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CHAPTER 14
1401. Dearness allowance.-- Group ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’
railway servants shall be granted dearness allowance on the scales and under the conditions laid down by the Central Government from time to time.
1402.
Application. – The Dearness Allowance shall be admissible to all whole-time
railway servants including temporary staff, staff paid from contingencies,
piece-workers, workshop staff and apprentices drawing stipends, but excludes an
employee whose remuneration is fixed specially with reference to market
conditions and not at a rate already sanctioned for his class and the
apprentices recruited under the Apprentice Act, 1961 and Apprentice Rules, 1962
who are not eligible for dearness allowance under these rules.
1403.Definitions.--Unless there is
anything repugnant in the subject or context,
the terms defined below are used in the sense herein explained. (i) Pay –It includes-- (a) Pay as defined in Rule 103 (35); (b) Pension and/or Pensionary equivalent of other forms of
retirement benefits subject to the provision in Note 2 below, if any, drawn by
re-employed pensioners. NOTE
1.--30% of the basic pay of running staff will be treated as pay representing the
pay element in the Running Allowance. From
(Ministry of
Railways letter No. E(P & A)II-80/RS-10 dated
NOTE 2.--In the case of retired
Railway servants, non-Govt. servants, employees of Quasi-Government bodies, the
dearness allowance during the period of their re-employment on Railways, shall
be granted on the pay fixed on re-employment, plus the gross amount of pension
and/or pensionary equivalent of other forms of retirement benefits, provided
that in either case the total does not exceed the maximum of the scale of the post in which the person
is re-employed.
In the case of
retired Military Pensioners, whose pay on re-employment in a railway post is
fixed without taking into account the military pension, Dearness Allowance
shall be granted on the basis of the pay of the post only.
In cases where a
part of the Pension is taken into account for the purpose of the fixation of
pay on re-employment, that part of the pension subject to the limits laid down
above will be treated as pay.
For this
purpose, the amount of pension will be the amount originally sanctioned (i.e.
before commutation, if any) less the amount of pension, if any, held in
abeyance as a condition of re-employment.
NOTE 3.--The compensatory (construction or survey)
allowance granted to staff employed on loco building works surveys and
construction works, vide rule 1423 shall
not be included in ‘Pay’ for the purpose of calculating dearness allowance.
NOTE 4.--(i) The emoluments received from foreign
Government in the shape of pay, leave salary or pension will not be taken into
account for determining the eligibility to dearness allowance.
(ii) Dearness Allowance is in the nature of
compensation for established increase in the cost of living and shall be
comprised of Dearness Allowance, Additional Dearness Allowance and Dearness Pay
and such other elements as the government may from time to time decide. It shall be classified as a Compensatory
Allowance.
1404. Allowance to contract officers.--Dearness
Allowance may be granted to officers engaged on contract for specified periods
who may be otherwise eligible for it irrespective of whether there is a
provision in the contract for the grant to them of any concession or allowance
of a general nature which may be sanctioned for officers of corresponding
status in the regular service and subject to the condition that they have not
already been allowed in the fixation of their pay an element of compensation to
meet the increase in the cost of living. 1405. Allowance to officers on ad-hoc rates of pay.--The dearness allowance will also be admissible to those officers on ad-hoc rates of pay provided their pay was fixed without taking into account any allowance drawn by them prior to their appointment on the ad-hoc rates of pay, as compensation, for the high cost of living.
1406. Allowance to military officers.--Military
officers in civil employ drawing civilian rates of pay will be eligible for the
Dearness Allowance as admissible to Railway servants in corresponding grades,
while Military officers drawing Military rates of pay and allowance will be
governed by the rules or orders on the subject applicable to the personnel of
the Armed Forces.
1407. Allowance on varying rates of pay.--The
admissibility and the amount of allowance to be drawn by railway servants
drawing varying rates of pay during the course of a month will be determined by
the emoluments drawn during each particular broken period of a month.
1408. Allowance on joining and leaving
service.--In the case of a railway servant joining or leaving service in
the course of a month, the allowance will be determined with reference to the
monthly rate of pay and will be proportionate to the actual days of employment
in the month.
1409.
Allowance during Foreign service.--A railway servant in foreign
service may draw dearness allowance from the foreign employer on the basis of
foreign service pay, if the foreign employer is willing to bear the cost and
provided that the rates as well as the monetary limits (including marginal
adjustments) for the eligibility for the allowance are not higher than those
sanctioned for railway servants.
1410.
Drawal of allowance during deputation out of India.--A Railway employee
deputed for training abroad under the various officially sponsored training
schemes may be allowed dearness allowance at
the rate at which he would have drawn dearness allowance had he not proceeded
on deputation abroad for training excluding any regular leave taken abroad.
The allowance
will not be admissible to railway servants posted ex-India to specified
posts. Also Dearness Allowance or
Dearness Pay is not admissible in conjunction with foreign allowance.
1411. Drawal of allowance during
suspension.--In addition to subsistence allowance, a railway servant under
suspension shall be entitled to dearness allowance appropriate to the actual
subsistence allowance admissible from time to time. I. Admissibility of the allowance during leave (a)
The
allowance may be drawn during any period of leave other than (i) extra-ordinary
leave, in or outside India and (ii) any portion of leave preparatory to
retirement spent outside India, except that in cases of leave preparatory to
retirement in India it will be admissible only during the first 180 days and in the case of terminal leave it will be
admissible only during the first 120 days of the leave spent in India. NOTE (1).--During leave
preparatory to retirement in India in excess of first 180 days or leave
preparatory to retirement outside India, the dearness allowance an amount equal
to the Dearness Pay if admissible, appropriate to the leave salary, if the
leave is on full pay and half of such amount if otherwise, may be paid. NOTE (2).--In the case of a deceased Government servant, his family is
entitled to the payment of cash equivalent of the leave salary that the
deceased employees would have got, had he gone on earned leave but for the
death, due and admissible on the date immediately following the date of death
subject to a maximum 180 days of earned leave in terms of Rule 39-A (a) of the
Central Civil Service (Leave) Rules 1972.
Such cash equivalent would also carry the appropriate amount of dearness
allowance. (b) The allowance during leave will be based on the leave salary actually drawn, both for the purpose of monetary limits within which the allowance is admissible and for calculation of the amount of the allowance. NOTE (i) During terminal leave,
the Dearness Allowance will be calculated on the gross leave salary before
deduction of pension and pension equivalent of retirement benefits but the
amount of Dearness Allowance payable to the employee on terminal leave should
be reduced by the amounts of “reliefs to
pensioners” that are admissible over and above the pension. (ii)
During study
leave, the Dearness Allowance would be admissible in terms of Rule1413.
(O.M.F.O.M.
No. 13011/1/E.II (B)/76 dt.
II.
Admissibility of the allowance during joining time
During joining
time as defined under Rule 1101 (F.R.105), the allowance will be based on the
joining time pay admissible under Rule 1113 (F.R. 107) except that in a case
where an employee joins a new post in a new station on return from leave of not
more than six months duration from leave of any duration when he had not
sufficient notice of the appointment to the new post, allowance will be drawn
at the same rate at which it was drawn before the commencement of the joining
time.
III. When
running staff are on leave, they shall be entitled to be paid their leave
salary based on their basic pay plus 30% thereof representing the pay element
of running allowance and Dearness Allowance/Additional Dearness Allowance due
on such pay plus 30% thereof.
(Ministry of
Railways letter No,.E (P & A)II-80/RS-10 dated 17-7-1981.)
(2) For the
purpose of computation of leave salary in the case of those drawing pay in
pre-authorised scales of pay, Dearness Pay shall not be taken into account and
the Dearness Allowance should be determined in the usual manner.
1413. Allowance during study leave.--Dearness
allowance is admissible to railway servants based on leave salary sanctioned
during study leave whether in
1414.
Drawing of allowance during unpaid holidays.--During unpaid
holidays, workshop staff will be eligible for the allowance at the full rate
applicable to them.
1415. Dearness allowance to re-employed
persons whose re-employment runs con-currently with leave preparatory to
retirement.--If a railway servant while on leave preparatory to retirement
avails himself of such leave concurrently with his new appointment in the
railway, he will be granted dearness allowance in respect of his new
appointment based only on the pay of such appointment. The allowance will neither be admissible on
leave-salary, nor will the leave salary be taken into account in calculating
the allowance.
1416.
Dearness allowance during leave preparatory to retirement to Nationals
of Nepal and Bhutan.--A railway servant who is a Nepalese or Bhutanese
National shall be eligible to dearness allowance during leave preparatory to
retirement spent by him in Nepal or Bhutan respectively in the same way as it
is allowed to the Railway servants of Indian Nationality during leave
preparatory to retirement spent by them in India.
1417. Dearness Pay.--Such portion of
the Dearness Allowance as is decided by the Government to be treated as
Dearness Pay shall be termed as Dearness Pay.
The Dearness Pay so designated, shall be reckoned as pay for such
purposes as are specified by the Government from time to time and for no other
purposes.
Provided,
however, that this rule is not applicable to persons who are— (a)
employed on contract; (b)
granted consolidated rates of pay and are not in receipt
of dearness allowance separately; (c)
drawing pay and allowances under the authorized scales
of pay; and (d)
drawing dearness allowance otherwise than as provided
in these rules. SECTION II-OTHER COMPENSATORY ALLOWANCES
1418.
House allowance in lieu of free quarters.--The Railway employees who
are entitled to rent free accommodation may be granted compensation, for the
period during which they are not provided with such accommodation as specified
below:- (i) Employees who
are working in cities classified for the purpose of grant of house rent
allowance will be entitled to the amount equal to that charged as house rent
for Government accommodation from employees similarly placed but not entitled
to rent free quarters and, in addition, to the house rent allowance admissible
to corresponding employees. The total amount will, however, be limited to the
rent actually paid by such employees. (ii)
Employees working in other places will be
entitled to the amount equal to that charged as house rent for Government
accommodation from employees similarly placed but not entitled to rent free
quarters. (iii)
The
amount charged as house rent for Government accommodation will be taken as 7½%
of the monthly emoluments in the case of employees drawing pay below Rs.300 and
10% in the case of others. (iv)
The
employees referred to in para (i) above can draw the compensation in lieu of
rent free accommodation as well as the amount admissible as house rent
allowance to the corresponding employees not entitled to rent free
accommodation without producing the house rent receipt if their pay does not
exceed Rs.1069/- P.M. (R.S.)
In the case of
employees drawing pay above Rs. 1069/- P.M. (R.S.) production and verification
of rent receipt is necessary if the amount claimed by way of compensation in
lieu of rent free accommodation alongwith house rent allowance is in excess of
that admissible on pay of Rs.1069/- P.M. and in the absence of rent receipt,
the claim shall be restricted to the amount as is admissible on the pay of Rs.
1069/- P.M. (R.S.):
Provided that
those employees who are in receipt of a higher amount of compensation in lieu
of rent free accommodation without production of rent receipt or those
employees in whose case compensation in lieu of rent free accommodation is paid
without production of rent receipt irrespective of their pay and who wish to
continue to draw the compensation at the existing rates, will continue to
receive such amount as personal to them so long as they continuously serve in
the same station.
The employees
falling under para (ii) will not also be required to produce rent receipt for
claiming the compensation if their pay does not exceed Rs. 1069/- P.M. (R.S.). (v) Pay for the purpose of
this Rule will be ‘Pay’ as defined in Rule
103 (35) plus such part of dearness Allowance/Additional Dearness
Allowance/Dearness Pay as is from time to time merged with pay for being
reckoned for payment of House Rent Allowance and City Compensatory Allowance. (vi) This concession is
personal to those staff who are enjoying the privilege of rent free quarters or
house rent allowance in lieu thereof in terms of orders issued from time to
time.
( Railway
Board’s letter No. PCIII/73/HF/1 dated
1419. Allowance to Nursing Staff.--The
following allowances shall be granted to the nursing staff on railways-
(2) Nursing staff for whom messing
allowance is admissible should be allowed to draw that allowance during leave
to the extent indicated below- (i) If the period
of leave is on average pay/full pay, messing allowance will be at full rates
admissible; (ii)
If the period of leave is on half pay/half
average pay, messing allowance will be at half of the normal rates admissible; (iii)
If the period of leave is without pay, no
messing allowance will be admissible; and (iv) Messing allowance will be admissible on the
basis indicated above during leave on Medical certificate or maternity leave.
(3) Laundry
allowance will not be admissible if the period of leave exceeds 15 days at a
time.
(4) The Uniform
Allowance will be admissible during leave and subject to the conditions
mentioned in Rule 1412.
If the allowance
is paid on annual basis proportionate reduction should be made if the total
period of all kinds of leave exceeds four months at a time.
(Authority:
Railway Board’s letter No. E(S)I-57CPC/AL/7 dated
5 (i) The above rates will be effective from
(ii) The Nursing
Allowance will be payable at Rs.1600/-p.m. w.e.f. (iii) The Nursing Personnel of all categories at all levels working in
(iv) Nursing Allowance
will not be treated as “Pay”. (6) Since Nursing Allowance is a total compensation for the conditions of working including night work, the Nursing Staff would cease to be eligible for Night Duty Allowance. (Authority : Railway Board’s
letter No.E(P&A)II/87/AL/1, dated 19.8.87, 4.5.89, 13.5.92,
No.E(P&A)I-96/FE-4/4, dated 4.12.96, No., E(P&A)I-98/AL/1, dt.17.8.98
and No. E(P&A)I-98/AL/6, dated 12.11.1998).
1420. Railway employees deputed for
Breakdown duties will be entitled to the following:- (1) Non-gazetted Railway servants employed in Running sheds and Carriage and wagon Depots who are earmarked for attending to breakdown duties and Relief Train Electrical staff, including Supervisory staff, holding posts upto Level 6 (Rs 4200 GP) and above in the Pay Matrix (except the Supervisors in charge of Carriage & wagon Depots, Loco Running Shed or the Electrical Relief Train), shall be allowed the following: (i) Breakdown Allowance at the following rates :-
(Authority:- Railway Board’s letter No. E(P&A)II-2017/BDA-1 dated 30.08.2017)
(b) The payment
of this allowance would be subject to a review by the Controlling officer to
ensure proper performance of breakdown duty.
The allowance will not be admissible to the Railway servants who have
failed to turn out for the breakdown duties within the stipulated time. (c) The rate of this allowance will be increased by 25% whenever the Dearness Allowance payable on the revised pay structure goes up by 50%. (Authority:- Railway Board’s letter No. E(P&A)II-2017/BDA-1 dated 30.08.2017)
NOTE:- Where it
is not possible to make arrangements for supply of free food, in exceptional
circumstances, cash in lieu thereof may be paid to the non-gazetted staff
including Gangmen and Trolleymen engaged in Breakdown duties, at the rates
fixed by the General Manager in consultation with FA & CAO. (iv) Payment for overtime work in accordance with the normal rules, time taken in traveling to the site of the accident and back shall also be reckoned for payment of overtime; (v)
Payment of full daily allowance at the rates applicable
to ordinary localities without the stipulation that they should be out of
headquarters beyond 8 kilometres for a period exceeding 12 consecutive hours. (a)
Daily allowance at full rates as above will be
admissible for each breakdown occurring at difference places on the same day. (2) All other non-gazetted staff of all departments who are
called out in connection with accidents/breakdowns, including the Supervisory
staff who are not eligible for Breakdown Allowance, shall be allowed the
concessions enumerated in clauses (iii), (iv) & (v) of sub-rule (1) above. (3)
Gazetted staff who are called out in connection with
accidents/breakdowns shall be allowed the concessions enumerated in clauses
(iii) & (v) of sub-rule (1) above.
Cash compensation in lieu of free food shall, however, not be admissible to
them. (Authority: Railway Board’s
letter No. E(P & A)II-98/BDA-1 dated (4)
For the purpose of sub-rule (1), (2) and (3) above, a
breakdown may be:- (i)
Any accident which involves the calling out of a
breakdown train or engine with special staff or equipment (including MFD
equipment or traffic crane) from the nearest breakdown train depot or shed, or
a breach or washaway on the line which interrupts normal traffic; or (ii) Any of the following which interrupt normal traffic on running lines: - (a)
Snapping of
overhead electric traction lines which involves calling out of Tower Wagon or
Breakdown Lorry; (b)
Damage/Bursting
of points requiring the attendance of a Breakdown/Repair/Maintenance Gang; (c)
Breakdown of
interlocked lifting barriers; (d)
Total
interruption of telecommunication/communications or of power supply. (Authority : Ministry of Railway’s letter No. E(P&A)II/91/BDA/1/DC/JCM dated 13-8-91.)
1421.
Out turn Allowance:- (i) A teleprinter operator may be paid Out Turn Allowance @
10 paise per message worked in excess of 250 messages during the shift duty of
six hour (intensive) or eight hour (continuous). The limit of 250 messages will include all
messages (sent or received) including service messages (classified as ‘T’
messages).
(ii)
Weightages for message: (a) A message containing words up to 44 is to be counted as one message. (b)
A lengthy message containing between 45 to 74 words
should be treated as two messages and between 75 to 104 words should be treated as 3 messages and so
on. (iii)
A Teleprinter Operator shall be entitled to earn ‘Out
Turn Allowance’ in a month if:- (a) He has availed only casual leave and other leave eligible on full pay. (b)
He has attended four night duties or such less number
as authorized by head of the department. (c)
No rebate shall be given for interruption on any
circuit. (iv)
The following items of work performed by the
Teleprinter Operators staff shall be treated as non-incentive work: (a) Period spent for learning Hindi under the Hindi Teaching Scheme. (b) Short duration of relief of supervisory staff. (v)
The Out Turn Allowance shall be computed on daily basis
and paid on monthly basis.
2. Subsidiary rules may be framed by individual
Railway, in consultation with the Financial Adviser and Chief Accounts
Officers.
Railway
Board’s Decision
( Authority :
Railway Board’s letter No. E(P&A)II/86/AL/1 dated 15-12-1989 & 21-2-90,
11.6-90 and No,. E(P&A)I-98/AL/4, dated 12-2-1999 and 20-8-99)
1422. Washing Allowance.--Group ‘D’ staff
employed in the headquarters offices of a railway or in any other office where
it is considered desirable by the Ministry of Railways from the Administrative
point of view, that the Group ‘D’ staff should appear in neat and clean
uniforms, may be granted by a special or general order, a washing allowance at
such rate as the ministry of Railways may prescribe from time to time.
NOTE. (1)-It
will be for the Controlling officers to satisfy themselves that the allowance
is actually spent for the purpose for which it is granted. No deduction, whatsoever, of Washing
Allowance need be made for the period of any leave taken by the employee.
( Railway
Board’s letter No.F(E)I-68/AL-29/3 dated 8-9-81.)
NOTE. (2)-The
categories of Group ‘D’ staff selected for grant of Washing Allowance are
listed in para 706 of IREM. Washing
Allowance is also admissible to the Staff Car Drivers, who are in Group ‘C’, on
the same terms and conditions as applicable to Group ‘D’ staff. ( Authority : Railway Board’s letter No. F(E)I/99/AL-29/4 dated 12-1999.) |