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Option for Railway Employees to avail RELHS benefits either for their Parents or Parents-in-law

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Treatment in Railway Hospitals

Option for Railway Employees to avail RELHS benefits either for their Parents or Parents-in-law: RSCWS writes to DG, RHS, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi.

RAILWAY SENIOR CITIZENS WELFARE SOCIETY
(Estd. 1991, Regd. No. 1881 – Under Registration of Societies Act)
Head Office: 32, Phase- 6, Mohali-160055 (Mob: 9316131598, 8360452584)
IDENTIFIED BY DOP&PW GOI- UNDER PENSIONERS’ PORTAL MEMBER, SCOVA (STANDING COMMITTEE FOR VOLUNTARY AGENCIES) PENSIONERS SINCE 1991

Director General,
Railway Health Service,
Rail Bhawan, New-Delhi

Sub: Option for Railway Employees to avail RELHS benefits either for their Parents or Parents-in-law.

Ref: 1. Director CGHS File No. H.11020/2 /2023-EHS dated 26-07-2023
2. Ministry of Health & Family Welfare memorandum No. 4(1)-18/63-H dated 03-03-1987

Respected Sir,

In reference to the above, Director/ CGHS, after reviewing the subject matter, with the approval of competent authorities, has clarified for the option of Central Government Employees to avail CGHS benefits either for their Parents or Parents-in-law.

It is requested that a similar option be also made available to the Railway Employees & Pensioners so that their old parents/ parent-in-law can get treatment in Railway Hospitals/ Empaneled Hospitals, subject to the stipulated terms & conditions on the subject matter.

Yours Truly,

Sh. Harchandan Singh
Secretary General/ RSCWS

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Fixation of pay of running staff on promotion to the General Posts

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Promotion through General Selection

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
Railway Board

RBE No. 34/2023

No. E(P&A)II/ 2022/RS-2

New Delhi, dt.20.02.2023

The General Managers/CAOs,
All Indian Railways & Production Units

Sub: Fixation of pay of running staff on promotion to the ‘General Posts – clarifications – reg.

References from Zonal Railways and NFIR have been received in Board’s office seeking clarifications regarding reckoning of 30% pay element for fixation of pay of such Running Staff who have been selected to the Stationary Post i.e non-running post upon promotion through General Selection.

The matter has been examined in consultation with Establishment and Finance Directorate(s) of Railway Board. It is advised that in absence of specific orders from the Board to this effect, the benefit of reckoning of 30% pay element for the purpose of fixation of pay of running staff on their promotion/appointment to the posts filled through General Section is not admissible. Further, the General Selection is voluntary in nature and the concerned staff are aware of the mode of fixation of pay on promotion/appointment to a post under General Selection. Hence in such cases, pay fixation has to be effected without taking into account the ‘pay element’.
This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.
Hindi version is enclosed.

[This disposes off Western Railway’s letter

No.E/Legal/ 770/ 9/30(CLA) (efile 260065), dated 02.06.2022 and Central Railway’s letter No.P/CR/HQ/EC/ Pay Fixation/CLA, dt. 03.06.2022. ]

(N.P. Singh)
Director, Estt.(P&A)
Railway Board

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Aadhar authentication of Railway Employee – AEBAS

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HR database of Indian Railway Employees

भारत सरकार /GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
रेल मंत्रालय / MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
रेलवे बोर्ड/RAILWAY BOARD

No. E(G) 2023/LE 1-1

New Delhi, dated 20.02.2023

The General Managers,
All Zonal Railways & PUs
Metro/Kolkata
CORE/ Allahabad, DG/RDSO

Sub: Aadhar authentication of Railway Employee regarding.

Attention is invited to Board’s letters, No. E(G) 2014/LE 1-27 dated 30.12.2014, No. E(G) 2017/LE 1-34 dated 03.11.2017 and No. E(G) 2020/LE 1-1 dated 04.02.2020 regarding introduction of Aadhar enabled Biometric Attendance System(AEBAS) on Indian Railways. The module for AEBAS activities for implementation; circulated under Board’s letter dated 30.12.2014 referred to above envisage inter alia possession/submission of Aadhar Card by every employee and verification of employees Aadhar ID submitted biometrically. This was required for department verification and seed the employee payroll database with the Aadhar ID.

2. As advised by the all zonal Railways/Units, the AEBAS has since been implemented on your railway/units after following due process and is fully functional. In continuation to the above exercise, it has been decided to further update (those still left out for some reasons) and correct the Aadhar based data, verify the Aadhar information and create Aadhar data in the HR database of Indian Railway. It will enable not only in having an update HR database of Indian Railway employees but also lead to identify impersonation of employees and weeding out duplication of employees/ ghost employees.

3. In view of the above, all the zonal Railways/Units are requested that the above exercise may be taken on Top Priority and a compliance report may be sent by 28.02.2023 duly indicating the additional number of railway employees added in AEBAS after due verification and the number of ghost employees, if any, weeded out during the process. It is needless to mention that UIDAI have expressed their willingness to provide necessary support in the above exercise.

(Deepak Peter Gabriel)
Principal Executive Director/IR
Railway Board

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Leave applicable to Railway employees FAQ

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Leave for a railway servant – FAQ

भारत सरकार/ GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
रेल मंत्रालय/ MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(रेलवे बोर्ड/ RAILWAY BOARD)

RBE No.163/2022

No. E(P&A)I-2008 /CPC/LE-8

New Delhi dated 19.12.2022

The General Managers/PFAs,
All Indian Railways and
Production Units.

Sub: Leave applicable to Railway employees – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).

Please refer to Board’s letter of even number dated 10.09.2015, vide which certain frequently asked questions issued by DoP&T vide FAQ No. 21011/08/2013-Estt(AL) dated 25.03.2013 on leave matters were circulated for railway employees.

2. Now, DoP&T vide FAQ dated 30.08.2022 has superseded its earlier FAQ dated 25.03.2013. Accordingly, the following FAQs will supersede the FAQs circulated vide Board’s letter dated 10.09.2015:

Sl. No.	Frequently Asked Question	Answer
1	What is the maximum period of leave of any kind which can be allowed to a railway servant? What is the impact if such limit is exceeded?	No railway servant shall be granted leave of any kind for a continuous period of 5 years {Rule 910(1) of IREC Vol.I}. Normally, absence from duty, with or without leave, for a continuous period exceeding 5 years other than on foreign service, implies that such railway servant has deemed to have resigned from railway service. {Rule 510(2) of IREC VoI}.
2	What are the leave entitlements of Railway servants serving in Railway schools?	Rule No. 525 of IREC Vol.-I {Railway Services (Liberalised Leave) Rules, 1949) regulates the grant of Leave on Average Pay for persons serving in the Railway Schools. Vide Board’s letter dated 23.04.2019, which came into force w.e.f. 14.12.2018 (the date of issue of DOP&T’s notification dated 11.12.2018), amendments have been made under Rule 525 & 526. The said rules provide for as follows:- (1)(a). The leave account of every Railway servant who is serving in a Railway school such as teacher, principal, headmaster, librarian, laboratory assistant or a waterman shall be credited with Leave on Average Pay, in advance, in two instalments of five days each on the first day of January and July of every calendar year. (b). In respect of any year in which a Railway servant avails a portion of the vacation, he shall be entitled to additional Leave on Average Pay in such proportion of twenty days, as the number of days of vacation not taken bears to the full vacation, provided the total Leave on Average Pay credited shall not exceed thirty days in a calendar year. (c). If, in any year, the Railway servant does not avail any vacation, Leave on Average Pay will be as per Rule 523 instead of clauses (a) and (b).For the purpose of this rule, the term “year” shall be construed not as – meaning a calendar year in which duty is performed but as meaning twelve months of actual duty in a Railway School. A Railway servant entitled to vacation shall be considered to have availed himself of a vacation or a portion of a vacation unless he has been required by general or special order of a higher authority to forego such vacation or portion of a vacation. Provided that if he has been prevented by such order from enjoying more than fifteen days of the vacation, he shall be considered to have availed himself of no portion of the vacation. When a Railway servant serving in a Railway school proceeds on leave before completing a full year of duty, the Leave on Average Pay admissible to him/her shall be calculated not with reference to the vacations which fall during the period of actual duty rendered before proceeding on leave but with reference to the vacation that falls during the year commencing from the date on which he completed the previous year of duty. As per Rule 526 (3)(1), the account of Leave on Half Average Pay of every Railway servant (other than a Railway servant serving in a Railway School) shall be credited with Leave on Half Average Pay in advance, in two instalments of ten days each on the first day of January and July of every calendar year.
3	Whether railway servant can be permitted to leave station/ go abroad while on CCL?	Child Care leave is granted to a railway servant to take care of the needs of the minor children. If the child is studying abroad or the railway servant has to go abroad for taking care of the child she/he may do so subject to other conditions laid down for this purpose.
4	What is the intention behind the instruction that CCL is to be treated like LAP and sanctioned as such?	The intention is that CCL should be availed with prior approval of leave sanctioning authority and that the combination of CCL with other leave, if any, should be as per the restriction on LAP. The restriction of the limit of 180 days at a stretch as applicable in the case of LAP will not apply in case of CCL.

Sl. No.	Frequently Asked Question	Answer
5	What are the prevailing provisions of CCL under’ Railway Services (Liberalised Leave) Rules, 1949 (Rule 551-E)	1) Subject to the provisions of this rule, a female Railway servant and single male Railway servant may be granted Child Care Leave by an authority competent to grant leave for a maximum period of seven hundred and thirty days during entire service for taking care of two eldest surviving children, whether for rearing or for looking after any of their needs, such as education, sickness and the like. (2) For the purposes of sub-rule (1), “child” means- (a) a child below the age of eighteen years; or (b) an offspring of any age with a minimum disability of forty percent as specified in the Government of India in Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment’s Notification No. 16-18/97-N 1.1, dated the ist June, 2001. (Authority- DOP&T’s Notification No. 1209(E) dated 14.12.2018) 3) Grant of child care leave to a female Railway servant and a single male Railway servant under sub-rule (1) shall be subject to the following conditions, namely:- (i) it shall not be granted for more than three spells in a calendar year; (ii) in case of a single female Railway servant, the grant of leave in three spells in a calendar year shall be extended to six spells in a calendar year. (iii) it shall not ordinarily be granted during the probation period except in case of certain extreme situations where the leave sanctioning authority is satisfied about the need of Child Care Leave to the probationer, provided that the period for which such leave is sanctioned is minimal. (iv) Child Care Leave may not be granted for a period less than five days at a time. (4) During the period of Child Care Leave, a female Railway servant and a single male Railway servant shall be paid one hundred percent of the salary for the first three hundred and sixty five days, and at eighty percent of the salary for the next three hundred and sixty five days. (5) Child Care Leave may be combined with leave of any other kind. (Rule 551E of IREC Vol.I)(6) Notwithstanding the requirement of productions of medical certificate contained in Rule 527 or sub-rule (1) (ii) of Rule 528, leave of the kind due and admissible (including Commuted Leave not exceeding sixty days and Leave Not Due) upto a maximum of one year, if applied for, be granted in continuation with child care leave granted under sub-rule (1). (Rule 551E of IREC Vol. I)(7) Child Care Leave shall not be debited against the leave account. (Rule 551E of IREC Vol.I) Explanation – ‘Single Male Railway Servant’ means – an unmarried or widower or divorcee Railway servant.”

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

3. Please acknowledge receipt.

DA: As above

(N P Singh)
Joint Director/E(P&A),
Railway Board

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Pay Commission related matters have been filed by Railway employees – Railway Court Cases

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Railway Orders – Latest Railway Orders 2022 for Central Government Employees

Railway courts cases

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAILWAY BOARD

No. PCVI/2011/CC/1

New Delhi, dated:- 16/08/2022

The PCPQs,
All Zonal Railways/PUs,
(as per mailing list)

The PFAs,
All Zonal Railways/PUs,
(as per mailing list)

Sub: Handling of Court Cases in the field offices.

A number of cases on various important policy issues pertaining to pay related matters have been filed by Railway employees before various courts of law which are being contested by Zonal Railways/ PUs at different levels in consultation with Pay Commission Directorate/ Railway Board. It has been time and again re-iterated by Railway Board through periodic communications and meetings that these cases should be monitored at the level of a JAG officer or higher level to ensure that the cases are contested effectively.

2. However, an instance has come to the notice of this office wherein a case relating to one of the important policy decisions of Board has been dismissed/ decided ex-parte by the concerned High Court for non-prosecution as the contesting Advocate appearing on behalf of Railway administration was not present on the listed date of hearing. It is observed that the above dismissal of case is due to lack of effective monitoring at the desired level.

2.1 Such cases on policy/ pay related issues have huge ramifications/ financial implications and any adverse judgment if implemented would have a cascading effect on similar cases and also have far reaching consequences as it would result in similar demands from various other categories in Railways.

3. In order to avoid such laxity in future while defending the interests of UoI before the respective court of law, it is advised that the concerned advocate appearing on behalf of UoI may be adequately briefed beforehand and instructed to ensure his presence on each hearing invariably to prevent the case being decided ex-parte.

4. Non-appearance by the concerned advocate before the Hon’ble Tribunal/Court on the day of hearing should be viewed seriously and appropriate action in this regard may be taken by the competent authority. Needless to say, full attention should be paid to such cases and monitored regularly by a competent JAG level officer or higher level as any laxity would result in huge ramifications on similar cases filed before various courts of law.

5. Receipt of this letter may please be acknowledged.

(Sanjeet)
Executive Director/ Pay Commission
Railway Board

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Increasing the scope of the CUG mobile scheme to include all Railway employees

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Indian Railways CUG mobile scheme – Railways enlarge the scope of the CUG mobile scheme to cover all employees

Indian railways latest news today

भारत सरकार (GOVERNMENT OF INDIA)
रेल मंत्रालय (MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS)
रेलवे बोर्ड (RAILWAY BOARD)

No. 2021/Tele/II(2) /3(3377315)

Rail Bhawan, New Delhi-110001
Dated: 22.06.2022

TELECOM CIRCULAR NO. 03/2022

The GMs/CMD/PCAOs/’CAOs,
All Indian Railways, KRCL, PUs, CORE, COFMOW
(As per standard list)

The DGs’ Directors
RDSO, NAIR, All CTIs
Chairman, RRBs

Sub.: Enlarging the scope of CUG mobile scheme to cover all Railway employees

Ref.: Board’s letter Nos.2010/Tele/11(2)/2Pt.II dated 18.09.2017 & 21.12.2018

To enhance manpower productivity, Board has approved the proposal to encompass all railway personnel under the scope of CUG mobile scheme on Indian Railways by providing CUG connection to all Railway employees. Additional CUG connections are to be provided under Plan ‘C’, RCIL has been mandated to finalise the tender with revised requirements through reverse auction.

2. In the meantime, all departments should advise the Railway’s CUG coordinator for requirement of additional SIMs based on staff on roll. This is to be certified by the Personnel department. Railway’s CUG coordinator shall requisition the SIMs from RCIL/TSP and hand over the same to the respective department for further distribution once received from RCIL. In case of surrendering of SIM on account of attrition (retirement/ transfer), advice of the same should be sent by the concerned nodal officer of the department to the CUG coordinator. No dues certificate at the time of retirement for settlement and LPC at the time of transfer should necessarily have CUG surrender as a precondition.

3. It will be the responsibility of each department to maintain records for CUG SIMs provided to their users along with their Employee Numbers and provide the details in the prescribed format covering Proof of Identity and Proof of Address details as per TRAI guidelines. This information shall be shared quarterly with Railway’s CUG coordinator for onward submission to RCIL/TSP.

4. Prevention of any unauthorised issue of CUG connection and its use will be ensured by the concerned department. For this purpose, an authorised official must be nominated in each department.

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

(राकेश रंजन)
कार्यकारी निदेशक/दूरसंचार

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DA to Railway employees from the existing rate of 31% to 34% of the Basic Pay with effect from 1st January 2022

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Railway Employees DA from Jan 2022

Railway Employees DA from Jan 2022

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (भारत सरकार)
Ministry of Railways (रेल मंत्रालय)
Railway Board (रेलवे बोर्ड)

PC-VII No.- 182

RBE No: 40/2022

File No. PC-VII/2016/1/7/2/1

New Delhi, dated: 05.04.2022

The General Manager/CAOs(R),.
All India Railways & Production Units,
(As per mailing list)

Sub: Grant of Dearness Allowance to Railway employees – Revised Rates effective from 01.01.2022.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Ministry’s letter RBE No. 76/2021 dated 26.10.2021 (F.No. PC-VII/2016/1/7/2/1) on the subject mentioned above and to say that the President is pleased to decide that the Dearness Allowance payable to Railway employees shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 31% to 34% of the Basic Pay with effect from 1st January, 2022.

Also check: Grant of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees – Revised Rates effective from 01.01.2022 PDF – DoE

2. The term “Basic Pay’ in the revised pay structure means the pay drawn in the prescribed Level in the Pay Matrix as per 7 CPC recommendations accepted by the Government, but does not include any other type of pay like special pay, etc.

3. The Dearness Allowance will continue to be distinct element of remuneration and will not be treated as pay within the ambit of Rule 1303 (FR 9(21)), Indian Railway Establishment Code, Volume -II (Sixth Edition – 1987) – Second Reprint 2005.

Also check: DA for Postal Employees Revised Rates effective from 01.01.2022 PDF

4. The payment on account of Dearness Allowance involving fractions of 50 paise and above may be rounded to the next higher rupee and the fractions of less than 50 paise may be ignored.

5. The payment of arrears of Dearness Allowance shall not be made before the date of disbursement of salary of March, 2022.

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

(Jaya Kumar G)
Deputy Director, Pay Commission-VII & HRMS
Railway Board

Download Grant of Dearness Allowance to Railway employees – Revised Rates effective from 01.01.2022 PDF Railway Board Order

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Payment of family pension, death gratuity and other dues to the family on death of a Railway servant during service

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Death of a railway employee – Payment of a family pension, death gratuity, and other dues to a Railway servant’s family when he or she dies while on duty.

Railway servant who dies in service after having rendered not less than 7 years continuous service, enhanced family pension will be payable to the family from the date of death of the Railway Servant for a period of ten years without any upper age limit.

R.B.E. No. 32/2022

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (भारत सरकार)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (रेल मंत्रालय)
RAILWAY BOARD (रेलवे बोर्ड)

No. D-43/43/2020-F(E)III

New Delhi, dated: 17.03.2022.

The General Managers/Principal Financial Advisors,
All Zonal Railways/Production Units etc.,
(As per mailing list)

Sub: Payment of family pension, death gratuity and other dues to the family on death of a Railway servant during service – regarding.

Please refer to the Board’s letter of even number dated 04.06.2021 circulating DOP&PW’s O.M. No. 1/11/2021-P&PW/(E) dated 03.06.2021 vide which order was issued providing for instructions regarding payment of family pension, death gratuity and other dues to the family on death of a Railway Servant during service.

One of the Zonal Railways had sought clarification regarding the applicability of the Board’s instructions dated 04.06.2021 on the past cases.
The issue has been examined in consultation with Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare (DOP&PW) and it is clarified that Board’s instructions of even number dated 04.06.2021 are also applicable in respect of employees who expired before the date of issue of the said order irrespective of deceased employee covered under Old Pension scheme or under NPS.

This also disposes of North Eastern Railway’s letter No. पेंशन/मु./एनपीएस /समापक/2019 dated 25.02.2022.

(Sanjay Prashar)
Deputy Director, Finance (Estt.)III,
Railway Board.

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Imposition of pay ceiling @ Rs. 43600/- per month for entitlement of Night Duty Allowance to Railway employees

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Night Duty Allowance to Railway employees

Indian railways latest news today

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA/भारत सरकार
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS/रेल मंत्रालय
(Railway Board) रेलवे बोर्ड

No. E(P8&A)II/2018/F.E.2/4

New Delhi, dated 09.02.2022

The General Secretary
AIRF
4, State Entry Road,
New Delhi-110055

Sir,

Sub:- Imposition of pay ceiling @ Rs. 43600/- per month for entitlement of Night Duty Allowance to Railway employees.

The undersigned is directed to refer the issue regarding restoration of Night Duty Allowance to all categories of Railway employees. It is stated that this Ministry has already taken up this issue and forwarded matter to MoF/DoE for concurrence vide Board’s OM dated dt. 09.09.2021 and reminder dt. 23.11.2021.

DoE has forwarded copy of OM dt. 16.12.2021 addressed to DoPT. Also informed that a reference to DoPT on this issue has been made and reply from DoP&T is awaited.

In light of position provided by DoE, this Ministry has requested to DoP&T vide Board’s OM dt. 04.01.2022 for early resolution of the matter. However, reply From DOP&T & DOE is still waited.

Yours faithfully,

for Secretary /Railway Board

Copy to: DDE(LR)I- for information.

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How many employees work with Indian Railways and how many of them are working on contract?

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Details on regular and contractual employees, health hazards facing, a casualty of gangmen and repairmen etc.

Indian railways latest news today

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 786

ANSWERED ON 03.12.2021

RAILWAY EMPLOYEES

786. SHRI RAKESH SINHA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) how many employees work with Indian Railways;
(b) how many of them are working on contract;
(c) whether Government regularise contractual workers working for the last five years;
(d) what are the health hazards railway employees face due to factors like diesel exhaust, noise and vibration;
(e) how many gangmen and repairmen have died during track repair and maintenance task in the last five years; and
(f) the action taken by Government for protection of life and health of its railway workers?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (f) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 786 BY SHRI RAKESH SINHA ANSWERED IN RAJYA SABHA ON 03.12.2021 REGARDING RAILWAY EMPLOYEES

(a) During the year 2019-20, the total number of railway employees working on Indian Railways were 12,53,592.
(b) Presently, 2942 Employees are engaged on contract basis in Railways.
(c) No, Sir. Engagements of contractual staff on Railways are done for a fixed period of time to meet exigencies of services as a stop gap arrangement for a limited period. Engagement on contract basis does not provide for regular absorption.
(d) Health hazards due to Diesel exhaust, Noise and Vibrations are varied and depend upon duration of exposure. Common hazards due to above – are usually Cough, Respiratory tract irritation, lack of concentration, insomnia, blood pressure etc.
Due to preventive measures and medical care provided to Railway employees hazard exposure due to above factors are avoided.
(e) Gangmen and repairmen (Re-designated as Track Maintainer) died during track repair and maintenance task in the last 5 years is as under :-

Year	Number of Track Maintainer died
2016-17	86
2017-18	103
2018-19	83
2019-20	94
2020-21	50
April 2021 to Oct 2021	35

(f) 1. For safety of Track Maintainer, Railway provide job specific protection gear like Luminous vests, safety helmets with detachable miner’s light, safety shoes, tricolor LED 3-cell torch, sturdy light weight backpack tool kit bag, winter jacket, raincoat with separate waterproof trouser, snow boots etc. to Track Maintainers. Further, ‘Rakshak’ type protection system on high density network of Indian Railways is also provided to alert track maintainer about approaching train.

2. Other measures taken by Indian Railways for safety of Trackmen include counseling by field staff, organising safety seminars, periodical medical examination of field staff, providing warning hooters etc.

3. Further, Railways looks after medical treatment of Railway beneficiary, Medical and Health care provided free of cost, preventive health care, Annual health check-up of all Railway employees and pre placement Medical, Periodical Medical Examination of safety category, First-aid post in all workshops, Specific prevention and safety measures are taken by the concerned departments.

Details on regular and contractual employees, health hazards facing, casualty of gangmen and repairmen etc. 2021.pdf

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