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Showing posts with label Establishment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Establishment. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Very good initiative - Reforming Railway establishment codes and manuals




Indian Railways want to simplify the establishment code and manuals for improving transparency and efficiency.

Northern Railway has developed webpage asking for suggestions for modifications of Indian Railway Establishment Codes & Manuals from all stakeholders including officers, staff, recognized unions/associations and individuals.


All are requested to provide their valuable suggestions on following link by 15th October 2019.


                                                          Click here

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Substantive pay and Officiating pay


By Shri J C Nagaraja Rao, Dy.CPO (Retd.)/SCR

Substantive Pay

Substantive pay  means the pay (other than special pay, personal pay or emoluments classified as pay) to which a Railway servant is entitled on account of his appointed to a post substantively or by reason of his substantive position in a cadre.

Officiating Pay

Officiating pay means the difference between the pay that a Railway servant is entitled to draw by virtue of his being put to officiate in a post on which another person holds a lien and his Substantive pay.

Example:

Mr A is appointed as Junior clerk (substantive post) and his pay fixed as Rs.25000. He is promoted as senior clerk on adhoc promotion and pay fixed  as Rs.30000. Hence his substantive pay is Rs.25000 and officiating pay is Rs.5000.

Saturday, April 20, 2019

Training Allowance & Sumptuary Allowance


Training Allowance & Sumptuary Allowance

Reference of Railway Board letters
1. Railway Board letter No. E(MPP)/2008/3/18 dated 20.10.2008- RBE 156 of 2008 Clickhere
2. Railway Board Letter No. E(MPP)/2012/3/28 dated 06.10.2017- RBE 145/2017 Clickhere

*       Colloquially called as Teaching Allowance, since it is granted to Teaching persons/faculty.  But the official name is Training Allowance.

*       Revised Training Allowance (due to 7th PC recommendations) is as follows
National/Central training Academies & Institutes for Group A officers
24 % of Basic Pay
In other training establishments
12 % of Basic Pay

*       Basic Pay means Pay in the prescribed pay Band plus applicable Grade pay only, but does not include any other type of pay like Special pay etc.

*       Admissible to the employees who join the training institutes for specific period of time and are then likely to go back.

*       Will be admissible to the faculty members without any ceiling of 5 years and standard cooling off period between tenures will apply.

*       Not admissible to those employees who are directly employed by the training institutes for imparting training.

*       Separate Deputation allowance is admissible to the trainers who are in receipt of Training allowance.


*       Revised rates of Training Allowance  and abolition of Sumptuary Allowance are w.e.f  01.07.2017.


Sumptuary Allowance


*       Abolished w.e.f. 01.07.2017 (based on 7th PC recommendations)

*       Sumptuary allowances are granted to various grades of personnel in the Central Government, to compensate for the expenditure incurred on entertaining visitors.  However due to 7th PC recommendations, Sumptuary allowance paid to Head of CTI - Centralised Training Institue (Rs. 3500 per month), to Course Directors ( Rs. 2500 per month) and to Counselors (Rs. 2000 per month is abolished.

*        Sumptuary allowances are granted to various grades of personnel in the Central Government (that is Head of Training Institutes),  to compensate for the expenditure incurred on entertaining visitors.

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

RSBY - Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana

RSBY - Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana

Note:
Being the latest  scheme ( In Indian Railways - 2011 year), this may be asked as Short Notes question in Appendix III A Examination.
»   launched by Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India in the year 2008.
»  Objective:  Protecting BPL(Below Poverty Line) families & informal sector workers of India from the shocks related to catastrophic expenditures of health by provide Health Insurance cover.
»    A Social Insurance scheme.
»  It is a Smart card based, Paperless and cashless facility.
»  Annual hospitalisation cover up to Rs.30,000 per family of 5 members.
»  Transportation expenses - Up to Rs.1,000 per year - provided in cash - for facilitating travelling to Hospital.
»  Rs.30 is one time registration fees paid by the beneficiaries at the time of registration.
»  Implemented through Health Insurance Companies by empanelling the hospitals throughout the India. Already 12,000 Hospitals are empanelled.
»  Premium paid to the Insurance companies   - 75 % by Central Govt.  and balance 25 % paid by State Govts.
»  Approximate premium is Rs. 350 in 2012 year.
»  No age limit for enrolment into this Scheme.
RSBY -Indian Railways

*               Authority: RBE No.12/2011 (Rly Bd. Letter No.2010-E(LL)/AT/USW/1 dated 27.01.2011.

*               As part of CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility, Indian Railways extends this scheme to APL (Above Poverty Line) categories in Indian Railways i.e., Licensed Porters, Licensed Vendors & Licensed Hawkers in the year 2011.

*               Because, the BPL (Below Poverty Line) categories of people are already covered in this Scheme by Ministry of Labour & Employment, Govt. of India.  But Indian Railways ensure that Licensed - Porters, Vendors & Hawkers under BPL  are covered under RSBY scheme implemented by the respective State Governments or not.

*               Main Points - RSBY - Indian Railways

A.    Railways share of premium  is Rs.565 per family or 75 % of Annual premium whichever is less

B.    Remaining 25 % premium - bear by the beneficiaries only, not State Govt. (because people covered under APL category)

C.     Zonal Rlys have to pay full premium one year in advance.

D.    Monitoring Dept. is Commercial Dept by nominating Key field officer at Divisional level and Co-ordinating Officer at Zonal Level.

E.     Implemented through State Nodal Agencies by State Govts.

F.     Accountal of Expenditure:

Abstract K - Demand No.12 - Misc. Working Expenses
Minor Head 600     -          Other Expenses
Sub Head     660     -           RSBY
Detailed Head 661 -          RSBY Premium
                            662 -          Other expenses
                            663 -          Credits for contributions paid by
                                             beneficiaries.


Request: 

Readers are advised to spread awareness of RSBY to the needy persons in Railways i.e., Licensed - Porters, Vendors & Hawkers as well as BPL categories in other sectors (Outside the Indian Railways) as part of our Social responsibility.


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Tuesday, May 1, 2018

SBF - Staff Benefit Fund



SBF - Staff Benefit Fund

·         Chapter VIII of I.Rly.Establishment Code

·         established on Indian Railways in the year 1931.

·         established for the welfare of the Railway employees and their children.

·         A Railway Staff. Benefit Fund shall be maintained for each Zonal Railway. 

·         SBF debited with  activities are 1)Education 2) Recreation 3)Sickness 4)Sports 5)Scouts 6)Indigenous systems of medicine (Homeopathy)

·         SBF credited with

1.    Annual grant on the 01st April of each financial year from the Railway Revenues on "PER CAPITA" basis based on the total sanctioned strength (permanent & temporary).  Work charged posts will not be considered.  At present Per Capita contribution is Rs.800/-
2.    All receipts from fines
3.    Forfeited PF bonuses of Non Gazetted staff
4.    50% of expenditure incurred by Railways on the grant scholarships for technical education of children of Rly staff during the previous year.
5.    Unpaid wages over three years period.

·         Zonal SBF committee composition is as follows

SN
Position

1
Chairman
CPO
2
Member
CMO
3
Member
CE
4
Member
Six members equally to be selected from the two recognized Unions
5
Member

Member
7
Member
8
Member
9
Member
10
Member
Representative from All India Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Railway Employees Association (AISC&STREA)
11
Member
Representative from All India OBC Railway Employees Association (AIOBCREA)

12
Secretary
Welfare Inspector nominated by GM
 Divisional SBF/Workshop SBF committee composition is as follows

SN
Position

1
Chairman
DPO/WPO
2
Member
One officer nominated by DRM/CWM
3
Member
Four members equally to be selected from the two recognized Unions
4
Member
5
Member
6
Member
7
Member
Representative from All India Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Railway Employees Association (AISC&STREA)
8
Member
Representative from All India OBC Railway Employees Association (AIOBCREA)

9
Secretary
Welfare Inspector nominated by DRM/CWM

·         The cost of stationery, printing charges of forms, postage charges and other contingent expenses relating to the Fund is met from the Railway Revenues.

·         The accounts of the SBF will be monitored and internally checked by the office of the FA&CAO and the Audit will make the checks.

·         Annual Reports on the working of the SBF should be submitted by each Railway Administration to the Railway Board.

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