Granting of Incentives for acquiring higher educational qualifications – Latest Railways Order 2022

Regarding Grant of lump sum Incentives for acquiring higher educational qualifications

भारत सरकार/GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
रेल मंत्रालय/MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(रेलवे बोर्ड/ RAILWAY BOARD)

No. 2017/E(Trg)/30/14

New Delhi, dt. 07.10.2022

The General Managers/CAOs,
All Zonal Railways & Production Units,
COFMOW, New Delhi.

The Director Generals,
RDSO, Lucknow
All Central Training Institutes.

ADDENDUM

Sub: Incentives for acquiring higher educational qualifications.
Ref: Board’s letter of even number dated 27.11.2019.

In furtherance to Railway Board’s letter of even no. dated 27.11.2019 under reference along with copy of DoPT’s O.M. No. 1/5/2017-Estt (Pay-I) dated 15.03.2019 regarding revised incentive for acquiring higher qualifications, a list of professional courses related to railway working with respect to para 6 of the DoPT O.M. dated 15.03.2019 is attached as Annexure.

Rate of Incentives for acquiring higher educational qualifications

2. Rate of incentives admissible to railway servants for acquiring the courses listed as Annexure will be determined on the basis of kind of courses (Diploma/Degree/Post Graduate) and length of the course and as mentioned in para 5 of DoPT’s O.M. dated 15.03.2019 circulated vide Board’s letter of even number dated 27.11.2019 under reference.

Incentive for the courses

3. Grant of incentive for the courses listed as Annexure will be subject to fulfilment of the criteria/guidelines laid down in para 8 of DoPT’s O.M. dated 15.03.2019 circulated vide Board’s letter of even number dated 27.11.2019 under reference.

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

5. Hindi version will follow.

Encl: As above.

(Jitendra Kumar)
Dy. Director, Estt (Training)
Railway Board
Tele: 011-23047251

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