1.1 Travelling Allowance :- Travelling allowance is permissible as per the prescribed rates to a Railway Employee for any day on which he proceeds on stint beyond a compass of 8 km from his headquarters or returns to his headquarters from a analogous distance. The travelling allowance will be granted for each completed day of absence from the headquarters reckoned from night to night at the following proportion. If absence from headquarters doesn't exceed 6 nonstop hours. -> 30 percent of the Travelling allowance. If absence from headquarters doesn't exceed 12 nonstop hours. -> 70 percent of the Travelling allowance. If absence from headquarters exceeds 12 nonstop hours. -> 100 percent of the Travelling allowance. Rates: • PML 1 to 5: ₹ 500/- • PML 6 to 8: ₹ 800/- • PML 9 to 11: ₹ 900/- • PML 12 & 13 : ₹ 1000/- • PML 14 and above: ₹ 1200/- These Daily Allowance rates will go up by 25 every time the DA goes up by 50. andw.e.f.01.07.2017. read more