Railway Group D Salary 2026, Basic Pay, Job Profile, Allowances

Railway Recruitment Board decide on the salary of Group D railway staff. The RRB Group D Salary comes under level 1 salary as per the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC). The pay structure of an Indian Railway Group-D staff is as follows: 1. The pay scale ranges between INR 5200 to INR 20200 2. The basic pay is INR 18,000. 3. The grade pay that Group D is entitled to is INR 1800. 4. They also receive House Rent Allowance, which varies by city and may be anywhere between 8% to 24%. 5. The dearness allowance of Group D is revised to INR 6,120. Therefore, the in hand salary at the starting level for Group D staff at the junior level can be up to INR 27,920, excluding travel allowance.

Candidates selected through RRB Group D exam get in hand salary in the range of INR 25,000 to 27,000 as per the 7th pay commission. Besides getting the RRB Group D in hand salary, candidates are also entitled to various perks and allowances. The basic RRB Group D salary is INR 18,000. The post-wise RRB Group D salary is given below.

RRB Group D Probation period is 2 years. Candidates will have to take the training for a period of 2 years, and then will be able to start their job as an RRB Group D Officer.

Indian Railways give HRA to the selected candidates depending on the job location. The HRA is calculated based on the category of cities employees are posted. The HRA is calculated in the following manner.

The basic pay of RRB Group D employees is INR 18,000 as per the Seventh pay matrix. Candidates are also offered HRA, DA, travel allowances, etc. The salary ranges between INR 25,560 to 27,920.

The roles and responsibilities of Assistant Workshop (Mechanical) are given below: Preventive and breakdown maintenance of coaches and wagons Employees are posted in a carriage and wagon workshop Ensures the security and maintenance of coaches A section (eg: a Bogie shop, Wheel shop, or Furnish shop, etc. ).

Railways offer good opportunities to its employees in terms of promotion. Candidates joining the post of RRB Group D are promoted after three years of services through the departmental exams. There are no rules for RRB Group D promotion and increment. It depends on seniority and vacancies in the various departments. After not being promoted for 10 years of service, the RRB Group D Salary is increased with arrears up to the current date. The hierarchy of promotion of Railway Group D is given below:

• Technician S Grade 3
• Technician S Grade 2
• Technician S Grade 1
• Master Craftsman (with grade pay 4200)

RRB Group D selection process comprises CBT, PET/PST, document verification and medical exam. The transgender candidates are given relaxation in the PET. CCAAs trained in railway establishment are given due weightage of marks obtained in their NCVT exam in preparation of final merit list after the conduct of CBT. Based on the performance of candidates in CBT subject to their qualifying in PER, candidates are called for document verification as per their merit and options. In case of two or more candidates secure same marks, their merit position is determined by age criteria i.e., older person is placed at higher merit and in case age is same, then alphabetical order (A to Z) of the name is taken into account to break the tie. Appointment of selected candidates is subject to their passing requisite Medical Fitness Test conducted by the Railway Administration, final verification of educational and community certificates and verification of antecedents/character of the candidates. All candidates clearing the DV are called for medical exam. RRBs/RRCs only recommend names of the empanelled candidates and appointment is offered only by the respective Railway Administrations.

RRB Group D salary is given below.

The promotional policy of RRB Group D is given below.

After document verification in RRB Group D exam, candidates are called for a medical test. It is mandatory to clear the medical test to be considered for the recruitment exam. The medical fitness test is conducted by the railway administration to ensure that the candidates are medically fit to carry out the duties connected with the post. The near vision should be Sn/ 0.6, 0.6 without glasses and must pass tests for color vision, binocular vision, night vision, mesopic vision, etc. Distant vision should be 6 / 9, 6 / 9 with or without glasses (power of lenses should not exceed 2D).

RRB Group D employees are recruited for the maintenance and cleanliness of railway assets and tracks. RRB Group D recruitment is conducted for the following posts:

• Assistant Workshop
• Assistant C&W
• Assistant Loco Shed (Diesel)
• Assistant Loco Shed (Electrical)
• Assistant Depots (Store)
• Assistant Operations (Electrical)
• Assistant Pointsman (Traffic)
• Assistant Signal & Telecom
• Assistant Track Machine
• Assistant Bridge
• Assistant TL&AC
• Assistant TL & AC (Train Lights and AC) workshop
• Assistant TRD (Electrical)
• Assistant Work Engineer
• Assistant Work (Workshop)
• Assistant
• Track maintainer