The undersigned met yesterday, i.e. 30th July, 2018, with Hon’ble Minister for Railways and discussed the vital  issues of the Railwaymen, which are pending redressal for quite some time, viz. (i) implementation of structure in the ratio of 10:20:20:50 in case of Trackmen/Track Maintainers, (ii) LARSGESS, (iii) absorption of the Course Completed Act Apprentices in the Railways, (iv) Revision in the rates of Running Allowance etc. for Running Staff, (v) Restructuring of the IT Cadre…..

No.AIRF/24(C)                                                                                                             Dated: July 31, 2018

The General Secretaries,

All Affiliated Unions,

Dear Comrades,

Sub: Brief of the meeting held with Hon’ble Minister for Railways on  30.07.2018 on certain burning

issues of the Railwaymen warranted urgent attention

The undersigned met yesterday, i.e. 30th July, 2018, with Hon’ble Minister for Railways and discussed the vital  issues of the Railwaymen, which are pending redressal for quite some time, viz. (i) implementation of structure in the ratio of 10:20:20:50 in case of Trackmen/Track Maintainers, (ii) LARSGESS, (iii) absorption of the Course Completed Act Apprentices in the Railways, (iv) Revision in the rates of Running Allowance etc. for Running Staff, (v) Restructuring of the IT Cadre, (vi) upgradation of Group `C’ supervisory  posts as Group `B’ Gazetted, (vii) diverting 10% of DR Quota for promotion of qualified staff who are having qualification prescribed for direct recruitment to higher grade through LDCE/GDCE, (viii) filling-up of large-number of vacancies, particularly in Safety Categories, (ix) restoration of old Guaranteed Pension Scheme, scrapping National Pension System(NPS), (x) provision of proper infrastructure for safe running of trains, (xi) restoration of scheme of Under-19 cricket in Railways, etc. etc.  

The meeting was held in a very cordial atmosphere and Hon’ble MR assured for positive action on the issues raised.

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