IREC Rule No.805: Annual Grant To The Staff Benefit Fund & Classification
805. Annual Grant To The Staff Benefit Fund & Classification:-
(1) In addition to the credits to the Fund detailed in Rule 804, there shall be credited to the fund on the 1st April of each financial year an annual grant from the revenues of the Railway at a per capita rate of Rs.800 [Authority: RBE No.265/1999, No.E(W)97/FU-1/4, 13.10.1999, ACS No.54, RBE No.83/2014, No.E(W)2014/FU-1/1, 30.07.2014 w.e.f 01.04.2014, RBE No.125/2015, No. E(W)2010/FU-1/4, 12.10.2015, ACS No.127] based on the sanctioned strength of non-gazetted Railway employees, permanent and temporary, as on the 31st March, posts charged to capital being excluded. The Fund shall be credited provisionally on the 1st April each year with an amount equal to the contribution for the previous year, the necessary adjustment being made as soon as the correct amount of the contribution has been determined. The distribution of Rs.800 among different activities will be as under;
| S. No. | Head / Activity | Allocation in Rs. | Scope |
| 1 | Education-Scholarship for Higher technical / Professional education for wards of staff in grade pay of above Rs.2400 and up to Rs.4200 @ 1500/- pm. |
116 |
For railway wards of employees in grade pay of above Rs.2400 and up to Rs.4200 pursuing higher technical / professional education. |
| 2 | Scholarship for higher technical / professional education of Girl children of staff in grade pay up to Rs.2400 @ Rs.1500 pm. |
110 |
Scholarship for pursuing technical / professional diploma / degree for girl children of railway employees in grade pay up to Rs.2400. |
| 3 | Scholarship for higher technical / professional education of Male children of staff in grade pay up to Rs.2400 @Rs.1500 pm. |
100 |
Scholarship for pursuing technical professional diploma / degree for male children of railway employees in grade pay up to Rs.2400. |
| 4 | Women empowerment activities including seminar, camps, training programmes and gender sensitization camps etc. |
28 |
Giving support to creches, arrangements for safety of women railway employees & other initiatives taken by railways. |
| 5 | Recreation other than sports. |
32 |
Recreational facilities, purchase of Gym equipments, employee’s / wards’ holiday camps, study tours. |
| 6 | Recreational facilities at institutes and Clubs etc. |
36 |
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| 7 | Promotion of Cultural Activities |
16 |
Organizing cultural programmes in residential colonies, Divisions & schools and purchase / maintenance of instruments etc. |
| 8 | Relief of distress, sickness, etc. for all non-gazetted Railway employees. (RBE No.129/2023) |
120 |
To grant higher amount of relief to employees in need such as immediate financial assistance to railway employees in accidents and for employees who are long sick and hospitalized for a long period and are on leave without pay, no leave (LAP or LHAP) is in his credit. Funeral charges for death of railway employees be given Rs.10000 in each case. |
| 9 | Sports activities |
30 |
Encouraging sports by giving latest sports equipment & imparting training at schools, institutes and clubs. |
| 10 | Scouts & Guides activities |
22 |
Augmentation of training facility all over railways. |
| 11 | Indigenous system of medicine including Homoeopathy. |
36 |
|
| 12 | Immediate relief in times of crisis arising out of floods, famines, landslides, fire or any other calamity. |
24 |
|
| 13 | Developing occupational skills of physically/mentally challenged railway employees & their wards including purchase of wheelchairs, other aids, special software etc. & organizing workshops, seminars, camps etc. |
50 |
Assistance to employees / wars in need of special equipments. |
| 14 | Miscellaneous |
80 |
Support for improvement in holiday homes, rest houses, entertainment, information facility, viz. color TV, electrical appliances & maintenance fund for recurring expenses on such facilities. |
| Total per capita contribution in Rs. |
800 |
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(2) The fund shall also be augmented to the extent of 50% of expenditure incurred by the respective railways on grant of scholarships to the children of railway employees for Technical Education of their children during the preceding year.
Note:
(1) Allocation provided against Head / Activity at S.No.(1) (2) and (3) will also be utilized for financing the scheme of Cash award for wards of Railway employees for outstanding contribution in Academics & Sports as stipulated vide Annexure-1 to RBE No.54/2015, No.E(W)2014/FU-1/1, 01.06.2015.
[Authority: RBE No.125/2015, No. E(W)2010/FU-1/4, 12.10.2015, ACS No.127]
Note-1: Interest at 2% per annum shall be credited on the balance at the credit of the Fund lying with the Government and will be taken in reduction of the annual contribution from the revenues of the railway.
Note-2: In the case of Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Diesel Locomotive Works, Integral Coach Factory, a similar contribution to this fund shall be made chargeable to ‘Capital Suspense – Workshop Suspense Accounts under Performa on Cost’. In the case of Wheel and Axle Plant, COFMOW Central Organization for railway Electrification the contribution shall be chargeable to Demand No. 16-Assets – Acquisition, Construction and Replacement. In the case of diesel Component Works, Rail Coach Factory, the contribution to the Fund shall be made chargeable to Demand No.16 (WMS), whereas in the case of RDSO and Railway Claims Tribunal, it shall be chargeable to Demand No.2 Miscellaneous Expenditure General.
[Authority: RBE No.265/1999, No.E(W)97/FU-1/4, 13.10.1999, ACS No.54]
Note-3: Based on the overall per capita contribution of Rs.30 for sports activities, sports allotments shall continue to be made by the Ministry of Railways in consultation with the Railway Sports Promotion Board, to the Zonal Railways / Production Units.
Allotment of Rs.22 for scouting activities will also be made by the Ministry of Railways. Rs.24 per capita allotted for ‘Immediate relief in times of crisis arising out of natural calamities’ will be made from the ‘SBF Calamity Relief Fund’ at the level of the Ministry of Railways. Therefore, allotment for Rs.76 will be authorized centrally by Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) from sanctioned Budget allotments.
[Authority: RBE No.265/1999, No.E(W)97/FU-1/4, 13.10.1999, ACS No.54, RBE No.125/2015, No. E(W)2010/FU-1/4, 12.10.2015, ACS No.127]
Note-4: Except in the case of funds for scouting, sports, education and Inter Railway Cultural Competitions, Staff Benefit Fund Committees of the Railways/Production Units, etc. may re-appropriate funds under other heads, subject to the condition that not more than 10% of the amount is re-appropriated from any head.
[Authority: RBE No.265/1999, No.E(W)97/FU-1/4, 13.10.1999, ACS No.54]
Forward reference ⇒ RBE No.157/2022, RBE No.129/2023,
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