The move will increase its annual financial burden of allowances by Rs. 1,225 crore and enhance operating ratio by 2.5 per cent, a source said Thursday.
THE HINDU BUSINESS LINE Our Bureau Updated on January 08, 2019
A hartal-like condition was witnessed in Kerala on Tuesday, the first day of the two-day country-wide strike called by trade unions, as almost all modes of public transport remained paralysed.
The Centre of Indian Trade Unions congratulates and salutes the working class of India for their unprecedented active participation in the two days’ country wide general strike that started on 8th January 2019. Around 20 crore workers, from all sectors of the economy – organised sector, both public and private including in the Multinational companies, in the government and quasi government sectors, scheme workers, unorganised sector workers have reported to be participating in the strike across the country.
The consistent opposition to neo-liberal policies has come from the trade union movement in the country. The efforts of the left trade unions from 1991 have now resulted in the total unity of central organizations of trade unions and also various independent national federations of employees in different sectors, who also have massive following.
The State government has formed a five-member officials’ committee, headed by the Additional Chief Secretary, to study the pros and cons of the impact of the National Pension Scheme (NPS) and submit a report. Based on the report, the government will take a decision “on humanitarian grounds”, Chief Minister H.D. Kumarswamy told the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday.
The Train 18 has successfully completed trials at a speed of up to 130 km per hour in Moradabad. It is now being moved to Kota in Rajasthan for trials at the speed of up to 160 km per hour.INDIA Updated: Nov 27, 2018
Indian Railways names Reliance Jio as new service provider to save on phone bills
Under the closed user group service for Railways employees, Reliance Jio, the latest entrant in the telecom market, will provide them 4G connections and calls will be free of charge.
Everything is changing. So are the rules regulating Government Servants/Railway Employees also. Globalisation is bulldozing many Social Security Schemes. Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority( PFRDA) is one among them.
As part of its efforts to improve passenger safety and punctuality, the Indian Railways is looking to double its efforts to carry out electrification and track related work for the next financial year.