Uniform and Protective gears for Maintainers and Helpers of Signal & Telecom, Electrical (TRD) and Mechanical (ART & AHME) Staff

7th CPC Dress Allowance for Railway Signal and Telecom Helpers, Electronic and Mechanical staff, equipped with uniform and protective gear.

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
RAILWAY BOARD

No. 2018/TF Cell/S&T/S&T Uniform

Dated: 05.03.2019

The General Manager, All Indian Railways/PUs, NF(Con). CORE
The DG/RDSO/Lucknow, DG/NAIR/Vadodara CAOs, DMW/Patiala, WPO/Patna, COFMOW/NDLS , RWP/Bela, CAO/IROAF

Sub: Uniform and Protective gears for Maintainers and Helpers of Signal & Telecom, Electrical (TRD) and Mechanical (ART & AHME) Staff.

Ref: 1. Railway Board's letter no. 2017/Transf.cell/Civil/03 dated 05.02.2018.

Railway Board's letter no. PC-VII/2017/11715 /7 dated 03.10.2017.

In order to ensure safe working environment for the staff working on track and also keeping in view the hardship faced by them during extreme weather conditions, provision of Special protective gears has been considered by the Board. In continuation of the protective :gears approved for Trackmen/Keymen/Patrol men vide Reference (1) above, Board (MTR, MRS, MS, FC & CRB) in consultation with DG(S&T), have also approved the following:

Protective Gears:
Provision of special protective gears has been approved for the Technicians/Maintainers and Helpers of S&T, Electrical (TRD) & Mechanical (ART & ARME) departments where duty, involves working in field/on track under extreme weather and working conditions. The list of the protective gears and other items is as indicated below:

Table-I

S. No.	Description	Functional specification	Scale	Approx. Cost (Rs.)
1.	Rain Coat with cap/hood and separate waterproof trouser	Waterproof coat and trouser with full sleeves and cap/hood.	Once in a year	1200/-
2(a)	Winter Jacket	Jacket with timer lining with/without hood/cap orange color superior quality	Once in in 2 years	2500/-
OR
2(b)**	Clothing for Subzero climate i. Jacket ii. Trouser iii. Gloves iv. Snow boots v. Cap	As per military clothing from Ordinance factories/approved suppliers of Ordinance factories.	Once in 2 years	10,000/-
3.	Safety Shoes (with Steel Toes)	As per IS 15298 (Part 2): 2011 / ISO 20345:2004 Some of the reputed brands are Bata, Liberty, Action etc.	Once in six Months	1400/-
4.	Luminous vest	Retro-reflective orange colour IS-15809 of 2008 specified by EN471 Standard	Once in Six months	500/-
5.	Tricolor LED 3-cell Torch/rechargeable torch	As being used by SCR / NR	Once a Year	1000/-

Note: 1.* Tricolor LED 3-cell Torch/ rechargeable torch to be provided to staff deputed for night duty or required to attend failures during night.

Note 2: ** Winter jackets as per item 2a) will not be supplied in subzero climate region, as provisioning of the same is already included in item 2b). In addition, any specific requirement for any particular area/climatic condition may be assessed by the respective DRM.

Mode of Procurement
Mode of Procurement shall be same as adopted for procurement of protective gears for Engineering staff vide reference (1) above. As on date, Stores Department is procuring luminous vests. The other items mentioned in Table I above, may be procured at Divisional Level, through Spot Purchase Committee comprising concerned Branch Officer, SrDFM/ DFM. SrDMM/DMM. Once the system gets stabilized, and the vendors are developed, these may be procured through Stores Department of the Division.

Dress Allowances:
The Dress Allowance for the eligible staff as per Railway Board's letter no. PC­ VII/2017/1/7/5/7 dated 03.10.2017 (RBE No. 141/2017), shall continue to be followed for above categories of staff.
Colour Scheme of uniform for Technicians/Maintainers and Helpers of S&T Department:

The colour scheme of uniform for Technicians/Maintainers and Helpers of S&T Department for both men/women - Shirt/Kurta shall be of Sky Blue and Trouser/Salwar shall be Navy Blue.

This issues with the concurrence of Associate Finance of Transformation Cell of Railway Board.
Kindly acknowledge the receipt and ensure compliance.

sd/-
(Umesh Balonda)
Executive Director/S&T
Transformation Cell

Source: Railway Board

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Postal Unions demands regarding enhancement of Dress Allowance from Rs.5000/- to Rs.10,000/-

Postal Unions demands regarding enhancement of Dress Allowance from Rs.5000/- to Rs.10,000/-

No.233-01/2015-UPE(I)
Government Of India
Ministry Of communications
Department of posts

Dak Bhavan, Sansud Marg
New Delhi - 110 001
Dated: 1st February, 2019

To
The president / Secretary General

1. National Federation of Postal Employees (NFPR), 1st floor, post office building, North Avenue, New Delhi -110 001
2. Federation of National Postal Organization (FNPO), T-24, Atual Grove Road, New Delhi - 110 001
3. National Union of Postal Employees, postmen & Multi Tasking staff Group 'C' (CHQ), Dalvi Sadan Khurshid square, P&T colony, Civil Lines, Delhi - 110 054
4. All India postal employees union postmen and MTS, 17/3-D, Type-II, P&T Quarters, Kali Bari Marg, New Delhi - 110 001.
5. All India RMS & MMS Employees Union Mailguards and MTS Gr.C, MS-I/22, Postal Quarter, Atul Grove Road, New Delhi - 110 001

Subject: Unions demands regarding enhancement of Dress Allowance from Rs.5000/- to Rs.10,000/-

Madam/Sir,
In order to settle your demands for enhancement of Dress Allowance from Rs.5,000/- to Rs.10,000/-, a committee, with the approval of secretary (Posts), has been constituted in the postal Directorate under the Chairmanship of Shri V.P.Singh, CPMg, Uttar Pradesh Circle. During the meeting held on 31.01.2019 in the postal Directorate, the committee has desired that you may kindly submit memorandum to the committee justifying your demand duly supported with quotation of market rates of each item of Uniform and submit the following information to the office positively by 10th Feb, 2019:-

Item	Detail of the item / Uniform	Number of item is to be supplied annually	Cost of each item
*Uniform Male / Female
Shoes, Chappal Socks, Cap
Umbrella
Raincoat
Stitching Charges
Sweater
Washing expenses
Any Other item …

In case of Trouser, Shirt, Salwar Kameez, Saree, Blouse etc rate of polycot, Khaki & Non-Khaki cloth per meter may be intimated.

It is, requested that requisite information may kindly be made available to this Division by 10th February, 2019 positively through e-mail mmdivision71@gamil.com

Yours faithfully,

(Than Singh)
Asstt Director General (MPP)

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