IREC Rule No.1402: Application

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.