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Grant of Transport Allowance to Railway employees

Government of India
Ministry of Railways
Railway Board

s.No.PC_VI / 353
No PC-V/2008/A/TA/2

RBE No. 95/2015
New Delhi, dated26 08.2015

The General Managers / CAO (R)
All Zonal Railways & PUs
(As per mailing list)

Sub:-Grant of Transport Allowance to Railway employees.

Reference is invited to Railway Board’s letter of even number dt.12.09.2008 WE No.111/2008) regarding grant of Transport Allowance to Railway employees, consequent upon the implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission (6th CPC).

2. The Government has since considered the re-classification of cities/towns/localities as per Census-2011 (population criteria) for the purpose of Transport Allowance. Accordingly, the President is pleased to decide the revised classification of cities, towns and localities, for the purpose of grant of Transport Allowance at higher rates to Railway employees, as per Annexure-I. Therefore, the table below para `1′ of Railway Board’s letter dt.12.09.2008 stands partially modified as under:

Employees drawing

Grade Pay of

Rates of Transport Allowance admissible

per month

Cities     classified     as      per

Annexure-I

All cities, towns and

localities,   other than

those     included      in

Annexure-I

Grade pay of Rs.5400 & above Rs.3200      plus        Dearness

Allowance thereon

Rs.1600 plus Dearness

Allowance thereon

Grade pay of Rs.4200, Rs.4600 and Rs.4800 Rs.1600      plus        Dearness

Allowance thereon

Rs.800  plus    Dearness

Allowance thereon

Those drawing grade pay below

Rs.4200 but drawing pay in the pay band equal to Rs.7440 & above.

Grade pay below Rs.4200 and pay

in the pay band below Rs.7440

Rs.600       plus          Dearness

Allowance thereon

Rs.400 plus Dearness

Allowance thereon

3. The revised classification of cities/towns/localities for the purpose of Transport Allowance shall take effect from 1st April 2015.

ANNEXURE-I

LIST OF CITIES AND TOWNS ELIGIBLE FOR HIGHER RATES OF TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE ON RE-CLASSIFICATION OF CITIES/TOWNS AS PER CENSUS 2011 (WITH EFFECT FROM 1ST APRIL, 2015)

SI. No NAME OF THE STATE / UNION TERRITORIES NAME OF THE CITY/TOWN
(I) ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
(ii) ANDHRA PRADESH/TELANGANA Hyderabad(UA)
(iii) ARUNACHAL PRADESH ^
(iv) ASSAM
(v) BIHAR Patna(UA)
(vi) CHANDIGARH
(vii) CHHATTISGARH
(viii) DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI
(ix) DAMAN & DIU
(x) DELHI Delhi(UA)
(xi) GOA
(xii) GUJARAT Ahmadabad(UA); Surat(UA)
(xiii) HARYANA
(xiv) HIMACHAL PRADESH
(xv) JAMMU AND KASHMIR
(xvi) JHARKHAND
(xvii) KARNATAKA Bangalore/Bengaluru(UA)
(xviii) KERALA Kochi(UA); Kozhikode(UA)
(xix) LAKSHWADEEP ISLANDS
(xx) MADHYA PRADESH Indore(UA)
(xxi) MAHARASHTRA Greater Mumbai(UA); Nagpur(UA); Pune(UA)
(xxii) MANIPUR
(xxiii) MEGHALAYA
(xxiv) MIZORAM
(xxv) NAGALAND
(xxvi) ODISHA
(xxvii) PUDUCHERRY (PONDICHERRY)
(xxviii) PUNJAB
(xxix) RAJASTHAN Jaipur(UA)
(xxx) SIKKIM
(xxxi) TAMIL NADU Chennai(UA); Coimbatore(UA);
(xxxii) TRIPURA
(xxxiii) UTTAR PRADESH Ghaziabad(UA); Kanpur(UA); Lucknow(UA)
(xxxiv) UTTARAKHAND
(xxxv) WEST BENGAL Kolkata(UA)

Source : NFIR 

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