RBE No. 57/2007: Staff Benefit Fund (SBF) – Grant of Scholarship

No.E(W)2007/FU-1/4, dated 13.04.2007

Sub: Grant of scholarship from staff benefit fund for technical education inclusion of post graduate technical professional courses reg. 

1.     A question was raised about admissibility of scholarships from Staff Benefit Fund to wards of railway servants pursuing post-graduate technical/ professional courses.

2.     In continuation of the Board’s letter No.E(W)98/FU-1/4, dated 27.01.1999, it has been decided that all post-graduate technical/ professional courses recognized by eminent Universities should also be considered for the scholarship and treated at par with MBA, MCA and degree courses in medicine and various branches of engineering already accorded highest priority for grant of scholarship from SBF in terms of Board’s letter No.E(W)85/FU-1/4, dated 19.11.1985.

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

Download Railway Board Circular RBE No. 57/2007

Forward reference ⇒ RBE No.