Pay, Allowances and Advances

Job Profile of Commercial Apprentice (CA)

  • Commercial Apprentices are trained as a sort of multi skilled supervisors in the Commercial branch.
  • 25%  of  the  posts  in  the  categories  of  Commercial  Inspectors,  Claims  Inspectors,  Rates  Inspectors,  Chief  Booking/Parcel/Goods  Clerks  in  GP 4200  will  be  filled  by  recruitment  as  Commercial  Apprentices. (Ref 1)

Special Allowance to Gatekeepers of difficult Railway Engineering Level Crossings

  • Gangmen who are posted as Gatekeeper to man those gates who are classified as ‘difficult gates’ would be entitled to Special Allowance of Rs.300/- per month.(w.e.f 1.9.2008)
  • Identification of the difficult gates will be undertaken in a very judicious manner by the Divisional Engineer(DEN) in consultation with the Associate Finance and for this purpose a fresh review of all the Civil Engineering level crossing gates may be undertaken.

Job Profile of Traffic Apprentice(TA)

  • Traffic Apprentices are trained as a sort of multi skilled supervisors in the Transportation(Operations) branch.
  • 25  %  of  the  post  in  the  categories  of  Section  Controllers,  Station  Masters,  Yard  Masters  and  Traffic  Inspectors  in  Grade Pay 4200  will  be  filled  by  recruitment  as  Traffic  Apprentices. (Ref1)

Gross and Net Salary of Some Popular categories of Railway Jobs

Approximate Gross and Net Salary of Some Popular categories of Railway Jobs  after the implementation of 6 th Central Pay commission for direct recruits appointed on or after 1.1.2006.

Please keep in mind that the exact salary can be different from this as it depends on many conditions. Some of the factors that you have to keep in mind while reading the table ::