Don’t Destroy Indian Railways in the Name of Reforms

Basudeb Acharia, Vice President, CITU

Government of India under Prime Minister ship of Narendra Modi appointed a committee under the chairmanship of Bibek Debroy to recommend total privatization of Indian Railways. This committee has submitted its final report where various recommendations have been made for complete privatization of Indian railways.

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Railway officer Ashwani Lohani to be next AI chief

NEW DELHI: It's official now. Madhya Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation MD Ashwani Lohani is set to be the next chief of Air India.

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Breaking down the Silos in Railways needed to ease long-term goals: Bibek Debroy

There will be a probe and eventually there will be some answers. At the moment, thanks to the double derailment between stations of Khirkiya and Harda, everyone knows about Machak river. But I wish reportage had been better. It’s a distance of only 32 km. Surely, we can make up our minds about the river’s name. Is it Machak or Kalimachak? These two rivers are different.

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IR needs to first focus on running its own trains efficiently before allowing private players

Private sector entry in Telecom & Civil Aviation has completely changed the Consumer Experience since last a decade, in India. However, the Bibek Debroy panel’s recommendation of allowing the private companies to run passenger trains can’t take off till Indian Railways puts its own house in order in terms of ensuring adequate infrastructure, facilities, management and safety

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Bengaluru-Mysuru high-speed rail possible, says Sreedharan

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRCL) principal advisor E Sreedharan has said that a high-speed rail line is possible between Bengaluru and Mysuru.

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Track doubling on Bangalore-Mysore section nearing completion

Bangalore: Railways plan to increase the speed of trains operating on the Mysuru-Bengaluru section due to the near completion of the track doubling work between the two cities.

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Door almost shut on closed-door Mumbai locals

The plan to have Automatic Sliding Doors (ASD) on Mumbai Local Trainsas come a cropper. After almost two years of being in the incubation stage, officials have now admitted on record that the project has not moved an inch.

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West Japan Railway installs new cameras to detect drunken passengers

Railway operator West Japan Railway has installed new automated security cameras at Kyobashi station in Osaka, in a bid to detect drunken passengers.

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Sojourn in the train

PRIYAMVADA AVINASH

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Salem Railway Division to set up more Solar Plants

The Salem Railway Division will set up 100 kw solar plants on the railway premises in different centres and the preliminary works have commenced, said Shubhranshu, Divisional Railway Manager, here on Saturday.

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7th CPC WILL INCREASE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT PAY ONLY BY 15%. SHOULD WE ACCEPT?

R.ELANGOVAN, , WORKING PRESIDENT, DREU, elangovandreu@gmail.com

1. The Medium Term Expenditure Framework statement has not yet been uploaded in Finance Ministry’s website.However I have taken the figures provided by print media including The Hindu.As per their statement the expenditure on salaries will rise by 9.56% in the fiscal 2015-16 as a result of 7th CPC implementation over the normal estimated expenditure in the 2015-16 budget to Rs.100619 crores. This means that the expenditure projected was Rs.91,839cr which if increased by 9.56% becomesRs.100619 crores.

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MEDIUM TERM EXPENDITURE FRAMEWORK STATEMENT OF FINANCE MINISTER ON 12-8-2015 AND THE REAL IMPACT ON PAY INCREASE

A Note by R.Elangovan, Working President, DREU

1.The medium term expenditure framework statement has not yet been up loaded in finance ministry’s website. However i have taken the figures provided by print media including the Hindu. As per their statement the expenditure on salaries will rise by 9.56% in the fiscal 2015-16 as a result of 7cpc implementation over the normal estimated expenditure in the 2015-16 budget to Rs 100619 crores. This means that the expenditure projected was Rs 91,839 cr which if increased by 9.56% becomes Rs 100619 crores.

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THE CONTEXT, ESSENCE AND THE EFFECT OF BIBEK DEBROY REPORT

R.ELANGOVAN, Working President,DREU

“The expressions privatization,liberalization and deregulation are freely used in the context of railway restructuring,often synonymously.This committee will use the word liberalization and not the terms privatization and deregulation,as both of these two terms are apt to be misunderstood.”

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Indian Railways: The Problem of Over-Staffing is Overstated?

Indian Railways (IR) is one of the world's  largest employer. At the end of the fiscal year 2013-14, the number of regular employees stood at 13,33,966. This figure in itself does not necessarily make Railways a bloated organisation. Report of the Committee for Mobilization of Resources for Major Railway Projects and Restructuring of Railway Ministry and Railway Board, popularly known as Bibek Debroy Committee, argues

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CPC news

There are various reports of wage hike from 15.79 % to 40% in news papers/social media / web sites. It is once again clarified that none of these are correct. If we go through the statement of the Finance Minister in Parliament which says the salary outgo of central government employees will go up by 9.56 per cent to Rs 1,00,619 crore in current fiscal.

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AILRSA CWC

AILRSA Central Working Committee Meeting will be held at MAHESWARI BHAVAN, TEKDI ROAD, SITA BUILD, NAGPUR on 30 & 31 August. For more information contact Com. MP DEV, All India Vice President, AILRSA  mob: 0860047825.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF AUGUST 13

AGITATION OF LOCO RUNNING STAFF 1973 - ALL INDIA STRIKE BY LOCOMEN:

Against the pathetic working conditions and unlimited working hours the agitated loco running staff organized All India strike from 1973 August 1st.

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11 central trade unions to go on nationwide strike on September 2

NEW DELHI: The 11 central trade unions will go on a nationwide strike on September 2 against the anti-worker policies of the government, defying the attempt of the government to address the issues of trade unions through an inter-ministerial committee comprising of the five key ministers of the Narendra Modi government.

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Trade unions prepare cadre for September 2 strike

Ahead of a planned national strike on September 2, central trade unions, including the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), will spend the next few months galvanising their support base across districts and sectors.

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Indian Railways has the opposition in residence: Bibek Debroy

A railway minister, who should formulate policy for the sector, is reduced to deciding how power is provided on passenger coaches. The Civil Service are the opposition in residence

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Railways’ Q1 freight loading growth disappoints at 1.74%, but revenue rises

Indian Railways (IR) capital expenditure saw a huge and unprecedented increase and a lower-than-budgeted growth in working expenses in the first quarter, but the national transporter’s freight loading target was missed by a wide margin in the period.

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Station Masters of CR and WR demand hike in minimum Grade Pa

Mumbai: Station masters in Mumbai division of Central Railway and Western Railway have sought Union Finance Ministry’s speedy clearance to the Railway Board’s proposal for increase in minimum grade pay. The station masters, united under the banner of All India Station Masters’ Associations (AISMA), made this demand in a press conference in Mumbai on Monday.

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Decongestion of Trunk Railway Routes

There are 7 identified trunk routes across the country, which are also termed as High Density Network routes viz., (1) Delhi-Howrah, (2) Howrah-Mumbai, (3) Mumbai-Delhi, (4) Delhi-Guwahati, (5) Delhi-Chennai, (6) Chennai-Howrah and (7) Chennai-Mumbai.

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Railways to Declare Quarterly Numbers; Q1 Capex Soars 134%: Suresh Prabhu

Mumbai: In a first, the Railways has decided to declare its quarterly financial numbers for three months till June, which shows that the national transporter's capital expenditure soared a whopping 134 per cent to Rs 17,734 crore from the projected Rs 13,231 crore.

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Harda twin train derailment: Western and Central Railway cancel 22 and 57 trains respective

The Western Railway (WR) has cancelled as many as 22 trains, departing from its zonal stations, due to the Harda twin train derailment on the Khandwa-Itarsi section and heavy rainfall in the zones of its Ahmedabad division.

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