NFIR
National Federation ofIndianRailwaymen 3, CHELMSFORD ROAD,NEWDELHI- 110055 Affiliatedto: IndianNationalTradeUnion Congress(INTUC) lnternationalTransportWorkers'Federation(lTF)
No.I/5(g)/Part.V
Dated:I2ll2/2014
The Secretary (E), Railway Board, New Delhi Dear Sir, Sub: National Holiday Allowance-Upwardrevision of rate-urged. Ref:
(i) (ii)
NFIR PNM Item No. 512013. Railway Board'sletterNo. E(P&A)I-20131F8-413 dated0210512014.
While perusing contentsof reply receivedvide Railway Board's letter 210612014, cited under reference, Federation is disappointedto note that the Railway Board have ignored following key points while consideringthe rates of National Holiday Allowance in favour of selectedcategoriesof Railway Employeeswho are deployedtc work on National Holidaysto run and maintainservicesessentiallyon the Indian Railways:The rates for payment of National Holiday Allowance (NHA) for performing duties on the National Holidays were originally fixed by the Railway Board consequentto implementation of the recommendationsof JagannadhaDas Pay Commission and instructionswere issuedby the Railway Board vide letter No. PC-60lHL-2ll dated 1Oth August1961. The instructionsdated 1OthAugust1961 had inter-alialaid down that for the purposeof calculationof basic pay as defined in Rule 2003 (.21)(a) (i&ii) of R-II, full Dearness Allowance including DearnessPay is to be taken into account.The instructionsfurther provide that where the pay plus DearnessAlloll'ance'lalls in betweenthe two slabs,the ratefor the next higher slabsshall apply. NFIR reiterates that the concept of payment of National Holiday Allowance was introducedto compensatemonetarily those railway employeeswho in the exigenciesof servicesare not permittedto avail National Holidal' l-.utare compelledto perform duty to run and maintain servicesby ensuringadditionalpa1'mentof amount equal to Ilz trmes of wages(pay plus DA thereon).
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il2il 2. NFIR has failed to understand that as to how the Railway Board vide letter No. pC66lHL-212dated31911968 have arbitrarily decidedthat the ratesof monitory compensationhave to be calculatedonly on basic pay (substantiveor officiating) instead of pay plus D.A. The arbitrary decision of the Railway Board has changedthe basis of computation of amount towards payment of National Holiday Allowance altogether to the disadvantage of the Railway Employeeswho work on National Holidays while others avail Holidays. The decision of the Railway Board and the commentssent by the Railway Board to NFIR in responseto its pNM item No. 512013vide letter dated 0210512014 is not justified and hence not acceptableto the Federation.Federation re-iterates that the minimum rate for payment of National Holiday Allowanceshouldbe fixed on the following principle for different categoriesof staff:o'Illustration:- at one and half times of rate of minimum pay (5200+1800+1070D.A.). The rates of DearnessAllowance should increase by 25o/" every time the Dearness Allowance Payable on the revised pay structure goesup by 50o/". Similar calculation need to be made for staff in different Pay Band & Grade Pay.', NFIR therefore,once again urges the Railway Board to kindly restorethe formula as recommendedby the JagannadhaDas Pay Commission and acceptedby the Governmentof India for payment of National Holiday Allowance and accordingly issue instructions early to all Zones/PUs,duly endorsingcopy thereofto the Federation. Yours faithfg\,
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(Dr.M.nugfiru#iuny GeneralSecretary Copy to ExecutiveDirector/PC-I,Railway Board, Metro Bhavan,PragatiMaidan,New Delhi for information and necessaryaction. V Copy to GeneralSecretariesof Affiliated Unions of NFIR. Media CentreAtrFIR. File No. 512013pNM).
