Travelling Allowance to Railway staff - Implementation of
Ministry of Finance notification on the report of Seventh
Central Pay Commission
No. I/5(F)
Dated: 07/08/2017
The Secretary (E),
Railway Board,
New Delhi
Dear Sir,
Sub:
Travelling Allowance to Railway staff - Implementation of
Ministry of
Finance notification on the report of Seventh Central Pay
Commission-reg.
Ref: O.M. No. 19030/1/2017-E.IV dated 13th July
2017 issued by the Ministry of Finance, Department of
Expenditure.
Consequent
upon the decision of the Government on the recommendations
of 7th
Central Pay Commission, the Ministry of Finance, Department
of
Expenditure vide O.M. dated 13th July 2017 have issued
instructions
relating to revision of Travelling Allowance, entitlements
for journeys
on Tour/Training, Daily Allowance, TA on Transfer and TA
entitlements
for retiring employees, to be given effect from
01/07/2017.
While
enclosing copy of the said O.M. Dated 13th July 2017, NFIR
requests the
Railway Board to issue corresponding instructions in the case
of Railway
employees so that the revised rates are given effect' from
July 1,
2017.
DA/As above
Yours faithfully,
S/d,
(Dr. M. Raghavaiah)
General Secretary
No. 19030/1/2017-E.IV
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
New Delhi, the 13th July 2017
OFFICE
MEMORANDUM
Subject: Travelling Allowance Rules -
Implementation of the Seventh Central Pay
Commission.
Consequent
upon the decisions taken by the Government on the
recommendations of
the Seventh Central Pay Commission relating to Travelling
Allowance
entitlements to civilian employees of Central Government,
President is
pleased to decide the revision in the rates of Travelling
Allowance as
set out in the Annexure to this Office Memorandum.
2. The 'Pay Level' for determining the TA/DA entitlement is
as indicated in Central Civil Service (Revised Pay) Rules
2016.
3.
The term 'Pay in the Level' for the purpose of these orders
refer to
Basic Pay drawn in appropriate Pay Level in the Pay Matrix as
defined in
Rule 3(8) of Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules,
2016 and does
not include Non-Practising Allowance (NPA), Military Service
Pay (MSP)
or any other type of pay like special pay, etc
4.
However, if the Travelling Allowance entitlements in terms of
the
revised entitlements now prescribed result in a lowering of
the existing
entitlements in the case of any individual, groups or
classes of
employees, the entitlements, particularly in respect of mode
of travel,
class of accommodation, etc., shall not be lowered. They will
instead
continue to be governed by the earlier orders on the subject
till such
time as they become eligible, in the normal course, for the
higher
entitlements.
5. The claims submitted in respect
of journey made on or after 1st July, 2017, may be regulated
in
accordance with these orders. In respect of journeys
performed prior to
1st July, 2017, the claims may be regulated in accordance
with the
previous orders dated 23.09.2008.
6. It may be
noted that no additional funds will be provided on account of
revision
in TA/DA entitlements. It may therefore be ensured that
permission to
official travel is given judiciously and restricted only to
absolutely
essential official requirements.
7. These orders shall take effect from 01st July, 2017
8.
Separate orders will be issued by Ministry of Defence and
Ministry of
Railways in respect of Armed Forces personnel and Railway
employees,
respectively.
9. In so far as the persons serving
in the Indian Audit & Accounts Department are concerned,
these
orders issue in consultation with the Comptroller &
Auditor General
of India
Hindi version is attached.
(Nirmala Dev)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
ANNEXURE
Annexure to Ministry of Finance, Department of
Expenditure
O.M.No. 19030/1/2017-E.IV dated 10th July
2017.
In
supersession of Department of Expenditure's
O.M.No.19030/3/2008-E.IV
dated 23.09.2008, in respect of Travelling Allowance the
following
provisions will be applicable with effect from
01.07.2017:
2. Entitlements for
Journeys on Tour or Training
A.(i) Travel Entitlements
within the Country
Pay Level in Pay Matrix
|
Travel entitlement
|
14 and above
|
Business/Club class by air or AC-I by train
|
12 and 13
|
Economy class by air or AC-I by train
|
6 to 11
|
Economy class by air or AC-II by train
|
5 and below
|
First Class/AC-III/AC Chair car by train
|
(ii)
It has also been decided to allow the Government officials
to travel by
Premium Trains/Premium Tatkal Trains/Suvidha Trains, the
reimbursement
to Premium Tatkal Charges for booking of tickets and the
reimbursement
of Dynamic/Flexi-fare in Shatabdi/Rajdhani/Duronto Trains
while on
official tour/training. Reimbursement of Tatkal Seva Charges
which has
fixed fare, will remain continue to be allowed. Travel
entitlement for
the journey in Premium/Premium
Tatkal/Suvidha/Shatabdi/Rajdhani/Duronto
Trains will be as under:-
| Travel
Entitlements in Premium/Premium
Tatkal/Suvidha/Shatabdi/Rajdhani/Duronto
Trains |
12 and above
|
Executive/AC 1st Class (In case of Premium/Premium
|
6 to 11
|
AC 2nd Class/Chair Car (In Shatabdi Trains)
|
5 & below
|
AC 3rd Class/Chair Car
|
(iii) The revised Travel entitlements are subject to
following:-
- (a)
In case of places not connected by rail, travel by AC bus
for all those
entitled to travel by AC II Tier and above by train and by
Deluxe/ordinary bus for others is allowed.
- (b) In
case of road travel between places connected by rail, travel
by any
means of public transport is allowed provided the total fare
does not
exceed the train fare by the entitled class.
- (c) All
mileage points earned by Government employees on tickets
purchased for
official travel shall be utilized by the concerned department
for other
official travel by their officers. Any usage of these mileage
points for
purposes of private travel by an officer will attract
departmental
action. This is to ensure that the benefits out of official
travel,
which is funded by the Government, should accrue to the
Government.
- (d) In case of non-availability of seats in
entitled class, Govt.servants may travel in the class below
their entitled class.
B. International Travel Entitlement:
Pay Level in Pay Matrix
|
Travel entitlement
|
17 and above
|
First class
|
14 to 16
|
Business/Club class
|
13 and below
|
Economy class
|
C. Entitlement for journeys by Sea or by River
Steamer
- (i) For places other
than A&N Group of Islands and Lakshadweep Group of
Island:-
Pay Level in Pay Matrix
|
Travel entitlement
|
9 and above
|
Highest class
|
6 to 8
|
Lower class if there be two classes only on the steamer
|
4 and 5
|
If two classes only, the lower class, if three classes, the
middle or second class. If there be four classes, the third
class
|
3 and below
|
Lowest class
|
(ii)
For travel between the mainland and the A&N Group of
Islands and
Lakshadweep Group of Island by ships operated by the Shipping
Corporation of India Limited:-
Pay Level in Pay Matrix
|
Travel entitlement
|
9 and above
|
Deluxe class
|
6 to 8
|
First/'A' Cabin class
|
4 and 5
|
Second/'B' Cabin class
|
3 and below
|
Bunk class
|
D. Mileage Allowance for Journeys by
Road:
- (i) At places where
specific rates have been prescribed:-
Pay Level in Pay Matrix
|
Entitlements
|
14 or above
|
Actual fare by any type of public bus including AC bus
OR
At prescribed rates of AC taxi when the journey is actually
performed by AC taxi
OR
At prescribed rates for auto rickshaw for journeys by auto
rickshaw, own car, scooter, motor cycle, moped, etc.
|
6 to 13
|
Same as above with the exception that journeys by AC taxi
will not be permissible.
|
4 and 5
|
Actual fare by any type of public bus other than AC bus
OR
At prescribed rates for auto rickshaw for journeys by auto
rickshaw, own car, scooter, motor cycle, moped, etc.
|
3 and below
|
Actual fare by ordinary public bus only
OR
At prescribed rates for auto rickshaw for journeys by
autorickshaw, own scooter, motor cycle, moped, etc.
|
- (ii) At
places where no specific rates have been prescribed either
by the
Directorate of Transport of the concerned State or of the
neighboring
States:
For journeys performed in own car/taxi
|
Rs. 24/- per km
|
For journeys performed by auto rickshaw own scooter,
etc
|
Rs. 12/- per km
|
At
places where no specific rates have been prescribed, the
rate per km
will further rise by 25 percent whenever DA increases by 50
percent.
E (i). Daily Allowance on Tour
Pay level in pay matrix
|
Entitlement
|
14 and above
|
Reimbursement for hotel accommodation/guest house of up to
Rs.7500/- per day,
Reimbursement of AC taxi charges as per actual expenditure
commensurate with official engagements for travel within the
city and
Reimbursement of food bills not exceeding Rs.1200/- per
day.
|
12 and 13
|
Reimbursement for hotel accommodation/guest house of up to
Rs.4,500/- per day,
Reimbursement of AC taxi charges of up to 50 km per day for
travel within the city,
Reimbursement of food bills not exceeding Rs.1000/- per
day.
|
9 to 11
|
Reimbursement for hotel accommodation/guest house of up to
2,250/- per day,
Reimbursement of non-AC taxi charges of up to Rs.338/- per
day for travel within the city,
Reimbursement of food bills not exceeding Rs.900/- per
day.
|
6 to 8
|
Reimbursement for hotel accommodation/guest house of up to
Rs.750/- per day,
Reimbursement of non-AC taxi charges of up to Rs.225/- per
day for travel within the city,
Reimbursement of food bills not exceeding Rs.800/- per
day.
|
5 and below
|
Reimbursement for hotel accommodation/guest house of up to
Rs.450/- per day,
Reimbursement of non AC taxi charges of up to Rs.113/- per
day for travel within the city,
Reimbursement of food bills not exceeding Rs.500/- per
day.
|
(ii) Reimbursement of Hotel
charges:-
For levels 8 and below, the amount of claim (up to the
ceiling) may be
paid without production of vouchers against self-certified
claim only.
The self-certified claim should clearly indicate the period
of stay,
name of dwelling, etc. additionally, for stay in Class 'X'
cities, the
ceiling for all employees up to Level 8 would be Rs.1,000 per
day, but
it will only be in the form of reimbursement upon production
of relevant
vouchers. The ceiling for reimbursement of hotel charges
will further
rise by 25 percent whenever DA increases by 50 persent.
- (iii) Reimbursement of
Travelling charges:-
Similar to Reimbursement of staying accommodation charges,
for level 8
and below, the claim (up to the ceiling) may be paid without
production
of vouchers against self-certified claim only. The self-
certified claim
should clearly indicate the period of travel, vehicle number,
etc. the
ceiling for levels 11 and below will further rise by 25
percent whenever
DA increases by 50 percent. For journeys on foot, an
allowance of
Rs.12/- per kilometre travelled on foot shall be payable
additionally.
This rate will further increase by 25% whenever DA increases
by 50%.
- (iv) Reimbursement of Food
charges:-
There will be no separate reimbursement of food bills.
Instead, the
lump sum amount payable will be as per Table E(i) above and,
depending
on the length of absence from headquarters, would be
regulated as per
Table (v) below. Since the concept of reimbursement has been
done away
with, no vouchers will be required. This methodology is in
line with
that followed by Indian Railways at present (with suitable
enhancement
of rates). i.e. Lump sum amount payable. The lump sum amount
will
increase by 25 percent whenever DA increase by 50
percent.
- (v) Timing
restrictions
Length of absence
|
Amount Payable
|
If absence from headquarters is <6 hours
|
30% of Lump sum amount
|
If absence from headquarters is between 6-12 hours
|
70% of Lump sum amount
|
If absence from headquarters is >12 hours
|
100% of Lump sum amount
|
Absence from Head Quarter will be reckoned from midnight to
midnight and will be calculated on a per day basis.
- (vi)
In case of stay/journey on Government ships, boats etc. or
journey to
remote places on foot/mules etc for scientific/data
collection purposes
in organization like FSI, Survey of India, GSI etc., daily
allowance
will be paid at rate equivalent to that provided for
reimbursement of
food bill. However, in this case, the amount will be
sanctioned
irrespective of the actual expenditure incurred on this
account with the
approval of the Head of Department/controlling officer.
Note: DA rates for foreign travel will be regulated as
prescribed by Ministry of External Affairs.
3. T.A. on
Transfer
TA
on Transfer includes 4 components:- (i) Travel entitlement
for self and
family (ii) Composite Transfer and packing grant (CTG) (iii)
Reimbursement of charges on transportation of personal
effects (iv)
Reimbursement of charges on transportation of
conveyance.
- (i) Travel
Entitlements:
- (a)
Travel entitlements as prescribed for tour in Para 2 above,
except for
International Travel, will be applicable in case of journeys
on
transfer. The general conditions of admissibility prescribed
in S.R.114
will, however, continue to be applicable.
- (b) The
provisions relating to small family norms as contained in
para 4(A) of
Annexure to M/o Finance O.M.F.No. 10/2/98-IC & F.No.
19030/2/97-EIV
dt. 171, April 1998, shall continue to be applicable.
- (ii) Composite Transfer and
Packing Grant (CTG):
- (a)
The Composite Transfer Grant shall be paid at the rate of
80% of the
last month's basic pay in case of transfer involving a change
of station
located at a distance of or more than 20 kms from each
other. However,
for transfer to and from the Island territories of Andaman,
Nicobar
& Lakshadweep, CTG shall be paid at the rate of 100% of
last month's
basic pay. Further, NPA and MSP shall not be included as
part of basic
pay while determining entitlement for CTG.
- (b) In
cases of transfer to stations which are at a distance of less
than 20
kms from the old station and of transfer within the same
city, one third
of the composite transfer grant will be admissible, provided
a change
of residence is actually involved.
- (c) In cases
where the transfer of husband and wife takes place within six
months,
but after 60 days of the transfer of the spouse, fifty
percent of the
transfer grant on transfer shall be allowed to the spouse
transferred
later. No transfer grant shall be admissible to the spouse
transferred
later, in case both the transfers are ordered within 60 days.
The
existing provisions shall continue to be applicable in case
of transfers
after a period of six months or more. Other rules precluding
transfer
grant in case of transfer at own request or transfer other
than in
public interest, shall continue to apply unchanged in their
case.
- (iii) Transportation
of Personal Effects:
Level
|
By Train/Steamer
|
By Road
|
12 and above
|
6000 kg by goods train/4 wheeler wagon/1 double
container
|
Rs. 50/- per km
|
6 to 11
|
6000 kg by goods train/4 wheeler wagon/1 single
container
|
Rs. 50/- per km
|
5
|
3000 kg
|
Rs. 25/- per km
|
4 and below
|
1500 kg
|
Rs. 15/- per km
|
The
rates will further rise by 25 percent whenever DA increases
by 50
percent. The rates for transporting the entitled weight by
Steamer will
be equal to the prevailing rates prescribed by such transport
in ships
operated by Shipping Corporation of India. The claim for
reimbursement
shall be admissible subject to the production of actual
receipts/vouchers by the Govt servant. Production of
receipts/vouchers
is mandatory in r/o transfer cases of North Eastern Region,
Andaman
& Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep also.
Transportation
of personal effects by road is as per kilometre basis only.
The
classification of cities/towns for the purpose of
transportation of
personal effects is done away with.
- (iv) Transportation of
Conveyance.
Level
|
Reimbursement
|
6 and above
|
1 motor car etc. or 1 motor cycle/scooter
|
5 and below
|
1 motorcycle/scooter/moped/bicycle
|
The general conditions of admissibility of TA on Transfer as
prescribed in S.R. 116 will, however, continue to be
applicable.
4. T.A. Entitlement of
Retiring Employees
TA
on Retirement includes 4 components:- (i) Travel entitlement
for self
and family (ii) Composite Transfer and packing grant (CTG)
(iii)
Reimbursement of charges on transportation of personal
effects (iv)
Reimbursement of charges on transportation of
conveyance.
- (i)
Travel
Entitlements
Travel
entitlements as prescribed for tour/transfer in Para 2
above, except
for International Travel, will be applicable in case of
journeys on
retirement. The general conditions of admissibility
prescribed in S.R.
147 will, however, continue to be applicable.
- (ii) Composite
Transfer Grant (CTG)
- (a)
The Composite Transfer Grant shall be paid at the rate of
80% of the
last month's basic pay in case of those employees, who on
retirement,
settled down at places other than last station(s) of their
duty located
at a distance of or more than 20 km. however, in case of
settlement to
and from the Island territories of Andaman, Nicobar &
Lakshadweep,
CTG shall be paid at the rate of 100% of last month's basic
pay.
Further, NPA and MSP shall not be included as part of basic
pay while
determining entitlement for CTG. The transfer incidentals and
road
mileage for journeys between the residence and the railway
station/bus
stand, etc., at the old and new station, are already subsumed
in the
composite transfer grant and will not be separately
admissible.
- (b)
As in the case of serving employees, Government servants
who, on
retirement, settle at the last station of duty itself or
within a
distance of less than 20 kms may be paid one third of the CTG
subject to
the condition that a change of residence is actually
involved.
- (iii) Transportaion of
Personal Effects:- Same as Para 3(iii) above.
- (iv)Transportation of
Conveyance:- Same as Para 3(iv) above.
The general conditions of admissibility of TA on Retirement
as prescribed in S.R. 147 will, however, continue to be
applicable.
