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PAY AND ALLOWANCES (7cpc)

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Travelling Allowance/Daily allowance: Travelling allowance is granted

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PAY AND ALLOWANCES (7cpc) 
 
    The Railway employees are governed by the Railway services   (Revised Pay) Rules 
    2016. This RSRP Rules shall be deemed to have to come into force on the 
    First Day of January 2016. 
 
 
   The Pay Scales of Group “A” & “B” Officers are as under:- 
Sr. No. 
Category 
Grade Pay 
Level 
1 
Jr. Scale officer 20% 
5400/- 
10 
2 
Jr. Scale 80% 
5400/- 
10 
3 
Gr. ‘A’ Entry 
5400/- 
10 
4 
Sr. Scale 
6600/- 
11 
SN 
Category in Group “D” Post 
Grade Pay 
(6 CPC) 
Level 
(7 
CPC) 
Basic Pay 
1 
Kh / H-I (Recruiting Level) 
1300/- 
01 
18000/- 
2 
Kh / H-II (Recruiting Level) 
1800/- 
01 
18000/- 
SN 
Category in Group “C” Post 
Grade Pay 
(6 CPC) 
Level 
(7 
CPC) 
Basic Pay 
1 
Tech-III (Recruiting Level) 
1900/- 
02 
19900/- 
2 
Tech-III  
2000/- 
03 
21700/- 
3 
Tech-II 
2400/- 
04 
25500/- 
4 
Tech-I 
2800/- 
05 
29200/- 
5 
Sr. Technician 
4200/- 
06 
35400/- 
6 
JE  (Recruiting Level) 
4200/- 
06 
35400/- 
7 
JE/SSE (Recruiting Level) 
4600/- 
07 
44900/- 
8 
JE/SSE 
4800/- 
08 
47600/- 
9 
JE/SSE 
5400/- 
09 
53100/-

5 
JAG 
7600/- 
12 
6 
SAG (13 yrs. Service) 
8700/- 
13 
7 
RPF 
8900/- 
13A 
8 
SAG (17 yrs. Service) 
10000/- 
14 
9 
HAG 
Nil 
15 
10 
Grade in Board 
Nil 
16 
11 
GM/Addl. Members  
Nil 
17 
 
       PAY AND ALLOWANCES 
Basic pay means pay drawn in the prescribed scale of pay,  Including stagnation 
increment(s) but does not include any other Type of pay like ‘special pay, personal pay’, 
etc. 
ALLOWANES ARE GIVEN TO EMPLOYEES IN VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.  THE 
VARIOUS ALLOWANCES EXISTING ON RAILWAYS ARE AS UNDER : 
1. Dearness Allowance: 
DA is given due to rise in price index and was first granted to the Railway 
services w.e.f. 19.3.41.  As per the new rules this DA is given twice a year i.e. 
from January payable by March and from July payable by September up to 31 
December. 
 
       Dearness Allowance: revised Rate effective from 1.1.16 
Dates from which payable 
Rates of DA p. m 
01.01.16 
No DA 
01.07.16 
2 % 
01.01.17 
4 % 
01.07.17 
5% 
01.01.18 
7% 
01.07.18 
9% 
01.01.19 
12% 
01.07.19 
17%

2. City Compensatory Allowance: 
This allowance is given to compensate the high cost of living and it is granted 
according to the classification of cities and group of Scale as under:- 
Sr.No 
. 
(Pay  Range) Basic 
Pay 
Amt. of CCA in class of cities (Rs. (P.M.) 
X   classified city 
Y classified towns 
(i) 
Pay upto Rs.50000 
p.m. 
10 % of pay 
5 % of pay 
(ii) 
Pay of more than 
Rs.50000 p.m. 
6% of pay subject to a 
minimum of Rs. 5000/- 
p.m. 
3% of pay subject 
to a minimum of 
Rs.2500/- p.m 
 
3.   House Rent Allowance: 
It is granted as a relief to employees in view of the higher rent that is required 
to be paid for private accommodation due to non availability of railway quarters 
for all the employees 
HRA is also granted according to the classification of cities as indicated 
below: 
S.N 
Classification of City/Town 
Rates of HRA 
1 
X  
24% of pay 
2 
Y  
16% of Pay 
3 
Z  
8 % of Pay 
When dearness allowance crosses 50%, it will be increased to 30%, 20% and 10%, 
respectively for the three categories of cities. 
This will not be granted to any railway servant occupying any type of railway 
accommodation, Central or State.  In case Husband, Wife and Children are 
occupying a government accommodation they will not be entitled for HRA but 
if occupying a private accommodation all will be entitled for HRA.  
In case when an employee is transferred from one station to another and 
though he retains a railway accommodation or a government accommodation 
at the old station of posting, he will be eligible for HRA if not occupying any 
government accommodation at the new station of posting. 
RPF staff occupying barracks are entitled for HRA

4. TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE 
Transport allowance is granted to Railway employees subject to furnishing a 
certificate that his residence is not located within 1 Kms from the place of   
work or within a campus housing the place of wo

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