Salary and Travelling Allowance to retired Railway Staff re-engaged in Railways NFIR No.II/57/Part I Dated: 02-07-2018 The Secretary (E) Railway Board New Delhi Dear sir, Sub:  Salary and Travelling Allowance to retired Railway Staff re-engaged in Railways – reg. vide Railway Board’s instructions under letter No.E(NG)II/2007/RC-4/CORE/I dated 16/10/2017 [Item (vii) of para 2], it has been stipulated that the monthly remuneration of a retired employee being re-engaged be determined by reducing pension from his/her last pay drawn (i.e Basic Pay + DA). also vide Board’s letter dated 12/12/2017, the maximum age limit for re-engagement of retired hands has been enhanced to 65 years from 62 years. Federation received grievances from the re-engaged retired hands with regard to non-payment of their legitimate dues as mentioned below:- The re-engaged retired employees, when they work on continuous duty roster under HOER, they are denied payment of salary for per...

RAILWAY HERITAGE (Government of India) Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) No. 2018/Heritage/Misc/1 New Delhi; Dated: 12.06.2018 General Manager(s) All Indian Railways Sub:  Contractual engagement of retired railway staff on “Consultant-cum- Coach” basis for preservation of Railway Heritage. For meaningful preservation and revival/ restoration of railway heritage items like steam locomotives, vintage coaches, steam cranes, semaphore signals, station equipment, steam powered equipment etc., Board (MS & FC) has approved contractual engagement of retired railway staff on “Consultant-cum-Coach” basis as per following stipulations initially for a period of one year: (i) Principal HODs (PHOD) of Zonal Railways shall be empowered to engage retired railway employees having adequate skills for consulting and guiding the process of revival and preservation of heritage items like steam locomotives, vintage coaches, steam cranes, semaphore signals, station equipme...