Promotion of Youths to join Forces.

  The details of shortage of manpower in the three Services of the Armed Forces are as follows:

Army	Navy	Air Force
10526	17711	8289

    Government has taken a number of measures to encourage the youth to join the Armed Forces, including conduct of Recruitment Rallies, Media Campaigns, etc. The number of youth aspiring to join the Armed Forces has shown an increasing trend over the last few years.

            This information was given by Minister of Defence Shri AK Antony in a written reply to KunwarRewati Raman Singhand others in Lok Sabha today.

Source: PIB

Enhancement of remuneration to contractual teachers engaged in Railway Schools.

Government of India
Ministry of Railways
(Railway Board)

No.E(W)2007/SC2/7

Delhi, dated; l6-03-2012.

The General Managers(P),
All Indian Railways &
Production Units.
(As per standard mailing list)

Sub:- Enhancement of remuneration to contractual teachers engaged in Railway Schools.

Ref: Board’s letters of even number dated 02-11-2007 & 22-05-2009.

   Please refer to Board’s above mentioned letters, wherein guidelines were issued regarding engagement of part time teachers on contract basis against short term vacancies of teachers in Railway Schools.

   2. Terms and conditions applicable to appointment of such contractual teachers were also detailed in above referred letter including the remuneration admissible to them.

   3. In modification of existing instructions, Ministry of Railway has now decided to enhance the remuneration admissible to contractual teachers, appointed on contract basis in Railway Schools at the rates indicated as under:-

Post Graduate Teacher	` 220/- per period subject to maximum of five periods in a day.
Trained Graduate Teacher	` 210/- per period subject to maximum of five periods in a day.
PRT	` 170/- per period subject to maximum of five periods in a day.

   Contractual teachers once engaged in a school will not be renewed in the next academic session and the revised remuneration will be effective from 20-10-2011.

   The existing terms and conditions would remain the same.

   This issues with the concurrence of Finance Directorate of Ministry of Railways.

sd/-
(Debasis Mazumdar)
Joint Director Estt.( Welfare)
Railway Board

Source:http://www.airfindia.com/Orders%202012/Enhancement%20in%20Remuneration%20of%20contractual%20teachers_16.03.2012.pdf

4,000 Houses for Central Armed Police Forces Personnel to be Constructed.

   4,000 residential quarters are to be constructed for Central Armed Police forces. Rs. 1185 crores has been allocated for this purpose in the Union Budget 2012-13 presented in Lok Sabha recently.

   In this project, 228 sites have been identified across the country where lands are available with the CAPFs and construction can be taken up. These sites have been grouped into 39 clusters, which have further been clubbed into 4 lots. Approximately 57787 houses and 348 barracks are proposed to be constructed. Earlier it was proposed to construct 64643 houses and 536 barracks at 262 sites in 5 lots. The remaining 6856 houses and 188 barracks will be now constructed through CPWD/PWOs as a part of works programme of CAPFs.

   Ministry of Home Affairs is taking steps to provide adequate housing to the CAPFs. In the 11th Five Year Plan the Planning Commission approved an allocation of Rs.2500 crore for Police Housing under Residential Building (Plan). In the first four years the allocation at BE stage for Annual Plan 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11 was Rs.150.00 crore, Rs.250.00 crore, Rs.270.00 crore and Rs.297.40 crore respectively. In 2011-12, an amount of Rs.487.90 crore was allocated under the scheme at BE stage which has been augmented to Rs.719.29 crore at the RE stage.

PIB