Additional Dearness Allowance: RBE No.50/1986 – Rates w.e.f. 01.01.1986
No.PCIII/86/DA/1, dated 03.03.1986
Sub: Payment of Additional Dearness Allowance to Railway employees – Revised rates effective from 01.01.1986.
1. Reference Department of Railways letter of even number dated 16th January, 1986 (RBE No.10/1986) on the above subject. The President is pleased to decide that the rate of Additional Dearness Allowance specified in para 1 of that letter will stand modified as follows:
| Period for which payable | Pay range | Rate of Addl. Dearness Allowance per mensem |
| 01.01.1986 onwards | (i) Upto Rs.300 | 165.5% of pay subject to minimum of Rs.35 plus 148% of pay and a maximum of Rs.494. |
| (ii) Above Rs.300 and upto Rs.400 | Rs.62 plus 144% of pay. | |
| (iii) Above Rs.400 and upto Rs.800 | 123.5% of pay subject to a minimum of 15.5% of pay plus Rs.576. | |
| (iv) Above Rs.800 and upto Rs.900 | Rs.100 plus 111% of pay. | |
| (v) Above Rs.900 and upto Rs.1000 | Rs.127 plus 108% of pay. | |
| (vi) Above Rs.1000 and upto Rs.2000 | Rs.1207. |
2. The rates of Addl. Dearness Allowance as specified in para 1 above are payable in addition to Dearness Allowance at the rates mentioned in item (3) of para 1 of Department of Railways’ letter No.PCIII/73/DA, dated 12.02.1975, in so far as they relate to employees getting pay upto Rs.2000 per month.
3. The President is also pleased to decide that in modification of para 3 of the Department of Railways’ letter No.PCIII/85/DA/1, dated 02.09.1985 (RBE No.254/1985), the total Dearness Allowance as well as Additional Dearness Allowance on the pay above Rs.2000 per month will, w.e.f. 01.01.1986 be as follows:
Rs.2001 to Rs.2749 – Rs. 1450
Rs.2750and above – Rs.1950
4. In partial modification of the Department of Railways’ letter No.PCIII/82/DA/1, dated 26.03.1982, as amended from time to time, further adhoc Dearness Allowance for Officers getting pay above Rs.1636 p.m. will, w.e.f. 01.01.1986 be regulated as under:
| Pay range | Rate of Adhoc Dearness Allowance per mensem |
| Rs.1637 to Rs.2749 | 93% of basic pay as defined in F.R. 9(21)(a)(i) plus Non-Practising Allowance, if any, less D.A. and Addl. Dearness Allowance admissible in para 1, 2 and 3 above subject to the further condition that the increase in total Dearness Allowance payable by this order from 01.01.1986 shall not exceed Rs.150 p.m. |
| Rs.2750 and above. | Rs.600 |
In respect of Officers getting pay above Rs.1518 but below Rs.1637, the further adhoc Dearness Allowance will continue to be regulated according to para 4 of the Department of Railways’ letter No. PCIII/82/DA/1, dated 13.04.1983.
5. The payment on account of Dearness Allowance and Additional Dearness Allowance will be rounded off to the nearest 10 paise.
Download Railway Board Circular RBE No.50/1986
Forward reference ⇒ RBE No.115/1986.