Pay, Allowances and Advances

Training Allowance

  • Railway Employee working in training institution directly imparting training as a faculty member, he will get training allowance at the rate of 15% of Basic Pay (30% with effect from 1.9.2008) in revised scales.
  • IT will be admissible without any ceiling limit of pay.
  • Will not form part of pay. It will be kept seperately.
  • Railway employees who have been recruited specifically for such institutions will not be entitled for this allowance.

Journey on Transfer and Composite Transfer Grant

  • By Air : Officers drawing GP Rs.12000 and those in scale HAG+ and above may travel by air. Admissible for self only.
  • By Rail : Free passes are issued to Railway Employee and family.
  • By Road : If not connected by rail , Railway employee and family can travel by road. Entitlements for journeys by road will be same as admissible for journeys on tour.

Composite Transfer Grant(CTG) on transfer

Mileage Allowance

  • For official journeys made by road.
  • Admissible by shortest of two or more practical routes or by cheapest of such routes.
  • HOD or DRM may permit this allowance to be calculated by a route other than the shortest or cheapest for special reasons to be recorded if the journey is actually performed on such route.
  • If a Railway employee travels by a route which is not shortest but cheaper than shortest then Mileage Allowance shall be calculated on the route actually used.

Night Duty Allowance (NDA)

  • Granted to certain specified categories of Non-gazetted Railway employees in following cases:

1.   All Group C& D employees classified Intensive, Continuous and Essentially Intermittent.

2.   Group C& D workshop staff and supervisory staff working in regular shift in workshops.

3.   Group C staff working in Confidential capacity.

4.   Running staff required to perform night duty away from headquarters.

Transport Allowance(TPA)

  • Transport Allowance (TPA) is paid to Railway staff to compensate the cost of commuting between place of residence and place of duty.
  • It is admissible to all Railway Employees who don’t have government travelling facilities/official vehicles at the following rates:

Grade Pay

Rate of Transport Allowance per month