RBE No. 67/2009: Festival Advance – Eligibility

No.E(LL)2008/FA/1, dated 05.05.2009

PC-VI/99

Sub: Revision of eligibility and amount of Festival Advance.

In supersession of Advance Correction Slip No.203 circulated vide Board’s letter of even number dated 05.11.2008 (RBE No. 168/2008) for revising the eligibility limit/ amount of Festival Advance, Para 1125 and Para 1125(i) of Indian Railway Establishment Manual, Volume-I (Revised Edition – 1989) may be amended as per the Advance Correction Slip No.208 enclosed as annexure.

The remaining terms and conditions of Para 1125 para {i.e. sub para (ii) to (viii)} will remain unchanged.

Advance Correction Slip No.208

Indian Railway Establishment Manual, Volume-I

(Revised Edition – 1989)

1125 – Advances & Festivals

Para 1125 and 1125(i) of IREM Vol.I (Revised Edition) may be read as under:

Non-gazetted Railway servants (including workshop staff whose grade pay does not exceed Rs.4800 (Rupees four thousand eight hundred only) per month may be granted an advance on the eve of important festivals subject to the following terms and conditions:-

(i)    The advance may be granted to Group ‘C’ railway servants (including skilled and high skilled staff) and to Group ‘D’ railway servants (including semi-skilled and unskilled staff). The amount of advance will be Rs.3000 (Rupees Three Thousand only). The rate of advance shall be increased by 25% every time dearness allowance on revised pay bands increases by fifty percent.

(The remaining terms and conditions of Para 1125 {i.e. sub Para (ii) to (vii) will remain unchanged}.

[Authority: No.E(LL)2008/FA/1, dated 22.04.2009]

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