Revised Rates of allowances upon Dearness Allowance being raised by 50%: RBE No. 51/2024
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA)
(RAILWAY BOARD)
RBE No. 51/2024
New Delhi, Dated: 05.06.2024
No. F(E)l/2024/AL-28/34
The General Managers/Principal Financial Advisers,
All Zonal Railways & Production Units etc,
DGs of RDSO and NAIR.
Sub: Revised Rates of various Allowances upon Dearness Allowance being raised to 50%.
Ref: Board’s letter No. PC-VII/2016/117/2/l(RBE No. 26/2024) dated 15.03.2024.
Vide Board ‘s letter referred above, the rate of Dearness Allowance was raised to 50%. Consequently, multiple references have been received regarding revision in the rates of various allowances whose rates were slated to be revised upon DA reaching 50%.
2. In view of the same, a list of such allowances whose rates shall be revised with DA reaching 50%, along with the revised rates is enclosed as Annexure-I.
3.The revised rates of these allowances shall be applicable with effect from 1st January, 2024.
Hindi version will follow.
(Sanjay Prashar)
Jt Director Finance (Estt.)
Annexure-I
No. F(E)l/2024/AL-28/34
REVISED RATES OF VARIOUS ALLOWANCES UPON DEARNESS ALLOWANCE BEING RAISED TO 50%
(i) Conveyance Allowance: In partial modification to Board’s letter No. F(E)I/2017/AL-4/3, dated 10.08.2017 (RBE No. 89/2017) & dated 11.01.2024 (RBE No. 04/2024), the revised rates will be as following:-
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| Average Monthly Travel on Official Duty | For Journey by Own Motor Car | For Journeys by other Modes of Conveyance | ||
| Existing rates (in Rs.) | Revised rates (in Rs.) | Existing rates (in Rs.) | Revised rates (in Rs.) | |
| 201-300 km | 1680 | 2100 | 556 | 695 |
| 301-450 km | 2520 | 3150 | 720 | 900 |
| 451-600 km | 3105 | 3881 | 960 | 1200 |
| 601-800 km | 3646 | 4558 | 1126 | 1408 |
| >800 km | 4500 | 5625 | 1276 | 1595 |
(ii) Conveyance Allowance to Railway Medical Officers: ln partial modification to Board’s letter No F(E)l/2020/AL-7/1, dated 10.01.2022 (RBE No. 03/2022), the revised rates will be as following:-
| Sl. No. | Mode of Conveyance | Maximum Rates (in Rs. p.m.) | Minimum Rates (in Rs. p.m.) | ||
| Existing rates | Revised rates | Existing rates | Revised rates | ||
| (i) | For those who maintain their own Motor Car | 7150 | 8938 | 350 | 438 |
| (ii) | For those who maintain Scooter/ Motor Cycle | 2350 | 2938 | 175 | 219 |
| (iii) | For those who do not maintain either Car or Motor Cycle/ Scooter | 1950 | 2438 | 130 | 163 |
(iii) Daily Allowance: In partial modification to Board’s letter No. F(E)l/2017/AL-28/40, dated 08.08.2017 (RBE No. 84/2017), the revised rates will be as following:-
| 7th CPC Level | Entitlement (in Rs.) | |
| Existing rates | Revised rates | |
| 14 and above | 1200 | 1500 |
| 12 and 13 | 1000 | 1250 |
| 9 to 11 | 900 | 1125 |
| 6 to 8 | 800 | 1000 |
| 5 and below | 500 | 625 |
(iv) Special Compensatory Allowances (Subsumed in Tough Location Allowance): In partial modification to Board’s letter No.F(E)l/2017/AL-4/5, dated 11.08.2017 (RBE No. 91/2017), the revised rates will be as following:
| S.No | Name of the Allowance | Category | Cell Name | Pay Level in Pay Matrix | Existing Rate per month (in Rs.) | Revised Rate per month (in Rs.) |
| (I) | Special Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance:(I) Special Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance places covered under Part-A & B (Annexure I & II) | Tough Location Allowance-I | R3HI | Level 9 and above | 5300 | 6625 |
| Level 8 and below | 4100 | 5125 | ||||
| (II) Special Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance places covered under part -C (Annexure III) | Tough Location Allowance-II | R3H2 | Level 9 and above | 3400 | 4250 | |
| Level 8 and below | 2700 | 3375 | ||||
| (III) Special Compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance places covered under part -D (Annexure IV) | Tough Location Allowance-III | R3H3 | Level 9 and above | 1200 | 1500 | |
| Level 8 and below | 1000 | 1250 | ||||
| (II) | Bad Climate Allowance | Tough Location Allowance-III | R3H3 | Level 9 and above | 1200 | 1500 |
| Level 8 and below | 1000 | 1250 | ||||
| (III) | Tribal Area Allowance | Tough Location Allowance-III | R3H3 | Level 9 and above | 1200 | 1500 |
| Level 8 and below | 1000 | 1250 | ||||
| (IV) | Sunderban Allowance | Tough Location Allowance-III | R3H3 | Level 9 and above | 1200 | 1500 |
| Level 8 and below | 1000 | 1250 |
(v) Mileage Allowance for journeys by road: In partial modification to Board ‘s letter No. F(E)l/201 7IAL-28/41 , dated 24.08.2017 (RBE No. 103/2017), the revised rates of Mileage Allowance at places where no specific rates have been prescribed either by the Directorate of Transport of the concerned State or of the neighboring States, will be as following:-
| Existing rates | Revised rates | |
| For journeys performed in own car/ taxi | Rs 24/- per Km | Rs 30/- per km |
| For journeys performed by auto-rickshaw, own scooter, etc | Rs 12/- per Km | Rs 15/- per km |
(vi) Transportation of Personal effects on Transfer/Retirement: In partial modification to Board ‘s letter No. F(E)l/2017/AL-28/4 l , dated 24.08.2017 (RBE No. 103/2017), the revised rates will be as following:-
| Level | Rate for transport by road | |
| Existing rates | Revised rates | |
| 6 and above | Rs. 50/- per Km | Rs. 63/- per Km |
| 5 | Rs. 25/- per Km | Rs. 31/- per Km |
| 4 and below | Rs. 15/- per Km | Rs. 19/- per Km |
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