RBE No .77/2018 - Grant of Overtime Allowance (OTA) to Railway employees consequent upon revision of pay scales and allowances – date of effect.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAY
(Railway Board)

S. No. PC-VII/ 105

RBE No .77/2018
New Delhi, dated 01-06-2018

PC-V/2017/A/OTA/1
The General Managers,
All Indian Railways & Pus
(As per mailing list)
CORRIGENDUM

Sub:- Grant of Overtime Allowance (OTA) to Railway employees consequent upon revision of pay scales and allowances – date of effect.

Please refer this office letter of even number dt. 20.03.2018 (RBE No. 41/2018) on the above subject. In partial modification to the letter dt. 20.03.2018 ibid, it is advised that the second sentence of the said letter may be read as under:-
“This issue of revising the date of effect of OTA w.e.f. 01-01-2016 was taken up by the Federations (NFIR & IRF , and was also raised in PNM forum by NFIR as item No. 06/2018. The issue has been considered and it has been decided that the basic pay and DA element for the purpose of OTA may be antedated to 01-01-2016 and other elements constituting emoluments for the purpose of OTA viz. HRA and Transport allowance etc. shall be taken into account at revised rates w.e.f. 01-7-2017 as per the 7th CPC recommendations.”

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

3. Hindi version will follow.

(Subhankar Dutta )
Dy. Director, Pay Commission-V
Railway Board