooper or SCDF NSF firefighter holding the rank of corporal will receive a monthly allowance of S$1,250, up from the current S$1,050.

Current and revised monthly National Service allowance.

NSFs receive a 5 per cent increment for every 12 months they serve in that rank.

For operationally ready national servicemen, they receive a 5 per cent to 10 per cent increment if they satisfactorily complete an NS activity in the preceding work year, Mindef and MHA said.

The revised NS allowance reflected in the table above includes a minimum vocation allowance of S$75. Extra vocational allowances paid to servicemen in selected vocations such as combat vocations are excluded from the table.

Three adjustments have been made over the last 10 years, with the most recent change in March 2020, when allowances were increased by between S$70 and S$120.

“The NS allowance, which supports full-time national servicemen in their basic personal upkeep, is reviewed and adjusted periodically to ensure that it remains adequate,” the ministries said.

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