Railway Accidents Compensation for Death and Injuries w.e.f 01.01.2017-Doubled

By | December 23, 2016
(Last Updated On: December 23, 2016)

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(Railway Board)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 22nd, December, 2016

G.S.R. 1165(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 129 of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Railway Accidents and Untoward Incidents (Compensation) Rules, 1990, namely :-

1. Short title and Commencement:- (1) These rules may be called the Railway Accidents and Untoward Incidents (Compensation) Amendment Rules, 2016.

(2) They shall come into force on the 1st day of January, 2017.

2. In the Railway Accidents and Untoward Incidents (Compensation) Rules, 1990 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 3, –

(i) in sub-rule (2), for the words “rupees four lakhs”, the words “rupees eight lakhs” shall be subsitituted;

(ii) in the second proviso to sub-rule (3) for the words “rupees eighty thousand”, the words “rupees one lakh sixty thousand” shall be substituted”

3. In the said rules, in rule 4, for the words “rupees four lakhs”, the words “rupees eight lakhs” shall be substituted.

4. For the Schedule annexed to the said rules, the following Schedule shall be Substituted, namely:-

SCHEDULE

(See rule 3)

Amount of Compensation Payable in respect of Death and Injuries

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