GP 6600 to Stenographer Issue – No Provision in Pay Structure – Railway Board Orders “Reiteration of GP 4800/5400 (level-8/level-9) as apex promotional grade in stenographers cadre in Field offices (including Zonal Railways) as per extant provisions” “NO PROVISION FOR A GRADE IN PAY STRUCTURE HIGHER THAN GP RS.4800/5400 (LEVEL 8/LEVEL 9) IN FIELD OFFICES INCLUDING ZONAL RAILWAYS” GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) S.No. PO-VI/392 RBE No. 176 No. PC-VI/2018/Misc/05 New Delhi, dated: 13.11.2018 The GMs/ CAOs (R), All Zonal Railways & Production Units (As per mailing list) Sub:  Reiteration of GP 4800/5400 (level-8/level-9) as apex promotional grade in stenographers cadre in Field offices (including Zonal Railways) as per extant provisions. Proposals are being received from Railways/ Production Units for upgradation of Stenographers cadre by granting GP 6600/- in PB-3 (6th CPC scales) to senior PSs-I in the Railway/ Unit. 2. In abov...

RBE No. 177/2018: Modification in the AVC for promotion to Goods Guards in GP Rs.2800 (Level-5) RBE No – 177/2018 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS RAILWAY BOARD E(NG)I/2012/PM 1/22 New Delhi, dated November 15, 2018 The General Managers, All Zonal Railways. Modification in the AVC for promotion to Goods Guards in Grade Pay Rs.2800 (Level-5). Attention is invited to instructions contained in Board’s letter of even number dated 12.05.2017 regarding modification in the AVC for promotion to the post of Goods Guards in Grade Pay Rs.2800 (Level-5). In para 2(i) of the aforesaid letter showing the feeder categories eligible to appear in General Selection against 60% quota for filling up the vacancies of Goods Guard in Grade Pay Rs.2800, the categories of Shunting Master-II and Shunting Jamadar, both in GP Rs.2400 (Level-4) may also be included. This supersedes the earlier instructions contained in letter of even number dated 27.07.2018, wherein shunting Master & S...

NFIR No.11/6/Pt.8 Dated: 21/08/2018 The Secretary (E), Railway Board, New Delhi Dear Sir, Sub:   Filling up of posts of Multi-Tasking Staff (erstwhile Group ‘D’ post) in Railway Board by absorption basis in Level-I of Pay Matrix (Pre-revised: Pay Band-1 (Rs.5200-20200) and Grade Pay Rs.1800) from the employees of Zonal Railways/Production Unions. Ref: Railway Board’s letter No.20l8/ERB-515 (4)l0l dated 08/0812018 addressed to Zonal Railways and Production Units etc., With reference to Railway Board’s letter dated 08/08/2018 inviting applications from the staff working in Zonal Railways etc., for filling the vacancies of Multi-Tasking Staff in Rail Bhavan, New Delhi, it is informed that on some Zonal Railways the applications of staff are not entertained on the plea that no replacement is available and on a few Zones, the Board’s circular is not being circulated resulting the staff not able to submit their applications. Staff are disappointed over the negative appro...

TRACK MAINTAINERS PROMOTION RBE No. 85/2018 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) E(NG)I/2012/PM 5/1 New Delhi, dated June 11, 2018 The General Managers, All Zonal Railways & PUs. (as per standard list) Sub:   Norms/ Procedure for future promotion in the unified cadre of Track Maintainers. Attention is invited to provisions contained in item (f) of Board’s letter of even number dated 14.10.2014, which is reproduced below: Track Maintainers Promotion The pay of the staff promoted against the vacancies from the date of restructuring orders will be fixed on profarma basis as per Rule 13 of RSRP Rules with the benefit of one increment @ 3% of the basic with the usual option for pay fixation as per extant rules. The actual payments will be made from the date of taking over charge of the higher grade post. Reports have been received that the above provision is not being implemented in its proper perspective on some of the Zonal Railways. The...

Ministry of Railways Ministry of Railways instructs Zonal Railways to link the arrival & departure of trains with Data Loggers A data logger (also data recorder) is an electronic device that records data over time or in relation to location either with a built-in instrument or sensor or via external instruments and sensors 41 stations across India records Punctuality of trains through Data Loggers Punctuality of almost 80% of mail/express trains is being monitored through this system This system will improve punctuality of trains & provide real time train movement information to passengers. 06 MAR 2018 Ministry of Railways have eliminated the practice of manually recording punctuality performance at 41 major railway junctions across zones to ensure correct reporting of such data. The Railway Board has instructed zonal railways to link the arrival and departure of trains with data loggers from January 1 2018 without the fear of drop in punctuality and report authentic ...

Ministry of Railways Ministry of Railways directs Zonal Railways to discontinue pasting reservation charts on train coaches for 6 months starting from 1st March, 2018. 16 FEB 2018 Ministry of Railways has directed Zonal Railways to discontinue pasting of reservation charts on the reserved coaches of all trains at all erstwhile A1, A & B category stations as a pilot project for 6 months starting from 1st March, 2018. Physical/digital charts will continue to be displayed at the platform of the train. At those stations where electronic charts display plasma have been installed and the same are functioning properly, physical reservation charts at such platforms can be stopped. Earlier, pasting of reservation charts on the reserved coaches of all trains was discontinued at New Delhi, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Mumbai Central, Chennai Central, Howrah and Sealdah Stations of Indian Railways on experimental basis for a period of 3 months. Link for the names of  Erstwhile A1 & A category ...

Furnishing of Specimen signature of the officers of the Zonal Railways and Production Units authorized to forward the Pension Payment Orders to the banks. Government of India Ministry of Railways Railway Board RBA No. 171/2017 No. 2016/AC-II /21/8/Pt.II New Delhi dated: 01.12.2017 PFAS All Zonal Railways / PUs Sub: Furnishing of Specimen signature of the officers of the Zonal Railways and Production Units authorized to forward the Pension Payment Orders to the banks. Please connect Board’s letter no. 2010/AC-II/21/12 dated 21.9.2010 wherein it was advised that Copies of the impression of special seal of PFAs(as indicated in Annexure II-J of the scheme for disbursement of Pensions to Railway pensioners through PSBs) together with the specimen signature of the officers of the Zonal Railways and Production Units who are authorized to forward the Pension Payment Orders to the Bank Branches concerned , duly countersigned by the Local Manager, Reserve Bank of India or State Bank of India con...