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Pay, Allowances and Advances

Fixed Medical Allowance

Fixed Medical Allowance

Combination of appointments and Dual Charge Allowance

  • An officer may be required to hold charge of a post in addition to his own post.
  • In such case in addition to his own pay he shall be entitled Dual Charge Allowance for additional post for a period of 6 months. • He may also draw sumptuary allowance of the post.
  • No additional payment if one is put to hold current charge of duties only. • Entitled for TA/DA for staying at the place of additional post.
  • Additional post may be of higher /equal/lower status.

Refusal of Promotion

 

1. Selection  Posts

The Minimum Wages Act 1948

Aim

  • To secure minimum rates if wages in employments where wages are low.
  • To prevent exploitation of unorganized labour.
  • To ensure prompt payment of wages and overtime.
  • To stipulate working hours,

 

Applications

Income Tax on retirement benefits

Some of the retirement benefits are fully or partially exempt from tax.

Pension

Hourly rates of incentive bonus and bonus factor of Workshops and Production Units

Hourly rates of incentive bonus and bonus factor effective from 1.6.09 is indicated below:

 

Designation

Pay Range

Hourly Rates [Rs.]

Bonus Factor under GIS at 100% [Rs.]

Lumpsum awards for Railway Staff on acquiring higher qualification

  • The acquisition of certain qualifications will entitle Railway staff to be eligible for lumpsum incentives as shown in the following table.
  • Officers and staff  in Group "A"B", &  "C" will be eligible for these awards with the condition that he/she should remain in service for at least three years after acquiring higher qualifications.

Method of Calculation of Dearness Allowance and Expected DA Increase from 2013

 

Calculation of DA(Dearness Allowance) Rates

Job Profile of Trains Clerk (TNC)

  • Job profile: Job of Train Clerk include checking the number of wagons and coaches in Railway yard, preparing train documents like Vehicle Guidance(VG), feeding these information in railway network terminals, giving and receiving information from control regarding train working, maintenance of registers related with working of trains etc.

History of Central Pay Commissions

  • Government of India have set up six pay commissions at regular intervals to review and recommend wage structure for all civil and military divisions including Railways.
  • These Pay commissions examine various issues such as pay  and allowances, retirement  benefits, conditions of service. promotion policies. Etc,  and  submit recommendations.
  • As Fifth Pay Commission observed “ Pay Commission is a peculiarly Indian institution”.
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