National Holiday Allowance (NHA)

Paid to a Railway employee who is rostered to work on a National Holiday.
Admissible also in following cases:

• A Railway employee works for part of a day on National Holiday.
• Rostered rest.
• Railway employee on journey.
• Off duty after booking for duty.
• Awaiting booking for duty after completion of rest.
• RPF staff.
• Casual Labour.
• Railway employee attending training courses.
• NHA goes up by 25% whenever DA goes up by 50%.