NFIR: Retirement benefits of railway employees

NFIR: Retirement benefits of railway employees Counting of services paid from contingencies with regular service for retirement benefits of raiiway employees who have put in such service – reg. NFIR Natiohal Federationf Indian Railwaymen 3, CHELMSFORD ROAD, NEW DELHI – 1 10 055 Affiliated to : Indian NationalTrade Union Congress (INTUC) International Transport Workers’ Federation (lTF) No. Il/35/pt.11 Dated: 09/03/2015 Thc Secretary (E), Railway Board, New Delhi Dear Sir, Sub: Counting of services paid from contingencies...

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Indian Government News: One Rank One Pension Scheme

One Rank One Pension Scheme Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Defence 13-March, 2015 The principle of One Rank One Pension for the Armed Forces has been accepted by the Government. The modalities for implementation have been discussed with various stakeholders and are presently under consideration of the Government. Financial implication could be calculated, once the modalities are finalized and approved by the Government. Possible amendments to the pension policies are being examined with a view to reduce litigation...

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Ordnance Factories: Ministry of Defence

Ordnance Factories Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Defence 13-March, 2015 Kelkar Committee had recommended that “Ordnance Factories should be corporatized into a single corporation under leadership of a competitive management. This corporation should be accorded the status of Navratna”. The following steps have been taken by the Government on research and development initiative for innovation and import substitution in last one year: • To avoid the delay in processing of R&D projects at Ordnance Factory...

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Modernization of Armed Forces: Ministry of Defence

Modernization of Armed Forces  Ministry of Defence 13-March, 2015 Budget allocation for modernization of armed forces under the Revised Estimates has been fully used during the last three years.  Details for the same including for the current year are as follows:- (` in crore) Year BE RE Actual Expenditure %age utilization w.r.t. RE 2011-12 56510.49 53292.30 56281.88 105.61 2012-13 66032.24 57395.46 58768.86 102.39 2013-14 73444.59 66406.41 66850.30 100.67 2014-15 75148.03 66151.73 56776.47 85.83 Note:-...

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Relaxation in minimum education qualification norms for recruitment of Sportspersons

Relaxation in minimum education qualification norms for recruitment of Sportspersons Relaxation in minimum education qualification norms for recruitment of Sportspersons in Group-C G.I., Ministry of Railways, Railway Board Letter No.2015/E(Sports)/4(1)/2/Educational Qualification, dated 10.3.2015 Sub : Relaxation in minimum education qualification norms for recruitment of sportspersons in Group-C against sports quota, both through Talent Scouting and Open Advertisement, against the Non-Technical Popular Categories. Ref.: Railway...

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