RBE No. 27/2017 - Discontinuance of Advance of Leave Salary

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD)

PC-VIII No.16/2017 RBE No. 27/2017 New Delhi, Dated : 23.03.2017

No.E(P&A)I-2017/CPC/LE-2 The General Managers and FA&CAOs, All Indian Railways & Production Units.

Sub: Grant of Advances – Seventh Central Pay Commission recommendations –Discontinuance of Advance of Leave Salary.

The Seventh Central Pay Commission vide Para 9.1.4 had recommended that all the interest free advances being granted to the Central Government employees should be abolished. The Government’s decision in this regard has been conveyed by the Ministry of Finance vide their OM No. 12(1)/E.II(A)/2016 dated 07.10.2016. According to the instructions contained therein, the Advance of Leave Salary in addition to six other advances has been abolished.

2. The Government’s decision in respect of abolition of advance of leave salary has been considered by the Ministry of Railways in consultation with Finance Directorate. It has been decided to abolish Advance of Leave Salary w. e. f. 07.10.2016. The cases where the advances have already been sanctioned need not be reopened.

3. The provisions in respect of advance of leave salary are contained in Rule No. 548 of Indian Railway Establish ment Code (IREC), Volume-I, 1985 Edition (Reprint Edition-2008). In view of this, in exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution, the President is pleased to direct that Rule No. 548 of IREC Vol.-I may be amended as in the enclosed Advance Correction Slip No. 131

4. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

5. Please acknowledge receipt.

DA:- Correction Slip.

S/d, (Anil Kumar) Dy. Director/E(P&A)-I Railway Board.

ADVANCE CORRECTION SLIP TO THE INDIAN RAILWAY ESTABLISHMENT CODE, VOLUME-I,1985 EDITION- (THIRD REPRINT EDITION -2008)

Advance Correction Slip No._131

The following amendments may be made to Rule No.548 of the Indian Railway Establishment Code, Volume -I, 1985 Edition (Reprint Edition – 2008):-

Rule 548 may be Substituted as under:

548.Advance of Leave Salary.

The Provision stands deleted as the advance in this regard has been abolished by the seventh Pay Commission.

(Authority: Railway Board’s Letter No.E(P&A)I-2017/CP/LE-2 dated 23.03.2017)

RBE - 66 / 2018 - Policy on grant of cash award by Hon'ble MR/MOSR/CRB and Board Members and DGs on their visit to Zonal Railway/PUs

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CONSTITUTION OF COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE CLASSIFICATION OF RAILWAY POST CONSEQUENL UPON IMPLEMENTATION OF 7 TH CPC RECOMMENDATIONS THROUGH RSRP, 2016

RBE No.206/2017 - Implementation of recommendations of Seventh Central Pay Commission accepted by the Government — Grant of Extra Work Allowance

Government Of India Ministry Of Railways (Railway Board)

PC-VII No.86 RBE No.206/2017

No.E(P&A)I-2017/SP-1/Genl-6

New Delhi, dated 27-12-2017

The General Managers and Principal Financial Advisers All Indian Railways & Production Units.

Sub: Implementation of recommendations of Seventh Central Pay Commission accepted by the Government — Grant of Extra Work Allowance (abolition of existing Library Allowance).

Ref: (i) Railway Board’s letter No. E(P&A)I-2009/SP-1/Gen1/1 dated 30.04.2010(Annexure-A-3). (ii) Ministry of Finance’s OM No.12-3/2016-E.III(A) dated 20.07.2017.

 

Consequent upon the decisions taken by the government on the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission relating to revision of allowances, the President is pleased to abolish Library Allowance payable as a special Allowance to the teachers entrusted with additional charge of library work in railway schools which do not have separate post of Librarian) as a separate allowance. The eligible employees will now be governed by the newly preposed “Extra Work Allowance”, which shall be governed as under:

a. Extra Work Allowance will be paid at a uniform rate of 2% (two percent) of the basic pay per month.

b. An employee shall receive this allowance for a maximum period of one year, and there should be minimum gap of one year before the same employee is deployed for similar duties again.

 

c. This allowance shall not be combined i.e. if the same employees is performing two or more such duties and is eligible for 2% (two percent) allowance for each add on, then the total Extra Work Allowance payable will remain capped at 2% (two percent) of basic pay.

2. The other terms and conditions for grant of Special Allowance contained in Board’s letters No.E(P&A)I-99/Sp-1/Genl.1 dated 22-07-1999 will remain unchanged.

3. These orders shall be effective from 1st July, 2017.

4. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

5. Please acknowledge receipt.

(Anil Kumar) Dy.Director/E(P&A)-I Railway Board.  

 

RBE No. 147/2017 - Recommendations of the Seventh Central pay Commission – Implementation of decision relating to the grant of Children Education Allowance

RBE No. 147/2017 PC-VII No.68

 Government of India Ministry of Railway (Railway Board)

No.E(W)2017/ED-2/3                                                         New Delhi, Dated: 12-10-20 17

The General Manager (P), All Indian Railways & Production Units.

Sub: Recommendations of the Seventh Central pay Commission – Implementation of decision relating to the grant of Children Education Allowance.

Please refer to Board’s letter No. E(W)2008/ED-2/4 dated 01-10-2008 followed by subsequent clarifications thereon regarding grant of Children Education Allowance/Hostel Subsidy to Government employees on the recommendation of Sixth Central Pay Commission.

Now, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel & Training) has conveyed Government’s decision on the recommendations of Seventh Central Pay Commission in regard to grant of Children Education Allowance & Hostel Subsidy to Government servants vide OM No. A-27012/02/2017-Estt.(AL) dated 16.08.2017 (copy enclosed). These instructions shall apply mutatis-mutandis to Railway employees and shall be effective from l sl July, 2017. Aforesaid instructions on Children Education Allowance/Hostel Subsidy are being issued in supersession of Board’s letter No. E(W)2008/ED-2/4 dated 13-05-2014. Please acknowledge receipt.

(Sunil Kumar) Director Estt.(Welfare) Railway Board

RBE - 141 / 2017Implementation of the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission - Dress Allowance

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR) Ministry of Railways (Rail Mantralaya) (Railway Board)

PC-VII No.- 64 File No. PC-VII/2017/I/7/5/7

RBE No. 141/2017 New Delhi, Dated: 03.10.2017

The General Managers/ CAOs(R), All Indian Railways and Production Units, (As per mailing list)

Subject: Implementation of the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission – Dress Allowance.

In terms of extant instructions, the Uniform- related allowances being paid to Railway employees as admissible included Kit Maintenance Allowance, Shoe Allowance, Uniform Allowance and Washing Allowance.

2.Consequent to the decision taken by the Government on the recommendations of the 7th CPC, these uniform-related allowances have been subsumed into a single Dress Allowance. The President is pleased to approve payment of this Dress Allowance to the categories of employees and at the rates as listed below:

1	Officers of RPF/RPSF	20,000/- per annum
2	Personnel Below Officer Rank of RPF, Station masters of Indian Railways	10,000/- per annum
3	Other categories of staff who were supplied Uniforms and are required to wear them regularly like Trackmen, Running Staff of Indian Railways, Staff Car Drivers, MTS, Canteen staff of Non-Statutory departmental Canteens, etc.	5,000/- per annum
4	Nurses	1800/- per mont

3.With this notification of Dress Allowance, existing uniform-related allowances including those for maintenance & washing of uniforms, will no longer be payable separately. Existing orders for payment of such separate uniform-related allowances including Shoe Allowance therefore stand superseded.

4.With the payment of this Dress Allowance, categories of staff who were earlier being provided Uniforms, will henceforth not be provided with Uniforms.

5.The amount of Dress Allowance shall be credited to the salary of entitled employees directly once a year in the month of July.

6.This allowance covers only the basic uniform of the employees. Any special clothing like the fluorescent clothing provided to Trackmen of Indian Railways will continue to be provided by this Ministry as per existing norms.

7.The rates of Dress Allowance will go up by 25% each time Dearness Allowance rises by 50%.

8.These orders shall take effect from 01st July, 2017.

Hindi version will follow.

S/d,

(Jaya Kumar G) Deputy Director (Pay Commission) VII Railway Board

RBE - 91/2017 -Grant of Special Compensatory Allowances subsumed under Tough Location Allowance: Implementation of Seventh Central Pay Commission’s recommendations

Government of India Ministry of Railways (Railway Board)

PC-VII NO. 38

RBE No. 91/2017

No. F(E)I/2017/AL-4/5                                           New Delhi, dated:- 11.08.2017

The General Managers, All Indian Railways etc. (As per Standard Mailing List)

Sub: Grant of Special Compensatory Allowances subsumed under Tough Location Allowance: Implementation of Seventh Central Pay Commission’s recommendations.

Consequent upon the acceptance of the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commissioner in supersession of the existing orders for grant of Special Compensatory Allowances viz. Special Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance, Specla[ Compensatory (Bad Climate) Allowance, Special Compensatory (Scheduled/Tribal Area) Allowance and Sunderban Allowance which have been subsumed in Tough Location Allowance, the President is pleased to decide the rates of these Special Compensatory Allowances (subsumed in Tough Location Allowance) to Railway employees as under:-

s. No.	Name of the Allowance	Category	Cell Name	Pay Level in Pay Matrix	Rate month	per
(I)	Special Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance: l) Special Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance Places covered under Part- A& B (Annexuæ 1 & 11)	Tough Location Allowance-I	R3H1	Level 9 and above Level 8 and below	5300 4100
	(i) Special Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance Places covered under Part – C (Annexure Ill)	Tough Location Allowance-Il	R3H2	Level 9 and above Level 8 and below	3400 2700
	(ill) Special Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance Places covered under Part – D (Annexure IV	Tough Location Allowance-Ill	R3}-E	Level 9 and above Level g and below	1200 1000
(II)	Bad Climate Allowance	Tough Location Allowance-Ill	R3H3	Level 9 and above Level 8 and below	1200 1000
(III)	Tribal Area Allowance	Tough Location Allowancelll	R3H3	Level ‘9 and above Level 8 and below	1200 1000
(IV)	Sunderban Allowance	Tough Location Allowance-Ill	R3H3	Level 9 and above Level 8 and below	1200 1000

2. These rates shall increase by 25 per cent whenever the Dearness Allowance payable on the revised pay structure goes up by 50 per cent.
   3. 3. The terms Level’ in the revised pay structure means the an the Pay Matrix
      4. In those employees who opt to continue In the pre-revised pay structure/Pay scales, the corresponding Level in the Pay Matrix of the post occupied on 01101.2016 as indicated in Railway Services (Revlsed Pay)_ Rules, 201S would determine the allowance under these orders,
      5. Sunderban Allowance, categorized as Tough Location Allowance-111, shall be adrntssible to the Railway employees working tn Sunderban areas South of Dampier Hodge’s line, namely, Bhagatush Khall (Rampura), Kumirrnari (Bagna); Jhlnga Khali, Sajnakhal(, Gosaba, Amlamath( (Bldya), Canning, Kultali, Piyali, Nalgaraha, Raidighi, Bhanchi/ Pathar Paratima, Bhagabatpur, Saptamukhl, Narnkhana, Slkarpur, Kakdwip, Sagar, Mousintl Kalinagar, Haroal Hingatganj, Basantl, Kuemari/ Kültolar Ghusighata (Kulti) area. The allowance shall be admissible only up to the period, for which the Government of West Bengal continues to pay this allowance to its employees.
      6. Scheduled/Tribal Area Allowance and Bad Climate Allowance, categorized as Tough Location Allowance-111, shall be admissible only in those States where Scheduled/Tribal Area Allowance and Bad Climate Allowance are admissible and shall be discontinued in those States where it has been discontinued for the State Government employees with effect from the date(s) of such discontinuance.
      7. In the event of a place failing in note than one category, the higher rate of Tough Location Allowance will be applicable,
      8. Tough Location Allowances shall not be admissible along with Special Duty Allowance. However, employees have the option for continuing Special Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance at old rates of 6 ^th CPC, where It was admissible, along with Special Duty Allowance at revised rate of 10% Basic Pay.
      9. Employees may exercise their option to choose ether hard Area Allowance which is admissible along with Island Special Duty Al owance or one of the Special Compensatory Allowance, subsumed under Tough Location Allowance as mentioned in Para 1 above.
      10. These orders shall take effect from 1^st July, 2017.
      11. Hindi version is enclosed.
   Please acknowledge receipt,
   (Sonaii Chaturvedi)
   Deputy Director Finance (Estt.), Railway Board

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Anomaly in Pay Matrix Levels of 7th CPC

No.IV/NAC/7th CPC/2016

Dated: 10.08.2017

The Secretary (E), Railway Board, New Delhi Dear Sir,

Sub : Anomaly in Pay Matrix Levels of 7th CPC

NFIR brings to the kind notice of Railway Board the anomaly arisen due to non-grant of 3% of pay towards annual increment, pursuant to implementation of 7th CPC Pay Matrix Levels as explained below:

(a) Clause (c) of terms of reference of the National Anomaly Committee says that the Official Side and Staff Side are of the opinion that any recommendation is in contravention of the principle or the policy enunciated by the 7th CPC itself without the commission assigning any reason, constitutes an anomaly.

(b) The recommendations of 7th CPC regarding Annual Increment are as follows:

(i) 7th CPC Report -Highlights of recommendations Annual Increment- The rate of annual increment is being retained at 3%.

(ii) 7th CPC Report Forward: Para 1.19 – The prevailing rate of increment is considered satisfactory and has been retained.

(iii) 7th CPC Report – Chapter 4.1-Principles of pay determination – Para-4.1.17 – The various stages within a pay level moves upwards at the rate of 3% per annum.

(iv) 7th CPC Report – Chapter -5.1 -Pay structure (Civilian employees) Para 5.1.38-Annual Increment.

” The rate of annual increment is being retained at 3% “

Para 5.1.21-The vertical range of each level denotes pay progress within that level. That indicates steps of annual financial progression of 3% within each level.

However, contrary to the above principle laid down by 7th CPC, the actual increment rate in the following pay level of the pay matrix are less than 3% as illustrated in the following table.

(d) From the above table it can be concluded that:

1. The recommendations of 7th CPC regarding increment rate is in contravention of the principle or policy enunciated by 7th CPC, hence it constitutes an anomaly .

2. In many stages even though the increment rate shown is 3%, it is rounded off to next below amount causing financial loss to the employees.

3. In the 6th CPC, while calculating increment, if the last digit as one or above, it used to be rounded off to next 10. So in this pay matrix, if the amount is 10 and above, it should be rounded off to next 100.

NFIR therefore requests the Railway Board to take necessary action for rectification of anomaly so as to ensure that the increment @ 3% of pay is granted to employees in whose cases where the actual amount is less than 3%.

Yours faithfully
sd/-
(Dr.M.Raghavaiah)
General Secretary

Source: NFIR

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