7th Pay Commission: Big announcement on allowance announce, check full list
New
Delhi,
July
19:
There
is
some
very
good
news
on
the
7th
Pay
Commission.
Several
employees
are
set
to
get
allowances
ranging
from
Rs
5,000
to
Rs
20,000.
This
would
be
in
addition
to
their
annual
salaries,
the
Railway
Board
has
said.
The board has also issued an allowance chart, which indicates how much allowance each employee would get. As per the chart, the officers of the RPF/RPSF would get allowance of Rs 20,000 per annum.
Personnel below officer rank of RPF, station masters of Indian Railways would get Rs 10,000 per annum.
Other categories of staff who were supplied uniforms and are required to wear them regularly like Running Staff of Railways, trackmen, staff car drivers, MTS, Canteen staff of non-statutory departmental canteens would get Rs 5,000 per annum. For nurses it is Rs 1,800 per month.
This announcement comes as a major relief as the Railway Employees Association has been demanding the same since a long time.
The Railway Board clarified that these allowance are being given from 2017 onwards. This would be applicable only for RPF/RPSF officers, running staff, station master, staff car drivers, MTS and nurses.
The board stated that it had approved all kinds of 7th Pay Commission allowances, including uniform allowance, shoes allowance, washing allowance and kit maintenance allowance to the Indian Railway employees.