Railway Board has communicated to all the Zonal Railways regarding periodical review Premature retirement of Railway servants and guidelines to be followed quoting the DoPT instruction dated 11.09.2015. For better administration, it is necessary to chop off dead wood.
Railway Board has decided to extend Employee’s Liberalized Health Scheme (RELHS) to all Railway employees who have retired or retiring from Railway service on attaining age of superannuation
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Railway Board prescribed a minimum of three year Diploma course in Engineering and a minimum of four year course in Engineering done after +2 shall only be accepted in addition to Diploma in Engineering obtained from Polytechnics for open market recruitment to posts on the railways.
Quota of 2 berths in sleeper class (one lower and one. middle) is earmarked for physically handicapped persons travelling on concession. physically handicapped persons who can utilize concession only when accompanied by an escort and the second for those handicapped persons for whom it is optional to take an escort with them.
Railway Board recruitment in open market candidates should posses a minimum of three year Diploma course in Engineering and a minimum of four year course in Engineering done after +2 shall only be accepted in addition to Diploma in Engineering obtained from Polytechnics.
Northern Railway letter dated 12.10.2015 states that ”In case of non-gazetted Railway employees, no inter-Railway transfer request will be considered till completion of 05 years of joining Railway.” Railway Divn / Unit to maintain two separate priority registers,
Railway Board has amended the Railway Staff Benefit Fund – Funeral charges for death of Railway employees be given at 10,000/- Scholarship for pursuing technical/ professional diploma/degree for girl children of railway employees up to Rs.2400/- in grade pay
Ministry of Railways has granted additional Dearness relief to all the railway pensioners and the family pensioners with effect from 1st July 2015.
Ministry of Railways clarifies that Compassionate Appointments appointments for the post of Traffic Apprentice and Commercial Apprentice has to be made as per the guidelines given in RBE Circulars issued on 14.09.2011 and 02.03.2012
Railway Employees working at Pune and Ahmedabad will now get 30% HRA as these cities crossed 50 lakh mark and upgraded to X category based on Census 2011. Also 21 cities have been upgraded from “Z” Category to “Y” Category. HRA for these cities will be 20%
consequent to increase in the rates of TA/DA by 25%, w.e.f. 01.01.2014 Railway Board instructs GMs of Indian Railways to pay the arrears of TA/DA