SBF - Staff Benefit Fund
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Chapter VIII of
I.Rly.Establishment Code
·        
established on Indian Railways in
the year 1931.
·        
established for the welfare of the
Railway employees and their children.
·        
A Railway Staff. Benefit Fund shall be maintained for each Zonal
Railway. 
·        
SBF debited with  activities are 1)Education 2) Recreation
3)Sickness 4)Sports 5)Scouts 6)Indigenous systems of medicine (Homeopathy) 
·        
SBF credited with 
1.   
Annual grant on the 01st April of
each financial year from the Railway Revenues on "PER
CAPITA" basis based on the total sanctioned strength (permanent
& temporary).  Work charged posts
will not be considered.  At present Per Capita contribution is Rs.800/-
2.   
All receipts from fines
3.   
Forfeited PF bonuses of Non Gazetted
staff
4.   
50% of expenditure incurred by
Railways on the grant scholarships for technical education of children of Rly
staff during the previous year.
5.   
Unpaid wages over three years
period.
·        
Zonal SBF committee composition is
as follows
| 
   
SN 
 | 
  
   
Position 
 | 
  
   | 
 
| 
   
1 
 | 
  
   
Chairman 
 | 
  
   
CPO 
 | 
 
| 
   
2 
 | 
  
   
Member 
 | 
  
   
CMO 
 | 
 
| 
   
3 
 | 
  
   
Member 
 | 
  
   
CE 
 | 
 
| 
   
4 
 | 
  
   
Member 
 | 
  
   
Six
  members equally to be selected from the two recognized Unions 
 | 
 
| 
   
5 
 | 
  
   
Member 
 | 
 |
| 
   | 
  
   
Member 
 | 
 |
| 
   
7 
 | 
  
   
Member 
 | 
 |
| 
   
8 
 | 
  
   
Member 
 | 
 |
| 
   
9 
 | 
  
   
Member 
 | 
 |
| 
   
10 
 | 
  
   
Member 
 | 
  
   
Representative
  from All India Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Railway Employees
  Association (AISC&STREA) 
 | 
 
| 
   
11 
 | 
  
   
Member 
 | 
  
   
Representative
  from All India OBC Railway Employees Association (AIOBCREA) 
 | 
 
| 
   
12 
 | 
  
   
Secretary 
 | 
  
   
Welfare Inspector nominated by GM 
 | 
 
 Divisional
SBF/Workshop SBF committee composition is as follows
| 
   
SN 
 | 
  
   
Position 
 | 
  
   | 
 
| 
   
1 
 | 
  
   
Chairman 
 | 
  
   
DPO/WPO 
 | 
 
| 
   
2 
 | 
  
   
Member 
 | 
  
   
One officer nominated by DRM/CWM 
 | 
 
| 
   
3 
 | 
  
   
Member 
 | 
  
   
Four members equally to be selected from the two
  recognized Unions 
 | 
 
| 
   
4 
 | 
  
   
Member 
 | 
 |
| 
   
5 
 | 
  
   
Member 
 | 
 |
| 
   
6 
 | 
  
   
Member 
 | 
 |
| 
   
7 
 | 
  
   
Member 
 | 
  
   
Representative
  from All India Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Railway Employees
  Association (AISC&STREA) 
 | 
 
| 
   
8 
 | 
  
   
Member 
 | 
  
   
Representative
  from All India OBC Railway Employees Association (AIOBCREA) 
 | 
 
| 
   
9 
 | 
  
   
Secretary 
 | 
  
   
Welfare Inspector nominated by DRM/CWM 
 | 
 
·        
The cost
of stationery, printing charges of forms, postage charges and other contingent
expenses relating to the Fund is met from the Railway Revenues.
·        
The accounts of the SBF will be
monitored and internally checked by the office of the FA&CAO and the Audit
will make the checks.
·        
Annual Reports on the working of the
SBF should be submitted by each Railway Administration to the Railway Board.
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