GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) RBE No.68/2020 No. E(NG)II/2020/RC-1/CR/09 New Delhi, dated 19.08.2020 The General Manager (P) All Zonal Railways & PUs Sub: Appointment on compassionate ground – Acquisition of higher qualification.  Consequent to the decision to permit candidates to postpone CGA for completion of higher EQ, made within 2 years from attaining majority as contained in Board’s letter No. E(NG)II/22003/ RC-1/Genl/4 dated 19.06.2019 (RBE No.100/2019), clarification has been sought by Zonal Railways about the authority competent to grant such permission. Generally, DRMs/ CWMs/ HODs are the competent authority to approve Compassionate Ground Appointment upto level-6 while cases for Level-7 require approval of GM. However, in order to maintain uniformity, it has been decided that approval for candidates to postpone CGA for completion of higher EQ, made within 2 years from attaining majority may be consider...

  No.AIRF/561 Dated: October 12, 2020 The D.G.(H.R.), Railway Board, New Delhi Dear Sir, Sub: Regularization of absence during COVID-19 epidemic lockdown period Ref.: Railway Board’s letters No.(EG) 2020/LE 2/1 dated 06.08.2020 and 03.09.2020 We are thankful to Railway Board for issuing instructions in the matter of treatment of absence during COVID-19 epidemic lockdown. Many of the employees have had to remain away from their work, subsequent to the lockdown, whose absence is pending regularization. Many of the employees were forced to remain under quarantine due to various situations, which can be classified broadly as follows:- (i) An employee was asked to remain in quarantine on return from outstation duty. (ii) An employee remained in quarantine due to Central/ State Government instructions. (iii) An employee was advised by Railway Medical Authority to remain in quarantine. (iv) An employee who chose to remain in quarantine as a precaution. (v) ...

  GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) RBA No. 80/2020 No. 202 0/AC-II/21/6 New Delhi, dated: 12.10.2020 PFAs All Indian Railways & PUs Sub: NPS – Online PRAN Generation Module (OPGM) One of the critical process in NPS is generation of PRAN for new recruitment. At present, in most of the Railway & PUs, the same is being generated through submission of physical Subscriber Registration Form (CSRF Ver 1.5) to NSDL appointed CRA-FCs. Though the employee is supposed to register in NPS immediately after his/her joining the Department, verification, authorisation and submission of the same to NSDL involves time and resources. It also results in delay in credit of contribution causing financial loss to the employees, which may give rise to Grievances and RTI queries in future, besides payment of penal interest. The Online PRAN Generation Module (OPGM) developed by NSDL can surely mitigate the impact of delay in PRAN generat...

 7th CPC Night Duty Allowance   GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) S.No.PC-VII/159 No.E(P&A)II-2017/HW-1 RBE No.83/2020 New Delhi,dated 29.09.2020 The General Managers/CAOs All Indian Railways & Production Units Sub: Payment of Night Duty Allowance (NDA) pursuant to the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission – reg. 1. Please refer to Board’s letter of even number dated 08.03.2018 (RBE No. 36/2018) whereby the rates for revision of Night Duty Allowance (NDA) have been issued. 2. The matter has been reviewed based on the orders received from DoPT, the nodal Deptt. of Govt. on NDA. The President is pleased to decide that the hourly rate of NDA shall be equal to {(Basic Pay + Dearness Allowance)/200} which would be admissible to eligible categories of non-gazetted Railway Servants classified under Chapter XIV of the Railway Act, 1989 read with the Railway Servants (Hours of Work and Period of Rest) Rules, 200...

Request for reckoning the Additional Allowance granted to Loco Pilot (Mail), Loco Pilot (Passenger) and Mail Guard for the purpose of computation of retirement benefits to Running Staff. NFIR National Federation of Indian Railwaymen No. IV/RSAC/2018 Dated: 18/04/2019 The Secretary (E), Railway Board, New Delhi Dear Sir, Sub:   Request for reckoning the Additional Allowance granted to Loco Pilot (Mail), Loco Pilot (Passenger) and Mail Guard for the purpose of computation of retirement benefits to Running Staff. Ref:   (i) NFIR’s PNM ItemNo. 08/2011. (ii) NFIR’s letter No. IV/RSAC/Con./Part VIII dated 13/10/2017. (iii) Railway Board’s letter No-E(P&A)II-2011/FE2/2 dated 11/12/20l7. Kind affention of Railway Board is invited to NFIR’s PNM Agenda Item No. 08/2011, Federation’s letter and Railway Board’s reply thereon, iited under reference. The Railway Board through Action Taken Statement during NFIR’s PNM meeting held on 10th/11th May, 2018 conveyed that ...

Appointment on compassionate grounds – review of extant instructions relating to acquisition of higher qualification. NFIR National Federation of Indian Railwaymen No.II/1-A/2018 Dated: 18/04/2019 The Secretary (E), Railway Board, New Delhi Dear Sir. Sub:   Appointment on compassionate grounds – review of extant instructions relating to acquisition of higher qualification – reg. Ref: (i) NFIR’s PNM Item No. 32/2016.   (ii) Railway Board’s letter No. E(NG)II/2003/RC-1/Genl/4 dated 02/04/2004 & 15/06/2007.   (iii) NFIR’s letter No. IIl/1-A/Pt. 20 dated 26/04/2016.   (iv) Railway Board’s reply vide letter No. E(NG)II/2003/RC-1/Genl/4 dated 20/06/2017.   (v) NFIR’s lefter No. II/1-A/Pt.20 dated 10/07/2017. (vi) Railway Board’s reply received vide letter No. E(NG)II/2003/RC-1/Genl./4 dated 20/06/2017.   (vii) NFIR’s letter No. II/1-A/2018 dated 22/01/2019. A copy of Federation’s letter dated 22/01/2019 requesting the Railway Board to revie...

NFIR’s Meeting with Chairman, Railway Board on 11th April, 2019 National Federation of Indian Railwaymen (NFIR) Meeting with Chairman, Railway Board on 11th April, 2019 NFIR National Federation of Indian Railwaymen 3, CHELMSFORD ROAD, NEW DELHI – 110 055 Affiliated to: Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) Dated: 12/04/2019 No. II/95/2019 The General Secretaries of Affiliated Unions of NFIR Dear Brother, Sub:   NFIR’s Meeting with Chairman, Railway Board on 11th April, 2019-reg. The affiliates are advised that the NFIR leaders (President, General Secretary and Joint General Secretary Shri B.C. Sharma) met Railway Board Chairman Shri V.K. Yadav on 11nd April, 2019 and discussed the subjects listed below:- (a)   LARSGESS : Need for granting appointment to the wards of safety category staff selected/medically found fit prior to 27th October, 2017. CRB’s response: This matter is being pursued on dail...

Induction of Female employees in Railway and other Central Government Departments. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) No.E(NG)I-2015/TR/10 Pt New Delhi dated 02.04.2019 The General Secretary, NFIR, 3, Chelmsford Road, New Delhi-110055. Sub:   Induction of Female employees in Railway and other Central Government Departments – reg. Dear Sir, The undersigned is directed to refer to NFIR’s letter No. II/1/2019 dated 29.01.2019 on the above subject and to state that there is no ban in place against recruitment of female candidates to Track Maintainers Category though admittedly the nature of the job and working conditions are strenuous/tough. Notifications for Level-1 recruitment are underway in which a significant portion is for Track Maintainers. With finalization of above 2 recruitments ( CEN 02/2018 & CEN1/RRC/2019), position should ease and transfers of eligible Trackmen to other department as provided for in rules should be able to be effec...

Allotment of Qualification based Pay Matrix – ECG Technicians in Railways – NFIR NFIR National Federation of Indian Railwaymen 3, CHELMSFORD ROAD, NEW DELHI – 110055 Affiliated to : Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) No.II/1/2019 Dated: 30/03/2019 The Secretary (E) Railway Board, New Delhi. Dear Sir, Sub:   Allotment of Qualification based Pay Matrix – ECG Technicians in Railways. Ref: (i) NFIR’s PNM item No. 60/2012. (ii) NFIR’s letter No.II/1/Part XI dated 26/09/2016. (iii) NFIR’s letter No. II/1/Part XII dated 23/01/2017. (iv) Railway Board’s letterNo. PC-VII/20161F.-U140 dated 06/0312017 to GS/NFIR. (v) NFIR’s letter No. II/1/Part XII dated 08/11/2017. (vi) NFIR’s letterNo. II/1/2018 dated30/07/2018. (vii) Railway Board’s reply to GS/NFIR vide letter No. PC-VII/2018/R-U/8 dated 14/03/2019 (Item No. 5 of Annexure ‘A’). Kind attention is invited to the comments of Railway Board vide Annexure OA of ...

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) No.E(NG)I/2016/PM 1/12 (Pt.) New Delhi, dated April 05, 2019 The General Managers (P), All Zonal Railways/Production Units. (as per standard mailing list) Sub:   Merger of three categories of posts in the Commercial Department viz -Ticket Checking Staff (TC), Commercial Clerk (CC) & Enquiry-cum Reservation Clerk (ECRC). As Railways are aware, consequent to the acceptance of the recommendations of the 7th CPC, Railway Board had issued orders vide RBE 28/2018 regarding the merger of Ticket Checking Staff, Commercial Clerks & ECRCs in a phased manner. It has been observed that implementation of RBE No. 28/2018 has led to reported problems at the field level. The integration of seniority of existing CCs and ECRCs has led to either of the groups feeling aggrieved due to their promotional prospects perceived as getting affected on account of the vacancies in their seniority group being· thrown open to the other...

Admissibility of House Rent Allowance (HRA) in the event of non-acceptance or surrender of railway residential accommodation GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS RAILWAY BOARD NO. E (P&A)II/ 2012/ F.E. 2/4 Dated: 02.04.2019 The General Manager, All Indian Railways/PUs, NF(Con), CORE The DG/RDSO/ Lucknow, DG/ NAIRNadodara CAOs, DMW/ Patiala, WPO/ Patna, COFMOW/ NDLS, RWP/ Bela, CAO/ IROAF Sub: Admissibility of House Rent Allowance (HRA) in the event of non-acceptance or surrender of railway residential accommodation. Ref: (1)Department of Expenditures, MoF’s OM no. 2/5/2017-E.IIB dated C15.03.2019 (2)Railway Board’s letter No. E(P&A)II-87/HRA-15, dated 16.05.1988 (3)Railway Board’s letter No. E(P&A)II-95/HRA-3, dated 14.02.1996 (4)Railway Board’s letter No. E(P&A)II-99/HRA-2, dated 12.07.1999 & 16.03.2000 (5)Railway Board’s letter No. E(P&A)II-2002/HRA-4, dated 16.10.2002 & 09.05.2003 (6)Railway Board’s letter No. E(P&A)II-2010/HRA-2, dat...

Railways: Re-engagement of retired employees in exigencies of service GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) No. E(NG)II/2007/RC-4/CORE/1 New Delhi, Dated 27.3.2019 The General Manager (P) All Indian Railways/PUs Sub:-   Re-engagement of retired employees in exigencies of service. Ref:- (i) No. E(NO)II/2007/RC-4/CORE/1 dated 11.12.2009 (RBE No.219/2009) (ii) No. E(NG)II/2007/RC-4/CORE/1 dated 16.10.2017 (RBE No.150/2017) (iii) No. E(NG)II/2007/RC-4/CORE/1 dated 12.12.2018 (RBE No.193/2017) Attention is invited to Board’s letters cited above regarding modalities of re-engagement of retired employees and remuneration to be paid to them. Some Railways have brought to the notice of the Board that there is an issue of disparity in revised rates/remuneration to re-engaged staff prior to and post 16.10.2017. The issue also figures as AIRF PNM agenda item No. 18/2018. The matter has been examined in Board’s office carefully and it has been decided as under...