HomeRailwaysAllowances

Tribal Area Allowance to Railway employees: Rajya Sabha Q&A

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF  RAILWAYS
RAJYA SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO-524

ANSWERED ON-03.05.2013

Tribal Area Allowance

524 . SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE

(a) whether there is a provision of giving Tribal Area Allowance by the Ministry under Tribal Sub-plan on the line of State Governments in the country;
(b) if so, the divisions in which Railways have given Tribal Area Allowance till now;
(c) whether it is a fact that Railways have complied with the orders issued from time to time; and
(d) the details of the areas where payment has been made during the last ten years?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS (SHRI PAWAN KUMAR BANSAL)

(a): Yes, Sir. The Nodal Ministry governing the policy regarding the Tribal Area Allowance is the Ministry of Finance. The allowance is payable to Central Government employees including Railway employees working in Tribal/Scheduled Areas where concerned State Government is also paying the allowance to its own employees in consideration of service rendered in a tribal area.

(b): Tribal Area Allowance has been paid to Railway employees in Scheduled/Tribal areas in Nagpur Division, South East Central Railway (upto 31.03.2002), Bilaspur Division, South East Central Railway (upto 31.03.2007), Waltair Division, East Coast Railway (upto 31.3.2007), Ratlam Division, Western Railway (upto 31.08.2007), Dhanbad Division, East Central Railway, Nanded Division, South Central Railway, Mumbai, Bhusawal & Nagpur Divisions, Central Railway, Jabalpur Division, West Central railway.
(c): Yes, Sir.
(d): A list of the areas where Tribal Area Allowance has been paid during the last ten years is Appended.
APPENDIX

(d):- List of areas where Tribal Area Allowance has been paid during the last ten years.

S.No. Zonal Railway Area (District)
1. East Coast Railway

South East Central Railway
Chhattisgarh : – Rajnandgaon & Korba,Manora (Raigarh), Kusmi (Sarguja), Adagi (Sarguja), Pratappur (Sarguja), Ramanujganj (Sarguja), Sonhat (Sarguja), Chandrameda (Sarguja), Bradroff Nagar (Sarguja), Usur (Bastar), Kuankonda (Bastar), Kate Kalyan (Bastar), Makri (Bastar), Durg Kondal (Bastar), Koyle Beda (Bastar), Orcha (Bastar), Bade Rajpur (Bastar), Bagicha (Raigarh), Duldula (Raigarh), Lailunga (Raigarh), Tamnar (Raigarh), Mainpaat (Sarguja), Udaipur (Sarguja), Dhaurpur (Sarguja), Ramchandrapur (Sarguja), Balrampur (Sarguja), Shankargarh (Sarguja), Premnagar (Sarguja), Bharatrpur (Sarguja), Khargaon (Sarguja), Rajpur (Sarguja), Darbha (Bastar), Bastnaar (Bastar), Bakavand (Bastar), Lohadiguda (Bastar), Sarona (Bastar), Konda (Bastar), Mainpur (Raipur), Chura (Raipur), Manpur (Rajnandgaon), Kansavail (Raigarh), Tapkara (Raigarh), Kunkuri (Raigarh), Pondi Uprera (Bilaspur), Kartala (Bilaspur), Marwahi (Bilaspur), Gorela-1 (Bilaspur), Gorela-2 (Bilaspur), Pali (Bilaspur), Batoli (Sarguja), Sitapur (Sarguja), Lakhanpur (Sarguja), Baikunthpur (Sarguja), Narayanpur (Bastar), Antagarh (Bastar), Farasgaon (Bastar), Bastar (Bastar), Dantewada (Bastar), Gidam (Bastar), Chindgarh (Bastar), Sukma (Bastar), Bijapur (Bastar), Bheramgarh (Bastar), Bhopalpatnam (Bastar), Jagdalpur – Kirandul Section
2.. Central Railway

South East Central Railway

Western Railway

West Central Railway

Madhya Pradesh :- Mawai (Mandla), Bajaag (Dindori), Mehadwani (Dindori), Bhimpur (Baitul), Amarpur (Mandla), Mohgaon (Mandla), Ghughri (Mandla), Narayanganj (Mandla), Amarpur (Dhindori), Samnapur (Dindori) , Karanjia (Dindori), Harai (Chhindwara), Bichua (Chhindwara), Tamia (Chhindwara), Kusmi (Sidhi), Bankaner (Dhar), Dahi (Dhar), Gandhawani (Dhar) Katthiwad (Jhabua), Sondwa (Jhabua), Pati (Khargaon), Bhagwanpura (Khargaon), Chicholi (Baitul), Asthner (Baitul), Ghoradongri (Baitul), Kaisla (Hoshangabad), Karahal (Sheopur), Bajna (Ratlam), Bichhia (Mandla), Niwas (Mandla), Bijadandi (Dhindori), Shahpur (Dhindori), Dhindori (Dhindori), Paraswara (Balaghat), Birsa (Balaghat), Kurai (Siwni), Ghasore (Siwni), Jamai (Chhindwara), Pushprajgarh (Anuppur), Pali (Umaria), Nalchha (Dhar), Bagh (Dhar), Nisarpur (Dhar), Dharmpuri (Dhar), Trila (Dhar), Rama (Jhabua), Ranapur (Jhabua), Dhandla (Jhabua), Jobat (Jhabua) Udaipur (Jhabua), Meghnagar (Jhabua), Bhabhra (Jhabua), Jhiranya (Khargaon), Segaon (Khargaon), Bhikangaon (Khargaon), Gogaon (Badhwani), Pansamel (Badhwani), Rajpur (Badhwani), Dubri and Joba (Block Kusmi, District, Sidhi), Sontalai , Block Kesla, (District Hoshangabad), Binaki, Nainpur, Ghansor, Shikara & Pindral.

Maharashtra

Kasara, Igatpuri,Panvel, Neral, Vasind, Khardi, Biwandi Road, Karjat, Lonavla and Asangaon, Barimeta, Gudankapa, Parasia, Ghoradongiri, Sarni-siding, Palachalvi, Junnardeo, Hirdargarh, Magardoh, Pollapatha, Dodramoh, Barbatpur, Tisgaon, Igatpuri (for running staff only), Bhandara, Gondia, Arjuni, Salekasa and Darekasa.

3. East Central Railway Latehar
4. South Central Railway Kinwat & Adilabad

*****

Source: rajyasabha.nic.in
Stay connected with us via Facebook, Google+ or Email Subscription.

Subscribe to Central Government Employee News & Tools by Email [Click Here]
Follow us: Twitter [click here] | Facebook [click here] Google+ [click here]
Admin

COMMENTS

WORDPRESS: 0