RAILWAY BOARD: Hiring of ex-Army personnel to work as AC Coach Attendants

RAILWAY BOARD: Hiring of ex-Army personnel to work as AC Coach Attendants

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAILWAY BOARD

No. 2018/ Trans. Cell/ Mech/ Contractual Staff

New Delhi, Dated: 18.02.2019

The General Manager
All Zonal Railways

Sub: Hiring of ex-Army personnel to work as AC Coach Attendants.
Ref: GM/ECR's DO letter No. ECR/ADM/SEC/MECH/2019 dated 23.01.2019.

A reference was received from General Manager, East Central Railway seeking approval for hiring of ex-Army personnel as AC coach attendants.

The issue has been deliberated upon and the Board (MS, FC & CRB) has approved the following:

• The issue is of hiring through contract of ex-Armymen for ACCA. Zonal Railways can do the same by framing the contract conditions accordingly. There is no specific need for approval of Railway Board for this.
• This can be done where the posts are vacant against sanctioned strength only. This issues with the concurrence of the Associate Finance of the Transformation Cell.

(A.K. Chandra)
Executive Director/Mech./Transformation

Source: Indian Railways

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Issue of Pensioners Identity Card to Pensioners - Revised Format

Issue of Pensioners Identity Card to Pensioners - Revised Format

No.41/21/2000-P&PW(D)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare

3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan
Khan Market, New Delhi
Dated the 19th Feb, 2018

Office Memorandum

Sub: Issue of Pensioners Identity Card to Pensioners- Revised Format

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s OM of even no. dated 12.08.2015 and to say that the instructions related to the issue of Pensioners’ Identity Card to Pensioners were issued by this Department. In para 2 of the OM dated 12.08.2015, it is mentioned that Pensioners' ID Card shall include the Aadhaar No. of the pensioners, if available. Accordingly, a format for the pensioners' Identity Card was also issued.

The matter has been reconsidered. It has been decided that henceforth, the Pensioners' Identity Card may be issued to the pensioners in the revised format (copy enclosed).

Encl: as above

sd/-
(Charanjit Taneja)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

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Cabinet approves release of an additional instalment of DA to Central Government employees and DR to Pensioners, due from 1.1.2019

Cabinet approves release of an additional instalment of DA to Central Government employees and DR to Pensioners, due from 1.1.2019

 

Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Cabinet

19-February-2019 21:22 IST

Cabinet approves release of an additional instalment of DA to Central Government employees and DR to Pensioners, due from 1.1.2019

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval to the release of an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees, and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners w.e.f. 1.1.2019 representing an increase of 3% over the existing rate of 9% of the Basic Pay/Pension, to compensate for price rise. This increase is in accordance with the accepted formula, which is based on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC). The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both DA and DR would be Rs. 9168.12 crore per annum and Rs. 10696.14 crore in the FY 2019-20 (for a period of 14 months from January 2019 to February, 2020). This will benefit about 48.41 lakh Central Government employees and 62.03 lakh pensioners.

PIB

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