IREM Rule No.908 : Allowances in Lieu of Running Room Facilities
908. Allowances in Lieu of Running Room Facilities:-
(i) At outstations where running rooms are not provided, running staff may be paid a compensatory allowance known as “Allowance in Lieu of Running Room Facilities” at the rates specified for every 24 hours or part thereof reckoned from the time of “signing off” at the outstation subject to the period of rest exceeding four hours between train arrival and train departure timings:-
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Category |
Rates w.e.f. 01.08.81 (in Rs.) |
Revised rates w.e.f. 01.06.1984 (in Rs.) |
Revised rates w.e.f. 01.06.1984 (in Rs.) |
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a |
Drivers |
5.50 |
7.00 |
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b |
Guards |
5.50 |
7.00 |
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c |
Shunter |
4.00 |
5.00 |
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d |
Firemen/Diesel Asstt./Electric Asstt. |
3.50 |
4.50 |
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e |
Assistant Guard (Brakesman) |
3.50 |
4.50 |
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(ii) This allowance shall be admissible at roadside stations irrespective of whether the train terminates there or not.
(iii) In respect of running room where cooks are not provided, the allowance shall be admissible at half the rates specified in para(i) above.
(iv) In the case of Ballast and Material trains and trainship Goods Vans, the staff taking rest in Crew Rest Vans may be paid on allowance at half the rates of the Allowance in lieu of Running Room facilities during the halts as cooks are not provided in the rest vans.
(v) The allowance shall not be payable if rest facilities are made available even if running rooms as such do not exist.
(vi) This allowance shall also not be admissible to running staff who are not sent to outstations on stationary duty.