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Recruitment of staff in Indian Railways - Mode of dispatch of call letters to applicants regarding Recruitment of staff in Pay Band-1 of Rs. 5200-20200 (grade Pay : Rs. 1800) on Indian Railways- Mode of dispatch of call letters to applicants regarding... Instructions are given by Railway Board for the recruitment of staff in Pay band 1 of GP 1800, call letter be issued to successful candidates in written examination for appearing in PET (Physical Efficiency Test), three weeks prior to date of commencement of PET under Business post instead of earlier instructions of one months prior to date of conduct of examination. Click to know more….

Instructions issued regarding ‘Recruitment of Persons with disabilities from open market’ by Railway Board… Government of India Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) E(NG)II/2006/RC-2/13 New Delhi, dated 25.09.2013 The General Manager (P), All Indian Railways & Production Units, Chairman/RRBs & RRCs. Sub: Recruitment of Persons with disabilities from open market - regarding. Attention is invited to this Ministry’s letters of even number dated 17/9/2007, 18/2/2011 and 27/4/2012, regarding guidelines for providing concessions/facilities including scribes to persons with disabilities (PWDs), while conducting examination for their recruitment from open-market. It has come to the notice of this Ministry that the said guidelines are not being followed properly, resulting in undue hardship to PWDs. The matter has been viewed seriously by this Ministry. Accordingly, it is directed that instructions ibid are strictly adhered to while conducting open market recruitment. Further, s...

Railway Board issued orders to issue payment of DA to Railway employees at revised rates from 1.7.2013… Government of India Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) S.No.PC-VI/ 325 No. PC-VI/2008/1/7/2/1 RBE No.98 /2013 New Delhi, dated 25.09.2013 The GMs/CAO(R), All Indian Railways & Production Units (as per mailing list) Sub: Payment of Dearness Allowance to Railway employees — Revised rates effective from 01.07.2013. Please refer to this Ministry's letter of even number dated 26.04.2013 (S.No PC-VI/315, RBE No.38/2013) on the subject mentioned above. The President is pleased to decide that the Dearness Allowance payable to Railway employees shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 80% to 90% with effect from 1st July, 2013. 2. The provisions contained in Paras 3, 4 & 5 of this Ministry's letter of even number dated 09.09.2008 (S.No.PC-VI/3, RBE No.106/2008) shall continue to be applicable while regulating Dearness Allowance under these orders. 3. The addition...

Railway Staff Welfare Points are highlighted in the Railway Budget 2013-14 Railway Staff Welfare – Points are highlighted in the Railway  Budget 2013-14 to be implemented to ensure in the current financial year by the Ministry of Railways… Staff Welfare Fund allocation for staff quarters enhanced to Rs 300 cr. Provision of hostel facilities for single women railway employees at all divisional headquarters. Extending treatment facility in case of medical emergency to RELHS beneficiaries to all cities in hospitals empanelled with CGHS and Railways. Condition of barracks to be improved for RPF personnel. Provision of water closets and air conditioners in the locomotive cabs to avoid stress being faced by loco pilots.

As informed in the Railway Budget 2013-14 the below factories/workshops to be set up in the financial year… Rail Based Industries - New factories/workshops to be set up : a new Forged Wheel Factory at Rae Bareli in collaboration with Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited. a Greenfield Mainline Electrical Multiple Units (MEMU) manufacturingfacility at Bhilwara (Rajasthan) in collaboration with State Government and BHEL. a Coach Manufacturing Unit in Sonepat District (Haryana) in collaboration with State Government. a Midlife Rehabilitation Workshop at Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh) in collaboration with the State Government. Bikaner and Pratapgarh workshops to undertake POH of BG wagons. orkshop for repair and rehabilitation of motorized bogies at Misrod (Madhya Pradesh). a new wagon maintenance workshop in Kalahandi (Odisha). a modern signaling equipment facility at Chandigarh through PPP route.

Railway Board issued orders on Children Education Allowance regarding reimbursement of Examination Fee RBE No. 93/2013 PC-VI No. 324 Government of India Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) No.E(W)2008/ED-2/4 New Delhi, Dated: 12-09-2013 The General Manager (P), All Indian Railways & Production Units. Sub : Children Education Allowance —Reimbursement of Examination Fee. Please refer to Railway Board’s letter of even number dated 01.10.2008 followed by subsequent letters regarding revised policy instructions / clarifications on Children Education Allowance admissible to Railway Servants, based on the recommendations of Sixth Central Pay Commission. 2. Now, DOP&T has issued further clarification thereby including ‘examination fee’ as part of reimbursable item under Children Education Allowance with effect from the current financial year in terms of their Office Memorandum No. 12011/01/2012-Estt.(AL) dated 31-07-2013. The same is being circulated herewith for guidance of ...

Employment opportunity in South Central Railway - Last date to apply 30.9.2013 South Central Railway offers through Railway Recruitment Cell for the posts Trackman, Helpers and Assistant Points man. 560 is the total number of vacancies are available and the last date to apply for the posts will be fixed on 30.9.2013. The period is extended to the candidates  residing in Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagatand, Tripura, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Lahaul & Spiti districts and Parigi Sub-division of Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh and Andaman & Nicobar, lakshadweep Islands upto 15.10.2013. MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS : Candidates should possess qualification of pass in 10th or ITI or equivalent. Candidates who are appearing or awaiting results of the final examInations of 10th/ITI or equivalent on the date of application are not eligible to apply. AGE LIMIT :The normal age (In completed years) for the recruitment is 18-33 years reckoned...

S.No. Feeder Category Promotional category Revised Pay structure (Pay Band /Grade Pay) 1. Chief Matron Assistant Nursing Officer PB3 GP Rs.5400 2. Sr. Technician Jr. Engineer PB2 GP Rs.4200 3. (i) Loco Pilots (Goods) (i) Loco Pilots (Passenger) PB-2 GP Rs 4200 Railway Board Orders : Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008- Clarification regarding fixation of pay under rule 13 on functional promotions in various situations where feeder and promotional posts have been placed in the same Pay Band and Grade Pay and where merger is not feasible. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (Railway Board) S.No. PC-VI/317 No. PC Vl/2011/IC/1 New Delhi, dated 12.09.2013 The GMs/CAOs(R), All Indian Railways & Production Units (As per mailing list) Subject: Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008- Clarification regarding fixation of pay under rule 13 on functional promotions in various situations where feeder and promotional posts have been placed in the same P...

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) E(W)2012/PS 5-2/5 Date 23-07-2013. The General Manger, All Indian Railways and PUs. Sub :- Issue of complimentary passes to the regular staff of NZRE CTC Society. Ref :- This office letter of even no. dated 27/9/2012. The issue was raised by AIRF in the PNM Meeting held in Jan, 2013. Subsequently, in the second meeting between the Federation and the official side on 14.6.2013, it was decided to re-examine the matter. “ Accordingly, the matter has been re-examined in consultation with Finance Directorate. After taking into account Boards letters No.463-TG dated 19/9/51 and 1000TG/53/17 dated 13.1.1954, it is now clarified that only family members and not their dependant relatives or attendant may be included in complimentary passes/PTO facility for rail travel for regular staff of Co-operative credit and Consumer Societies/Banks etc ”. sd/- (Debasis Mazumdar) Director Estt.(Welfare) Railway Board Source : AIRF

Railway Board's Order regarding dispensation of written test for recruitment of wards under LARSGESS - RBE 72/2013. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) RBE No. 72 /2013 No. E(P&A)I-2010/RT-2 New Delhi dated 23-07-2013. The General Mangers, All Indian Rai1ways. Sub : Dispensation of Written Test for recruitment of wards rider LARSGESS. The employees Federations have been demanding dispensation of Written Examination for recruitment of wards under LARSGESS for quite some time. The mater has been considered by the Board and it has been decided to dispense with Written Examination for recruitment of wards of Gangmen and the specified Safety categories ¡n GP Rs.1800/- as notified ¡n Board’s letters of even number dated 11/09/2010 and 03/01/2012 under LARSGESS. However, they will have to qualify the medical tests for the relevant category/posts, after verification of educational certificates etc. by a Committee of three JAG level officers at Divisional le...

Government of India Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) S.No.PC-VI/ 315 No. PC-VI/2008/1/7/2/1 RBE No.-38 /2013 New Delhi, dated 26.04.2013 The GMs/CAO(R), All Indian Railways & Production Units (as per mailing list) Sub: Payment of Dearness Allowance to Railway employees — Revised rates effective from 01.01.2013 . Please refer to this Ministry’s letter of even number dated 03.10.2012 (S.No PC-VI/303, RBE No.112/2012) on the subject mentioned above. The President is pleased to decide that the Dearness Allowance payable to Railway employees shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 72% to 80% with effect from 1st January, 2013.   2.    The provisions contained in Paras 3, 4 & 5 of this Ministry’s letter of even number dated 09.09.2008 (S.No.PC-VI/3, RBE No 106/2008) shall continue to be applicable while regulating Dearness Allowance under these orders. 3.    The additional installment of Dearness Allowance payable under these order...

A Coach of Tamilnadu Express Catches Fire Near Nellore Station in Andhra Pradesh 32 Dead and 25 Injured in the Accident There was an unfortunate incident of fire in train no. 12622 New Delhi-Chennai Tamilnadu Express at Nellore station (Andhra Pradesh) of Vijayawada Division of South Central Railway at about 0422 hours today i.e. 30th July 2012.   While the train was on run, fire broke out in Sleeper Class Coach S-11, positioned 20th from train engine.  As a result of the fire, this coach got completely burnt.  As per latest information received, 32 passengers lost their lives in this unfortunate incident, 25 passengers with burn injuries have been admitted to Government Hospital, Nellore and a nearby private hospital.  The dead bodies are yet to be identified. According to reports, while the train was passing Nellore Station, Gateman of Level Crossing Gate noticed the fire in S-11 coach and informed Dy. Station Superintendent of Nellore who managed to stop t...

AIRF 'Press Release' - Protests against non-implementation of merger of Tech.-I and Tech-II , Provision of GP Rs. 4800 instead of Rs. 4600 in Railways… ALL INDIA RAILWAYMEN'S FEDERATION No.AIRF/24(C) Dated : June 28, 2012 PRESS RELEASE NEW DELHI - 18th July: As per decision taken by the All India Railwaymen's Federation(AIRF), the entire Technical Staff — right from Helper, Technician to Senior Subordinate Engineers, belonging to all the disciplines of the Railways, viz Electrical, Mechanical, Civil Engineering and S&T etc., etc., staged a day-long dharna and demonstration under the banner of All India Railwaymen’s Federations affiliates at all the branches all over the Indian Railways, including Production Units on the clarion call of AIRF, demanding immediate redressaI of long pending genuine major demands of the Technical Categories of staff, which include merger of Technician II & I in Grade Pay of Rs.2800, replacement of Rs.4600 with GP Rs.4800 in c...

Cashless Service for RELHS Card Holder to take treatment in Recognized Private Hospitals in emergency. In an endeavour to alleviate the problems faced by the Sr. Citizens in getting treatment in emergency, a cashless service for RELHS card holders to take treatment in recognized private hospitals of National Capital Region was introduces by Northern Railway vide Board’s letter of even no. dated 29.02.2008 as a Pilot Project. The scheme was subsequently extended by one year each on two occasions i.e. up to 20.08.2011 vide Board’s letters of even no. dated 13.11.2009 and 27.01.2011. The issue of extension of the scheme or otherwise was under consideration in the Ministry of Railways for some time. The Competent Authority in the Ministry of Railways after careful consideration in the matter has decided to extend the facility till further orders for RELHS beneficiaries to take care of their health care needs in an acute emergency. This scheme will now be available in all Metros, State Ca...

Money debited from cards, but train ticket not booked… It is sometimes happened to everybody, what will be next… IRCTC has now clarified for this issue… Money debited but ticket not booked The online payment at IRCTC involves complex system of technical and telecommunication networking integration between customer’s Internet bandwidth, IT system of banks and payment gateways and is dependent on internet connectivity across various constituents. Any failure or delay in this complex network may cause transaction failure before completion. This can raise the situation of money debited from the account but ticket not booked with the following possibilities: S.No. Status in “My Transactions” Cause Action by IRCTC Action by Bank 1 Payment Settled but Ticket Not Booked Passenger opted for particular berth at the time of booking and ticket not booked due to choice of Berth not available. Other reasons such as network failures etc. Amount is credited back on next day to t...

Pension Pay Orders(PPO), CGHS Cards has now accepted as ‘Photo ID’ for Tatkal Booking Some of the permissible photo Id cards under the term "photo identity card having serial number issued by Central/State Government". Scope of the term "photo identity card having serial number issued by Central/State Government" permissible under the scheme is very wide and it covers a large number of photo identity cards, some of which are as under: . Pension Pay Orders(PPO) Ration Card with photographs Senior citizen cards Below Poverty (BPL) cards ESI cards (with photograph) issued for taking treatment in ESI dispensaries CGHS Cards (with photograph) issued to individual family members of Central Govt. employees.

Booking of Train Tickets – Advance reservation period is increased from 90 days to 120 days. Time limit for Advance Reservations to be increased from 90 days to 120 days.   With reference to the Railway Board Commercial Circular No. 12 of 2012, it has been decided to increase the advance reservation period from 90 days to 120 days on experimental basis (excluding the date of Journey) w.e.f. 10.03.2012. There will be no change in case of certain day time Express Trains like Taj Express, Gomti Express, etc. where lower time limits for advance reservations are at present in force. There will also be no change in case of the limit of 360 days for foreign tourists.

Revised timing for booking Tatkal Tickets from 19.7.2012 One more good decision taken by Railways… Due to avoid booking from agents and touts, the Indian Railways has now changed the booking timing for Tatkal tickets from 19th July, 2012. Indian Railways have been regularly monitoring the activities of the agents, touts. On a average of around 15 lakh train tickets are being sold through 8838 passenger reservation ticket counters and the e-ticketing website through IRCTC, out of which the Tatkal tickets constitutes around 1.70 lakh. As per the amendment in the Tatkal scheme, booking will start only at 10 A.M. instead of 8 A.M. For example, if a train is to depart from the originating station on the 2nd of the month, the Tatkal quota booking both through Internet (IRCTC Website) and reservation counters for that particular train shall open at 1000 hours on the 1st of the month. In addition, it has also been decided that no authorised agents, including agents of IRCTC and RTSAs/RTAs will...