IREC Rule No.611: Diet Charges
611. Diet Charges:-
Diet supplied to patients in railway hospitals will be charged as per following schedule;
| Categories | Charges per day to be recovered |
| Railway employees whose basic pay does not exceed Rs.1150 in case of Group ‘D’ categories | Free |
| Railway employees Who are in grade Rs.950-1350 in case of other than Group ‘D’ categories. | 75% of the actual direct cost fixed by Railways |
| Railway employees whose basic pay is Rs.1351 & above | Actual direct cost to be recovered |
| Railway employees injured in the course of duty (not exceeding beyond one year after they are declared permanently unfit and discharged from service) | Free |
| Retired Railway Employees governed by the Retired Railway Employees Contributory Health Scheme / Retired Employees Liberalized Health Scheme / Private Servants and outsiders etc. | Charges to be fixed by the Railway Administration to recover the diet cost |
| Railway employees whose pay is below Rs.2000 when receiving treatment for TB / Leprosy or Mental diseases in a Railway or approved institution. | Free |
| Railway employees whose pay is Rs.2000 and above when receiving treatment for TB / Leprosy or Mental diseases in a Railway or approved institution | Actual cost to be recovered |
| Family members Dependent relatives receiving treatment for TB / Leprosy or Mental diseases and dependent relatives of railway employees receiving treatment for TB or Leprosy in a Railway or approved institution when the pay of the Railway employee concerned is below Rs.2000 | Free
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| Family members Dependent relatives not covered by (A) above. | Charges to be fixed by the Railway so as to recover the direct cost |
[Authority: No.86/H/8-1/39, 22.03.1990]
Note:
(1) Special articles of food not ordinarily provided by railway hospitals to inpatients shall be dealt for separately.
(2) General Managers have powers to sanction free diet to railway employees injured in the course of duty for such period as they remain indoor patients not extending beyond one year after they are declared permanently unfit and discharged from service. This provision applies to all railway employees gazetted or non-gazetted irrespective of pay limits.
(3) Free diet is admissible to casual labour while undergoing treatment in railway hospitals in connection with accident cases following under the Workman’s Compensation Act and other cases referred to under sub-section 16 of Section-B of this Chapter.
(4) Passengers and trespassers injured or taken ill and removed to a railway hospital may be dieted at the expense of the Railways. The expenditure being treated as a part of ordinary expenses of working in the railway hospitals.
(5) The charges of diet when supplied by non-Government / recognized hospitals to railway employees, when not indicated separately in the tariff, should, for reimbursement purposes be reckoned to the 20% of the flat rate charge.
(6) Pay limits referred to basic pay and/are exclusive of dearness pay.
(7) Diet provided by hospital is for patients only. In exceptional cases diet may have to be provided to patients attendants who of necessity had to stay in hospital having come from outside long distances or in serious cases. Such cases should be charged to recover full costs and all overheads and should be on the high side to be a disincentive.
(8) A patient taking diet from the hospital on discharge may be charged for the full day if he has been admitted before 12 hours and, only half diet charges, if he has been admitted after 12 hours.