Monday, October 31, 2016

Sunday, October 30, 2016

Papa dear gets railway boot

CHHANDOSREE


Ranchi, Oct. 25: South Eastern Railway authorities have decided to shunt the senior divisional operations manager of Ranchi railway division after a high-level inquiry found that he had indeed used his clout to stop the New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express at an unscheduled station to allow his daughter on board last week.

Indian Railways' income going down despite reforms

Indian Railways' income going down despite reforms

Saturday, October 29, 2016

NJCA letter to Finance Minister.

No.NC/JCM/2016 Dated: October 26, 2016


Hon’ble Minister for Finance,
Ministry of Finance,
(Government of India),
New Delhi

DA 2 %

Officials have said that the Cabinet has approved a 2 percent dearness allowance in the salary of people working with the Central government.

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Safety scare a stone's throw away on trains chugging along suburbs

By Venkatesan Parthasarathy | Express News Service | Published: 25th October 2016 

CHENNAI: On the night of October 21, at 9.10 pm, 45-year old Mahalakshmi, travelling in the ladies compartment of the Tirumalpur-bound Fast EMU, thought she was heading back to her residence in Guduvanchery. But as things turned out, she would instead spend the next two days at a hospital getting treatment following a freak incident.

Monday, October 24, 2016

15th DECEMBER 2016 CONFEDERATION PARLIAMENT MARCH

CHALO DELHI ...... CHALO PARLIAMENT


15th DECEMBER 2016 CONFEDERATION PARLIAMENT MARCH

Friday, October 21, 2016

Railway officers’ body wants unions reined in

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

: The Southern Railway Officers’ Association (SROA) has asked the Southern Railway administration to take steps to ensure that retired employees do not hold posts in employee unions.

Alert train driver averts mishap, 30 RTC bus passengers saved

By Express News Service | Published: 21st October 2016

SRIKAKULAM: A major accident was averted after an alert train driver, noticing a bus stuck on a railway level crossing, stopped the train just 20 to 30 feet from the bus, even as many passengers jumped out of the bus.

Railway Board officials brief Par panel on budget merger

Press Trust of India | New Delhi October 21, 2016 

Railway Board officials today briefed a Parliamentary panel on the implications of the government's decision to merge the railway budget with the general budget. 

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Now Indian Railways to get cloud-controlled TV displays at 2,000 stations

Srinand Jha, Hindustan Times, New Delhi | 
Updated: Oct 17, 2016 

Railway setting up the Departmental Anomaly Committee

October 17, 2016 

Railway setting up the Departmental Anomaly Committee to settle the anomalies arising out of the implementation of 7th Pay Commission’s recommendation

Konkan Railway celebrates 26th Foundation Day

THE HINDU 17 October 2016,  SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

Celebrating its 26th Foundation Day, Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. (KRCL), with a 741-km network along the western coast, has geared up for modernisation. Electrification of the line would begin soon even as doubling work has already commenced between Roha and Veer stations in Maharashtra.

Sunday, October 16, 2016

Electric engine debut for passenger train

TNN | Updated: Oct 16, 2016, 

Pune: The railway administration has launched passenger trains attached with electric locomotives on the Pune-Daund track on Saturday.

Saturday, October 15, 2016

Indian Railways to ink deal with Germany for high-speed trains

MoU will be signed between Indian Railways and DB Engineering and Consulting GmbH

Thursday, October 13, 2016

Railway engineer run over by train at Kopar

Kailash Korde, Hindustan Times, Mumbai | 
Updated: Oct 13, 2016 


A railway engineer was run over by a goods train near Kopar railway station on Wednesday. It was the second such incident on Central railway within a month and labour unions blame unsafe working condition responsible for the incident.

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

China adds fuel to speed up 'Railway Express' to Europe

China adds fuel to speed up 'Railway Express' to Europe

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

These degree holders say railway gangmen's job is a tough one

By S Lalitha | Express News Service | Published: 09th October 2016 


BENGALURU: Among the 1,200 gangmen, eleven engineering graduates, an MBA and an MCA degree holder take care of maintaining railway tracks across its 83 railway stations. They are all here because of “family pressure to somehow get a government job”. Their monthly salary is `20,000.

Sunday, October 9, 2016

Prepare for Strike-COC

Comrades,

The meetings of allowances and standing committee of National JCM scheduled on 13th October 2016, has been postponed to 25th October 2016. It was expected that the recommendations of allowance committee in October 2016 now has been postponed to November 2016. 

7th CPC- Advances

Subject: - Seventh Pay Commission recommendations- Amendment to Rules of Compendium of Rules on Advances to Government Servants.

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Driver dozes off, train off track

Driver dozes off, train off trackTNN | Updated: Oct 5, 2016,

Progress must be made to corporatise railways: Rakesh Mohan

In a Q&A, senior fellow, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, says govt has not clarified how it will make railways more efficient

Monday, October 3, 2016

Indian Railways still a laggard

Indian Railways still a laggard, but Narendra Modi govt rewards staff with Rs 2,090 cr payout
Indian Railways may not be very productive, even though in terms of stats it is one of the biggest movers on the planet
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