Indian Railway Codes and Manuals-Establishment code- Vol-II-Chapter-14 (XIV)
CHAPTER 14
DEARNESS AND OTHER COMPENSATORY ALLOWANCES
(SECTION I)
1401. Dearness
allowance.-- Group ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’
railway servants shall be granted dearness allowance on the scales
and under the conditions laid down by the Central
Government from time to time.
1402.
Application. – The Dearness Allowance shall be
admissible to all whole-time railway servants including temporary staff, staff
paid from contingencies, piece-workers, workshop staff and apprentices drawing
stipends, but excludes an employee whose remuneration is fixed specially with
reference to market conditions and not at a rate already sanctioned for his
class and the apprentices recruited under the Apprentice Act, 1961 and
Apprentice Rules, 1962 who are not eligible for dearness allowance under these
rules.
1403.Definitions.--Unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, the
terms defined below are used in the sense herein explained.
(i) Pay –It
includes--
(a) Pay as defined
in Rule 103 (35);
(b) Pension and/or
Pensionary equivalent of other forms of retirement benefits subject to the
provision in Note 2 below, if any, drawn by re-employed pensioners.
NOTE
1.--30% of the basic pay of running staff will be treated as pay
representing the pay element in the Running Allowance. From 1-8-1981,
Dearness Allowance, and Additional Dearness Allowance at the appropriate rates
as sanctioned by the government from time to time shall be paid on the basic
pay plus the pay element of the Running Allowance viz. 30% of the basic
pay.
(Ministry of Railways letter No. E(P
& A)II-80/RS-10 dated 17-7-1981.)
NOTE
2.--In the case of retired Railway servants, non-Govt. servants, employees of
Quasi-Government bodies, the dearness allowance during the period of their
re-employment on Railways, shall be granted on the pay fixed on re-employment,
plus the gross amount of pension and/or pensionary equivalent of other forms of
retirement benefits, provided that in either case the total does not exceed the
maximum of the scale of the post in which the person is
re-employed.
In the case of retired Military
Pensioners, whose pay on re-employment in a railway post is fixed without
taking into account the military pension, Dearness Allowance shall be granted
on the basis of the pay of the post only.
In cases where a part of the Pension
is taken into account for the purpose of the fixation of pay on re-employment,
that part of the pension subject to the limits laid down above will be treated
as pay.
For this purpose, the amount of
pension will be the amount originally sanctioned (i.e. before commutation, if
any) less the amount of pension, if any, held in abeyance as a condition of
re-employment.
NOTE 3.--The compensatory
(construction or survey) allowance granted to staff employed on loco building
works surveys and construction works, vide rule 1423 shall not be
included in ‘Pay’ for the purpose of calculating dearness
allowance.
NOTE 4.--(i) The
emoluments received from foreign Government in the shape of pay, leave salary
or pension will not be taken into account for determining the eligibility to
dearness allowance.
(ii) Dearness Allowance
is in the nature of compensation for established increase in the cost of living
and shall be comprised of Dearness Allowance, Additional Dearness Allowance and
Dearness Pay and such other elements as the government may from time to time
decide. It shall be classified as a Compensatory
Allowance.
1404.
Allowance to contract officers.--Dearness
Allowance may be granted to officers engaged on contract for specified periods
who may be otherwise eligible for it irrespective of whether there is a
provision in the contract for the grant to them of any concession or allowance
of a general nature which may be sanctioned for officers of corresponding
status in the regular service and subject to the condition that they have not
already been allowed in the fixation of their pay an element of compensation to
meet the increase in the cost of living.
1405.
Allowance to officers on ad-hoc rates of pay.--The
dearness allowance will also be admissible to those officers on ad-hoc rates of
pay provided their pay was fixed without taking into account any allowance
drawn by them prior to their appointment on the ad-hoc rates of pay, as
compensation, for the high cost of living.
1406.
Allowance to military officers.--Military
officers in civil employ drawing civilian rates of pay will be eligible for the
Dearness Allowance as admissible to Railway servants in corresponding grades,
while Military officers drawing Military rates of pay and allowance will be
governed by the rules or orders on the subject applicable to the personnel of
the Armed Forces.
1407.
Allowance on varying rates of pay.--The
admissibility and the amount of allowance to be drawn by railway servants
drawing varying rates of pay during the course of a month will be determined by
the emoluments drawn during each particular broken period of a month.
1408.
Allowance on joining and leaving service.--In
the case of a railway servant joining or leaving service in the course of a
month, the allowance will be determined with reference to the monthly rate of
pay and will be proportionate to the actual days of employment in the
month.
1409. Allowance
during Foreign service.--A railway
servant in foreign service may draw dearness allowance from the foreign
employer on the basis of foreign service pay, if the foreign employer is
willing to bear the cost and provided that the rates as well as the monetary
limits (including marginal adjustments) for the eligibility for the allowance
are not higher than those sanctioned for railway servants.
1410. Drawal
of allowance during deputation out of India.--A
Railway employee deputed for training abroad under the various officially
sponsored training schemes may be allowed dearness allowance at the
rate at which he would have drawn dearness allowance had he not proceeded on
deputation abroad for training excluding any regular leave taken abroad.
The allowance will not be admissible
to railway servants posted ex-India to specified posts. Also
Dearness Allowance or Dearness Pay is not admissible in conjunction with
foreign allowance.
1411. Drawal
of allowance during suspension.--In
addition to subsistence allowance, a railway servant under suspension shall be
entitled to dearness allowance appropriate to the actual subsistence allowance
admissible from time to time.
1412.
(1) Drawal of allowance during leave and joining
time
I. Admissibility
of the allowance during leave
(a) The
allowance may be drawn during any period of leave other than (i) extra-ordinary
leave, in or outside India and (ii) any portion of leave preparatory to
retirement spent outside India, except that in cases of leave preparatory to
retirement in India it will be admissible only during the first 180
days and in the case of terminal leave it will be admissible only
during the first 120 days of the leave spent in India.
NOTE (1).--During leave preparatory
to retirement in India in excess of first 180 days or leave preparatory to
retirement outside India, the dearness allowance an amount equal to the
Dearness Pay if admissible, appropriate to the leave salary, if the leave is on
full pay and half of such amount if otherwise, may be paid.
NOTE (2).--In the case of a deceased
Government servant, his family is entitled to the payment of cash equivalent of
the leave salary that the deceased employees would have got, had he gone on
earned leave but for the death, due and admissible on the date immediately
following the date of death subject to a maximum 180 days of earned leave in
terms of Rule 39-A (a) of the Central Civil Service (Leave) Rules
1972. Such cash equivalent would also carry the appropriate amount
of dearness allowance.
(b) The
allowance during leave will be based on the leave salary actually drawn, both
for the purpose of monetary limits within which the allowance is admissible and
for calculation of the amount of the allowance.
NOTE (i) During terminal
leave, the Dearness Allowance will be calculated on the gross leave salary
before deduction of pension and pension equivalent of retirement benefits but
the amount of Dearness Allowance payable to the employee on terminal leave
should be reduced by the amounts of “reliefs to pensioners” that are
admissible over and above the pension.
(ii) During
study leave, the Dearness Allowance would be admissible in terms of
Rule1413.
(O.M.F.O.M. No. 13011/1/E.II (B)/76
dt. 18-2-78)
II. Admissibility of the allowance
during joining time
During joining time as defined under
Rule 1101 (F.R.105), the allowance will be based on the joining time pay
admissible under Rule 1113 (F.R. 107) except that in a case where an employee
joins a new post in a new station on return from leave of not more than six
months duration from leave of any duration when he had not sufficient notice of
the appointment to the new post, allowance will be drawn at the same rate at
which it was drawn before the commencement of the joining time.
III. When running staff are on leave, they shall be entitled to
be paid their leave salary based on their basic pay plus 30% thereof
representing the pay element of running allowance and Dearness
Allowance/Additional Dearness Allowance due on such pay plus 30% thereof.
(Ministry of Railways letter No,.E
(P & A)II-80/RS-10 dated 17-7-1981.)
(2) For the purpose of computation
of leave salary in the case of those drawing pay in pre-authorised scales of
pay, Dearness Pay shall not be taken into account and the Dearness Allowance
should be determined in the usual manner.
1413.
Allowance during study leave.--Dearness
allowance is admissible to railway servants based on leave salary sanctioned
during study leave whether in India or abroad.
1414. Drawing
of allowance during unpaid holidays.--During
unpaid holidays, workshop staff will be eligible for the allowance at the full
rate applicable to them.
1415. Dearness
allowance to re-employed persons whose re-employment runs con-currently with
leave preparatory to retirement.--If
a railway servant while on leave preparatory to retirement avails himself of
such leave concurrently with his new appointment in the railway, he will be
granted dearness allowance in respect of his new appointment based only on the
pay of such appointment. The allowance will neither be admissible on
leave-salary, nor will the leave salary be taken into account in calculating
the allowance.
1416. Dearness
allowance during leave preparatory to retirement to Nationals of Nepal and
Bhutan.--A railway servant who is a Nepalese
or Bhutanese National shall be eligible to dearness allowance during leave
preparatory to retirement spent by him in Nepal or Bhutan respectively in the
same way as it is allowed to the Railway servants of Indian Nationality during
leave preparatory to retirement spent by them in India.
1417. Dearness
Pay.--Such portion of the Dearness
Allowance as is decided by the Government to be treated as Dearness Pay shall
be termed as Dearness Pay. The Dearness Pay so designated, shall be
reckoned as pay for such purposes as are specified by the Government from time
to time and for no other purposes.
Provided, however, that this rule is
not applicable to persons who are—
(a) employed
on contract;
(b) granted
consolidated rates of pay and are not in receipt of dearness allowance
separately;
(c) drawing
pay and allowances under the authorized scales of pay; and
(d) drawing
dearness allowance otherwise than as provided in these rules.
SECTION
II-OTHER COMPENSATORY ALLOWANCES
1418. House
allowance in lieu of free quarters.--The
Railway employees who are entitled to rent free accommodation may be granted
compensation, for the period during which they are not provided with such
accommodation as specified below:-
(i) Employees who
are working in cities classified for the purpose of grant of house rent
allowance will be entitled to the amount equal to that charged as house rent
for Government accommodation from employees similarly placed but not entitled
to rent free quarters and, in addition, to the house rent allowance admissible
to corresponding employees. The total amount will, however, be limited to the
rent actually paid by such employees.
(ii) Employees working in
other places will be entitled to the amount equal to that charged as house rent
for Government accommodation from employees similarly placed but not entitled
to rent free quarters.
(iii) The amount charged as
house rent for Government accommodation will be taken as 7½% of the monthly
emoluments in the case of employees drawing pay below Rs.300 and 10% in the
case of others.
(iv) The employees
referred to in para (i) above can draw the compensation in lieu of rent free
accommodation as well as the amount admissible as house rent allowance to the
corresponding employees not entitled to rent free accommodation without
producing the house rent receipt if their pay does not exceed Rs.1069/-
P.M. (R.S.)
In the case of employees drawing pay
above Rs. 1069/- P.M. (R.S.) production and verification of rent receipt is
necessary if the amount claimed by way of compensation in lieu of rent free
accommodation alongwith house rent allowance is in excess of that admissible on
pay of Rs.1069/- P.M. and in the absence of rent receipt, the claim shall be
restricted to the amount as is admissible on the pay of Rs. 1069/- P.M.
(R.S.):
Provided that those employees who are
in receipt of a higher amount of compensation in lieu of rent free
accommodation without production of rent receipt or those employees in whose
case compensation in lieu of rent free accommodation is paid without production
of rent receipt irrespective of their pay and who wish to continue to draw the
compensation at the existing rates, will continue to receive such amount as
personal to them so long as they continuously serve in the same
station.
The employees falling under para
(ii) will not also be required to produce rent receipt for claiming the
compensation if their pay does not exceed Rs. 1069/- P.M. (R.S.).
(v) Pay
for the purpose of this Rule will be ‘Pay’ as defined in
Rule 103 (35) plus such part of dearness Allowance/Additional
Dearness Allowance/Dearness Pay as is from time to time merged with pay for
being reckoned for payment of House Rent Allowance and City Compensatory
Allowance.
(vi) This
concession is personal to those staff who are enjoying the privilege of rent
free quarters or house rent allowance in lieu thereof in terms of orders issued
from time to time.
( Railway Board’s letter No.
PCIII/73/HF/1 dated 31-5-75 and 12-6-78. ).
1419.
Allowance to Nursing Staff.--The
following allowances shall be granted to the nursing staff on
railways-
|
Sl.
No. |
Allowance |
Rate |
|
1. |
Nursing
Allowance |
Rs. 300/-p.m. |
|
2. |
Uniform
Allowance |
Rs. 3000/- per annum |
|
3. |
Washing
Allowance |
Rs. 150/- per month |
NOTE.--(1) The
Uniform allowance may be granted either on a monthly or an annual basis at the
discretion of the Railway Administration.
(2)
Nursing staff for whom messing allowance is admissible should be allowed to
draw that allowance during leave to the extent indicated below-
(i) If the period
of leave is on average pay/full pay, messing allowance will be at full rates
admissible;
(ii) If the period of leave
is on half pay/half average pay, messing allowance will be at half of the
normal rates admissible;
(iii) If the period of leave is
without pay, no messing allowance will be admissible; and
(iv) Messing allowance will be
admissible on the basis indicated above during leave on Medical certificate or
maternity leave.
(3) Laundry allowance will not be
admissible if the period of leave exceeds 15 days at a time.
(4) The Uniform Allowance will be
admissible during leave and subject to the conditions mentioned in Rule
1412.
If the allowance is paid on annual
basis proportionate reduction should be made if the total period of all kinds
of leave exceeds four months at a time.
(Authority: Railway Board’s letter
No. E(S)I-57CPC/AL/7 dated 26th October, 1959 and No
E(S)I-60/CPC/AL/19 dated 2nd July, 1970.)
5 (i) The
above rates will be effective
from 1-8-97.
(ii) The Nursing Allowance will be
payable at Rs.1600/-p.m. w.e.f. 15- 7-98.
(iii) The Nursing Personnel of all
categories at all levels working in Railway Hospital and
registered under the Indian Nursing Council Act are eligible.
(iv) Nursing Allowance will not be
treated as “Pay”.
(6) Since Nursing Allowance is a
total compensation for the conditions of working including night work, the Nursing
Staff would cease to be eligible for Night Duty Allowance.
(Authority : Railway Board’s letter No.E(P&A)II/87/AL/1,
dated 19.8.87, 4.5.89, 13.5.92, No.E(P&A)I-96/FE-4/4, dated 4.12.96, No.,
E(P&A)I-98/AL/1, dt.17.8.98 and No. E(P&A)I-98/AL/6, dated
12.11.1998).
1420. Railway
employees deputed for Breakdown duties will be entitled to the following:-
(1) Non-gazetted Railway servants employed
in Running sheds and Carriage and wagon Depots who are earmarked for
attending to breakdown duties and Relief Train Electrical staff, including
Supervisory staff, holding posts upto Level 6 (Rs 4200 GP) and above in the Pay
Matrix (except the Supervisors in charge of Carriage & wagon Depots, Loco
Running Shed or the Electrical Relief Train), shall be allowed the following:
(i) Breakdown Allowance at the
following rates :-
|
S.No |
Category |
Level
in Pay Matrix |
Amt
of Breakdown allowance/month |
|
1. |
Helper Gr. II/Helper Gr 1/Other staff Gr. D Staff |
Level
1 (1800) |
Rs
270 p.m |
|
2. |
Technician Gr. III |
Level
2 (1900) |
Rs
405 p.m |
|
3. |
Technicians Gr.II Technicians Gr.I Supervisors (erstwhile Mistry) |
Level
4 (2400) Level
5 (2800) Level
6 (2800) |
Rs
540 p.m |
|
4. |
Sr. Technicians /Junior Engineers and staff in higher
scales |
Level
6 (4200) and
above |
Rs
675 p.m |
(Authority:- Railway Board’s letter
No. E(P&A)II-2017/BDA-1 dated 30.08.2017)
(a) This allowance will be treated as a
compensatory allowance for all purposes.
(b) The payment of this allowance
would be subject to a review by the Controlling officer to ensure proper
performance of breakdown duty. The allowance will not be admissible
to the Railway servants who have failed to turn out for the breakdown duties
within the stipulated time.
(c)
The rate of this allowance will be increased by 25% whenever the Dearness
Allowance payable on the revised pay structure goes up by 50%.
(Authority:- Railway Board’s letter
No. E(P&A)II-2017/BDA-1 dated 30.08.2017)
NOTE:- Where it is not possible to
make arrangements for supply of free food, in exceptional circumstances, cash
in lieu thereof may be paid to the non-gazetted staff including Gangmen and
Trolleymen engaged in Breakdown duties, at the rates fixed by the General
Manager in consultation with FA & CAO.
(iv) Payment for overtime
work in accordance with the normal rules, time taken in traveling to the site
of the accident and back shall also be reckoned for payment of overtime;
(v) Payment of full daily
allowance at the rates applicable to ordinary localities without the
stipulation that they should be out of headquarters beyond 8 kilometres for a
period exceeding 12 consecutive hours.
(a) Daily allowance at
full rates as above will be admissible for each breakdown occurring at
difference places on the same day.
(2) All other
non-gazetted staff of all departments who are called out in connection with
accidents/breakdowns, including the Supervisory staff who are not eligible for
Breakdown Allowance, shall be allowed the concessions enumerated in clauses
(iii), (iv) & (v) of sub-rule (1) above.
(3) Gazetted staff who are
called out in connection with accidents/breakdowns shall be allowed the
concessions enumerated in clauses (iii) & (v) of sub-rule (1)
above. Cash compensation in lieu of free food shall, however, not be
admissible to them.
(Authority: Railway Board’s letter No. E(P &
A)II-98/BDA-1 dated 25-5-1999.)
(4) For the purpose
of sub-rule (1), (2) and (3) above, a breakdown may be:-
(i) Any
accident which involves the calling out of a breakdown train or engine with
special staff or equipment (including MFD equipment or traffic crane) from the
nearest breakdown train depot or shed, or a breach or washaway on the line
which interrupts normal traffic; or
(ii) Any
of the following which interrupt normal traffic on running lines:
-
(a) Snapping of overhead
electric traction lines which involves calling out of Tower Wagon or Breakdown
Lorry;
(b) Damage/Bursting
of points requiring the attendance of a Breakdown/Repair/Maintenance
Gang;
(c) Breakdown
of interlocked lifting barriers;
(d) Total
interruption of telecommunication/communications or of power supply.
(Authority : Ministry of Railway’s
letter No. E(P&A)II/91/BDA/1/DC/JCM dated 13-8-91.)
1421. Out
turn Allowance:-
(i) A teleprinter
operator may be paid Out Turn Allowance @ 10 paise per message worked in excess
of 250 messages during the shift duty of six hour (intensive) or eight hour
(continuous). The limit of 250 messages will include all messages
(sent or received) including service messages (classified as ‘T’
messages).
(ii) Weightages
for message:
(a) A message
containing words up to 44 is to be counted as one message.
(b) A lengthy
message containing between 45 to 74 words should be treated as two messages and
between 75 to 104 words should be treated as 3 messages and so
on.
(iii) A Teleprinter
Operator shall be entitled to earn ‘Out Turn Allowance’ in a month if:-
(a) He has availed
only casual leave and other leave eligible on full pay.
(b) He has attended
four night duties or such less number as authorized by head of the
department.
(c) No rebate shall
be given for interruption on any circuit.
(iv) The following items
of work performed by the Teleprinter Operators staff shall be treated as
non-incentive work:
(a) Period
spent for learning Hindi under the Hindi Teaching Scheme.
(b) Short
duration of relief of supervisory staff.
(v) The Out Turn
Allowance shall be computed on daily basis and paid on monthly
basis.
2. Subsidiary rules may be
framed by individual Railway, in consultation with the Financial Adviser and
Chief Accounts Officers.
Railway Board’s Decision :- When Teleprinter Operators are put to work on
a partially supervisory post, they should be granted Out Turn Allowance like
other Teleprinter Operators under the Out Turn Allowance Scheme. The
limit beyond which Out Turn Allowance become admissible shall, however, be 125
instead of 250 messages.
( Authority : Railway Board’s letter
No. E(P&A)II/86/AL/1 dated 15-12-1989 & 21-2-90, 11.6-90 and No,.
E(P&A)I-98/AL/4, dated 12-2-1999 and 20-8-99)
1422. Washing
Allowance.--Group ‘D’ staff employed in the
headquarters offices of a railway or in any other office where it is considered
desirable by the Ministry of Railways from the Administrative point of view,
that the Group ‘D’ staff should appear in neat and clean uniforms, may be
granted by a special or general order, a washing allowance at such rate as the
ministry of Railways may prescribe from time to time.
NOTE. (1)-It will be for the
Controlling officers to satisfy themselves that the allowance is actually spent
for the purpose for which it is granted. No deduction, whatsoever,
of Washing Allowance need be made for the period of any leave taken by the
employee.
( Railway Board’s letter
No.F(E)I-68/AL-29/3 dated 8-9-81.)
NOTE. (2)-The categories of Group
‘D’ staff selected for grant of Washing Allowance are listed in para 706 of
IREM. Washing Allowance is also admissible to the Staff Car Drivers,
who are in Group ‘C’, on the same terms and conditions as applicable to Group
‘D’ staff.
( Authority : Railway Board’s letter
No. F(E)I/99/AL-29/4 dated 12-1999.)
Multiple choice questions:
1. Which groups of railway servants
are eligible for dearness allowance?
a) Group ‘A’ and ‘B’ only
b) Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ only
c) Group ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, and ‘D’ railway servants
d) Group ‘A’, ‘B’, and ‘C’ only
Answer: c) Group ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, and ‘D’ railway servants
2. Who among the following are
excluded from the eligibility of dearness allowance?
a) Temporary staff
b) Workshop staff
c) Apprentices recruited under the Apprentice Act, 1961
d) Whole-time railway servants
Answer: c) Apprentices recruited under the Apprentice Act, 1961
3. What percentage of the basic pay
of running staff is treated as the pay element in the Running Allowance?
a) 20%
b) 25%
c) 30%
d) 35%
Answer: c) 30%
4. Which of the following is NOT
included in the definition of 'Pay' for the purpose of calculating dearness
allowance?
a) Basic pay
b) Pension
c) Pay element of Running Allowance
d) Compensatory Allowance
Answer: d) Compensatory Allowance
5. What is the dearness allowance granted
on for re-employed military pensioners whose pay is fixed without considering
military pension?
a) On the pension only
b) On the pay of the post only
c) On both pay and pension
d) Not eligible for dearness allowance
Answer: b) On the pay of the post only
6. During which of the following
circumstances is the dearness allowance not admissible?
a) Leave preparatory to retirement
in India beyond 180 days
b) During study leave in India
c) During unpaid holidays
d) During suspension with subsistence allowance
Answer: a) Leave preparatory to retirement in India beyond 180 days
7. Which category of officers is
eligible for dearness allowance, even if their contract does not specifically
mention it?
a) Contract officers who have been
allowed an element of compensation in their pay
b) Contract officers with no element of compensation in their pay
c) Military officers drawing military rates of pay
d) Officers on ad-hoc rates of pay
Answer: b) Contract officers with no element of compensation in
their pay
8. Which officers are eligible for
dearness allowance based on the leave salary during study leave?
a) Officers on ad-hoc rates of pay
b) Contract officers
c) Officers during unpaid holidays
d) Railway servants on study leave
Answer: d) Railway servants on study leave
9. Under which condition will a
railway servant in foreign service draw dearness allowance?
a) When the foreign employer refuses
to bear the cost
b) Based on the foreign service pay if the foreign employer agrees to bear the
cost
c) Only when posted ex-India to specified posts
d) When on extraordinary leave in India
Answer: b) Based on the foreign service pay if the foreign employer
agrees to bear the cost
10. What happens to the dearness
allowance for a railway servant on joining time?
a) It is not admissible
b) It is based on the pay drawn before joining time
c) It is based on the pay admissible during joining time
d) It is halved during the joining time
Answer: c) It is based on the pay admissible during joining time
11. What is the entitlement for
railway employees who are entitled to rent-free accommodation but are not
provided with it?
A) Only house rent allowance (HRA)
B) Only the amount charged as house rent for government accommodation
C) Both house rent allowance (HRA) and the amount charged as house rent for
government accommodation, limited to the actual rent paid
D) No compensation
Answer: C) Both house rent allowance
(HRA) and the amount charged as house rent for government accommodation,
limited to the actual rent paid
12. What is the percentage of
monthly emoluments taken as house rent for government accommodation for
employees drawing pay below Rs. 300?
A) 5%
B) 7.5%
C) 10%
D) 12%
Answer: B) 7.5%
13. For employees drawing pay above
Rs. 1069/- per month, what is required to claim compensation in lieu of
rent-free accommodation?
A) No documentation
B) Only a self-declaration
C) Production and verification of the rent receipt
D) Approval from the superior officer
Answer: C) Production and
verification of the rent receipt
14. Which of the following
allowances is granted to the nursing staff on the railways?
A) Nursing Allowance, Transport
Allowance, and Washing Allowance
B) Nursing Allowance, Uniform Allowance, and Washing Allowance
C) Messing Allowance, Travel Allowance, and Nursing Allowance
D) Housing Allowance, Nursing Allowance, and Messing Allowance
Answer: B) Nursing Allowance,
Uniform Allowance, and Washing Allowance
15. What happens to the nursing
staff's messing allowance if they are on leave without pay?
A) They receive the full messing
allowance
B) They receive half of the messing allowance
C) They receive no messing allowance
D) They receive a fixed amount as messing allowance
Answer: C) They receive no messing
allowance
16. What is the monthly rate of Breakdown
Allowance for staff in Level 6 (4200 GP) and above?
A) Rs. 270 per month
B) Rs. 405 per month
C) Rs. 540 per month
D) Rs. 675 per month
Answer: D) Rs. 675 per month
17. Which of the following is not a
condition for payment of Breakdown Allowance?
A) Proper performance of breakdown
duty
B) Turning out for breakdown duties within the stipulated time
C) The allowance is fixed and not subject to review
D) The rate of allowance increases by 25% when DA increases by 50%
Answer: C) The allowance is fixed and
not subject to review
18. Under what circumstances may
cash be paid in lieu of free food to non-gazetted staff during breakdown
duties?
A) When the General Manager decides
so
B) When free food cannot be arranged
C) When the staff are engaged for more than 12 hours
D) When the staff request cash instead of food
Answer: B) When free food cannot be
arranged
19. What is the rate of Out Turn
Allowance for teleprinter operators for messages worked in excess of 250 during
their shift?
A) 5 paise per message
B) 10 paise per message
C) 15 paise per message
D) 20 paise per message
Answer: B) 10 paise per message
20. For the purpose of the rule on
Breakdown duties, what qualifies as a "breakdown"?
A) Any accident requiring the
calling out of a breakdown train
B) Any delay of more than 1 hour
C) Any failure of communication systems
D) Both A and C
Answer: D) Both A and C
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