Surrendering of higher grade posts.

Government of India (Bharat Sarkar)
Ministry of Railways (Rail Mantralaya)
(Railway Board)

 RBE. No. 39/2012

No. E(MPP)2009/6/8

Dated: 23 .03.2012.

The General Manager (P),
All Indian Railways Including
Production Units

Sub:- Surrendering of higher grade posts.

   Board vide their letter No.E(MPP)2005/1/54/Vol.III dated 06.03.2007 (RBE No.32/2007) have clarified that higher grade posts affecting promotional prospects of the staff are not to be surrendered. The same was reiterated vide Board’s letter of even number dated 17.06.2011 and it was further advised that whatever surrender of higher grade posts has taken place the railways may create safety category posts as per extant orders as applicable for creation of new posts.

   2. In pursuance of the discussions held in the PNM meeting between Railway Board and All India Railway men’s Federation (AIRF) on 23rd and 24th February, 2012 it has been decided that instructions issued vide Board’s letter dated 17.06.2011 (RBE No. 91/2011) stands withdrawn and wherever higher grade posts have been surrendered after the Issue of the letter dated 06.03.2007 (RBE No. 32/2007) and which have led to promotions being adversely affected for staff working in the immediate lower grade (except in case of cadre restructuring) in all situations the higher grade posts may be restored and the post in the lowest recruitment grade from the cadre be surrendered without restoring to seeking difference of money value from the vacancy bank.

   3. This is being allowed as a onetime measure. It may also be ensured that in future, while surrendering higher grade posts instructions contained in RBE No. 32/2007 are strictly followed without any deviation.

   4 This issues with the concurrence of the associate finance of Railway Board.

   Please acknowledge the receipt.

sd/-
(Anil Wason)
Dy. Director/MPP
Railway Board

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Chhattisgarh Government announces DA.

   Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has announced 7 per cent increase in the dearness allowance for its nearly 2,00,000 employees, new pay scales for panchayat teachers, four per cent subsidy on bank interest to farmers, sitting allowance to panchayat representatives and plots to MPs and MLAs in the new capital city.

   Dr Singh announced these sops while winding up the debate on the appropriation bill for Rs 39,677 crore for 2012-13 which was passed by voice vote in the state Assembly last evening. The decision to increase the DA by 7 per cent of basic pay with effect from April 1 and another installment of DA in July, will entail an additional burden of Rs 300 crore to the state exchequer and end disparity between the DA of central and state government employees in the next fiscal. Besides, the Chief Minister announced new pay scales for panchayat teachers in the state with a 27 per cent salary hike for Grade-1, 18 per cent hike for Grade-2 and 16 per cent hike for Grade-3 teachers.

   This would put an additional burden of Rs 76 cr on the Government. He also declared 20 per cent increase in the wages of contractual workers from April. The Chief Minister, who has given maximum thrust on agriculture and allied sector in the 2012-13 budget to boost agricultural production, announced a 4 per cent subsidy to farmers on crop loans from nationalised banks, who now charge 7 per cent interest on crop loans to small and marginal farmers.

   The government will bear an additional burden of Rs 30 cr. Earlier, during his budget presentation, the Chief Minister had proposed reduction in the interest rate on crop loans from 3 per cent to 1 per cent on loans obtained by farmers from rural and cooperative banks. The Chief minister further hiked the honorarium of sarpanchs to Rs 500 per sitting to a maximum of Rs 2,000 per month. For the first time, the panchayat members in the state would get an honorarium of Rs 100 per sitting. In order to make the Members of Parliament from Chhattisgarh and state legislators happy, the Chief Minister announced his government's decision to provide plots to them in the new capital city now under construction at village Rakhi, about 20 km from here

Source : UNI

Revised Train Fares for Journey in AC-First Class, AC-2 Tier, Executive Class & First Class from Tomorrow.

   The Ministry of Railways has revised passenger fares with effect from tomorrow i.e. 1st April 2012 in AC-First Class, AC-2 tier, Executive Class and First Class only. There is no revision in other classes of travel. The revised fares in these classes would be applicable to all types of trains on Indian Railways network.

   The revised fares will also apply to tickets issued in advance for journeys to commence on or after 1st April 2012. In the case of tickets already issued at pre-revised rates, the difference in fares from 1st April 2012 will be recovered from passengers either by TTEs in the trains or by the booking offices before commencement of the journey by the passengers as per the usual practice in case of such fare revisions.

  The revised list of fares for the information of the public is being displayed at the stations and has been made available to the railway staff well in time. The revised passenger fare table is also available on the website of the Ministry of Railways i.e. indianrailways.gov.in

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