Night Duty Allowance Calculator for Railway Employees

Night Duty Allowance (NDA) Rules:

Night Duty Allowance (NDA) Consequent upon the decision taken by Government on the recommendations made by7th CPC on the subject following guidelines has been issued:

(i) Night duty will be defined as duty performed between 22:00 hours and 6:00 hours.

(ii) A uniform weightage of 10 minutes shall be given for every hour of night duty performed.

(iii) The ceiling of basic pay for entitlement of NDA shall be Rs 43600/- per month.

(iv) The hourly rate of NDA equal to [(BP+DA)/200] will be paid and the basic pay and DA forthe calculation of NDA rates shall be the basic pay and DA prevalent as per 7th CPC.

(v) The amount of NDA will be worked out separately for each employee depending upon thebasic pay the concerned employee is drawing on the date of performing the night duty.

Formula to calculate Night Duty Allowance= (Basic Pay+DA/200)*Night Hours/6