What are the allowances offered to candidates selected through RRB NTPC exam?

<p>Junior Clerks and Typists receive a base RRB NTPC salary of INR 19,900 per month, whereas Station Masters and Commercial Apprentices receive INR 35,400. In addition, candidates are eligible for medical reimbursements, pension benefits, house rent allowance (HRA), travel allowance (TA), and dearness allowance (DA).The positions of Station Master, Senior Time Keeper, Commercial Apprentice, Junior Account Assistant, Cum Typist, and Goods Guard are the most sought-after ones in the RRB NTPC test. With an annual salary of INR 27.3 lakhs, the position of Deputy Chief Engineer is the highest-paying position at Indian Railways. The top 10% of workers make around INR 14.53 Lacs annually. The annual income of the top 1% is over INR 45 lakhs.</p>

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<p>Besides the basic RRB NTPC salary, candidates are entitled to the following allowances.</p><ul><li>Dearness allowance</li><li>House rent allowance</li><li><strong>Transport allowance</strong></li><li>Pension scheme</li><li>Medical benefits</li><li>Other special allowance</li></ul><p><strong>HRA Details</strong></p><p>The HRA of all RRB NTPC employees will be calculated based on the cities they are posted. The calculation criteria of HRA is given below.</p><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><th width="22%">Category of Cities</th><th width="39%">HRA Before 7th Pay Commission (In Per Cent)</th><th width="37%">HRA After 7th Pay Commission (In Per Cent)</th></tr><tr><td width="22%"><p>X</p></td><td width="39%"><p>30</p></td><td width="37%"><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td width="22%"><p>Y</p></td><td width="39%"><p>20</p></td><td width="37%"><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td width="22%"><p>Z</p></td><td width="39%"><p>10</p></td><td width="37%"><p>8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The three categories of cities for HRA are classified according to their population density. The list of cities which fall under the&nbsp;X, Y and Z categories are given below:</p><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><th width="16%">Categories of Cities</th><th width="82%">Cities</th></tr><tr><td width="16%"><p>X (Population &gt;= 50 Lakhs)</p></td><td width="82%"><p>Bengaluru, Greater Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Chennai and Kolkata</p></td></tr><tr><td width="16%"><p>Y (Population 5 to 50 Lakhs)</p></td><td width="82%"><p>Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Puducherry, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Raipur, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Moradabad, Thrissur, Malappuram, Kannur, Kollam, Gwalior, Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Ujjain, Amravati, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nashik, Bhiwandi, Solapur, Kolhapur, Vasai-Virar Cty, Vijayawada, Warangal, Greater Visakhapatnam, Guntur, Nellore, Guwahati, Patna, Hubli-Dharwad, Mangalore, Mysore, Gulbarga, Kozhikode, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Ajmer, Salem, Tirupur, Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli, Madurai, Erode, Dehradun, Chandigarh, Durg-Bhilai Nagar, Sangli, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Rourkela, Vadodara, Surat, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Srinagar, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Dhanbad, Ranchi, Bokaro Steel City, Belgaum, Malegaon, Nanded-Waghala, Aligarh, Agra, Bareilly, Lucknow, Kanpur, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Saharanpur, Noida, Firozabad, Jhansi, Asansol, Siliguri, Durgapur</p></td></tr><tr><td width="16%"><p>Z (Population</p></td><td width="82%"><p>All other remaining cities</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

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