Railway Ministry launches various services to the Nation
Friday, September 30, 2016
Minimum wage and fitment formula for Central Government Employees
Comrade,
The 7th CPC while calculating the minimum wage of Central Government Employees has arrived at Rs 18,000/- the 7th CPC has erred in prescribing provision to cover education, recreation, ceremonies, festivals and medical expenses has been moderated to 15 percent against the provision of 25% .
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Air travel beats Indian Railways Rs 1.75 lakh to Rs 1.67 lakh in revenue
Air travel no more “elitist”/“luxury” as size of domestic aviation industry at R1.75 lac cr exceeds rly revenue at R1.67 lac cr.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Rats nibble actress's bag in train
PTI | Sep 27, 2016,
Mumbai, Sep 27 () Popular Marathi actress Nivedita Saraf has complained that her bag was gnawed by rats while she was travelling by a train, prompting the railway administration to intensify the pest control measures.
Budget overhaul: Modi govt just took the first step to privatise Indian Railways
S Mohammed Irshad Sep 26, 2016
Theere are reasons to believe that the Narendra Modi government's decision to merge the railway budget with the general budget is part of the government's larger strategy to privatise Railways, India's largest public carrier.
Parliamentary panel will examine ramifications of merger of railway and general budget, says Moily
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance M. Veerappa Moily said here on Tuesday that the committee will give its report on the ramifications of the Union Cabinet’s decision of merging the Railway Budget with the General Budget before the commencement of next Parliament session.
Monday, September 26, 2016
Assistant loco pilot injured in stone-pelting
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, THE HINDU
The assistant loco pilot of the Ernakulam – Bengaluru Express, Pritham Kumar, suffered a minor injury on Saturday, after a stone thrown by a few school students who were playing near the railway track hit his eye.
Getting Railways on track
That it took 69 years after Independence for India to merge the Railway Budget with the Union Budget is an indication of how difficult it can be to junk colonial-era traditions that may have outlived their utility.
Alcohol addiction may impact neurocognitive skills in elderly
Alcohol addiction may impact neurocognitive skills in elderly
IANS | Updated: Sep 26, 2016,
78 days Bonus for Railway employees
Indian Railways Employees likely to get 78-day bonus before the Dussehra festival
By sai kiran
Understanding Minimum Wages and Bonus
Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Labour & Employment
24-September-2016
Understanding Minimum Wages and Bonus
ANNUAL REPORT ON PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES 2014-15
SALIENT FEATURES
The total expenditure on Pay and Allowances (excluding Productivity Linked Bonus/ Ad-hoc Bonus, Honorarium, Encashment of Earned Leave and Travelling Allowance) for Regular Central Government Civilian employees including employees of the Union Territories was Rs 139951.93 crore in 2014-15 as compared to Rs 127074.60 crore in 2013-14. Thus, there is an increase in expenditure by Rs 12877.33 crore over previous year which in relative terms works out to around 10.13%.
Saturday, September 24, 2016
Railway presses 'Mosquito Terminator' train into service
Press Trust of India | New Delhi September 23, 2016
A special train, called 'Mosquito Terminator', was today pressed into service by the Northern Railway to spray insecticide on water bodies along the track in Delhi area to curb mosquito breeding.
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Merger of railway and general budget will lead to red tapism: Congress
ANI | Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] September 22, 2016
A day after Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitleyannounced the merger of General and railway budgets,Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok SabhaMallikarjun Kharge said the merger will create more bureaucratic hurdles for the rail ministry as it would strip it off its financial autonomy.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Cabinet may approve railway budget merger with Union budget tomorrow
Railway minister Suresh Prabhu will attend the cabinet meeting to be part of the historic decision that will end the 92-year old practice of presenting the separate railway budget
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Coming soon: India’s longest railway tunnel on Rishikesh-Karnprayag route
Prithviraj Singh, Hindustan Times, Dehradun | Sep 19, 2016
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Indian Railways' company reports highest-ever profit, dividend
Indian Railways' company reports highest-ever profit, dividend
Data drive: The unfair Indian Railways fares
The Indian Railways has been losing money regularly on passenger traffic. According to a study on the impact of Social Service Obligations by the Indian Railways conducted by NITI Aayog member Bibek Debroy and OSD Kishore Desai, the railways incurred losses on all classes but AC3-tier fares
By: FE Bureau | New Delhi | Updated: September 17, 2016
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Accident
SAD NEWS:- On 11 Sept 2016
At "TATI" Station (HTE DIV.) An Eng Spl roll down & dashed with train no.BCN/NMK whiçh was standing at Tati station M/Line..Result..
ALp-Mr.SURAJ KUMAR/HTE was spot death & LP-Mr.D. K.Das/HTE was Seriously Injured and died in hospital..
Sunday, September 11, 2016
China completes world's longest bullet train tracks
PTI | Sep 10, 2016,
HIGHLIGHTS
China has completed over 20,000 kms of track network linking Zhengzhou with Xuzhou
China's high-speed railway lines have exceeded 20,000 kmS in total length
The travel time between Xi'an and Shanghai is cut to six hours from nearly 11 hours
Central Railway loco pilots turn power savers
TNN | Sep 10, 2016, Nagpur: The Nagpur division of Central Railway has shown the way in energy conservation. Loco pilots of the division helped save 1.06 crore units of power worth Rs5.13 crore in the five months from April to August.
Saturday, September 10, 2016
Flexi fare system in railways not passenger-friendly, say city residents
The existing fare for Chandigarh-New Delhi for a CC ticket is around Rs 605 which according to the new fares could reach to approx Rs 810.
Friday, September 9, 2016
Delhi-Mumbai Talgo train final trial at 150 kmph tomorrow
PTI | Sep 9, 2016,
HIGHLIGHTS
Super-Fast Talgo Train from Delhi to Mumbai has final trial tomorrow
Talgo train is expected to start at 2.45 PM from New Delhi station tomorrow and scheduled to reach at Mumbai at 2.29 AM early morning next day
The Talgo train reached Mumbai yesterday 18 minutes late in its third trial
Thursday, September 8, 2016
Consolidated Instructions on compassionate appointment
Consolidated Instructions on compassionate appointment —
Review of FAQs dated 30.05.2013/25.02.2015 with regard to married son
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Allowances- Times of India report
NEW DELHI: The two panels set up by the government to review pensions and allowances are expected to announce interim relief and help blunt the criticism that the government employees and pensioners have not benefited from the 7th pay commission recommendations.
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Sunday, September 4, 2016
Konkan Railway hiring for Assistant Loco Pilot posts: Apply before September 29
Konkan Railway is hiring candidates for Assistant Loco Pilot vacancies under mechanical department.The last date to apply is September 29.
Konkan Railway hiring for Assistant Loco Pilot posts: Apply before September 29
Indian Railways: Travel on Tejas trains to be costlier than Shatabdi
Tejas train will be equipped with many modern facilities some of which are the first for the Indian Railway, said a senior Railway Ministry official.
Thursday, September 1, 2016
VSKP CWC Resolutions
To
Shri. Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu,
Hon’ble Minister for Railway,
Rail Bhawan, New Delhi.
Respected Sir,
