RBE No. 109/2020: Stipend – Payment During Lockdown

No.PC-V/2016/PS/1(Stipend), dated 09.12.2020

Sub: Payment of stipend to trainees during the lockdown period.

1.     Reference/ queries have been received from a few Railways on the issue of payment of stipend to trainees who had joined training and been sent back home during lockdown period. The issue has been examined in consultation with Finance Directorate of Ministry of Railways and it has been decided to release the payment of withheld stipend to trainees for the period they stayed back at home, subject to a maximum period of six months, due to nation-wise Lockdown imposed to contain the spread of Covid-19 pandemic. 

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

Download Railway Board Circular RBE No. 109/2020

Forward reference ⇒ RBE No.