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, dated 26 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 (RBE 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 perCensus-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 DearnessAllowance thereon Rs.1600 plus DearnessAllowance thereon
Grade pay of Rs.4200, Rs.4600 and Rs.4800 Rs.1600 plus DearnessAllowance thereon Rs.800 plus Dearness  Allowancethereon
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 DearnessAllowance thereon Rs.400 plus Dearness Allowancethereon

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

4. All other conditions mentioned in Railway Board’s letter of even number 12.09.2008 shall remain unchanged.

5. This issues with the concurrence of Finance Dt. of Railway Board.

6.  Hindi version is enclosed.

(N.P. Singh)

Dy. Direct, Pay Commission -V

Railway Board

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)

Download:- Railway Board’s Order on Grant of Transport Allowance to Railway employees – RBE 95/2015