Revised Rates of various Allowances upon Dearness Allowance being raised to 50%

Revised Rates of various 7th CPC Allowances upon Dearness Allowance being raised to 50% – Existing and Revised rates: Railway Board Order RBE No. 51/2024 dated 05.06.2024

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA)
(RAILWAY BOARD)

RBE No. 51/2024

No. F(E)l/2024/AL-28/34 New Delhi, Dated: 05.06.2024

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

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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:-

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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