Grant of House Rent Allowance to Railway employees

Saturday, December 19, 2009





Grant of House Rent Allowance to Railway employees

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(RAILWAY BOARD)

RBE No.218



New Delhi,dated 10.12.2009

No.E(P&A)II-98/HRA-6



The General Managers/CAOs,



All Indian Railways and Production Units.



Subject:Grant of House Rent Allowance to Railway employees posted to new zones/new Divisions - Regarding.

Attention is invited to the instructions contained in Board's letters of even unmber dated 9.3.2004, 9.8.2006, 12.12.2007 and 24.10.2008 on the above subject. As per letter dt.24.10.2008 only railway staff posted to East-Cental Railway were allowed house rent allowance at the rates admissible at their last place of posting upto 31.8.2009.





2. The matter has been considered by the Board subsequent to issue of letter No.E(G)2008 QR1-1 dated 22.5.2009 and it has been decided that railway employees posted to all new zones/divisions, in a uniform manner, may be allowed house rent allowance upto 31.8.2009 on the same terms and conditions laid down in the letter dated 09.03.2004 ibid and as amended/ clarified from to time.





3. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.





(Salim Md.Ahmed)



Deputy Director, Estt.(P&A)III



Railway Board



SOURCE;CGEN