Government of India
Ministry of Railways
Railway Board
s.No.PC_VI / 353
No PC-V/2008/A/TA/2
RBE No. 95/2015
New Delhi, dated26 08.2015
The General Managers / CAO (R)
All Zonal Railways & PUs
(As per mailing list)
Sub:-Grant of Transport Allowance to Railway employees.
Reference is invited to Railway Board’s letter of even number dt.12.09.2008 WE No.111/2008) regarding grant of Transport Allowance to Railway employees, consequent upon the implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission (6th CPC).
2. The Government has since considered the re-classification of cities/towns/localities as per Census-2011 (population criteria) for the purpose of Transport Allowance. Accordingly, the President is pleased to decide the revised classification of cities, towns and localities, for the purpose of grant of Transport Allowance at higher rates to Railway employees, as per Annexure-I. Therefore, the table below para `1′ of Railway Board’s letter dt.12.09.2008 stands partially modified as under:
| Employees drawing
Grade Pay of |
Rates of Transport Allowance admissible
per month |
|
| Cities    classified    as     per
Annexure-I |
All cities, towns and
localities,  other than those    included     in Annexure-I |
|
| Grade pay of Rs.5400 & above | Rs.3200     plus       Dearness
Allowance thereon |
Rs.1600 plus Dearness
Allowance thereon |
| Grade pay of Rs.4200, Rs.4600 and Rs.4800 | Rs.1600     plus       Dearness
Allowance thereon |
Rs.800 plus   Dearness
Allowance thereon |
| Those drawing grade pay below
Rs.4200 but drawing pay in the pay band equal to Rs.7440 & above. |
||
| Grade pay below Rs.4200 and pay
in the pay band below Rs.7440 |
Rs.600      plus         Dearness
Allowance thereon |
Rs.400 plus Dearness
Allowance thereon |
3. The revised classification of cities/towns/localities for the purpose of Transport Allowance shall take effect from 1st April 2015.
ANNEXURE-I
LIST OF CITIES AND TOWNS ELIGIBLE FOR HIGHER RATES OF TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE ON RE-CLASSIFICATION OF CITIES/TOWNS AS PER CENSUS 2011 (WITH EFFECT FROM 1ST APRIL, 2015)
| SI. No | NAME OF THE STATE / UNION TERRITORIES | NAME OF THE CITY/TOWN |
| (I) | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS | — |
| (ii) | ANDHRA PRADESH/TELANGANA | Hyderabad(UA) |
| (iii) | ARUNACHAL PRADESH ^ | — |
| (iv) | ASSAM | — |
| (v) | BIHAR | Patna(UA) |
| (vi) | CHANDIGARH | — |
| (vii) | CHHATTISGARH | — |
| (viii) | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI | — |
| (ix) | DAMAN & DIU | — |
| (x) | DELHI | Delhi(UA) |
| (xi) | GOA | — |
| (xii) | GUJARAT | Ahmadabad(UA); Surat(UA) |
| (xiii) | HARYANA | — |
| (xiv) | HIMACHAL PRADESH | — |
| (xv) | JAMMU AND KASHMIR | — |
| (xvi) | JHARKHAND | — |
| (xvii) | KARNATAKA | Bangalore/Bengaluru(UA) |
| (xviii) | KERALA | Kochi(UA); Kozhikode(UA) |
| (xix) | LAKSHWADEEP ISLANDS | — |
| (xx) | MADHYA PRADESH | Indore(UA) |
| (xxi) | MAHARASHTRA | Greater Mumbai(UA); Nagpur(UA); Pune(UA) |
| (xxii) | MANIPUR | — |
| (xxiii) | MEGHALAYA | — |
| (xxiv) | MIZORAM | — |
| (xxv) | NAGALAND | — |
| (xxvi) | ODISHA | — |
| (xxvii) | PUDUCHERRY (PONDICHERRY) | — |
| (xxviii) | PUNJAB | — |
| (xxix) | RAJASTHAN | Jaipur(UA) |
| (xxx) | SIKKIM | — |
| (xxxi) | TAMIL NADU | Chennai(UA); Coimbatore(UA); |
| (xxxii) | TRIPURA | — |
| (xxxiii) | UTTAR PRADESH | Ghaziabad(UA); Kanpur(UA); Lucknow(UA) |
| (xxxiv) | UTTARAKHAND | — |
| (xxxv) | WEST BENGAL | Kolkata(UA) |
Source : NFIRÂ
