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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Payment of Uniform Allowance in lieu of uniform to Group C&D employees of CGHS

Payment of Uniform Allowance in lieu of uniform to Group C&D employees of CGHS

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has accepted the demand of All India CGHS Employees Association to pay uniform allowance in cash to the Group C (Erstwhile Group “D”), Para medical Staff & Drivers in various CGHS Units. Image & Text of the order is given below:-

F.No. 35 2/2011-12/MSD/CGHS
Government of India
Office of the Additional Director (MSD)
D17 Area, Udyan Marg, Sec-11

Gole Market, New Delhi-110001
Dated 09.04.2015

Office Memorandum

Sub: Payment of Uniform Allowance in Cash in lieu of uniform to Group C&D employees of CGHS

The undersigned is directed to refer to office memorandum No. 14/8/90-JCA dated 29.06.1990 and 14/8/86-JCA (Vol. III), dated 23.07.1987 regarding supply of uniform to certain identified category of group C&D employees and considering the request of All India CGHS employees Association on the above noted subject, it has been decided to pay Uniform Allowance in cash in lieu of uniform to entitled group C & erstwhile group D employees (now called group C) staff except nursing staff.

2. The scale of payment will be as under.

S.No.	Category	Amount of Uniform Allowance
1.	Group C (Para Medical)	Rs. 500/-
2.	Erstwhile group D (now group C) including drivers	Rs. 2,500/-

3. There will be no change in Payment of Washing Allowance.
4. The Entitled group C and group D (now group C) employee will have to submit undertaking that they would wear complete uniform and penalty by way of withdrawal of uniform allowance would be initiated in case of non compliance in addition to disciplinary action.
5. This issue with the concurrence of integrated finance division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare vide their diary no. c-2777 dated 27 3.2015

(Sunil Kumar Gupta)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

Source: http://aiamshq.blogspot.in/2015/04/payment-of-uniform-allowance-in-cash.html

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