Indian Rail Worker - February 2014

Vol. 49 No. 9 36 pages February-2014 `̀̀̀̀.7.50/- per copy

26-36Railway Board's Decisions

At A Glance

10NFIR's Affiliates Activities

18NFIR References to Rly. Ministry

2General Managers' Conference

5Ticket Checking Posts Sanctioned

6Working Group to Review IRSEMPart- I & II

7GS/NFIR Addressed Mass Meeting

The Unions of NationalFederation of Indian Railwaymen(NFIR) have successfully conductedStrike Ballot on 17th & 18th January,2014 on 17 Zonal Railways and 6Productions Units throughout theCountry. Railway employeesthroughout the Indian Railways inlargest number who were associatedwith the 65-Point Charter ofDemands expressed their opinionthrough over 4000 polling boothsspread over I.R., overwhelming infavour of Strike. The counting ofballots was witnessed by indepen-dent persons and concluded onJanuary 22, 2014.

As per the figures made availableto NFIR’s Secretariat at New Delhiover 97% (97.36) of Railway employ-ees voted in favour of “INDEFINITESTRIKE”.

The Federation is still hopefulthat wisdom would dawn on theGovernment for ensuring negotiatedsettlement on issues in order to avertstrike in the Railways. The majordemands are like merger of DA withpay & grant of interim relief,guaranteed pension in lieu of newpension scheme, implementation ofRailway Ministry’s proposals forimproved Grades Pay of Techni-cians, Station Masters, Supervisors,Running Staff, Stenographers etc.,on which Strike ballot was held. The

Strike Ballot Results – OverwhelmingResponse for Strike

remaining demands in the NFIR’sCharter need to be settled throughdialogue in order to avert strike inRailways.

While NFIR is keen to avoiddislocation to the Nation at thisjuncture, the Government shouldalso realize its responsibility fortaking decisions on major issues.

NFIR conveyed its gratitude to theemployees for the success of pollingand urged them to be in readinessfor a call in the event of failure ofnegotiations.

NFIR WorkingCommittee Meeting

The Working Committee ofNFIR will meet at “MaaChintpurni”(Himachal Pradesh)on 20th & 21st March, 2014.

The Working CommitteeNotice will be issued by NFIR indue course.

For more details. pleasecontact Shri B.C. Sharma,General Secretary, URMU, NewDelhi (Phone No. P&T – 011-23344081, Rly. 030-22214, Mob.09810022543).

INTUC WorkingCommittee to meetat Kollam (Kerala)

– 17th & 18thFebruary, 2014

The 286th Working Com-mittee Meeting of INTUC will beheld at Kollam (Kerala) on 17th& 18th February, 2014. TheWorking Committee Meet-ingwill commence at 10 AM on17th Feb., 2014. In the meetingvarious issues concerningworking class will be delibera-ted besides review on actiontaken on the decisions of thelast meeting, National situationas well organizational matters.

INDIAN RAIL WORKER 2 February, 2014

The General Managers’ Con-ference was held at Rail Bhawan,New Delhi on 21st & 22nd January,2014 in which Shri M. Raghavaiah,Genl. Secretary, NFIR participated

Issues raised by Shri M.Raghavaiah, General Secretary,NFIR in the GMs Conference

At the outset Shri M. Raghavaiahhas expressed his gratitude to theRailway Minister Shri MallikarjunKharge, for giving pro-workersdecisions during the last sixmonths as mentioned below:-

Merger of Senior P. WaySupervisor as J.E./P. Way withspread effect for promotion asSSE/P. Way w.e.f. 3rd July 2013(However, NFIR’s demand forallotment of pay scale of Rs.5000-8000 w.e.f. 01/11/2003 isstill pending in the PNM fora),

Abolition of Written rest forappointment of wards of SafetyCategory employees underLARSGESS.

Grant of 2nd chance for Aptitudetest to the wards of SafetyCategory staff under LARSGESS.

Cadre restructuring andupgradation w.e.f. 1st November2013, benefitting large number ofrailway employees of variouscategories.

Payment of PL Bonus at 78 dayswages (notional calculation @Rs. 3500/- p.m.) for Railwayemployees as a result of Hon’bleMR’s insistence in the UnionCabinet meeting held on 3rd

October, 2013.

While thanking the Hon’ble MRfor the above decisions which havepositive impact on mass of Railwayemployees, Shri M. Raghavaiah, hasbrought out the following points forpositive response at the level ofRailway Ministry:-

(a) Upgradation of Apex levelGroup ‘C’ posts to Group `B’

General Managers’ Conference held at RailBhawan, New Delhi – 21st & 22nd Jan., 2014

Gazetted raised by NFIR in thePNM Meeting under item No. 36/98 and continued to discuss indifferent fora. He brought to thenotice of Hon’ble MR that theRailway Ministry’s proposal forupgradation of 3335 Group `C’posts to Group `B’ Gazetted ispending with the Ministry ofFinance for quite some time. Herequested Hon’ble MR to intervenefor getting clearance of FinanceMinistry soon as this issue is beingdealt since the last 1- ½ decade.

(b) LARSGESS :Shri M. Raghavaiah pointed out

to the Hon’ble MR that the staffbelonging to TRD, Bridge Deptt,Train Lighting, P.Way Khalasiswhose duties are directly connectedwith the Safety and safe Trainoperations are not covered. Thesecategories should also be broughtunder LARSGESS.

(c) Grade Pay – StationMaster Category :

Thirty Six thousand (36,000)Station Masters have been agitatedas their entry Grade Pay has notbeen revised from Rs. 2800/- to Rs.4200/- (PB-2), although RailwayMinistry had agreed three yearsback. There is no financial implica-tion as only minimal percentage ofposts in Grade Pay Rs. 2800/- existand at any given time 8% vacanciescontinued to remain. He said thatabolition of GP Rs.2800/- will notcause any disturbance to workingsystem.

(d) General Secretary/NFIRM.Raghavaiah has brought to thenotice of Hon’ble MR, the issueslisted below where RailwayMinistry had approved and theseproposals are pending with theFinance Ministry:-

Merger of Technicians II withTechnician I Grade Pay ofRs.2800/-.

Replacement of Grade Pay of

Rs.4600/- with GP Rs.4800/-(PB-2).

Revision of Grade Pay of LocoPilots (Mail/Exp) as Rs.4600/-(PB-2).

Allotment of entry Grade PayRs.5400/- to Group ‘B’ Gazetted.

Placement of JA Grade officers ofRailways in PB-4.

Additional Allowance toRunning Staff.

SAFETY :(a) While sharing with the

concern expressed by the Hon’bleMR on Safety front, Shri M.Raghavaiah, invited the attention ofthe Chairman, Members of RailwayBoard and the General Managers tothe minutes of the meeting held on12th June 2012 with CMEs/Dy.CMEs of Zonal Railways, at RailBhavan, New Delhi, and desired toknow the real implementationprogress of the minutes.

(b) Safety Seminars/Work-shops / Conferences: GeneralSecretary/NFIR has brought to thenotice of Railway Minister, theefforts being made by NFIR Unionstowards conducting SafetySeminars, Workshops and SafetyConferences pursuant to thecommunication issued by theMember Staff (Shri A.K. Goyal, videdated 25th August 2009). He howeverexpressed un-happiness that theexpected co-operation and assis-tance is not forthcoming from theRailway Administration. He alsoexpressed that granting SpecialCasual Leave and Pass facility to thestaff for attending these Seminars/Workshops/Conferences is beingrestricted although NFIR isconducting these activities forupgrading the skills, efficiency leveland safety standards among staff ofSafety Categories. He urged uponthe Railway Minister to see that theRailway Administration extends allforms of assistance to the NFIR


Unions on all 17 Zones and 6Production Units for organizingthese programmes in the overallinterest of Railway efficiency. Hespecially requested GMs to see thatAdministration also associates inthese events for enhancing the safetyconsciousness level among staff.

(c) Training : Touching theaspect of training to the staff, theGeneral Secretary/NFIR said thatthe staff recruited are required to beupgraded in their job throughmandatory training periodicallythereby their performance will bequalitatively superior andquantitatively larger.

(d) Non-filling of vacancies :He specially appealed to theRailway Ministry to see that novacancy should be allowed to existat any given time in the criticalcategories like Loco Pilots, AssttLoco Pilots, Station Masters andGuards categories. For the saidpurpose, he suggested that theGeneral Managers should beallowed to take decision for fillingup vacancies from serving staff asthese vacancies cannot be allowedto be continued in the interest ofSafety and efficiency.

(e) Work Charged posts : Mr.Raghavaiah pointed out that onZonal Railways, work chargedposts are created and continued forcarrying out regular activities butthese are not forming part of regularcadre strength resulting into denialof promotion under cadre restruc-turing.

(f) Service/working conditionsof Safety category staff : He alsobrought to the notice of Hon’ble MRthe miserable service/workingconditions of Track Maintainers(Safety Category) and reminded thatas a result of NFIR’s request in theGeneral Managers’ Conference heldon 11th January 2010, then Hon’bleMR had appointed a JointCommittee. The Joint Committeehad submitted its unanimous reportbut unfortunately its report forupgrading the Track Maintainerposts has not been implemented infull. Even the decision taken on 27th

Sept 2013 in a separate meeting heldbetween the Railway Board and the

Federations for placement of posts at6:12:22:60 ratio in Grade Pay Rs.2800, 2400, 1900 & 1800 respec-tively is yet to be implemented. Hespecifically requested the Hon’bleMR to accord approval.

Industrial Relations :(a) General Secretary/NFIR, M.

Raghavaiah has conveyed to theHon’ble MR the disappointedfeelings among the Railwayemployees over non-implementationof decisions some of which havebeen placed above and non-respon-sive attitude of the Government ongenuine issues. He apprised theHon’ble MR that a Special meetingchaired by the Railway BoardChairman was held on 23rd August2013 and in the Special meeting over34 issues were discussed, minutesof which were circulated on 2nd Sept2013 but unfortunately there hasbeen no appreciable progress.

(b) He further said that the normsissued by the Railway Ministry forcreation of posts have never beenimplemented although new assetshave been created and new serviceshave been introduced from time totime in the Railways in the last 5years. He said that the averageworker is heavily over-burdenedand frustrated. He, however, saidthat having no other alternative thanto proceed with agitation, NFIR hasconducted Strike Ballot on 17th and18th January 2014 and reports havebeen received that over-whelming

majority of railway employees prefer“Strike Action” on 65 point ofCharter of Demands of NFIR.

(c) General Secretary/NFIR atthe same time clarified to theHon’ble MR that NFIR’s track recordhas been to strengthen the IndianRailways and ensure that Railwaysprosper and serve the need of thecustomers. While strike is a lastresort to NFIR, Federation iscompelled to take this extremecourse of action having felt that noother alternative is left out. Hespecially appealed to the Hon’bleMR to take initiative in discussingwith Hon’ble Finance Minister onthe proposals sent by RailwayMinistry and followed by ShriPawan Kumar Bansal, former MR,for obtaining clearance in order toavoid untoward situation on IndianRailways.

Welfare :NFIR General Secretary, M.

Raghavaiah invited the Hon’bleMR’s attention to his discussionswith him on the welfare of employ-ees and also his communicationrelating to shortage of RailwayDoctors to the tune of 38% ofsanctioned strength and requestedthe MR to take initiative forobtaining Union Cabinet’s approvalfor enhancing the age ofsuperannuation of Railway Doctorsto 62 years. He also requested thatContract Medical Practitionersshould be allowed to work upto 10

Best Wishes from Pawan Kumar BansalLetter received from former Railway Minister, Pawan Kumar Bansal

is reproduced below:08th January, 2014

“Dear Shri Raghavaiah,Thank you for sending me a copy of 27th Report of National

Federation of India Railwaymen.It was thoughtful of you to come over and invite me to the National

Convention of NFIR held at Visakhapatnam. I regret that because ofimportant prefixed engagements at Chandigarh, I could not avail ofthe opportunity to be with you on that important occasion.

I am sure the convention must have been a grand success.Please accept my best wishes for continued success of NFIR in your

all endeavours.With regards,”


years and equally para-medicalstaff’s continuance should beensured till vacancies are filled byregular candidates in order to seethat adequate care of railwayemployees, their families andRELHS beneficiaries is ensured.

He expressed hope that theHon’ble MR would issue suitableinstructions to the Railway Board toresolve the pending demands listedby NFIR through serious dialoguewithin the prescribed time frame.

22nd January 2014 On the 2nd day of the General

Managers’ Conference i.e. on 22/01/2014, the General Secretary/NFIR M.Raghaviah has broughtout/discussed following pointswith the Chairman, Members of theRailway Board and the GeneralManagers:-

(a) Inter-Railway transferapplications : He explained thatthe Zonal Railways are notforwarding the request applicationsinspite of clear instructions from theBoard, consequently, staff aresuffering a lot. Zonal Railways areunable to find and make availableeven the replacements as indents arenot properly placed on RRCs/RRBs.He specially urged the GMs toimplement Board’s orders byprocessing and forwarding theapplications and to get relieved thestaff duly finding replacements.

(b) Act Apprentices : Herequested the CRB, MM & MS toissue suitable instructions forengaging Course Completed ActApprentices in technical and othersafety categories as their skills are ofgreat advantage to the system. Hespecifically pointed out that Courtcases were not properly handled onNorth Western Railway andSouthern Railway. So far as NorthWestern Railway is concerned, hepointed out that the GM/SCRailway wanted to accept ActApprentices of NW Railway butthere has been no response fromNW Railway. He requested GM/NW Railway to send list of ActApprentices to SC Railway and alsoto all other Zones for inducting theminto service wherever needed.

(c) Rail Coach Factory,Raibareli: He expressed disa-ppointment that the optees have notbeen relieved to the RCF particularlyfrom S.W. Railway, SouthernRailway etc. while from other zonesstaff have since joined. This negativeapproach is causing disappoint-ment among staff who are eager to gonearer to their places by joining neworganization (Production Unit). Herequested CRB and MM to addressthis problem immediately.

(d) Harnaut Workshop/EastCentral Railway : GeneralSecretary invited the attention of theCRB/MM as well as GM to NFIR’sletters relating to the difficultiesbeing faced by the Workshop Staff atHarnaut more particularly theircadre formation, promotion, hospi-tal facilities, residential accommo-dation etc. He specially requestedthe General Manager, EC Railwayto take special initiative for removingthe hardships faced by the staff.

(e) Absorption of Quasi-Administrative Staff/WestCentral Railway : GeneralSecretary/NFIR expressed his agonyover non-implementation ofRailway Board’s decision by WestCentral Railway in regard toscreening and absorption of Quasi-Administrative staff on the Zone.He cited Railway Board’s letterdated 3rd May 2006 giving clearinstructions to GMs to absorb thosestaff who were on rolls on 10th June1997. He also said that although theBoard have issued letter in the formof reply to WCR to take decision atZonal Railway level, but WCRailway is not willing to implementBoard’s decision. He appealed theGeneral Manager, WC RailwayBoard to do the needful forabsorption of Quasi-Administrativestaff without further delay.

(f) LARSGESS : M.Raghavaiah, General Secretary/NFIR explained to the CRB and MSthe unwanted / un-called forclarification recently issued by theRailway Board stating that Safetystaff should have put in 20 yearsservice in the Safety posts only. Inthis connection, Mr Raghavaiah has

invited Railway Board’s attention toits letter dated 2nd January 2004 and11th Sept 2010 and expressed hisdisappointment over illogicalclarification issued by the RailwayBoard that too after long years. Heurged upon the Railway Board toscrap the clarification that may infuseconfidence amongst safety staff.

(g) Loco Inspectors : GeneralSecretary/NFIR brought to thenotice of Railway Board (CRB,Member Staff etc.) that the LocoPilots inducted prior to 01/01/2006were subjected to grave injustice astheir emoluments were depressedheavily in comparison with theirjuniors. He said that on representa-tion of the Federation (NFIR), theAdditional Members’ Committeehas deliberated and recommendedfor stepping up of pay butunfortunately, the Railway Boardhave not given decision.

In this connection, GeneralSecretary also explained to theRailway Board that on 10 ZonalRailways stepping up of pay wasalready granted by the GMs, one ofwhich is South East CentralRailway. The present CRB, whowas the GM/SEC Railway hadapproved the stepping up of pay.He expressed disappointment overthe negative attitude of the RailwayBoard by filing SLP before theHon’ble Supreme Court with anintention to deny the benefit to theSenior Loco Inspectors. Thisattitude of Board is giving wrongmessage among the running staff ingeneral and Loco Inspectors inparticular, he said. He speciallyrequested the CRB and MS to lookinto the aspect for withdrawing theSLP to facilitate implementation ofstepping up of pay on the remainingsix zones on Indian Railways.

(h) Catering Policy – 2010The General Secretary/NFIR has

brought to the notice of CRB that inthe wake of implementation of newCatering Policy – 2010, a jointmeeting was held. Consequentlydecision was taken that thedepartmental catering staff absorbedin IRCTC will be taken back toRailways in the Departmental

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Creation of additional posts of Ticket Checking Staff was discussed in the Railway Board’s PNM Meeting withNFIR under item No. 13/2011 besides separate discussion held by GS/NFIR with the Member Traffic on 25th October,2013.

As per the norms fixed by the Railway Board over 9800 additional posts were required to be created. NFIRhad suggested that in the first phase 50% of 9800 posts may be created immediately. However, Ministry of Railways(Railway Board) have issued sanction for creation of 2500 posts of Ticket Checking Staff on the Railways as perthe details given below:

2500 Ticket Checking Posts Sanctioned

Sanction of Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) is hereby communicated for the creation of following 1343 non-gazetted posts for Ticket Checking Staff on the Railways from Railway Board vacancy bank :-

Rlys. Category Grade Pay in (Rs.) No. of posts Money value (Rs.)

CR Ticket Checking Staff 1900 110 36616800ECoR Ticket Checking Staff 1900 25 8322000ECR Ticket Checking Staff 1900 100 33288000ER Ticket Checking Staff 1900 75 24966000NCR Ticket Checking Staff 1900 113 37615440NER Ticket Checking Staff 1900 50 16644000NFR Ticket Checking Staff 1900 37 12316560NR Ticket Checking Staff 1900 200 66576000NWR Ticket Checking Staff 1900 57 18974160SCR Ticket Checking Staff 1900 125 41610000SECR Ticket Checking Staff 1900 37 12316560SER Ticket Checking Staff 1900 45 14979600SR Ticket Checking Staff 1900 154 51263520SWR Ticket Checking Staff 1900 80 26630400WCR Ticket Checking Staff 1900 75 24966000WR Ticket Checking Staff 1900 60 19972800

Total 1343 447057840

Sanction is also accorded herewith for release of Rs. 447057840(Rupees Forty four Crores Seventy Lakhs, Fiftyseven Thousand and eight Hundred forty only/-) from Railway Board vacancy bank on annual basis requiredfor operation of the above mentioned posts.

This Ministry has also decided that 1157 posts in Zonal Railways may be created from respective Zonal Railway'svacancy bank as per details below:-

Rlys. Category Grade Pay in (Rs.) No. of posts Money value (Rs.)

CR Ticket Checking Staff 1900 110 36616800ECoR Ticket Checking Staff 1900 25 8322000ECR Ticket Checking Staff 1900 100 33288000ER Ticket Checking Staff 1900 75 24966000NCR Ticket Checking Staff 1900 112 37282560NER Ticket Checking Staff 1900 50 16644000NFR Ticket Checking Staff 1900 38 12649440NR Ticket Checking Staff 1900 200 66576000NWR Ticket Checking Staff 1900 58 19307040SCR Ticket Checking Staff 1900 125 41610000SECR Ticket Checking Staff 1900 38 12649440SER Ticket Checking Staff 1900 45 14979600SR Ticket Checking Staff 1900 46 15312480SWR Ticket Checking Staff 1900 00 0WCR Ticket Checking Staff 1900 75 24966000WR Ticket Checking Staff 1900 60 19972800

Total 1157 385142160

Ref: Railway Board’s letter No.2012/TG-V/10/Committee Dated 26.12.2013.


Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) have revised the constitution of Working Group constituted vide Board’sletters No. 2012/Sig/SEM/WG dated 14.11.2012 & 09/10.5.2013 to review the IRSEM Part-I & II and inclusionof Chapters on Installation and Maintenance of Electronic Interlocking in IRSEM Part-II respectively. The revisedcomposition of the Working Group (WG) is as under:-

Shri S. Lakshminarayana, HAG/S.W. Railway - Convener, (ii) Shri R.K. Jain, SAG/W.C. Railway - Member,(iii) Shri G.K. Sarkar, SAG/Eastern Railway - Member, (iv) Shri S.C. Mishra, SAG/Western Railway - Member,(v) Shri Mukesh Mehrotra, SAG/RDSO - Member.

The Terms of reference of the Working Group are as under:(i) Collect all the Instructions, Directives, Correction Slips and Guidelines issued from 1988 onwards by Railway

Board and RDSO and identify items to be included in IRSEM; (ii) Interact with Zonal Railways, RDSO and IRISETto expedite submission of Draft Chapters as list attached; (iii) Study and incorporate best International practices asapplicable on IR; and (iv) Submit updated IRSEM Part-I & Part-II, based on above, for consideration of Rly. Board.

Railway Board also decided that different chapters are assigned to individual Railways as indicated at Annexure-I. Zonal Railways may submit the allotted chapters to the Working Group for examination in the attached formatlatest by 28th February, 2014.

The Working Group should submit recommendations to Rly. Board within extended tenure i.e. 31st March, 2014.

Working Group to Review IRSEM Part-I & II

Annexure-IRevision of IRSEM Part I & II - Assignment of Chapters

IRSEM PART I

Chapter Nos. of Main Para Contents Assigned To/No. of pages

I 21 para/4 pages Organisation of the Signal and Telecommunication Department NWRII 5 para/3 pages Duties of Signal and Telecommunication Engineers CRIII 27 para/ 7 pages Duties of Signal Inspectors SWRIV 14 para / 3 pages Budget Estimates, Expenditure and Budgetary Control and SER

Completion ReportsV 16 para / 4 pages Planning, Estimating and Survey NRVI 22 para / 5 pages Signalling Stores and their Accountal SECRVII 184 para / 35 pages Requirements of Signalling IRISETVIII 23 para / 8 pages Drawings, Specifications and Books of reference IRISETIX 10 para / 4 pages General Instructions for Installation of Signalling Equipment SCRX 29 para / 8 pages Contracts for Works NRIRSEM PART II

XI 11 para / 8 pages Duties of Maintainers SWRXII 190 para / 43 pages Detailed Instructions for Installation & Maintenance of NER

Signalling Equipment

XIII 41 para/20 pages Overhauling and Testing of Interlockings (Mechanical, NERElectromechanical and Relay Interlocking)

XIV 3 para/10 pages Level Crossing WCRXV 27 para/ 7 pages Cables ECRXVI 12 para/12 pages Power Supply Arrangements WRXVII 53 para/23 pages Track Circuits and Axle Counters NFRXVIII 59 para/16 pages Block Instruments ERXIX 148 para/29 pages Detailed Instructions for Installation & Maintenance of SR

Electrical Signalling EquipmentXX 2 para / 3 pages Automatic Block Signalling NCRXXI 18 para/14 pages Relay and Electronic Interlocking ECoRXXII 15 para / 45 pages Special Requirements of Signalling in 25 KV AC CORE

Electrified AreaAnnexure-II

SEM Part -I/IIPara no. Existing para Proposed modification References for Modification

Ref: Railway Board’s letter No.ERB-I/2014/23/1 Dated 03.01.2014.


General Secretary, NFIR, M.Raghavaiah visited Mumbai andaddressed a mammoth meeting ofworkers organized by WesternRailway Mazdoor Sangh (WRMS).Addressing to the huge gathering heexplained as to why NFIR decidedto take Strike Ballot on IndianRailways on 17th & 18th January,2014. Speaking at length he threwlight on the various demands ofRailway employees pending since along time though the RailwayMinistry had agreed to the Issues.He roared that this strike ballot is acompulsion than choice becauseeven agreed demands, referred toFinance Ministry/(DOP&T) are notbeing conceded by the Government.Most of these demands are related toanomalies of 6th Central PayCommission he said. Raghavaiahhighlighted that main demand ofmerger of 50% D.A. with pay hasnot been considered though theletter dated 14.10.2013 addressed toPrime Minister by NFIR in thisregard was forwarded by PMO tothe Finance Ministry. It is a matterof great concern that DearnessAllowance presently paid @ 90% ofpay will soon reach above 100%, hesaid. Since the 7th Central PayCommission is going to be

GS/NFIR Addressed Mass Meeting at Mumbai

constituted, the merger of DA isabsolutely necessary to protect theemployees from uncontrolledinflation, Raghavaiah said.

He further said that NFIR ispressing Government to grantinterim relief in line with theprevious 4th Central PayCommission. The main demands onwhich NFIR is consistently fightingare:-

Guaranteed Pension in place ofNew Pension Scheme.

Merger of Technician Gr.II withTechnician Gr.I with GP Rs.2800(PB-1)

Revision of Entry Grade pay ofStation Masters to Rs.4200/-(PB-2)

Replacement of Grade Pay ofRs.4600/- with Rs.4800/- (PB-2)w.e.f. 1.1.2006 to Sr. Supervisors

Allotment of Entry Grade Pay ofRs.5400/- to Group ‘B’ Gazettedstaff

Parity of pay of stenographerswith the Secretarial staff ofRailway Ministry

Payment of Grade Pay ofRs.4600/- to Mail/Exp. Guards& Loco Pilots

Implementation of therecommendation of Committeefor career growth of TrackMaintainers in GP Rs.2800/-,2400/-, 1900/- and 1800/- withratio of 10:20:20:50.

NFIR General Secretary metvarious categories of staff in theWRMS Office and listened theirproblems. He appreciated the wellorganized campaign for successfulStrike Ballot as all DivisionalSecretaries of WRMS have conduc-ted meetings in their branches forproper motivation. He compli-mented the Divisional Secretary,Mumbai and President WRMS fororganizing the meeting successfully.

Homage to LateOnkar Nath Rai

Onkar Nath Rai, EnglishLecturer, Kisan Degree College,Gorakhpur and father of ShriVinod Kumar Rai, GeneralSecretary, NEREU (PRKS), passedaway on January 10, 2014.

IRW/NFIR condoles the deathof Onkar Nath Rai. Through amessage NFIR General Secretary,M. Raghavaiah condoled thedeath.


Intolerance is itself a form of vio-lence and an obstacle to the growthof true democratic spirit.

-M.K. Gandhi

The “Gender SensitizationWorkshop” organized by ITF atChennai from 9-12-2013 to 11-12-2013 was attended by Shri A.Srinivasa Rao, SCRES ViceChairman of Tirupati Branch-I andSmt. R. Vishnu Vandana of SCRESfrom Secunderabad.

With opening remarks by ShriMahendra Sharma, RegionalSecretary, ITF Asia Pacific Region,C.A. Rajasridhar, ITF ExecutiveBoard Member and G.M.Krishnamurthy, General Secretary,Madras Port Trust EmployeesUnion, the Workshop session wascommenced. 35 representatives fromTransport Sector in India, affiliatedto ITF participated in the Workshop.

The concept of Gender, Sex,Impact of Gender on Men andWomen, Gender Stereotypes andPatriarchy were explained by Ms.B.N. Usha in Group discussion. TheGroups also discussed on theViolence against women – under-standing why violence happensagainst women, Inter linkagesbetween women’s vulnerability,gender discrimination etc. Thefollowing vital points were alsoexplained by Ms. B.N. Usha.

Biologically men are strongerthan women.

By nature female gender aresober whereas masculine genderis tough.

Women are good at attendingtheir children than Men.

Women are their own worstenemies.

Violence against women ismostly observed in backwardand uneducated families.

Women with inappropriateculture themselves inviteassault, and violence.

Disturbances in domestic frontshould be dealt optimistically.

The Group work performed bydifferent teams formulated among

ITF Workshop on “GenderSensitization” at Chennai

participants was analyzed by Ms.B.N. Usha.

On 10th December, 2013, GeethaMenon explained her viewsfocusing on institutions that impacton women and also encouraged theparticipants to give their views onvarious issues relating to Family,Health, Police, judiciary, Religion,Culture, and governance. Ms.Geetha Menon drew the attention ofthe groups divided amongst partici-pants on the following topics.

Gender inequality.

Dalit women who are the mostoppressed facing in equality incaste, culture in society.

Personal law.

Mangalore case: Women widowsare allowed to become priests.

Sha-Bhanu case: Claimedmaintenance from her husbandafter many years ofabandonment.

Society: Adivasi Society.

Adi Dravida: First man, periodof equality.

Tribal women: Made to work likescavengers.Communal violence.Family: Tribal, joint family,urbanization of family, nucleusfamily, live in relationships(Acceptance/Non-acceptance).A Film show on gender, work

place situation, informal economy,sexual harassment and itschallenges was presented by Ms.Nishi Kapahi, ITF Coordinator, AsiaPacific Region.

On 11th December, 2013, the roleof trade unions in addressing theissues relating gender equality werediscussed by the participants.

Three days workshop on“Gender Sensitization” wasevaluated and concluded by Ms.Nishi Kapahi and Ms. GeethaMenon.

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The International TransportWorkers’ Federation (ITF) conducteda workshop on ImprovingCommunication in Unions on 06th& 07th January 2014 at Mumbai. Theworkshop was attended by membersof various unions from IndianRailways, Road Transport, Airlinesand Port Trust. The ITF workshopwas conducted by:

Smt. Nishi Kapahi, S/Shri SangamTripathi, Smt Geeta, ITF, ArvindKoshal, Rashid Ali, CommunicationExpert, New Delhi, Manoranjan Pegu,Resource Person, PSI.

The introductory message wasgiven by Shri Sangam Tripathi on06th January 2014 emphasizing theneed of Communications and itsimportance in propagating informa-tion. Shri Rashid Ali explained theimportance and history ofCommunication. A group exercisewas conducted by dividing theparticipants into 6 groups. Eachgroup leader was asked to explainthe discussions and the outcome ofthe Group discussions. All themembers along with Smt Rawat(visiting professor) gave expertcomments on the group discussions.

Shri Manoranjan Pegu explainedthe importance and role of emergingtechnologies and Social Media inImproving Communications. ShriArvind Koshal explained theimportance of Skype and Viber andtheir use in day to day activities inUnions. Shri Rashid Ali explainedthe use of Whatsapp. Shri K.Vishnu, Incharge, NFIR MediaCenter, explained the Communica-tion network in NFIR affiliates alongwith the NFIR website and itsfunctioning.

26 participants including (6representatives from NFIR) belong-ing to 15 unions affiliated to ITFparticipated in the workshop. Onthe whole the outcome of theworkshop is the present mind setupshould be changed and the tradeunion leaders must be trained in

ITF Workshop for ImprovingCommunication in Unions

Information Technology which isessential for the growth of the Union.All the participants appreciated theefforts of ITF to educate the workersin improvement of Communicationsin Unions. More such workshops totrain up the workers can bringtransparency and make workersmore knowledgeable all over theworld.

Catering Units on the basis of theirapplication. He further said thatalthough MT and MS have agreedfor their repatriation back toDepartmental Catering Units, formalorders are yet to be issued. Herequested CRB to take initiative insolving this issue facilitating staff tojoin back their respective ZonalRailways in the DepartmentalCatering Units.

(i) Creation of posts – normslaid down by the Railway Board notbeing implemented.

NFIR General Secretary, M.Raghavaiah has specifically pointedout the case of ESM/JE(Sig)/SSE(Sig) wherein norms issued by theRailway Board have not beenimplemented, consequently newposts against new assets are notsanctioned resulting into heavyburden on the existing staff. He

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invited attention of CRB to formaldiscussions held by NFIR since last15 years in the PNM fora andpointed out that although normsissued, the implementation has notseen the light of the day. He reques-ted quick action by the RailwayBoard. Similarly, he mentionedabout the urgent requirement ofadditional posts for TRD.

NFIR General Secretary hasbrought to the notice of the RailwayBoard and General Managers thatcadre restructuring implementationis resulting in surrender of posts inthe name of matching money value.As number of staff were alreadyupgraded under MACP Schemethus no financial implication areinvolved. He at the same timerequested the CRB and MS thatthere is no scope for matching andhence surrender of posts should notbe insisted upon. He speciallyrequested the GMs that the workcharge posts operated on Open linecontinuously for over three yearsshould be converted into regularpost. The conversion of these postsinto permanent is permissible interms of extant instructions of Rly.Board. Such an action would givesome benefit of promotion underrestructuring to the staff who areanxiously waiting for promotionand whose promotions are delayeddue to continued operation of workcharge posts against revenue works.


Central Office Bearers meeting ofWest Central Railway MazdoorSangh was held at Kota on 28th

December, 2013/WCRMS President,R.P. Bhatnagar presided over themeeting. WCRMS General Secretary,Ashok Sharma, Zonal Office Bearersand Central Office Bearers ofJabalpur, Bhopal and Kota Divi-sions were present. On arrival of thePresident Shri R.P. Bhatnagar fromMumbai was warmly welcomed atKota Railway Station from where arally was organized which reachedto the venue of the meeting. Theorganizational matters performedduring the year 2013 and the actionplan for 2014 to strengthen theorganization as also the develop-ment of Railway employees werediscussed.

At Kota Railway Station thewheel chair programme wasinaugurated by WCRMS President,R.P. Bhatnagar and DivisionalRailway Manager, Smt. ArchnaJoshi. WCRMS donated four wheelchairs on the occasion. Smt. ArchnaJoshi, DRM appreciated this welfareprogramme organized by WCRMS.

WCRMS President, R.P.Bhatnagar in his address said thatsignificant achievements have beenmade during the year 2013 andhoped that year 2014 would fetchmore benefits to the Railwayemployees. He also wished to theRailway employees and theirfamilies for prosperity in 2014 andthanked them on his re-election asWorking President of NFIR in theNational Convention at Visakha-patnam. WCRMS General Secretary,Ashok Sharma also addressed themeeting.

WCRMS President, R.P.Bhatnagar urged the Government tofulfill the following demands ofRailway employees.

Implement Old Pension Schemein place of NPS.

Interim Relief to Working/Retired employees.

Regularization of Casual Labourconverting temporary service

WCRMS Office Bearers Meeting held at Kota

period into permanent.

Remove 6th CPC Anomalies.

Loco Pilot and Guards be allottedGrade Pay of Rs.4600/- in PB-2.

Remove ban on filling up ofMinisterial Staff vacancies.

Stop privatization in perennialworks immediately.

Implement 8 hrs. duty instead of12 hrs. in Railways.

Creation of posts of TicketChecking Staff as per themanning of new trains.

Filling up of vacancies ofDoctors and Para-medical staffin Divisional and ZonalHospitals.

Merge Technician Gr.II withGrade I with Grade PayRs.2800/-.

Issue orders to up-grade 3335apex level Group ‘C’ posts toGroup ‘B’ Gazetted.

Senior Supervisors be allottedGrade Pay of Rs.4800/-.Entry Grade Pay of Rs.4200/- be

given to Station Masters.

Implement Cadre Restructuringorders in respect of TrackMaintainers with the amend-ment in Manual as per theirGrade Pay.

Merge 50% DA with Pay w.e.f.1.1.2011.

Dependent parents of theemployees be included benefi-ciary for medical facilities.

Course Completed Apprenticesbe appointed against thevacancies of Safety Categories.

TRD, Bridge Departmentemployees be included in theSafety Category underLARSGESS.

Passive ResistancePersistence and faith in

one's mission, faith in theSupreme Power makes onehumble and fearless.

- M.K. Gandhi


West Central Railway MazdoorSangh (WCRMS) organized YouthConference on 30th December, 2013in the office premises of WCRMS,Jabalpur Division. The conferencewas presided over by WCRMSGeneral Secretary Ashok Sharma.Shri A.K. Singh, DRM, Jabalpur wasthe Chief Guest. ADRM Shri R.K.Mishra was the Guest of Honour. S/Shri U.K. Shukla, Personnel Officer,D.P. Agarwal, WCRMS WorkingGeneral Secretary, Kailash Sharma,Divisional President, S.K. Verma,Divisional Secretary, ZonalTreasurer, Anuj Tiwari and SatishKumar, Joint General Secretary werepresent on the dais. S/Shri RamSingh, President and Sanjay Sonkar,Secretary, Divisional Youth Wing ofWCRMS conducted the progrmme.Large number of Young workerswere present in the conference.

The Chief Guest, A.K. Singh,WCRMS General Secretary, AshokSharma and other Guestsinaugurated the conference bylighting the lamp and garlandingthe portrait of goddess Saraswati.Divisional Secretary, S.K. Vermadelivered welcome speech. Membersof Organizing Committee warmlywelcomed all the guests bypresenting bouquets. Youth OfficeBearers S/Shri Kamlesh Kumar,Vicky, Santosh Yadav, S.N. Shukla,Sameer Mishra, Khilan Singh, S.K.Mandal, Mukesh Mishra, AshokChourasia, Ram Singh, Pankaj

WCRMS Organized Youth Conference

Sinha, Sameer Kumar and RameshPatel from all the Branches ofJabalpur Division were present.WCRMS Working General Secretary,D.P. Agarwal presented variousdemands. The main demands are asfollows:

Cancel the New Pension Schemeand implement Old PensionScheme.

Three Pass facility should beprovided to employees from firstyear of service instead of 5 yearsservice.

Technician Gr.II be merged withTechnician Gr.I with GPRs.2800/-.

Entry Grade Pay of Rs.4200/-should be granted to StationMaster Category.

The duty Roster of 12 hrs.should be changed to 8 hrs. forRailway employees.

Permission process for takinghigher education be made easyand all facilities be provided.

Pass and Medical facilitiesshould be provided to depen-dent parents of employees.

Hostel facilities be provided tonewly appointed employees tillthe alternative residentialaccommodation is made bythem.

Uniforms or Dress Allowanceshould be given to employees.

“5 years condition” forchanging the department shouldbe removed.

More facilities be provided in theRailway Institutes.

WCRMS General Secretary,Ashok Sharma explained thepresent position on the demands.Divisional President also elaboratelyexplained the admissibility of thedemands and to initiate action at theappropriate level. S/Shri M.K.Yadav, Vinay Kumar, Ram Singhand Satish Kumar also addressedthe gathering. Later, the proposal ofdemands was unanimously passedby the Members.

S/Shri Kamlesh Kumar, Vicky,Shaikh Farid, Santosh Yadav,Swamisharan Tiwari, S.N. Shukla,Sameer Mishra, Khilan Singh, S.K.Mandal, Mukesh Mishra, AshokChourasia, Ram Singh, K.K. Sahu,D.N. Yadav, R.S. Kalsi, PawanLehri, D.P. Shrivastav, SunilTekchandani, Sanjay Choudhary,Deepak Kesri, Dheeraj Agarwal,Ashok Peters, Avdhesh Tiwari, P.K.Pandey, Pawan Bhargava, O.P.Chowkse, Suresh Agarwal, P.G.Toni, Anil Dubay, D.P. Bahuguna,Munir Khan, Sudarshan Sigor, K.C.Kanojiya, Raju Khan, PramilaDubey, Pradeep Shah, Vijay Dube,Vrandavan Yadav, Sameer Kumarand Ramesh Patel Youth OfficeBearers from all the Branchespresented their views.

No Rule of AutomaticRe-Instatement –Supreme Court

An Employee, sackedfollowing disciplinaryproceedings, cannot seekreinstatement as a “matter ofright” after a criminal courtacquits him in the case basedon the charges similar to thedepartmental inquiry, theSupreme Court has ruled.


RAILWAYMENON THE MOVE

The alertness and the timelyaction of the track maintainer Y.Chandru Naidu and Sr. SupervisorM. Sambasiva Rao has averted apossible train mishap was apprecia-ted and they were felicitated byNFIR General Secretary in theSCRES General Council Meeting atSecunderabad on 30.12.2013.

Shri Y. Chandru Naidu, TrackMaintainer while patrolling trackbetween Tsunduru and Tenalistations noticed a flash butt weldfailure having a gap of 8 mm whichled to a level difference of 60 mmbetween the separated rails. Heimmediately alerted the DivisionalControl office at Vijayawada andpromptly relayed the informationabout this weld failure to seniorofficials. The Train No. 12621Chennai – New Delhi TamilnaduExpress already left TsunduruStation towards Tenali waspromptly stopped short of the spotin time by Chandru Naidu byflashing a red lamp signal.

Sr. Supervisor (P.Way), Tenali,

GS/NFIR felicitated Trackman & Sr.P.Way Supervisor for Averting Accident

M. Sambasiva Rao immediatelyrushed to the spot with additionalstaff within 30 minutes and bylifting the track physically broughtboth the rails to an even level, fishplated and clamped them quickly.After carefully ensuring the safety,they allowed the train to pass witha restricted speed of 20 kmph. Theentire action was completed withinan hour and the train was allowedto proceed further.

In appreciation of their safetyconsciousness, alertness in thecourse of their duty and theircommendable action in response tosuch a situation, Shri P.K.Srivastava, General Manager, SouthCentral Railway has alreadyawarded them with a cash award atRail Nilayam on 18th December,2013.

SCRES Delegation MetGeneral Manager

South Central RailwayEmployees Sangh (SCRES)delegation under the leadership ofShri K. Bikshapathi, DivisionalSecretary, Hyderabad Division metGeneral Manager, South CentralRailway at Kacheguda RailwayStation on his visit for inspection on17th January, 2014 and handed overa memorandum on the followingdemands.

Development of MalkajgiriStation as another alternativeterminal.

Heavy staff shortage at EMU CarShed, Maulali – Urgent need forcreation of 72 additional posts.

Allotment of Adequate funds formaintenance of Staff Quarters.

The General Manager hasdiscussed the issues and assured toconsider the demands.

Swami VivekanandaBirth AnniversaryCelebrated

ERMC

Eastern Railwaymen’s Congress(ERMC), Liluah C&W WorkshopYouth Forum celebrated 150th BirthAnniversary of Swami Vivekanandaas “Youth Day” ON 13TH January,2014. The programme organized byERMC Liluah Branches No. I & IIwas inaugurated by ERMC GeneralSecretary/AGS, NFIR, BinodSharma.

A massive Rally was taken outwith the Statue of SwamiVivekananda and colourful Tableswith the participation of largenumber of Railway school childrenbesides ERMC members andthousands of Railway employees.The Rally of over a Kilometer lengthwith the children dressed as “SwamiVivekananda and SwamiRamkrishna Paramhans” hasmarched with utmost discipline.Reaching to the ground of LiluahBranch No.1 of ERMC the inauguralsong and colourful cultural dancewas performed by children of


Railway School. Railway HindiSchool children also presentedcultural programme. Youngdelegates deliberated and spoke onthe “Role of Youth in Trade Unionand thought of SwamiVivekananda”. They highlighted thethought of Swami Vivekananda,Role of Trade Union and the workof ERMC for the cause of Railwayemployees and their families.

S/Shri P.N. Sarkar, ERMC VicePresident and Binod Sharma,General Secretary besides otherCentral Office Bearers addressed thegathering. Bogh Prasad wasdistributed. Local Cultural club andScouts Team also participated in thefunction.

Office Bearers of both thebranches under the leadership ofPresidents and Secretaries S/ShriKameswar Prasad Singh, M.K.Ghosh, Jayanta Bhattacharjee andAnirudh Singh respectively devotedthemselves to make the programmea grand success.

CRMS

Central Railway MazdoorSangh, (CRMS) AdministrativeBranch, Bhusawal celebrated 150th

Birth Anniversary of SwamiVivekanand. The function waspresided over by CRMS DivisionalPresident, V.K. Smadhiya. OfficeBearers of Division besides largenumber of Railway employees werepresent on the occasion.

S/Shri D.S. Mahajan, CRMS W/shop Divisional Secretary, ToranSingh, Treasurer, Umakant Bauskar,President, Yuva Mandal, M.K.Chaudhari, Secretary, Yuva Mandal,Santosh Shrivas, Shekh Saleem,Shaikh Nazeer, A.K. Tiwari, S.S.Chaudhuri, Ganesh Sahi, MeghrajTalwar, Udhave Tyade, officeBearers participated and presentedtheir views on Swami Vivekanand.The devotion of youths towardsCRMS was also highlighted bythem. The function was ended withthe singing of National Anthem.

WRMS GeneralSecretary Interactionwith the staff atLamborghini Workshopat Dubai

Western Railway MazdoorSangh (WRMS) General Secretary

J.G. Mahurkar and President SharifKhan Pathan paid a visit to theLamborghini Sports Car Showroomat Dubai on 31st December, 2013 toobserve the mechanism that goesinto making Lamborghini the iconiccar that it is. As is knownLamborghini is an Italian Sports CarCompany based at San “T Agata”,the company is currently celebratingits 50th year of opening, its costliestmodel is the Aventador which sellsat Rs.4.16 crores, the car reaches amaximum speed of 360 kmph andzooms from 0-100 km in 2.6 seconds.Its Dubai operations are headed byMr. Mushtak Molvi, who happens tobe from Vadodara, Gujarat, hejoined the local Lamborghinidealership in 1991 and rising fromthe ranks, is now the servicemanager.

The purpose of the visit was tospeak to the workers andtechnicians on the workshop floor toknow their working conditions,wage structure and the other benefitswhich the company offers to them.The workers and techniciansexpressed their deep sense ofsatisfaction at their workingconditions and career growth.


SECRMC Meeting withMOSR Adhir RanjanChoudhary

South East Central RailwayMazdoor Congress (SECRMC)warmly welcomed and felicitatedShri Adhir Ranjan Choudhary, StateMinister for Railways at Bilaspur on31st December, 2013. All the CentralOffice Bearers, Branch Secretariesand other office bearers includingcadre of SECRMC from all the threeDivisions participated.

As part of his visit to South EastCentral Railway (SECR)Headquarters, The MOSR met SouthEast Central Railway MazdoorCongress (SECRMC) representativesapart from his other meetings linedup as part of his visit. SECRMCdelegation led by its GeneralSecretary, K.S. Murty and PresidentTapan Chatterjee met RailwayMinister and handed over aMemorandum highlighting theproblems of SECR and Railwayemployees.

During his discussion withMinister, SECRMC GeneralSecretary, K.S. Murty urged MOSRfor redressal of pending demands.Elaborating about their demands,General Secretary informed thatlarge number of works are pendingwith Railway Board for sanctionresulting difficulties. He said that inSECR, being the highest freight

loading and earning zone overIndian Railways, every year, there isa growth of traffic to the extent of 7-10 per cent. In the absence of fundsfor development of works related tosafety and traffic, facilities has led todeterioration in the efficiency of thesystem, Mr. Murty narrated. Hefurther said that with the inceptionof SECR, the sanctioned work forcewas about 50 thousand whereas thepresent staff strength is 43thousand. This has over burdenedthe existing staff, he mentioned. Thestaff amenities such as constructionof new staff quarters, renovation andrepair of the existing quarters,streets, and drainage system hasalso been very poor due to shortageof funds.

K.S. Murty also said that besidesno staff being sanctioned againstnew assets, the amenities for publicare also not able to satisfy for wantof fund. He said that the proposal ofRailway Medical College in Bilaspuris yet to come up which wouldfelicitate the children of local peopleand also of the Railway employeesin particular. SECRMC demandedimmediate scrapping of NewPension Scheme (NPS) which cameinto existence from January 01, 2004.

He also discussed with theMinister on large number of staffmatters represented by NationalFederation of Indian Railwaymen(NFIR) at the Railway Board’s levelwhich have not been finalized. The

non-finalization of the issues hasgenerated serious discontentmentamong the Railway employees andfurther delay may ultimately lead tostaff agitation, he explained toMOSR.

SCRES Women TeamOrganized RangoliCompetition

South Central RailwayEmployees Sangh (SCRES)Lallaguda Carriage WorkshopsBranch organized RangoliCompetition on 11th January, 2014 atLallaguda Secunderabad. Smt. UmaNagendramani, SCRES AssistantGeneral Secretary was the ChiefGuest. S/Shri G. Mohan Rao, JointGeneral Secretary and B. Rajender,Divisional Secretary, WorkshopDivision SCRES were also present.The programme was coordinated bySmt. Vijaya Jagadeesan, Office Bearerof SCRES Lalaguda Branch. 25women participated in the competi-tion out of which the following threewinners were declared.

First Place : M. Radha

Second Place : Subhashini

Third Place : Sunitha

Signal & Telecommuni-cation Staff ConferenceHeld At Vadodara

Western Railway Zonal Con-ference of Signal & Telecommunica-tion (S&T) staff was held atVadodara on 21st December, 2013.Large number of S&T Staff from allthe six Divisions participated in theconference. WRMS GeneralSecretary/NFIR Vice President, J.G.Mahurkar was the Chief Guest.WRMS President, Sharifkhan G.Pathan was the Guest of Honour.Signal & Tele-communicationAssociation’s General Secretary,Tapan Chaudhary, PresidentMukesh Nagar and Ashok Singh,Treasurer were present on the Dais.

Expressing their views, delegatesmentioned that the vacancies arenot filled and new posts are notcreated as per the requirement. Theyalso mentioned that the orders for


not leaving the Headquarter afterperforming the roster duty atwayside stations are not acceptableto them. They also expressed that thetechnically qualified staff areleaving the jobs from Railwaysbecause the pay scales & salary inrailways are lower than the salariesoffered to them in corporate offices.WRMS General Secretary said thatthe working condition of S&T staffis tuff since they are overloaded withheavy responsibilities.

S&T Association General Secre-tary, Tapan Chaudhary addressedthe gathering and appreciated NFIRand its General Secretary, M.Raghavaiah for the efforts beingdone for the improvement ofworking condition of S&T Staff. S/Shri Mukesh Nagar and AshokSingh also addressed and said thatthe coordination committee ismeeting regularly to streamline thesystem. WRMS President Sharif-khan G. Pathan also addressed inthe conference.

Participants thanked NFIRGeneral Secretary for the efforts ingetting the announcement of 7th

Central Pay Commission appoint-ment and expressed their full faithin NFIR.

SCRES CRS/TPTYBranch OrganizedDharna

Carriage Repair Shop Settipalli,Tirupati Branch of South CentralRailway Employees Sangh (SCRES)conducted Dharna & Gate Meeting

in front of main gate of CRS/TPTYon 21st December, 2013 against thepending genuine demands of theWorkshop employees. The agitatedfeelings of employees due to thedelay in settling the demands byRailway Board and administrationat various levels were brought out inthe meeting. Slogans were voiced tobring out the importance of thedemands listed below:

Merge Technician Gr.II withTechnician Gr.I with Grade PayRs.2800/- in PB-1.

Implementation of CadreRestructuring at CRS/TPTYwithout insisting matchingsavings.

Replace Grade Pay of Rs.4600/- with Rs.4800/- (PB-2) w.e.f.01.01.2006.

Grant 15% up-gradation fromGroup ‘C’ Apex to Group ‘B’(Gazetted). Also ensure entryGrade pay of Rs.5400/- to the

Group ‘B’ Gazetted staff.

Grant of additional man powerfor turning out AC coaches atCRS/TPTY.Grant of additional manpowerfor increased workload due toenhanced periodicity of POHfrom 12 to 18 months.Grant of additional ministerialstaff for Personnel, Mechanicaland Accounts Departmentsaccording to the increasedoutturn and as per the sanc-tions of Artisan staff available atCRS/TPTY. Similarly thecanteen staff should also beincreased.Open a PRS Counter at CRS/TPTY.Monthly payment of engineeringstaff working under the controlof SSE/Works/CRS/TPTYshould be made at CRS/TPTY.

Ticket Checking StaffWelfare Associationconducted BloodDonation Camp

Under the Banner of SouthEastern Railwaymen’s Congress((SERMC), Ticket Checking StaffWelfare Association (TCSWA)organized Blood Donation Camp on17th December, 2013 at Kharagpur.Large number of Ticket CheckingStaff including other Railwayemployees donated their blood forthe use of needy patients. The bloodso collected was handed over toSouth Eastern Railway Hospital,Kharagpur.


SRES Mass Meetingand WorkingCommittee Meeting

Southern Railway EmployeesSangh (SRES) organized WorkingCommittee Meeting on 8th January,2014. SRES President M.Raghavaiah presided over themeeting. Addressing to the meeting,Raghavaiah elaborately spoken onStrike Ballot to be conducted on 17th& 18th January, 2014 for IndefiniteStrike in Railways. He said that asthe Government and RailwayMinistry has not settled thedemands of Railway employeeswhich are pending for the last 5years, the NFIR is compelled todecide for the strike. He alsoaddressed the gathering of ActiveWorkers meeting at Unity House,Perambur.

On 9th January, 2014, the massmeeting organized in front ofGeneral Manager’s Office atChennai was addressed by the SRESPresident, M. Raghavaiah. He saidthat the Government announced for

constituting 7th Central PayCommission but however VI CPCanomalies continued unresolved.The important issues like guaran-teed pension duly scrapping theNPS, Merger of 50% DA with Pay,Grant of Interim Relief to working/retired employees etc. are pendingsince long time.

Shri M. Raghavaiah, PresidentSRES/General Secretary, NFIRinteracted with 200 Course Comple-ted Act Apprentices and heardthem and assured to solve theirproblems. S/Shri P.S.Suriyaprakasam, SRES GeneralSecretary and S. ParthasarthyOrganizing Secretary were alsopresent and addressed the problemsof Railway employees.

In the Afternoon GS/NFIR alsoaddressed a meeting of Youth Cadreat Marina Beach. After the meetinghe also visited the Chennai MetroRail Office and discussed with Mr.Ramanathan.

On 10th January, 2014, SRESPresident, M. Raghavaiah alongwith General Secretary, P.S.

Suriyaprakasam, R. Balakrishnan,Working President met Chairmanand Secretary, Chennai Division. Hediscussed the organizationalmatters and to strengthen theorganization, particularly keepingin view the defeat in 2013 SecretBallot Election (Second time defeat).Mr. Raghavaiah also narrated thelatest developments and suggestedways and means to strengthen theorganization at this juncture. TheIndian Railway Technician StaffAssociation (IRTSA) cadre also metthe General Secretary, NFIR, Shri M.Raghavaiah.

ICFMS President M.K. Sukumarand General Secretary, R.Gurunathan with ICFMS Cadre metMr. Raghavaiah, GS/NFIR anddiscussed the problems and latestdevelopment in ICF.

UPRMS OrganizedBlood Donation Campon Birth Anniversary ofLate Keshav H.Kulkarni

Uttar Paschim Railway MazdoorSangh (UPRMS) organized BloodDonation Camp in Jaipur, Ajmer,Abu Road, Udaypur and Sirsa onthe occasion of Birth Anniversary oflate Keshav H. Kulkarni on 11th

January, 2014.

DRM, Virender Kumar inaugura-ted the Blood Donation Camp atJaipur. S/Shri Vinod Mehta, UPRMSGeneral Secretary, Ravilesh Kumar,ADRM, Dr. V.K. Gupta, CMS, VivekRawat, SDCM, Sandeep Gomavat,SDEE, Manoj Jain, Sr. DME(Carriage), Shashi Kiran, SDME(Power), Smt. Nishtha Puri, Sr.Divisional Finance Manager, LalaRam Meena, Sr. DPO, SandeepChauhan, SDE (Sig.) andTelecommunication Engineer werepresent on this occasion. UPRMSGeneral Secretary, Vinod Mehta toldthat since 2006 the UPRMS iscontinuously providing blood to theemployees and their families at thetime of their requirement of blood.

On the occasion of BloodDonation Camp organized at Ajmer,


UPRMS Tributes toLate Keshav H.Kulkarni

Uttar Paschim Railway MazdoorSangh (UPRMS) organized acondolence meeting and paid richtributes to late Keshav H.Kulkarniveteran leader of Railway TradeUnion Movement on his deathanniversary on 27th December, 2013at Jaipur.

S/Shri Guman Singh, NFIRPresident, Vinod Mehta, UPRSMGeneral Secretary and RameshKumar, Divisional Secretary, JaipurDivision along with several OfficeBearers were present on thisoccasion and paid rich tributes toLate Keshav H. Kulkarni.

Shri R.K. Mundra, ADRM was theChief Guest and Dr. Mool Narayan,CMS and Lion R.K. Ajmera were theGuest of honour. DivisionalPresident, Dharmender Gautam,presided over the Camp.

S/Shri Alok Tandan, Sr. AreaManager, Hindustan Petroleum,Smt. Shalini Bhatnagar, President,Rotary Club, Vinod Mehta, GS/UPRMS, S.I. Jakob, DivisionalSecretary, Satyapal Medh, PrincipalZRTI, Dr. Prakash Meena, ACMS,Harphool Singh Chaudhary, ARO,Rajaram Meena, AEN participatedin Blood Donation Camp organizedat Udaypur. S/Shri DineshChandna, Y.C. Pathak, SayedShahjad Alam, Kaluram Ahari,Sanjay Sharma, Manohar Singh,Ram Kishor and Chandra Shekharbesides Presidents and Secretaries ofUPRMS Udaypur Division,welcomed the distinguished guestsand blood donors.

At Abu Road, Dr. Subhash Bogia,ACMS, Shri Ashok Chauhan, HeadMaster, Railway High School, ShriInderjeet, Sr. DME (Diesel) participa-ted in the inaugural programme ofBlood Donation Camp. DivisionalSecretaries, S/Shri Naresh Saini &Abdul Rehman and Presidents, S/Shri Sudhir Joshi and KamruddinKhan, of Abu Road Branch 1 & 2welcomed the participants andBlood Donors.

In Sirsa Blood Donation Camp,Divisional President, Ansar Ahmadand Secretary, Ispak Khan, VirenderChaudhary, ADEN and Dr. VedBeniwal were present andappreciated the Railway employeesfor the donation of their blood.Branch Secretary, YashpalBharadwaj and Divisional Presidentwelcomed all the participants andblood donors.

Total 893 Unit Blood wascollected and handed over to theRailway Hospital, as per the detailgiven below:

Jaipur - 313 UnitAjmer - 279 UnitUdaypur - 120 UnitAbu Road - 101 UnitSirsa - 80 Unit

Indian RailwaysBagged National

Energy ConservationAwards

Indian Railways bagged 22“National Energy Conservationawards” (highest by anyorganization), out of total awards of112 during the year 2013. Theawards were given away byPresident of India Shri PranabMukherjee. The Awards were givento the Zonal Railways, RailwayStations, Railway Workshops,Hospitals etc., in Indian Railwaysmainly on the basis of improvementin specific energy & EnergyConservation initiatives.

Addressing to the meeting NFIRPresident, Guman Singh said thatlate Kulkarni devoted his full life forthe cause of Railway employees.The services rendered by LateKulkarni can never be forgotten, hesaid. S/Shri Vinod Mehta, UPRMSGeneral Secretary and RameshKumar, Divisional Secretary alsohighlighted the yeoman services oflate Keshav H. Kulkarni to theRailway employees and hissuccesses for the cause of workingclass.

Staff Killed Due toCollision of MopedTrolley with LightEngine

On Nanded Division ofSouth Central Railway theMoped Trolley got collidedwith Light Engine betweenAmanwadi & LohogadStations on 23rd January, 2014.Conse-quently, TrolleymanSunil Hatkar and Shaikh.Irshad died on the spot whilefour others were injured.

South Central RailwayEmployees Sangh (SCRES)Divisional Secretary, U.Venkateswarlu with the teamof Office Bearers rushed to thespot for providing assistanceto the families of deceased aswell those injured.


NFIR References to Railway MinistryLetters to Secretary Rly. Board

Restructuring of certainGroup ‘C’ – reg.

Ref: (i) Railway Board’s letterNo.PC-III/2013/CRC/4 dated 08/10/2013, (ii) NFIR’s letter No.I/8/CRC/09/Vol.9 dated 09/10/2013.

Pursuant to the instructions videletter dated 08/10/2013 forrestructuring of certain Group ‘C’cadres, NFIR vide its letter dated 09/10/2013 had invited attention of theRailway Board on the followingitems in accordance with the agree-ments reached with the Federationsduring various CRC meetings:-

(i) Agreed percentage of TechnicalSupervisors 70:30 in GP Rs.4600& GP 4200 has been alteredarbitrarily to 67:33, Agreedpercentages of S&T, CMT andMinisterial Staff have not beenimplemented in toto.

(ii) Federations had never agreedand accepted for providingmatching savings, consequentsurrender of posts for implemen-tation of cadre restructuring,conditions imposed under paras12.1 & 12.2 of Board letter dated08/10/2013 needs to be deleted.

Federation is yet to receive aresponse.

Besides above, NFIR has noticedthat the Railway Board in the letterdated 08/10/2013 have addedfollowing additional conditionsgiving negative impact to theprocess of implementation ofrestructuring in the cadres where itis to be implemented.

Federation highlights below thesuperfluous conditions which werenot at all warranted have beenarbitrarily prescribed in theinstructions issued by RailwayBoard vide letter dated 08/10/2013:-

(i) Portion of para 2 added inBoard’s letter dated 08/10/2013

“Only those temporary postswhich are in operation for atleastthree years may also be taken intoaccount for the purpose of applying

revised percentages. This will besubject to clarification that theseposts are meant for regularactivities which will continue andnot for any sporadic require-ments”.

(ii) Portion of para 10 added inBoard’s letter dated 08/10/2013

“However, in those caseswhere due to pin-pointing of postsstaff is required to join duties inthe upgraded posts at a differentstation, such staff may be allowedthe benefit of upgradation/promotion on” as is where isbasis” for the time being andallowed to join the pin-pointedpost at the new station within sixmonths time from the date of issueof promotion order, subject to thesatisfaction of HOD on merit ineach case.

In this connection, NFIR wishesto invite attention of Railway Boardis invited to the earlier instructionsissued on restructuring of Group‘C’ & ‘D’ cadres under letter No.PC-III/2003/CRC/6 dated 09/10/2003 wherein applicability tovarious cadres has been done in thefollowing manner

“These orders will beapplicable on the regular cadres(excluding surplus & super-numerary posts) of the Open Lineestablishments including Work-shops and Production Units. Theseorders will, however, not beapplicable to staff of RDSO forwhich separate orders will beissued.

These orders will not beapplicable to ex-cadre & work-charged posts which will continueto be based on worth of charge.

These instructions will also notbe applicable to construction Unitsand Projects, where posts aregenerally created on worth ofchare basis, though those shouldbroadly be conforming to thesepercentage distributions.”

NFIR further wishes to inviteattention of Railway Board to para

16 of Board’s letter dated 09/10/2003 where following provision hasbeen made for pin-pointing of posts:-

“The Administration should takesteps to pin-point the additionalposts arising out of this restructuringas per administrative requirements.

Perusal of position as brought outby NFIR in para 2&3 above wouldreveal as to how Railway Board havetried to make the cadre restructuringcomplicated, dis-advantageous to thestaff besides hard to implement. Asa matter of fact, the conditionsmentioned in the previousinstructions dated 09/10/2003 (para2&16) mentioned in para 3 abovecould have served the purpose. Theadditions now made in para 2&10 inletter dated 08/10/2013 which aregiving negative effect has generateddeep sense of anguish and frustrationamong railway employees on theZonal Railways and ProductionUnits. On Zonal Railways, newposts were sanctioned formaintaining newly created assetsand manning newly introducedservices during the years 2010, 2011,2012 and 2013. The Board’sinstruction dated 08/10/2013prohibit treating those posts as partof cadre for the purpose of cadrerestructuring. Federation stronglyprotests against these anti-workerrestrictions.

NFIR, therefore, requests RailwayBoard to modify the instructionsissued vide letter dated 08/10/2013on the lines brought out by theFederation. On cadre restructuringand issue amendment early beforeeffective implementation of theinstructions.

(NFIR's letter NoI/8/CRC/09/Vol.9dated 4-11-2013).

Career Growth of Chemicaland Metallurgical AssistantsGrade I & II-reg.

Ref: (i) NFIR’s letter No.NFIR/VI CPC/Main/10/Pt.IXdated 25-06-2013, (ii) N F I R ’ sletter No. NFIR/VI CPC/Main/10/Pt.IX dated 05-08-2013, (iii)


NFIR’s letter No. NFIR/VICPC/Main/10/Pt.IX dated 23/09/2013 (iv) NFIR’s PNM ItemNo. 02/2011 (PNM).

The issue of career growth ofChemical and MetallurgicalAssistants Gr I&II has since beenraised by NFIR in the PNM fora atRailway Board’s level under ItemNo. 1/2011 for over two years forgetting justice imparted to CMAs.There has virtually been no progresson the issue despite writing threeletters by the Federation quotedunder reference. The issue has alsobeen discussed by GS/NFIR withED/E PC-II more than once butwithout positive results and thePNM item continues to be pendingfor over two years.

NFIR, therefore, once againrequests the Railway Board tokindly see that suitable instructionsare issued to redress the grievanceof CMT staff. Federation may beadvised of the action taken.

(NFIR's letter No. NFIR/VICPC/Main/Pt.10 dated 4-11-2013).

Non-grant of ConsolidatedTravelling Allowance to theTicket Checking Staff on EastCoast Railway-reg.

As per extant instructionscontained in India RailwayEstablishment Code-Vol-II [(SectionIII/para 1605 (1) (2) & (3)] railwayemployees whose duties require himto travel extensively and are awayfrom Headquarters for performingrailway duties for 20 days or morein a month are eligible to receiveConsolidated Travelling Allowancewith the sanction of GeneralManager.

ECoRSC an affiliate of NFIR hasreported to the Federation that theseinstructions are not being adheredto on East Coast Railway.Federation further wishes to statethat the ECoRSC had raised theissue in the Zonal PNM for paymentof Consolidated TravellingAllowance to Ticket Checking Staffunfortunately General Manager didnot agree.

NFIR, therefore, requests theRailway Board to issue instructions

S.C. Rly. Employees' Co-op. Credit Society Ltd., Secunderabad(Regd. No. 1548 Estt. 1923)

This Society is the biggest Multi State Cooperative Credit Society in AndhraPradesh, catering the needs of the shareholders on the entire South Central Railway.The Society is offering the following Schemes for the welfare of its shareholders. I. Quantum of Loans: (Rate of Interest 6% )Service upto 5 Yrs. 5 basic sub. max. Rs. 60,000/-Service over 5 Yrs. & upto 15 Yrs. 7 basic sub. max. Rs. 80,000/-Service over 15 Yrs. 10 basic sub. max. Rs. 90,000/-CMTD assets Rs. 30,000 & above 10 basic sub. max. Rs. 1,00,000/-Gaz. Officers 10 basic sub. max. Rs. 1,50,000/-II. Special Loans : (Rate of Interest 7.5%)

If CMTD If CMTD If CMTD If CMTDholdings below holding holding holdingRs. 40,000 Rs. 40,000 Rs. 60001 Rs. 80001

to 60,000 to 80,000 & aboveLoan Sanction Rs. 80,000 1,10,000 1,20,000 1,30,000

III. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE : (one time only) AIDS Amputation of legs above knee cap Brain Operation Cancer :

Rs. 6,000/- Amputation of both legs : Rs. 4,000/- Heart Surgery Kidney Operation Orthopaedic Operation (major) : Rs. 3000/- Amputation of one hand above elbow : Rs. 2500/- Paralysis Amputationof hands Below elbow Gynic Operation Abdominal operation Amputation of one leg below knee cap Spinal Cord operation : Rs. 2000/-.IV. MUTUAL BENEFIT FUND : Rs. 30,000/- will be paid as Death Benefit.V. SURETY RELIEF FUND : Relieve Sureties for payment of borrowers liability in case of Death of the Borrower while in service.VI. Retirement Benefit Fund : Min. Rs. 1000/- Max. Rs. 3000/-VII. Book Bank : Books for Tech, Inter, Degree, PG and professional courses worth upto Rs. 3000/- for two children of a shareholder.VIII.Educational Scholarships : (Eligible only one ward of the Shareholder who continues further studies)SSC Courses : Rs. 600/- SSC (Merit, marks above 80%) : Rs. 1000/- Intermediate : Rs. 600/- Degree : Rs. 600/- Degree (Merit marks above80% (final year) : Rs. 1000/- Technical (ITI) & Diploma courses : Rs. 600/- PG, Engg and Medical Courses : Rs. 1000/- Engg. Medical and PG CoursesWard of Shareholders in PB-I and grade pay upto Rs. 2800/- : Rs. 1500/-.IX. CASH AWARDS TO SPORTS PERSONS :(i) Rs. 1000/- for National & International Achievements(ii) Rs. 500/- for State Level achievement.FIXED DEPOSIT SCHEME : Re-Investment Plan (RIP)Term 12 months 9.00% Term 24 months 9.50% Term 36 months 10.50%Minimum Deposit Rs. 5000 and additional deposits accepted in multiples of Rs.5000/- Maturity valueDeposit Amt. 12 Months @ 9.00% 24 Months @ 9.50% 36 Months @ 10.50% 5,000 5,466 6,033 6,817

10,000 10,932 12,066 13,63425,000 27,330 30,165 34,08550,000 54,660 60,330 68,1701,00,000 1,09,320 1,20,660 1,36,340

Special Benefit : Interest rates are higher than offered by Banks No TaxDeduction at Source on interest on income received as per Sec. 194(A) of I.T Act1961 Safety for your money SCR ECCS Ltd., is a 86 year old organizationand certified as 'A' Class Society by the Registrar of Co-operative Societies SCR ECCS Ltd has strong financial base and sound growth record.Note : The Board of Management is proposed to enhance the General Loansshortly and it will be intimated to all the shareholders.Implementation of NEFT :- It is to inform all the shareholders that S.C. Rly.Employees Co-operative Credit Society is the first society in IndianRailway Sector to implement the National Electronic Fund Transfer fordisbursement of loans.

PS Perumal, Managing Director M.Rukmini, Asst. Secretary


to General Manager/ECo Railway tofollow codal provision and ensurepayment of Consolidated TravellingAllowance to the staff. A copy ofcommunication may be endorsed toFederation.

(NFIR's letter No. III/ECoRSC/Pt.IIdated 4-11-2013).

Placement of erstwhile Group‘D’ staff in PB-1+GP Rs.1800/ -reg.

There have been cases of Railwayemployees who were non-matriculates and while working inerstwhile Group ‘D’ categoriesduring the period from 05/09/2008to the date of completion ofappropriate training, have eitherretired/died in harness beforecompleting the formality of trainingfor placing them in GP Rs.1800/-(PB-1). These former employees havenot been extended the benefit of PB-1 with GP Rs.1800/- with the resultthey have been deprived ofpensionary benefits.

South Central Railway inparticular has instead of extendingbenefit to these former Group ‘D’employees pursuant to RailwayBoard’s instructions vide RBENo.162/10 and letter No.PC-VI/2008/I/3/1 dated 08/11/2010 hasmade a reference to Railway Boardvide letter No.P[R]/531/1 dated 08/03/2013 (Copy enclosed), seekingclarification, the same is stillpending for over six months and theformer employees have been madeto suffer.

NFIR, therefore, requests theRailway Board to issue suitableclarificatory instructions forgranting Grade Pay of Rs.1800/-(PB-1) in the above situations.Suitable clarification be sent to GM/S.C.Railway in reply to his referenceduly endorsing copy to thisFederation.

(NFIR's letter No. II/8(i) dated 12-11-2013).

Injustice done to the staffretired/retiring on 30th June ofevery year w.e.f. 01/01/2006pursuant to implementation ofthe recommendations of 6thCPC-reg.

NFIR has been receivinggrievances from number of railwayemployees who have retired fromrailway service on attaining the agef super-annuation on 30th June of2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012,2013 as they have been denied thebenefit of annual increment at thetime of retirement even though theyhad put in 12 months continuousservice on 30th June.

In this connection, Federationinvites attention of Railway Board toRule 10 of G.S.R 643 (E) circulatedunder RBE No. 103/2008 relevantextract of which is reproducedbelow:-

“Date of next increment in therevised pay structure-There will bea uniform date of annual incrementviz 1st July of every year. Employeescompleting 6 months and above inthe revised paystructure as on 1st

July will be eligible to be grantedthe increment.”

Above-mentioned provisionclearly states that for earningannual increment, the employeeshave to complete only 6 months inthe revised pay structure of 6th CPC,whereas those retired on 30th June of2007 to 2013 have completed morethan six months and have rathercompleted 12 months on 30th June.As matter of fact, these employeesare eligible for one increment whichshould be added in the pay (in PayBand + GP) at the time of retirementand calculating settlement dues tothese staff to save from financialhardships.

NFIR, therefore, requests theRailway Board to issue suitableclarificatory instructions to redressthe grievances of these staff. A copyof the instruction issued may beendorsed to NFIR.

(NFIR's letter No. NFIR/VIthCPC//Priority/09 dated 18-11-2013).

Merger of category ofSr.P.Way Supervisor with that ofthe category of JE (P.Way) –Promotion prospects - reg.

Ref: (i) Railway Board’s letterNo.E(NG)I-2007/PM5/5 NFIRdated 12/11/2013, (ii) N F I R ’ sPNM item No.28/2012.

On perusal of the proposedchannel of promotion for the post ofJE(P.Way), consequent upon themerger of Sr.P.Way Supervisors withJE(P.Way), NFIR conveys that in theheading “Mode of Induction” (Col.No.5), though a quota of 20% ofvacancies has been earmarked to befilled by promotion but the proposaldoes not indicate as to which staffwould be eligible for promotion.

Keeping in view above point,NFIR suggests formulating newchannel of promotion as mentionedbelow:-

- Mode of Induction

: 50% (DR)

: 25% (LDCE)

: 25% (Promotion)

While vacancies falling under25% LDCE quota may be filled, ashas been indicated in the Board’sproposal, the promotion quotavacancies (25%) may be allowed tobe filled up as follows:-

(i) Track Maintainers in theimmediate lower grade payRs.2800/-.

(ii) Short fall in promotion quota bemade good by promotion of staffof Track Maintainers category inGP Rs.2400/- and Rs.1900/-.

Incidentally, NFIR also invitesBoard’s attention to the fact that inall Technical Departments, thepromotion quota for JE in PB-2/GPRs.4200/- is 25%, hence the same25% needs to be provided besides25% LDCE quota in the cadre of JE/P.Way also..

(NFIR's letter No. II/2/Pt.VI dated18-11-2013).

Restructuring of Group ‘C’Cadres – reg.

Ref: (i) Railway Board’s letterNo.PC-III/2013/CRC/4 dated 08/10/2013, (ii) NFIR’s letter No.I/8/CRC/09/Vol.9 dated 09/10/2013.

Further to above, Federationwishes to bring to the notice ofRailway Board that during the CRCmeetings and also in the informalmeetings, NFIR had been conveyingthe disappointment among the staffof different categories due to non-


consideration of restructuring oftheir cadres.

Though the Official Side assuredto take action in respect of thosecategories, unfortunately there hasbeen no initiative from the RailwayBoard in this direction. Furnishedbelow are the remaining cadresdeserve to be restructured andupgraded with effect from 01/11/2013.

Helper & Safaiwalas working inGP Rs.1800/- and othermiscellaneous erstwhile Group‘D’ staff.Wagon Movement Inspectors(Traffic Department).Transit Inspector.Lab Assistants/CMT.Nursing Staff.Occupational Therapists.Staff working in Horticulture.Photographers.Legal Cadre.Stenographers.IT Cadre (SE&JE).Catering Inspectors andCatering Managers, CommercialCook, Bill issuers.Staff of Canteens in RailwayOffices.Accounts staff (GeneralAccounts & Traffic Accounts).

NFIR, therefore, requests theRailway Board to take up cadrerestructuring of the above left outcadres through bilateral discussionsfor improving the percentages/ratios early.

(NFIR's letter No. I/8/CRC/09/Vol.9 dated 18-11-2013).

Regularisation of SubstituteTeachers in the Railways – reg.

Ref: (i) NFIR’s letter No.II/16dated 27/01/2011, (ii) N F I R ’ sletter No.II/16 dated 30/10/2012,(iii) NFIR’s PNM item No.27/2012.

During the course of NFIR’s PNMmeeting held on 20/21.02.2013while discussing item No.27/2012,Federation was advised that replyfrom Zonal Railway is awaited.Federation, however, insisted thatregularisation of Teachers of WestCentral Railway should be

considered by the Railway Board onthe similar pattern as has been donefor regularisation of SubstituteTeachers of other Zonal Railways.

In this connection, NFIR wishesto convey to the Railway Board thatdetailed reply has since been sent byW.C.Railway to Railway Boardunder letter No.WCR/P-HQ/Wel/Substitute Teacher dated 01/11/2013 seeking Board’s decision, thesame may be connected.

NFIR, therefore, once againrequests the Railway Board toconsider and communicate approvalfor regularisation of four substituteteachers on West Central Railway. Acopy of communication thus sentmay be endorsed to the Federation.

(NFIR's letter No. II/16 dated 18-11-2013).

Request Transfers ofEmployees from one departmentto other departments in GradePay of Rs.1800/- (PB-1)

NFIR desires to state that theminimum entry qualification to thelowest Grade Pay post of Rs.1800/- (PB-1) on Railways is Matricula-tion or its equivalent. With this newpolicy decision of the RailwayMinistry pursuant to implementa-tion of recommendations of the VICPC, no candidate is eligible to beinducated in the Grade Pay ofRs.1800/- unless he fulfills thequalification condition i.e. Matri-culation or ITI as the case may be.

Representations are beingreceived from the erstwhile Group-D staff who are in Grade Pay ofRs.1800/- demanding that theirrequests for transfer on bottomseniority to other departments in thesame Grade Pay should be allowed.The present IREM provisions arenot providing greater clarity foradministration to consider suchrequests. Due to the reluctance onthe part of the competent authoritiesin conceding the request transferapplications of erstwhile Group-Dstaff from department to other,disappointment is growing amongthe staff who possess the requiredqualification.

Need has therefore arisen toreview the IREM provisions to

facilitate the staff to go on requesttransfer to other departments in theentry Grade Pay of Rs.1800/- onbottom seniority. In this context,NFIR also wants the Railway Boardto appreciate that Inter ZonalTransfers/Inter Divisional Transfersin the recruitment Grade Pay areallowed subject to fulfillment ofEducational Qualification prescri-bed for direct recruitment.

There are Track Maintainers whopossess Matriculation or aboveseeking transfers on bottom seniorityto the Technical Departments likeS&T, Electrical etc., Although, theseTrack Maintainers have fulfilled theentry qualification condition, theAdministration on many Zones isnot processing such requests eventhough vacancies exist. Similarly, theerstwhile Group-D Staff of TechnicalDepartments when they seek transferon bottom seniority to otherdepartment due to their domesticproblems, such cases are also notbeing considered favourably thoughthey possess the qualificationrequired for holding the post towhich they sought transfer.

Time has come to remove theconfusion as above in order to createsatisfaction among the staff whodesire to pursue their career byseeking transfer to other depart-ments.

NFIR, therefore, urges upon theRailway Board to consider theabove points and issue suitableamendment to the IREM Provisionsfacilitating erstwhile Group-D staffin Grade Pay of Rs.1800/- to seektransfer on bottom seniority to thesame Grade Pay Post in othercadres/departments.

(NFIR's letter No. IV/Committee(Trackmen)/2010/Pt.II dt. 22-11-2013).

Eligibility for 2 Berths in 2ndAC/4 Berths in 3AC AgainstComplimentary Pass WhileTravelling in Rajdhani Expressfor officers retired between 01/01/2006 to 03/02/2011-reg.

Ref: (i) Railway Board’s letterNo. E(W)/2008/PS-5-1/38 dated06/1/2011, (ii) Railway Board’sletter No. E(W)/2008/PS-5-1/38dated 03/02/2011.


NFIR has received complaintsfrom retired railway officers aboutarbitrary reduction in theentitlement for 2 berths in 2nd AC/4 berths in 3rd AC of RajdhaniExpress trains consequent to issue ofinstructions by the Railway Boardvide letter dated 03/02/2011.Federation is disappointed to notethat the railway officers who retiredfrom railway service during 01/01/2006 to 03/02/2011 were earlierentitled to avail 2 berths in 2nd AC/4 Berths in 3AC against compli-mentary pass when Railway Boardissued circular dated 06 January2011.

In this connection, Federationwishes to point out further that theRailway Board in circular dated 03/02/2011 has imposed two uncalledfor restriction mentioned below

Officers in GP Rs 6600/- anddrawing pay of Rs 26,600/- andabove and

excluding Grade Pay

& resulting deprival of the retiredrailway officers of the privilegewhich they were availingpreviously. Federation wishes tostate that the restrictions imposed byRailway Board are therefore, grosslyunjustified, and are against theinterests of retired officers.

NFIR, therefore, requestsRailway Board to issue suitableinstruction restoring earlier facility,at an early date.

A copy of the instructions issuedmay be endorsed to Federation.

(NFIR's letter No. I/15/Pt.I dated27-11-2013).

Improper implementation ofLARSGESS – staff deniedbenefit – review requested.

Ref: (i)NFIR’s letter No.II/34/Pt.8 dated 07/01/2013, (ii) RailwayBoard’s letter No.E(P&A)I-2011/RT-6 dated 11/03/2013 (iii) NFIR’sletter No.II/34/Pt.8 dated 13/06/2013, (iv) NFIR’s letter No.II/34/Pt.9dated 08/10/2013.

NFIR wishes to invite attention ofRailway Board to the correspon-dence resting with Federation’sletters cited under reference, to

Recurring Deposits :

For 1 year 7.5% p.a. For 2 years 9% p.a. For 3 years 9.5% p.a. For 5 years 10% p.a.

The Central Railway Employees' Co-Operative Credit Society Ltd.Established in the year 1913

Head Office at Byculla(W), Mumbai - 400 027 Tel. No. 23005722/23082247Branches : Mumbai, Pune, Solapur, Bhusawal, Nagpur, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Jhansi,Agra, Sub - Branch : New Katni Jn.Biggest Salary Earners Multi States Co-Op. Credit Society in Asia Catering theneeds of employees' of Central Railway, West Central Railway and NorthCentral Rly. Spread over Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh

Our Deposit Schemes - Rate of InterestFixed Deposits :

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Saving Deposit : 5%p.a. Compulsory Monthly Thrift Deposit Scheme 9% p.a.Lakhpati Bano Yojana :- By contributing Rs. 1,000/- per month for 75 months,Maturity Amount of Rs. 1,00,000/- will be paid on the 76th month.Double Deposit Scheme : Any amount deposited becomes double in 84 monthsfrom the date of deposit w.e.f. 1-12-2011Monthly Interest Paying Fixed Deposit Scheme :-For Retired Railway employees within the area of operation of the Societyand Retired Staff of the Society For an amount of Rs. 3,00,000/-& aboveand further in the multiple of Rs. 10,000/- w.e.f. 1-12-2011 10% p.a.For an amount below Rs. 3,00,000/- 9.5% p.a.(Minimum amount to be deposited in this scheme will be Rs. 1,00,000/- andfurther in multiples of Rs. 10,000/-. Lock in period will be 3 years)For members/Staff of the Society 9% p.a.Awards/Scholarship to the children of ShareholdersCash Award for S.S.C/H.S.C.General Category 70% marks or above Rs. 750/-Reserved Category including OBC 60% marks or above Rs. 750/-Physically handicapped / disabled 50% marks or above Rs. 750/-Special Cash Awards for :-S.S.C./H.S.C. 85% or above Rs. 1.000/- 90% or above Rs. 1,500/- 95% or above Rs. 2,000/-Graduation (Degree any Faculty) First Class Rs. 2,000/-Post Graduation (Degree any Faculty) First Class Rs. 3,000/-Scholarship for professional Courses :-Diploma Courses 60% or more Rs. 3,000/- Per YearDegree Courses 60% or more Rs. 5,000/- Per YearC.A./C.S. Courses :- (On successful Completion of Course) Rs.10,000/-Award for continuous Membership of 20 years or more Rs. 4,000/-Relief to family in case of death of a Member while in service Rs.17,000/-one time relief to Members sufferring from :-Paralysis/T.B./HIV/ : Rs. 5,000/- Kidney failure/Cancer Rs. 10,000/-Loan slabs :Length of service Minimum Maximum No. of

per case (`̀̀̀̀) per case (`̀̀̀̀) month's pay1 Year to less than 5 years 1,75,000/- 3,50,000/- 16 month's Basic pay + Gr. Pay5 years to less than 10 years 2,00,000/- 4,00,000/- 17 month's Basic pay + Gr. Pay10 years to less than 20 years 2,50,000/- 4,50,000/- 18 month's Basic pay + Gr. Pay20 years and above 2,75,000/- 5,00,000/- 20 month's Basic pay + Gr. Pay

Rate of Interest on Loan i.e. 6.5% p.a.Computer Advance Rs. 30,000/- (Once in Service) Rate of Interest i.e. 5% p.a.

Always at the service of the Railwaymen since last 100 years.(Nitin S. Pradhan)

(J. N. Patil) President (Nitin A. Nivsarkar)Vice - President Chief Manager


which there is no response for overlong period and the railwayemployees continue to suffer heavilydue to improper interpretation &application of the instructionsissued by the Railway Board onLARSGESS.

In this connection, Federationwishes to reiterate that theinstructions issued vide RailwayBoard’s letter dated 11/03/2013 hascreated total confusion against theinterest of Railway employeesbelonging to Safety category postsand the Zonal Railways have beenconsidering only those cases ofemployees who have completed 20years qualifying service in safetycategories. This is highly irregularand is against the spirit ofLARSGESS. In support, Federationhad provided a copy of CPO/SC’sletter No.P(R)579/VII dated 03/10/2013 with NFIR’s letter dated 08/10/2013 to Railway Board, unfor-tunately there is no response.

Federation therefore once againrequests the Railway Board to issuesuitable clarificatory instructions toall zones to remove the hardshipsfaced by the staff. A copy of theinstructions issued may beendorsed to NFIR.

(NFIR's letter No. II/34/Pt.9 dated27-11-2013).

Upgradation of Sr P. WaySupervisors to V CPC pay scaleof Rs 5000-8000 with effect from1/11/2003-reg.

Ref: (i) Railway Board’s letterNo. PC-III/2003/CRC/6 dated 09-10-2003, (ii) Railway Board’s letterNo. PC-III/2004/CRC/1 (P+1)dated 22-03-2007, (iii) NFIR’s letterNo. 1/B/CRC/09/Vol.7 dated 29/10/2011, (iv) Railway Board’sletter No. PC-IV/2009/Misc/2dated 28/11/2011, (v) R a i l w a yBoard’s letter No. PC-IV/2009/Misc/2 dated 19/02/2012, (vi)NFIR’s PNM Item No. 28/2012.

Federation vide its letter dated29/10/2011 had brought to thenotice of Railway Board thedisparity meted out to the categoryof Sr. P. Way Supervisors whilegranting cadre restructuring only to17.26% of posts with effect from 01/

11/2003 vide Board’s letter dated09/10/2003 while in the case ofother supervisors of Technicaldepartments 100% upgradation/merger was allowed in pay scale ofRs 5000-8000 (V CPC) w.e.f. 01/11/2003. NFIR took up the issue in thePNM meeting at Railway Board’slevel under Item No. 28/2012 andexplained the case for mitigatingBoard’s wrong decision. Unfor-tunately, the Railway Board hasevaded on some pretext or the other.

NFIR continued its protestagainst discriminatory treatmentgiven to Senior P. Way Supervisorswhich is safety category where

Supervisors w.e.f. 01/11/2003, onthe same plea as made by NFIR inthe PNM Meetings.

NFIR, therefore, once again urgesupon the Railway Board to issueorders extending benefit of pay scaleof Rs 5000-8000 (V CPC) to Sr. P.Way Supervisors w.e.f. 01/11/2003.A copy of the instructions issuedmay be endorsed to the Federation.


Merger of the Category ofSr. P. Way Supervisors with JE(P.Way)-promotion prospects-reg.

Ref: (i) Railway Board’s letterNo. E(NG)I-2007/PM5/5/NFIRdated 12/11/2013, (ii) N F I R ’ sletter No.II/2/Pt.Vi dated 18/11/2013, (iii) NFIR’s PNM Item No. 28/2012.

Further to NFIR’s letter dated 18/11/2013, on the subject relating toprovision of channel of Promotionto the Track Maintainer category,NFIR suggests that, the staffpossessing qualifications mentionedbelow should also be made eligiblefor promotion as JE (P.Way).

Diploma in P. Way Engineering(from IPWE, New Delhi)Diploma in Engineering(Electrical, Mechanical, Civil)B.Sc with Physics, Mathematicsor Computer ScienceNFIR, hopes that the Railway

Board will finalize the channel ofPromotion and issue orders verysoon, duly endorsing copy to theFederation.

(NFIR's letter No. II/2/Pt.VI dated5-12-2013).

Incorrect and inappropriateallotment of Pay Band andGrade Pay to Skilled ElectronicTechnicians working in RailwayHospital, Chennai – reg.

Ref: NFIR’s letter No.NFIR/VIthCPC/Main/10/Pt.9 dated 08/03/2013.

NFIR vide its letter dated 08/03/2013 had brought to the notice ofRailway Board a case of injusticecaused to the staff belonging to the

Condolence to theFamilies of Victimsof Fire occured onTrain ‘Bangalore-Nanded Express’

IRW/NFIR conveyscondolences to the families ofvictims, who died, following thefire on a Bangalore-NandedExpress near Anantpur,(Andhra Pradesh) on 28th

December, 2013 at 3.30 AM.

element of direct recruitment was inexistence Consequently, theRailway Board though granted themthe pay scale of Rs 5000-8000 (pre-revised) during the year 2007 videRailway Board’s letter no. PC-III/2004/CRC/1/Pt.1 dated 22/03/2007, the same got nullified due tointroduction of PB-2/GP Rs 4200/w.e.f. 01/01/2006. Had P. WaySupervisors been upgraded to payscale of Rs 5000-8000 w.e.f. 01/11/2003, as was done in the case ofsimilarly placed Supervisors inMechanical and EngineeringDepartments, the anomaly wouldnot have occurred. The imprudentdecision taken by Railway Boardhas resulted in court cases &continued resentment among staff.

In the meantime, some of stafffiled writ Petition No. 3677/2013 inthe High Court, Delhi and gotorders for grant of benefit ofrestructuring to the P. Way


category of Skilled ElectronicTechnicians working in RailwayHospital, Chennai not only by theVIth CPC but also by the VIth CPCand urging upon the Board toremedy the inappropriate allotmentof lower pay scale Grade Pay. Aperiod of nearly 10 months haspassed unfortunately there is noresponse.

Needless to mention that staffbelonging to the other categorieshaving qualification of GraduationDegree and Diploma had beenplaced in pre-revised pay scale ofRs.5000-8000 (V CPC) which wasreplaced with PB-2+GP 4200/- bythe 6th CPC. Federation wants toreiterate that the Skilled ElectronicTechnicians having followingeducational qualification have beendeprived the pay scale & revisedpay structure (i.e. PB-2+GP4200/-):-

B.Sc with Physics,

Diploma Electronics/Bio-Mechanical Engineer,

All relevant documents pertain-ing to the grievance of the staff havealready been provided to RailwayBoard along with NFIR’s letter dt.08/03/2013 and may be connected.

NFIR once again requestsRailway Board to consider and givedecision for placement of SkilledElectronic Technicians working inRailway Hospital, Chennai in PB-2with Grade Pay Rs. 4200/- witheffect from 01/01/2006. Copy to theinstructions issued may beendorsed to Federation.

(NFIR's letter No. NFIR/VIth CPC/Main/10/Pt.9 dated 5-12-2013).

Grant of financial upgrada-tion under MACP Scheme-treatment of employees selectedunder LDCE/GDCE Scheme-clarification-reg.

Ref: (i)Railway Board’s letterNo. PC-V/2009/ACP/2 dated 12/09/2012, (ii) NFIR’s letter No. IV/MACPS/09/07 dated 16/07/2013.

NFIR vide its letter dated 16/10/2013 had brought to the notice ofRailway Board a case of misinter-pretation of instructions issued bythe Railway Board on the subject ofgrant of financial upgradation

under MACPS and treatment ofemployees selected under LDCE/GDCE issued under RailwayBoard’s letter dated 12/09/2012.Federation is disappoin-ted to notethat clarificatory instructions on thelines of first para of Board’s letterdated 12/09/2012 stating that “theemployees inducted in therelevant grade through LDCE/GDCE has to be treated as direct

clarificatory instructions to allZones & Production Units tomitigate the hardships faced by thestaff. NFIR may be kept advised ofthe action taken.

(NFIR's letter No. IV/MACPS/09/Pt.7 dated 7-12-2013).

Problems faced by TrainGuards in performance of duties-due to adverse working con-ditions-reg.

Federation has received com-plaints from Guards working onGoods, Passengers, express & Mailtrains regarding poor maintenanceand upkeep of Guard’s Brake vans.Their grievances are as follows:-

Guard’s seats in broken condi-tion and not fit for use,Toilet in bad shape, thus staffunable to use,Windows including glasses inbroken condition,There is none to undertakerepairs at primary or at secon-dary maintenance pointsLights not functioningNo log book has been providedto Guards to report these casesto Sr DOMs/Sr DMEs.In this connection, NFIR wishes

to state that Guard is an importantpart of running staff and is inchargeof the train. Unfortunately authoritiesin the Divisions are not looking intothese adverse working conditions.

NFIR, therefore, requests theRailway Board to issue suitableinstructions to the General Mana-gers of Zonal Railways to lay downproper mechanism to look into thegrievances of Train Guards andensure prompt redressal for efficientdischarge of their duties. A copy ofthe instructions issued may beendorsed to Federation.

(NFIR's letter No. II/34/Pt.9 dated7-12-2013).

Facilities to recognised TradeUnions-Facilities of Passes &Special Casual leave

Ref: Railway Board’s letter No.E(LU)/71UT3/3 dated 9/03/1971.

Please refer to Railway Board’sletter dated 9/03/1971, whereinorders were issued for grant of

Ticket Checking Staff– Railway Board’sReply to NFIR

The reply of Railway Boardto the NFIR’s letter No. II/73dated 02.07.2013 and 30.09.2013in regard to the Classification ofTicket Checking Staff as SafetyCategory is reproduced below:

“Sub: Classification of ticketchecking staff as SafetyCategory.

The undersigned is directedto refer to Federation letterNo.II/73 dated 02.07.2013 and30.09.2013 on the above subjectand to state that classification ofticket checking staff as SafetyCategory Staff is being examinedby Establishment Directorate intheir File No. E(NG)I-2010/PM1/19. As soon as decision inthe matter is arrived fromEstablishment Directorate, thesame will be conveyed toFederation.”

Ref: Railway Board’s letterNo.2013/TG-V/10/14 dt. 12-12-2013.

appointee for the purpose ofgranting financial upgradationunder MACPS”, have not beenissued so far. As a result cases havebeen accumulating on Zones/PUsand staff continues to suffer badlyon many zones. Federation hasbeen given to understand that noclarification has been issued by theRailway Board on the query raisedby GM(E)/W. Railway vide letterno.EP/839/0/Vol.V dated 30/09/2013.

Federation once again urgesupon the Railway Board to issue


Special Casual Leave/Passes forZonal, Divisional & Branch LevelMeetings.

Vide Item No. 6, “meeting of theBranch Councils”, five members inaddition to office Bearers are entitledfor Special Casual Leave for one dayfor Six meetings in a year. Howeverthe members of Branch Council arenot granted Special Pass facilitiesalthough their working place isaway from Branch headquarters.

The Railway Board are thereforerequested to consider grantingspecial cheque pass in those caseswhere the Branch Council Membersare posted away from Branch HeadQuarters for attending BranchCouncil Meetings. Within the branchjurisdiction along with specialcasual leave facility.

(NFIR's letter No. IV/1/Pt.II dated24-12-2013).

Implementation ofRecommendations of VIth CPC-Merger of grades-revised classi-fication and mode of filling upof non-gazetted posts-Schemefor filling up of vacancies after31/12/2013-reg.

Ref: (i) Railway Board’s lettersNo. E(NG)I-2008/PM1/15 dated03/09/2009, 07/06/2010, 21/11/2011, 25/05/2012, 15/01/2013 &24/05/2013, (ii) NFIR’s letter No.II/6/Pt. 5 dated 30/11/2012, (iii)NFIR’s letter No. II/6/Pt. 5 dated14/01/2013 (iv) NFIR’s letter No. II/6/Pt. 5 dated 30/09/2013.

Time and again, NFIR has beenreminding the Railway Board aboutthe necessity for extending thecurrency of instructions dated 03/09/2009 on the subject at least upto31/12/2015 pending discussionswith the Federations. But NFIR isdisappointed to note that no actionhas been taken by the RailwayBoard more particularly for thevacancies which would accrue after31/12/2013. These vacancies shallremain unfilled for want currency ofextension of the instructionsbeyond 31/12/2013. In this connec-tion, NFIR is enclosing a copy of itsletter of even number dated 30/09/2013 for ready reference, whichunfortunately has not been acted

upon even till now.

NFIR once again requests theRailway Board to extend validity ofthe aforesaid instructions atleast till31/12/2015 keeping in view theurgency to fill up vacancies arisingafter 31/12/2013, duly endorsing acopy to the Federation.

(NFIR's letter No. II/6/Pt.5 dated 2-1-2014).

Restructuring of group ‘C’Cadres.

Ref: (i) Railway Board’s letterNo.PC-III/2013/CRC/4 dated 08/10/2013. (ii) NFIR’s letter No.I/8/CRC/09/Vol.9 dated 09/10/2013.

In continuation of reference citedabove, it is to bring to your kindnotice that on S.W. Railway there isheavy shortage of AC Maintenanceand Escorting Staff due to noncreation of posts as per the yardstickalthough additional AC Coacheshave been introduced on number oftrains. In view of this situation,matching savings for implemen-tation of cadre restructuring for ACstaff is not possible.

Under the circumstances explai-ned above, suitable instructions arerequired to be issued to S.W.Railway to find matching savings onother departments. If such exercisehas also not yielded result, exemp-tion from “matching savings” beconsidered as a special case.

NFIR, therefore, requests theRailway Board to issue suitableinstructions to General Manager,S.W. Railway in the matter.


ICFMS Vice PresidentT h i r u n a v a k a r a s uPassed Away

IRW/NFIR shocked to learnthe death of ThirunavakarasuVice president of ICF MazdoorSangh on 11.01.2014. LateThirunavakarasu was a devotedleader. He was also NFIR WorkingCommittee Member. Hisdedication for the cause ofworkers shall ever be remembered.

Simplification ofRules/Procedure onwithdrawal from PF

by RailwayEmployees

The reply of RailwayBoard to the NFIR’s letterNo.I/3/Pt.I dated 25.10.2013in regard to the simplificationof rules/procedure onwithdrawals from ProvidentFund by Railway employees isreproduced below:-

“Regarding conditions forfinal withdrawal for marriageexpenses from ProvidentFund, it is advised that finalwithdrawal for marriageexpenses from Provident Fundare subject to the condi-tionslaid down under Rule 922 andRule 925 read with sub-rule (3)of Indian Railway Establi-shment Code Vol. I.

In terms of sub-rule (e) ofRule 925(3), the subscribershall furnish a certificate to thesanctioning authority withinthe period of one month fromthe date of the marriage, or ifhe is on leave on the date of themarriage, within one monthon return from leave, that themoney withdrawn hasactually been utilized for thepurpose for which it wasintended. If the subscriber failsto furnish the requisitecertificate, or if the amountwithdrawn is utilized for apurpose other than that forwhich sanction was given theentire amount shall berecovered forthwith from himin one lump-sum together withinterest thereon at the rateprovided for in rule 920 (1)from the month of the with-drawal, for being credited tohis account in the ProvidentFund.”

Ref: Railway Board letter No.F(E)III/2013/PF/3/1 dt. 13-1-2014.


Railway Board's DecisionsRevision of Training period

for Commercial Clerks(Booking, Parcel & Goods)

In view of the changed jobrequirements of Commercial Clerks,and with the approval of Board (MT& MS) it has been decided to revisethe existing training schedule for theCommercial clerks as under:

Course Details No. of Days Place of Training

Coaching Theory 8 Concerned ZRTI/Trg. CentreCoaching Practical 2 Any Railway StationParcel/Goods Training 8 Concerned ZRTI/Trg. CentreParcel/Goods Practical 2 Any Railway StationTotal Training period 20

The 20 day training module willprovide the relevant inputspertaining to ticket sale throughUTS/PCT, cash handling, details ofvarious MIS & reports, preparationof returns, concessions, refunds,relevant rules of CommercialManual and coaching Tariffs, inputsfrom UTS manual and some salientfeatures of customer care andrelevant inputs pertaining toforwarding notes, P.Way bills,Railway Receipts, Coaching tariff,parcel Management System,Terminal Management System anddetails of various Returns, BalanceSheets & MIS.

The 20 days training programmeon Coaching and Parcel/Goodsconsists of 16 days theory and 4days of practical training as indica-ted above. The Course contents/training module is enclosed atAnnexure-A

Railways are required to imple-ment this revised training schedulein respect of newly recruitedCommercial Clerks (Booking, Parcel/Goods) joining hereafter, after theirappointment on the Railways.

Railway Board’s letter No.E(MPP)2009/1/34 Pt. Dated 20-12-2013. (See Table)

Submission of ImmovableProperty Returns (IPRs) byofficers of Group A Central

Services and placing the samein public domain regarding.

Attention is invited to Board’sletter of even number dated 18-5-2011 and 8-6-2011 wherebyRailways had been directed to placethe Immovable Property Returns(IPRs) of all members of their GroupA Central Services for the year 2010

(as on 1-1-2011) in the publicdomain as per Department ofPersonnel & Training’s OfficeMemorandums (O.M.s) No. 11013/3/2011-Estt-A dated 11-4-2011 and23-5-2011.

Department of Personnel &Training have since issued furtherinstructions in the matter undertheir O.M. of same number dated 23-9-2013 clarifying that the exercise ofplacing the IPRs in the publicdomain was not intended to be aone-time exercise but will be acontinuous process. Some otherdirectives on the issue are alsocontained in their aforesaid O.M.dated 23-9-2013, a copy of which is

Annexure 'A'

Revised Training Programme for Booking Clerks (Booking/Parcel/Goods)

Training Module Duration Location

Coaching Theory 8 days

i. Relevant rules of Commercial Manual & 1 day Coaching Tariff ii. Un-reserved Ticketing System & other types of tickets 1 day iii Concept of EFT/BPT and other money Concerned value books, warrants etc. 1 day ZRTI/Trg. iv. Concession & Refunds 1 day Centre v. Details of various MIS & Reports 1 day vi. Preparation of Returns & Coaching Balance Sheet. 1 day vii. inputs from UTS manual 1 day viii. Salient features of Customer Care & Vigilance Awareness 1 day Coaching Practical 2 days

Practical hands-on training At AnyRly. station

Parcel/Goods Theory 8 days

i. Concept of Forwarding Note, P.Way Bill 1 day Railway Receipts ii. Relevant inputs of Commercial Manual 1 day iii. Coaching Tariff (Parcel & Luggage) 1 day Concerned iv. Military Tariff 1 day ZRTI/Trg. v. Red Tariff 1 day Centre vi. Parcel Management System 1 day vii. Terminal Management System 1 day viii. Details of various Returns, Balance 1 day sheet & MIS Parcel/Goods Practical 2 days At Any

Rly. station

Total Training Duration 20 days


also sent herewith for informationand strict compliance.

F.No. 11013/3/2011-Estt.(A)Ministry of Personnel, P.G.&Pensions Department of Personnel& Training Estt.(A)-III Desk NorthBlock, New Delhi

Dated 23rd September, 2013Office Memorandum

Submission of ImmovableProperty Returns (IPRs) by officersof Group A Central Services andplacing the same in public domain.

The undersigned is directed torefer to this Department’s O.M ofeven no. Dated 11-04-2011 request-ing all Cadre Controlling authoritiesto place in public domain the IPRsof Group ‘A’ Officer for the year2010 by 31-05-2011.

In this connection, it is clarifiedthat this was not intended to be aone-time measure but will be acontinuous process. All CadreControlling authorities are reques-ted that the IPRs (to be submitted by31st January each year) may beplaced in public domain by 31st

March of that year. A report inrespect of Group ‘A’ Service contro-lled by the Ministry/Departmentand offices belonging to GeneralCentral Service ‘A’ under theMinistry/Department may be sentto this Department by 30th Aprilevery year.

Railway Board’s letter No. E(D&A)2011 GS1-2 (Vol.II) dated 31-12-2013).

Implementation of Reco-mmendations of 6th CPC-Merger of grades – RevisedClassification and mode offilling up of non-gazettedposts-Scheme for filling up ofvacancies after 31-12-2013.

Ref: Board’s letters of even nodated 3-9-2009, 07-06-2010, 21-11-2011, 23-05-2012, 15-1-2013 & 24-05-2013 on the above subject.

The existing methodology andbenchmarking for promotion, asenumerated in the Board’s lettersreferred to above, may be applied till30-6-2014.

Railway Board’s letter No.E(NG)I-2008/PM1/15 vol. III dated 3-1-2014.

Classification of RailwayServices consequent uponintroduction of RS (RP) Rules,2008 – Eligibility for selectionto Group ‘C’ GeneralCategories.

Ref: PNM/AIRF Item No. 50/2012.

The above referred issue hasbeen under consideration inconsultation with AIRF and NFIR.

Accordingly, it has been decidedthat all erstwhile Group ‘D’ cate-gories in G.P. Rs. 1800, since upgra-ded as Group ‘C’, will continue tobe eligible for selection to Group ‘C’posts as per the AVC alreadyprovided, if they possess therequired eligibility criteria i.e.prescribed educational qualificationand residency period etc. They willalso be eligible for being consideredfor promotion to the posts ofStenographers (G.P. Rs. 2400), if theypossess the required eligibilitycriteria.

(Railway Board’s letter No. E(NG)I-2010/PM1/22 dated 3-1-2014).

Eligibility conditions underLARSGESS for specifiedsafety categories in GP 1900and Assessment Committee –Clarification thereon.

Ref: Board’s letter No. E(P&A)I-2010/RT-2 dated 28-6-2011.

Few Zonal Railways had soughtclarification regarding the eligibilityconditions for seeking the benefit ofLARSGESS and also the level ofAssessment Committee in respect ofspecified safety categories inGP1900. This issue has also beenraised by the Employees’Federations.

The matter has been consideredby the Board. In partial modificationof the instruction contained in para4 of Board’s above referred letter inthas been decided that the wards ofemployees in specified safetycategories in GP 1900 (other thanDrivers) may be adjudged by anAssessment Committee consisting of3 JAG Officers at Divisional levelinstead of an Assessment Committee

of 3 SAG Officers at Zonal level.

These instructions are applicablefor retirement/recruitment cyclefrom January – June 2014 onwardsonly. The past cycles will begoverned by the earlier instructions.

The other terms and conditionsof the Scheme will remain the same.

Railway Board’s letter No.E(P&A)I-2012/RT-5 dated 3-1-2014.

Central GovernmentEmployees Group InsuranceScheme, 1980 - Tables ofbenefits for the Savings Fundfor the period from 1-1-2014 to31-12-2014.

In continuation of this Ministry'sletter No. PC-III/2000/GIS/2 dated17-01-2013, a copy of O.M. No. 7(1)/EV/2013 dated 08-1-2014 of theMinistry of Finance, Department ofExpenditure on the above subject isforwarded herewith for informationand necessary action.

No. 7(1)/EV/2013, Governmentof India, Ministry of Finance,Department of Expenditure.

Office Memorandum

New Delhi, the 8 January, 2014

Central Government EmployeesGroup Insurance Scheme-1980 -Table of Benefits for the savings fundfor the period from 1-1-2014 to 31-12-2014.

The undersigned is directed torefer to this Ministry's O.M. No.7(2)/EV/2012 dated 15th January,2013 forwarding therewith Tables ofBenefits under CGEGIS for the year2013. New Tables of Benefits for thesavings fund of the Scheme basedon a subscription of Rs. 10 per monthfrom 1-1-1982 to 31-12-1989 and Rs.15 per month w.e.f. 1-1-1990onwards have been prepared for theyear 2014 and a copy of the table isenclosed. Another Table Benefits forthe savings fund based on asubscription of Rs. 10 per month forthose employees who had opted outof the revised rates of subscriptionw.e.f. 1-1-1990 have also been drawnup for the year 2014 and a copy ofthat table is also enclosed. Theamounts in the Tables have been


worked out on the basis of interest@ 10% per annum (compoundedquarterly) for the period from 1-1-1982 to 31-12-1982, 11% per annum(compounded quarterly)w.e.f. 1-1-1983 to 31-12-1986, 12% per annum(compounded quarterly) w.e.f. 1-1-1987 to 31-12-2000, 11% per annum(compounded quarterly)w.e.f. 1-1-2001 to 31-12-2001, 9.5% per annum(compounded quarterly) w.e.f. 1-1-2002 to 31-12-2002, 9% per annum(compounded quarterly)w.e.f. 1-1-2003 to 31-12-2003, 8% per annum(compounded quarterly) w.e.f. 1-1-

2004 to 30-11-2011, 8.6 % perannum (compounded quarterly)w.e.f. 1-12-2011 to 31-03-2012, 8.8%per annum (compounded quarterly)w.e.f. 1-4-2012 to 31-03-2013 and8.7% per annum (compoundedquarterly) w.e.f. 1-04-2013 onwards.The mortality rate under the Schemehas been taken as 3.75 per thousandper annum up to 31-12-1987 and3.60 per thousand per annumthereafter in both the cases. Whilecalculating the amount it has beenassumed that the subscription hasbeen recovered or will be recovered

from the salary of the month inwhich a member ceases to be inservice failing which it should bededucted from accumulatedamounts payable.

In its application to the employ-ees of Indian Audit and AccountsDepartment. This Office Memoran-dum issues in consultation with theComptroller and Auditor General ofIndia.

Railway Board's letter No. PC-III/2000/GIS/2 dated 10-1-2014.

Central Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme 1980(CGEGIS)

Contribution @ Rs. 10/- P.M upto 31-12-89 and Rs. 15 throughout after 01-01-90Accumulated value of contribution from 1st January of year of Entry to the month and year of cessation

Year of cessation of membership - 2014

Year of Month of Cessation of MembershipEntry Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.

1982 23433.29 23615.10 23796.57 23977.48 24163.49 24349.46 24540.27 24726.14 24919.29 25109.95 25305.45 25486.19

1983 21324.45 21492.08 21655.81 21825.78 21995.01 22164.20 22338.24 22512.23 22686.18 22860.09 23036.40 23203.95

1984 19426.24 19577.20 19729.93 19884.59 20039.46 20196.73 20353.96 20511.16 20670.76 20832.77 20994.73 21148.96

1985 17721.53 17860.66 18000.14 18141.69 18284.60 18427.48 18572.76 18718.02 18865.68 19013.31 19163.35 19301.87

1986 16190.73 16320.43 16450.30 16579.93 16710.86 16841.76 16977.52 17108.35 17244.05 17382.16 17517.79 17649.85

1987 14819.12 14939.37 15056.26 15177.29 15298.65 15422.44 15543.75 15665.03 15791.18 15917.30 16043.39 16164.20

1988 13596.92 13705.23 13815.32 13926.41 14038.19 14149.95 14264.12 14380.72 14494.85 14608.96 14727.93 14837.37

1989 12487.39 12591.07 12692.56 12795.48 12897.66 13002.26 13106.83 13211.39 13320.82 13427.78 13537.16 13637.61

1990 11502.77 11599.35 11693.36 11789.40 11886.84 11981.82 12079.22 12179.05 12278.86 12378.66 12478.43 12574.68

1991 10192.40 10277.05 10361.10 10447.95 10533.37 10621.23 10709.07 10799.34 10887.14 10977.38 11070.05 11152.56

1992 9026.54 9104.13 9179.25 9255.82 9334.10 9414.81 9493.06 9571.29 9651.96 9732.62 9815.71 9894.15

1993 7990.48 8060.98 8129.01 8198.33 8269.43 8340.53 8411.62 8482.69 8556.20 8627.25 8703.18 8770.14

1994 7072.00 7135.37 7196.96 7260.78 7322.25 7386.16 7450.06 7516.40 7580.28 7646.60 7712.92 7775.63

1995 6253.93 6310.16 6366.98 6423.60 6480.31 6537.02 6598.61 6655.30 6714.43 6773.56 6832.68 6891.08

1996 5528.94 5578.00 5631.01 5681.89 5733.83 5785.76 5840.13 5892.06 5943.97 5998.33 6052.69 6106.71

1997 4882.33 4926.65 4975.63 5023.40 5068.11 5117.70 5164.84 5211.98 5261.57 5311.15 5360.72 5405.42

1998 4309.19 4353.65 4392.76 4435.91 4473.26 4520.61 4567.85 4610.19 4654.98 4697.33 4742.11 4787.22

1999 3802.19 3839.43 3877.04 3914.51 3954.49 3992.03 4034.47 4074.45 4114.44 4154.42 4194.41 4232.54

2000 3346.62 3381.52 3417.73 3454.30 3489.47 3524.64 3562.25 3562.25 3635.04 3670.21 3707.83 3743.84

2001 2947.39 2977.49 3009.46 3043.06 3075.84 3108.63 3141.42 3174.21 3209.45 3242.75 3277.49 3308.89

2002 2589.79 2617.53 2646.85 2672.71 2702.80 2734.22 2764.63 2795.04 2830.34 2860.75 2891.17 2922.82

2003 2262.81 2289.57 2316.69 2343.98 2371.45 2399.10 2426.93 2454.94 2483.12 2513.49 2541.52 2567.76

2004 1966.43 1991.09 2016.07 2041.24 2066.59 2092.13 2117.85 2143.76 2169.86 2196.14 2222.62 2248.41

2005 1693.88 1716.57 1739.56 1762.71 1786.03 1809.53 1833.19 1857.03 1881.04 1905.22 1929.58 1953.38

2006 1442.08 1462.96 1484.10 1505.39 1526.84 1548.45 1570.21 1592.13 1614.21 1636.45 1658.85 1680.82


2007 1209.45 1228.66 1248.09 1267.67 1287.39 1307.25 1327.25 1347.41 1367.71 1388.15 1408.75 1429.02

2008 994.54 1012.20 1030.06 1048.05 1066.17 1084.42 1102.80 1121.32 1139.98 1158.77 1177.69 1196.39

2009 796.00 812.23 828.63 845.15 861.80 878.56 895.45 912.45 929.59 946.85 964.23 981.48

2010 612.57 627.48 642.54 657.71 672.99 688.38 703.88 719.49 735.22 751.06 767.02 782.93

2011 443.12 456.81 470.62 484.54 498.56 512.68 526.90 541.23 555.66 570.19 584.82 599.50

2012 286.53 299.14 311.80 324.56 337.40 350.34 363.37 376.49 389.70 403.01 416.41 429.91

2013 142.56 154.08 165.69 177.39 189.17 201.03 212.99 225.03 237.15 249.37 261.67 274.07

2014 10.50 21.08 31.73 42.46 53.26 64.14 75.11 86.15 97.27 108.47 119.75 131.11

Note : Basis UsedFrom To Interest*1-1-82 31-12-82 10%1-1-83 31-12-86 11%1-1-87 31-12-00 12%1-1-01 31-12-01 11%1-1-02 31-12-02 9.50%1-1-03 31-12-03 9%1-1-04 30-11-11 8%1-12-11 31-03-12 8.60%01-04-12 31-03-13 8.80%01-04-2013 8.70%* Interest p.a compounded quarterly

Savings Fund : 68.75% from 1-1-82 to 31-12-87 70% from 1-1-88 and onwards

Insurance Fund : 31.25% from 1-1-82 to 31-12-87 30% from 1-1-88 and onwards

Central Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme 1980

Contribution @ Rs. 10/- throughout Accumulated value of contribution from 1st January of yearof Entry to the month and year of cessation

Year of cessation of membership - 2014

Year of Month of Cessation of MembershipEntry Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.

1982 19603.93 19751.92 19896.65 20049.46 20203.65 20355.50 20512.20 20668.85 20825.75 20984.01 21141.69 21291.89

1983 17495.09 17628.90 17760.20 17897.79 18032.90 18172.86 18310.34 18449.79 18589.96 18733.57 18877.63 19011.99

1984 15591.99 15714.02 15831.20 15956.77 16076.47 16199.93 16325.90 16451.42 16577.13 16706.99 16833.08 16955.50

1985 13889.73 13997.48 14101.22 14214.00 14322.95 14434.00 14546.07 14658.78 14770.41 14885.88 15000.28 15110.24

1986 12358.92 12457.25 12553.09 12648.84 12747.75 12847.49 12948.33 13048.88 13150.52 13252.26 13356.03 13453.26

1987 10987.31 11072.81 11160.25 11248.29 11336.02 11426.41 11514.70 11606.27 11698.69 11788.98 11880.22 11968.33

1988 9762.66 9838.63 9916.45 9996.79 10075.86 10154.88 10237.15 10317.38 10400.30 10480.85 10564.82 10643.64

1989 8655.58 8723.99 8795.26 8863.39 8934.58 9008.50 9079.22 9152.66 9224.44 9298.46 9372.41 9445.37

1990 7670.97 7731.88 7796.44 7857.42 7921.63 7985.78 8052.16 8116.58 8184.19 8249.33 8316.35 8378.85

1991 6796.57 6850.32 6906.88 6966.37 7023.54 7080.11 7139.47 7198.16 7256.70 7316.41 7375.25 7430.74

1992 6020.14 6068.54 6119.44 6171.83 6224.68 6276.12 6328.03 6379.78 6432.72 6486.93 6538.42 6589.45

1993 5329.44 5372.47 5418.50 5466.19 5513.73 5559.29 5606.00 5652.68 5702.50 5748.60 5797.84 5844.32

1994 4714.67 4755.52 4795.80 4837.96 4880.68 4922.90 4965.76 5007.25 5051.28 5093.20 5137.46 5179.30

1995 4170.92 4206.07 4243.31 4281.19 4318.71 4358.11 4394.79 4434.12 4473.43 4512.70 4551.95 4589.07

1996 3685.96 3718.58 3754.14 3786.81 3821.43 3856.72 3890.75 3926.16 3959.52 3996.41 4030.60 4065.60

1997 3254.89 3286.93 3315.68 3347.85 3377.07 3410.23 3440.82 3473.87 3504.49 3536.29 3568.08 3600.89


1998 2875.24 2899.92 2927.93 2956.25 2985.39 3012.14 3041.55 3071.83 3100.32 3130.71 3159.02 3186.93

1999 2533.25 2559.11 2584.92 2610.87 2636.94 2660.90 2685.15 2712.07 2738.97 2765.86 2792.74 2818.36

2000 2233.86 2254.30 2279.21 2301.22 2324.70 2351.10 2374.48 2397.83 2424.08 2447.33 2471.91 2495.56

2001 1964.41 1985.36 2007.94 2027.30 2049.12 2072.22 2093.14 2116.99 2139.41 2161.60 2183.16 2206.76

2002 1725.00 1744.42 1763.98 1783.81 1803.79 1823.92 1844.19 1864.61 1885.17 1905.89 1926.76 1946.97

2003 1508.54 1526.40 1544.38 1562.62 1580.99 1599.49 1618.13 1636.90 1655.81 1674.86 1694.05 1712.68

2004 1310.96 1327.39 1343.95 1360.72 1377.62 1394.65 1411.79 1429.06 1446.46 1463.98 1481.63 1498.82

2005 1129.25 1144.38 1159.52 1175.05 1190.60 1206.26 1222.03 1237.92 1253.93 1270.05 1286.29 1302.15

2006 961.38 975.30 989.32 1003.52 1017.82 1032.22 1046.73 1061.34 1076.06 1090.89 1105.82 1120.46

2007 806.30 819.10 832.00 845.05 858.19 871.44 884.77 898.21 911.74 925.37 939.10 952.61

2008 663.03 674.80 686.66 698.65 710.73 722.89 735.15 747.49 759.93 772.45 785.07 797.53

2009 530.66 541.48 552.38 563.40 574.49 585.67 596.92 608.26 619.68 631.19 642.77 654.27

2010 408.38 418.32 428.33 438.44 448.63 458.89 469.22 479.63 490.11 500.68 511.31 521.92

2011 295.41 304.54 313.73 323.01 332.35 341.76 351.24 360.79 370.41 380.10 389.86 399.64

2012 191.02 199.42 207.86 216.36 224.92 233.55 242.23 250.98 259.79 268.66 277.59 286.59

2013 95.04 102.72 110.46 118.26 126.11 134.02 141.99 150.02 158.10 166.25 174.45 182.71

2014 7.00 14.05 21.15 28.30 35.51 42.76 50.07 57.43 64.84 72.31 79.83 87.41

Note : Basis UsedFrom To Interest*1-1-82 31-12-82 10%1-1-83 31-12-86 11%1-1-87 31-12-00 12%1-1-01 31-12-01 11%1-1-02 31-12-02 9.50%1-1-03 31-12-03 9%1-1-04 30-11-11 8%1-12-11 31-03-12 8.60%01-04-12 31-03-13 8.80%01-04-2013 8.70%* Interest p.a compounded quarterly

Year ofEntry Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Savings Fund : 68.75% from 1-1-82 to 31-12-87 70% from 1-1-88 and onwards

Insurance Fund : 31.25% from 1-1-82 to 31-12-87 30% from 1-1-88 and onwards

Recruitment of Staff in PayBand-1 of ̀̀̀̀̀ 5200-20200 (GradePay :`̀̀̀̀1800) on Indian Railways-Mode of dispatch of callletters to applicants regarding

In partial modification toinstructions contained in Board'sletter of even number dated 29-5-2013 (RBE No. 53/2013) and 19-8-2013 (RBE No. 85/2013), it isdirected that henceforth, call letter beissued to successful candidates inwritten examination for appearingin PET (Physical Efficiency Test),three weeks prior to date ofcommencement of PET under

"Business Post" instead of earlierinstructions of one months prior todate of conduct of examination.

It is also directed that noreplacement panels are to be givenagainst non-joining of selectedcandidates, as recruitment in PayBand-1 (Grade Pay : `1800) is nowdone annually in terms ofinstructions contained in Board'sletter No. E(NG)II/2007/RR-1/58dated 08-12-2011.

Railway Board's letter No. E(NG)-II/2008/RR-1/33 dated 10-1-2014.

Forwarding of GazetteNotification No.GSR 662(E)

dated 27-09-2013 regardingenhancement of rates ofstipend for Trade Apprenticesunder Apprentices Act, 1961.

Please refer to Ministry ofRailways letters No. E(MPP) 2007/6/3 dated 23-8-2007 (RBE No. 109/2007) and dated 9-3-2011 (RBE No.31/2011).

It has been decided that the TradeApprentices engaged on the IndianRailways under Apprentices Act1961 should be paid stipend witheffect from 27th September 2013 atthe revised rates as notified in theDirectorate General of Employment


& Training, Ministry of Labour &Employment's Notification No.G.S.R.662(E) dated 27th September2013 published in Gazette of IndiaExtraordinary (Copy of thenotification is enclosed). Theexpenditure should be met fromwithin the existing budget allotment.

ExtraordinaryPart II- Section 3 - sub section (i)

Published by AuthorityNew Delhi September 27, 2013

Ministry of Labour andEmployment Directorate General ofEmployment and Training

Notification

New Delhi, 27th September, 2013

G.S.R. 662(E) - In exercise of thepowers conferred by sub-section (1)of Section 37 of the Apprentices Act,1961 (52 of 1961), the CentralGovernment, after consulting theCentral Apprenticeship Council,hereby makes the following rulesfurther to amend the ApprenticeshipRules, 1992, namely :-

(1) These rules may be called theApprentiship (Second Amendment)Rules, 2013.

(2) They shall come into force onthe date of their publication in theOfficial Gazette.

In the Apprenticeship Rules,1992, in sub-rule (1) of Rule 11, forclauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) and theentries relating thereto, thefollowing shall be substituted,namely:-

"(a) During the first year oftraining - ` 2100 per month

(b) During the Second year oftraining - ` 2400 per month

(c) During the third year oftraining - ` 2800 per month

(d) During the fourth year oftraining - ` 3100 per month

[ F.No. DGFT-4(1)/2012-AP]

SHIKHAR AGRAWAL,Directorate General/Jt. Secy.

Foot Note :- The principal ruleswere published vide number G.S.R.356, dated the 15th July, 1992 in theGazette of India, Part-II, Section 3,sub-section (i) dated the 1st August,

1992 and last amended vide numberG.S.R, 75(E) dated the 8th February,2012.

Railway Board's letter No.E(MPP)2013/6/7 dated 15-1-2014.

Determination of date ofincrement after expiry ofduration of penalties ofwithholding of increments/reduction to lower stageimposed for less than a yearregarding

Ministry of Railway havereceived a few references regardingcertain penalties of rule 6 of RailwayServants (Discipline And Appeal)Rules, 1968 which are having payelement imposed for less than a year.In one case, the penalty ofwithholding of increments wasimposed on 24-3-2008 for a periodof six months with cumulative effectand in the other case the penalty ofreduction to lower stage wasimposed on 9-2-2009 for a period ofsix months with non-cumulativeeffect.

The question of date of release ofincrement in the above cases onexpiry of the penalty, in the contextof fixing of Ist July as the date ofincrement uniformally for allGovernment servants following VIthCPC, has been examined inconsultation with the Department ofPersonnel & Training. It is advisedthat fixing of Ist July as the date ofincrement for all Governmentservants under the Revised PayRules following the acceptance ofthe recommendation of the VIthCPC, is relevant only in respect ofAnnual increment. This provision isnot applicable where the incrementis withheld as a measure of penalty.In cases where the increment iswithheld as a penalty for a specifiedperiod restoration of the withheldincrement would be at the end of thecurrency of the penalty and notpostponed to the next Ist July. Theperson concerned may even beentitled to the next increment on theIst July following the expiry of thecurrency of the penalty,(notwithstanding the fact that thepenalty imposed on him was having

postponing effect on his futureincrements), if he has net qualifyingservice of six months prior to therelevants Ist July.

Likewise, where the penalty ofreduction to lower stage was

CommitteeConstituted

Ministry of Railways (Rail-way Board) have constituted aCommittee to review theTraining Modules of directlyrecruited JE/SSE (Works/Bridges) of Indian Railways. TheCommittee will consist of thefollowing:

Smt. Anuradha Singh,Director (MPP), Railway Board- Convener, S/Shri Vikas KumarJain, Director/CE(B&S), RailwayBoard- Member, Sharad KumarAgarwal, Prof/Br. IRICEN -Member, Srijan Tripathi,Director/B&S/SB-I, RDSO -Member.

The Terms of reference of theCommittee are as under:-

a. To review the trainingmodules for directly recrui-ted supervisory (Works/Bridges) staff.

b. To examine the efficacy ofexisting training modules interm of actual workingenvironment in the fieldtoday and the current level ofknowledge and experience ofthe target training group,taking into account thechanges in the technologyand working practices overthe years.

c. Orienting the training effortsto acquisition of morepractical knowledge andskills so that its benefitscould be equally realized inthe actual performance. and

d. To suggest the methodology,evaluation and better utiliza-tion of training resources.

Ref: Railway Board’s order No.ERB-I/2013/23/50dt. 13.12.2013.


imposed, the pay will be restoredimmediately on expiry of thecurrency of the penalty. In so far asrelease of next increment isconcerned, the same may also beallowed immediately on restorationif the person concerned hasrendered net qualifying service ofsix months on the Ist July precedingthe date of the expiry of the currencyof the penalty.

Railway Board's letter No. E(D&A)2008 RG6-36 dated 15-1-2014.

Recruitment of sports-persons against Sports Quotathrough Talent Scouting andOpen Advertisement-Clari-fication ragarding

Ref:- Railway Board's policyletter Nos (i) 2010/E(Sports)/4(1)/1(Policy) dated 31-12-2010 (RBE No.189B/2010) and (ii) 2012/E(Sports)/4(1)/1Policy Clarifications dated 18-4-2012(RBE No. 52/2012).

Please connect new Para No.4.1(m) Notes, added vide Board'sletter dt. 18-4-2012 referred to above,according to which in team gamesportspersons who actually playedthe sport in field, shall only beeligible for recruitment againstsports quota.

The matter of considering thecases of sportspersons who arefound eligible for recruitmentagainst sports quota in team games,bur have not submitted thecertificate for actual participation infield for their recognized sportsachievements alongwith his/herapplication, has been considered inBoard office. In this connection ithas been decided that the appli-cants who have not submitted thecertificates for his/her recognizedsports achievement in team game asper Railway Board's letter No.2012/E(Sports)/4(1)/1/ PolicyClarification dated 15-6-2012 (RBENo. 71/2012), may be asked tosubmit the same before the day oftrial. In the case of failure ofsubmission of such certificate,candidate should not be allowed toappear in the field trial.

(This disposes of North WesternRailway's letter No. Sports/NWR/

002/Clarification/2013-14 dt. 26-12-2013).

Railway Board's letter No. 2014/E(Sports)/4(1)/1/Policy Clarificationsdated 17-1-2014.

Refresher Course in FireFighting to Ticket CheckingStaff

Reference this office letter No.E(MPP)2009/3/44 dated 14-10-2009reiterating instructions in regard totraining in Fire-Fighting to all theTraining Centres falling within theirjurisdiction.

Safety Audit Team Constitutedby Board, in their findings, hasobserved that On-Board CommercialStaff & at Stations, (TTE/TC) are notbeing imparted proper training inFire-Fighting/use of fire extingui-shers.

Board has taken a serious note ofthis and has desired that instruc-tions should be issued to all theZonal Training Centres under thejurisdiction of the concernedRailways to give more focus ontraining in fire fighting/use of fireextinguishers etc. while impartingtraining on Disaster Management/First Aid prescribed in Refresher/promotional courses for TicketChecking Staff/Ticket Collectors/Coach Attendants etc.

Railway Board's letter No.E(MPP)2013/3/21 dated 21-1-2014.

Syllabus for professionalpapers for 30% LDCE forpromotion to Group ‘B’ postsof AEE in ElectricalEngineering Department ofRailways/Production Units

Ref: Railway Board’s letter No.E(GP) 79/2/30/6 dated 9-11-1979.

Revised syllabus for professionalpapers for Limited DepartmentalCompetitive Examination (LDCE)for promotion from Group ‘C’ toGroup ‘B’ posts in ElectricalEngineering Department of Rail-ways/Production Units is enclosedfor guidance. This may be givenwide publicity and circulatedamongst the eligible candidates.

The revised syllabus shall be

effective from the date of issue ofthis letter. However, LDCEs forwhich written examinations havealready been held or which areunder process, need not bedisturbed.

Syllabus for professional papers(Revised) for 30% LDCE forpromotion to Group B post of AEEin Electrical Engineering Depart-ment

Paper –I

Maximum Marks : 150Qualifying Marks : 90

Part-IGeneral – 50 MarksI. General KnowledgeII. Official language

Part-IIProfessional subject – 100

Marks1.0 General –

1.1 Net work analysis, Star/Delta, transformation Symmetricalcomponent, transients, Basics ofControl Systems.

1.2 Along and Digital Electro-nics and Circuits : Semiconductordevice physics, PN junctions andtransistors, circuit models andparameters, FET, Zener, tunnel,Schottky, photo diodes and theirapplications, rectifier circuits,voltage regulators and multipliers,switching behavior of diodes andtransistors.

Small signal amplifiers, biasingcircuits, frequency response andimprovement, multi-stage amplifiersand feed-back amplifiers, D.C.amplifiers, Oscillators. Large signalamplifiers, coupling methods, pushpull amplifiers, operational ampli-fiers, and wave shaping circuits.Multi-vibrators and flip-flops andtheir applications. Digital logic gatefamilies, universal gate combina-tional circuits for arithmetic andlogic operation, sequential logiccircuits. Counters, registers, RAMand RGMs.

1.3 Micro-processors : Micro-processor architecture Instructionset and simple assembly languageprogramming. Interfacing formemory and I/O. Applications of


Micro-processors in power system.

1.4 Power Electronics : Powersemi-conductor devices. Thyristor.Power transistor (IGBT), GTOs, andMOSFETs. Characteristics andoperation. AC to DC Converters; 1-phase and 3 –phase DC to DCConverters; AC regulators. Thyristorcontrolled reactors, switchedcapacitor networks.

Inverters; Single-phase and 3-phase. Pulse width modulation.Sinusoidal modulation with uni-form sampling. Switched modepower supplies.

1.5 Communication Systems :Types of modulation; AM. FM andPM. Demodulators. Noise andbandwidth considerations. Digitalcommunication systems. Pulse codemodulation and demodulation.Elements of sound and visionbroadcasting. Carrier communica-tion. Frequency division and timedivision multiplexing, Telemetrysystem in power engineering. Fibreoptic cable communication system.

1.6 Indian Elect. Acts & Rules :Application of these to Railwayworking, checks to be carried outbefore commissioning Elect. Assets,functions and duties of ElectricalInspectors (EIG), Electricity Act 2003.Energy Conservation Act 2007, ECBCode, role of Life Inspector, Lift &Escalators Rules.

2.0 Electrical EngineeringMaterials : Band Theory, Conduc-tors, Semiconductors and Insulators,Super-conductivity. Insulators forelectrical and electronic applica-tions. Magnetic materials. Ferro andferri magnetism. Ceramics :Properties and applications. Halleffect and its applications. Specialsemi-conductors. Insulating materialclassification/Thermal affect, SolarPV modules

3.0 Theory and performance ofElectrical Machines & equipment –

3.1 Basic concepts in rotatingmachines. EMF, torque, basicmachine types. Construction andoperation, leakage, losses andefficiency.

3.2 Direct current machines :Generation of EMF, work, power,

Torque equation, armature winding,armature, reaction, theory ofcommutation, Inter-poles &compensating windings, charac-teristics of shunts, series andcompound generators, parallelrunning and load sharing ofgenerators. Construction, Excitationmethods. Circuit models charac-teristics and performance analysis.Generators and motors. Starting andspeed control. Testing. Losses andefficiency.

3.3 Synchronous Machines.Construction. Circuit model. Opera-ting characteristics and performanceanalysis. Synchronous reactance.Efficiency. Voltage regulation.Salient-pole machine. Paralleloperation. Hunting. Short circuittransients.

3.4 Induction Machines. Cons-truction. Principle of operation.Rotating fields, Characteristics andperformance analysis. Determina-tion of circuit model. Circle diagram,Starting and speed control,Fractional KW motors. Single-phasesynchronous and induction motors,3 phase Asynchronous motors andinduction motors for tractionapplication.

3.5 Transformers : Constructionand testing. Equivalent circuits.Losses and efficiency. Regulation.Auto-transformer. 3-phase trans-former, Parallel operation. Methodsof cooling, Tap changing, paralleloperation, polarity and phasesequence testing, protection Instru-ments, PTs & CTs, etc. Scottconnection transformer.

4.0 Generation, Transmission &Utilisation –

4.1 Sources of energy, heatvalue of fuel, steam power station,Hydro Elect. Station, Nuclear powerstation. Pumped storage plants.Economics and operating factors.

4.2 Power transmission lines.Modeling and performancecharacteristics. Voltage control.Load flow studies. Optimal powersystem operation. Load frequencycontrol. Symmetrical short circuitanalysis. Z-Bus formulation.Symmetrical Components. Per Unitrepresentation. Fault analysis.

Transient and steady-state stabilityof power systems. Equal areacriterion.

Power system Transients. PowerSystem Protection Circuit breakers.Relays. HVDC transmission.

4.3 Illumination standards oflight, polar curve, Reflection andabsorption, lighting calculationsincluding design & economicallayout of service building, workshop& yards. Various sources of light-fluorescent tubes etc.

4.4 Electric traction : Advan-tages & disadvantages, speed timecurve traction motor, starting &speed control of DC series motors,power, consumptions Regenerativebraking, advantages and disa-dvantages of AC traction over DCtraction, Tractive effort, BrakingEffort.

4.5 Group & individual drive.Choice of drive & motors for varioususages.

5.0 Measurements & instru-mentation –

5.1 Units and standards. Erroranalysis Measurement of resistance(high & low), potentiometer, wheatstone & Kelvin bridge, meggers forinsulation resistance & earthresistance.

5.2 Voltmeters, ammeter, powerfactor meter, single phase wattmeter, measurements of three phasepower recording instruments,maximum demand meter. Watt hourmeter, shunt, CT, PT.

5.3 Check meter

5.4 Transducers and theirapplications to the measurement ofnon-electrical quantities liketemperature, pressure, flow-ratedisplacement, acceleration, noiselevel, etc. Date acquisition systems.A/D and D/A converters.

6.0 Mechanical EngineeringRefrigeration etc.-

6.1 Various type of drives, belt,tooth gearing, rope and chain driveand Helical gears. Different types ofbearings, ball, roller etc.

6.2 Heat pump cycle, vapourcompression, estimation of coolingand heating levels and plant


capacities, calculation of psycho-metric charts, condensers coolingand dehumidification, refrigerantand their properties.

7.0 Logical Reasoning –

The test is given to thecandidates to judge their power ofreasoning spread in verbal and nonverbal areas. The candidates shouldbe able to think logically so that theyperceive the data accurately, under-stand the relationships correctly,figure out the missing number ofwords, and to apply rules to newand different contexts. Theseindicators are measured throughperformance on such tasks asdetecting missing links, followingdirections, classifying words,establishing sequences, and comple-ting analogies.

7.1 Chart logic : A chart or a tableis given that is partially filled in andasked to complete it in accordancewith the information given either inthe chart/table or in the question.

7.2 Pattern perception : Here acertain pattern is given andgenerally a quarter is left blank. Thecandidate is required to identify thecorrect quarter from the given fouralternatives.

7.3 Figure matrix : In this morethan one set of figures is given in theform of a matrix all of them follow-ing the same rule. The candidate isrequired to follow the rule andidentify the missing figure.

7.4 Rule detection : Here aparticular rule is given and it isrequired to select from the given setsof figures a set of figures whichobeys the rule and forms the correctseries.

Paper –II

Maximum Marks : 150

Qualifying Marks : 90

Part-I

Establishment & FinancialRules – 50 marks

Part-II

Professional subject – 100Marks

General Services –

1.1 General power supply

arrangements, air conditioning etc.

1.2 Power Supply : HT & LTsources, power supply network,substation layout, overhead & underground distribution, maintenance &operation of transformers, switchgears, protective devices & distri-bution lines.

1.3 Construction, erection &commissioning of new sub stationdistribution lines, line calculationsetc.

1.4 House wiring metering &safety precautions.

1.5 Tariff & agreements, Rela-tive merits of obtaining HT & LTsupply, steps to reduce maximumdemand, measurement of power,power factor, measuring demandetc.

1.6 Water supply & require-ment of water planning of watersupply system, sources of waterpipe line frictional & other losses,discharge calculations.

1.7 Reciprocating centrifugal &turbine pumps, relative merit, choiceof VS & HS pumps, characteristiccurve of pumps, efficiency Drives,Elect. Connections & protections.Cavitations & priming of pumps,measurement of output with V-notch & nozzle, necessity of multistage pumping, storage capacityand purification of water.

1.8 Preventive maintenance,special failure of pumps & motors,periodical overhaul.

1.9 Air-conditions and Refri-geration :

Central air-conditioning plant &package type system, refrigerationcycle, air changes, planning forcapacity and drives for refrigerationplants, refrigerants and ducting.

1.10 Specification, design &testing of water coolers, central aswell as package plants. Require-ments of water coolers, windowcoolers & refrigerators.

1.11 Standby arrangement : DGsets, both petrol & diesel as alsodiesel pumps for water supplyarrangements. Operation main-tenance and overhauling.

1.12 Illumination, yard lighting,

street lighting & town supply networks. Drives for workshopmachinery.

1.13 Earthing & Bonding.

1.14 Commissioning & main-tenance aspect of conventional &maintenance free earthing arrange-ment for general service application.

1.15 Maintenance of variousequipment of sub-station, EnergyManagement, Important Instruc-tions issued by Railway Board andRDSO.

1.16 Energy Consumption,Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind andbiomass.

2.0 Traction Distribution –

2.1 Systems of electrification inuse and advantage and disadvan-tages of the different systems withemphasis on 2x25 KV system.

2.2 Feasibility studies andjustifications for track electrifica-tions, preliminary planning anddesign, procedure followed intaking up electrification scheme,working drawing for execution ofOHE wiring plans and OHE layoutplans.

2.3 Planning of layout ofoverhead equipments, Technoeconomic survey for electrification ofnew lines, foot by foot survey,prepegging plans, precautions to betaken while wiring new lines,foundation & their types & use ofwiring trains, final checking safetychecks & certification, energizing of

CorrigendumGrant of Dearness Relief

to Railway pensioners/family pensioners –Revised Rate Effectivefrom 01.07.2013.

Vide Board’s letter No.PLC-VI/2008/I/7/2/2 dt. 29.10.2013,PC-VI No. was inadvertentlymentioned as 327. This numbermay be read as ‘PC-VI No. 329.’

Ref: Railway Board's letter No.PLC-VI/2008/I/7/2/2 dt. 31-12-2013.


new lines, principles of preparationof lay out plans, provision of returnconductors.

2.4 Overhead equipments –Types of overhead equipments,regulated and unregulated systems,stitches OHE, speed potential ofvarious types of OHE, Centenary,contact wire, Dropper & Jumpers.Overlaps, clearances, Mast &portals, schedules of Dimension etc.

2.5 Maintenance problems withOHE, Foot Patrolling, currentcollection, use of Tower wagons,ladders & ladder trolleys, seasonal& cycle checks, maintenanceSchedule, Insulator cleaning,straightening of out of plumb masts,earthing and bonds, returnconductors, Preventive maintenanceTools, Types of Blocks & Procedure.

2.6 Breakdowns, TRD worksduring breakdown and accidents,restoration procedure both tem-porary and permanent.

2.7 Overhaul schedule & anti-theft measures.

2.8 Organization & working ofmaintenance depots, repair work-shops, training of staff safetymeasurements and precautions.

2.9 Power supply installation :Power supply arrangements, trac-tion sub stations, feeding stations,SSP & SPs, 132 KV transmissionlines, Railway owned sub stations,transformer maintenance, circuitbreakers, current and potentialtransformers, protective relays,auxiliary transformers, interruptersand isolators.

2.10 Liaison with power supplyauthorities, monthly meter reading,control over maximum demand,emergency power supply arrange-ments. Automated Meter Reading.

2.11 Maintenance of switchingstations.

2.12 Remote control system,remote control equipment for ACsubstations and it working. Opera-tion and maintenance of remotecontrol, Specialized equipments forremote control work.

2.13 Remote control centre,traction power control organization,permit to work, emergency arrange-

ments, coordination with operatingand other departments. Liaisonwith supply authorities, emergencyphones, safety precautions forelectrified section.

2.14 Miscellaneous : Traction,stores and their accountal, regula-tion for electrical crossing ofRailway tracks.

2.15 Important instructionsissued by Railway Board, RDSO’sSMI/MS.TCs and related Investiga-tion Reports.

3.0 Train lighting and airconditioned coaches

3.1 Designs, constructions,principles of working schematiccircuits diagrams of train lightingequipments used in train lightingsystem.

3.2 Coach wiring, under framewiring, schedule of rewiring,couplers, lamp resistance, junctionboxes and fuses, Generation to non-generation ratio, lights, fans andwater raising apparatus.

3.3 Self generating coaches, Endon-generation, Head on GenerationPower cars, electrical and mechani-cal components, layout, operationand maintenance procedures forslip coaches.

3.4 Train lighting batteries theirmaintenance, defects analysis ofcauses of failures and remedialmeasures.

Simplified system of trainlighting use of alternators, anti theftmeasures.

3.5 Fires in trains, preventivemeasures and precautions.

3.6 Periodic over haul and heavyrepairs to train lighting equipment.

3.7 Broad outlines of types ofequipments used in 110 V and 415Volt air conditioned coaches,scheme of refrigerated vans. Drivesand their problems, maintenanceand operational problems Refrigera-tion, compressors their types inservice and their problems, gearboxes, their maintenance andalignment.

3.8 Maintenance schedule for ACcoaches, partial AC coaches, AC I,II/III coaches, Sleeper coaches.

Running repairs.

3.9 Coordination with Mecha-nical, Operating and SecurityDepartment

3.10 Important instructionsissued by Railway Board, RDSO’sSMIs, TCs and related investiga-tions reports

4.0 Electric Locos-

4.1 Description of locomotives inservice, principles of operation andcharacteristics of different types oflocos used in electric traction on theIndian Railways.

4.2 Power, Auxiliary andcontrol circuits : Their equipment,functioning, maintenance/overhau-ling schedules.

4.3 Various types of bogies andbogie suspension and their compo-nents, power transmission fromtraction motor to axles, tractionmotor mounting arrangement i.e.jacqueman drive, Quill drive, WNcoupler: their equipment, function-ing, maintenance/overhaulingschedules.

4.4 Air, vacuum and Dual BreakSystem, Air compressors, regenera-tive and rheostatic breaking, theirequipment, functioning, main-tenance/overhauling schedules.

4.5 Function of electric locosheds and electric loco workshops.

4.6 Schedule inspection of locosi.e. IA, IB, IC, AOH, IOH and POH.

4.7 Records and registersmaintained in loco shed, planningand progress organization, statis-tical data, rolling stock organizationin sheds and shops, fire prevention,safety checks and history cards.

4.8 Important instructionsissued by Railway Board, RDSO’sSMI/MS/TCs and related investiga-tion reports, AC Traction Manual.

5.0 EMU/MEMU/Metros

5.1 Utility of EMU trains forurban and suburban services vis-à-vis locomotives, various type ofEMUs stock – AC, DC and AC-DC,their salient features, rake formation.

5.2 Power circuits, auxiliary,control circuit, break systems, bogiesand other mechanical components,

their equipment, functioning, main-tenance/overhauling schedules.

5.3 Inspection schedules ofEMUs/MEMU/Metros, trouble-shooting sequence.

5.4 Safety precautions and fireprevention checks

5.5 Maintenance and overhaulorganization and liaison with otherdepartment.

6.0 Electric loco and EMUoperation-

6.1 Operation of electric locoswith single unit and multiple unitand with rheostatic and regenera-tive breaking.

6.2 Safety features to be followedin the operation of electric locos andEMUs

6.3 Failures of electric locos andEMUs, their cause, investigationand remedial measures for avoidingfailures.

6.4 Inter-relation between electricmechanical and operating depart-ment in functioning of electric locosand EMUs.

6.5 Function of traction lococontrol organization.

6.6 Preparation of engine linksand drivers links – power plan.

6.7 Compilation of operatingstatics for electric locos and EMUsoperation.

6.8 Outstation organization formaintenance of electric loco andEMU

6.9 Working rules for prepara-tion/operation of elect. Rolling stock.

6.10 Recruitment and training ofrunning staff – conversion trainingetc.

6.11 Accidents and re-railingtechnique of locos and EMUs.

7.0 Stores Matters –

7.1 Procedure relating toprocurement of stock items, non-stock items, distribution and

accountal of stores.

7.2 Receipt and custody ofstores

7.3 Sale of surplus stores.

7.4 Inventory control

7.5 Schedule of Powers

8.0 Engineering Matters-

8.1 Estimates

8.2 Execution of work

8.3 Contracts for work

8.4 Procedure for traffic andengineering surveys

9. Disaster Management – Roleof Electrical Officer.

Railway Board's letter No.E(GP)2008/2/7 dated 27-1-2014.

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RNI No. R.N. 7243/63Regd. No. DL(C) -01/1121/2012-2014

Licensed to post without pre-payment No. U(C)-279/2013-14

Date of Publication : 1st February, 2014 Date of Posting - 3rd & 4th every monthPosted at SRT Nagar Post office New Delhi -110055

Revenue Earnings upby 13.27 per cent duringApril - November, 2013

The total approximate earningsof Indian Railways on originatingbasis during 1 April - 30 November,2013 were Rs.89,339.64 crorecompared to Rs.78,871.47 croreduring the same period last year,registering an increase of 13.27 percent. The total goods earnings havegone up from Rs.54,482.80 croreduring 1 April – 30 November, 2012to Rs.60,150.41 crore during 1April– 30 November, 2013, registering anincrease of 10.40 per cent.

The Total passenger revenueearnings during 1 April-30 Novem-ber 2013 were Rs.24,523.69 crorecompared to Rs.20,423.28 croreduring the same period last year,registering an increase of 20.08percent. The approximate revenueearnings from other coachingamounted to Rs.2515.81 croreduring April-November 2013compared to Rs.2061.53 croreduring the same period last year, anincrease of 22.04 per cent.

The total approximate numbers

of passengers booked during 1 April– 30 November, 2013 were 5662.38million compared to 5695.10 millionduring the same period last year,showing a decrease of 0.57 per cent.In the suburban and non-suburbansectors, the numbers of passengersbooked during April-November,2013 were 3027.88 million and2634.50 million compared to 2958.80million and 2736.30 million duringthe same period last year, showingan increase of 2.33 per cent and adecrease of 3.72 percent respectively.

(Indian Railways – January,2014).

Maximum Ceilingfor payment ofHonorarium to

Cashiers and otherCash & Pay StaffMinistry of Railways

(Railway Board) has clarifiedthat the ceiling limit of 25%prescribed in Board’s letter No.99/AC-II/20/2 dt. 25.07.2013for payment of honorarium toCashiers and other Cash & Paystaff applies to the total of theannual basic pay and gradepay.

Ref: Railway Board's letter No.99/AC-II/20/2 dated 24-12-2013.

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