Is it Privatization or Outsourcing in Indian Railways ?
The
Railways has around 13 lakh permanent employees and over 4.5 lakh contractual
and outsourced staff. It shows a ratio of 3:1.
May be in coming days, it may be jump to 2:1
Activities (termed as Non Core) that are already
outsourced on a phased manner in Indian Railways are :
·
AC
Coach attendants
·
Platform
cleaning
·
Security
·
Executing
the works in Indian Railways
·
P.Way
maintenance
·
Catering
& Pantry car
·
Hospitality
·
Doctors
in Railway Hospital
·
Supply of Bed linen in AC Coaches
·
OBHS – On Board Housekeeping Services
·
Parcel vans
·
Sanitation
in Railway colonies
·
Managing
Retiring Rooms Dormitories
·
Housekeeping
of Railway Stations
·
Railtel
for telecom operations
·
RVNL
for construction activities
·
Disburse
salaries through NEFT (thereby reducing the Cash office staff)
·
Doorstep
Banking
·
Engineering
Surveys
·
Painting
or removal of paint of Rolling Stock in Production Units / Workshops
·
Maintenance
of IVRS – Interactive Voice Response System
·
Transportation
of released track material
·
Leasing
of SLR space
·
Unscheduled
and scheduled repairs of house wiring and operations of Pumps/DG sets / Stationery AC Plants/
Distribution network of power supply
·
Unscheduled
repair of major electrical assembly of locomotives / multiple units / Alternaor
/ fans / Compressor in AC Coaches
·
Waiting
halls in Platforms
Proposed / Contemplated activities are
·
PMC
– Project Management Consultancy – Supervising the Works
·
Corporatisation
of Railway Production Units and Workshops
·
Corporatisation
of all construction activities
·
Railway
Station operations (as a whole )
·
EPC
– Engineering , Procurement and Construction (from estimate stage to completion
stage)
·
Certain
activities of Salary preparation, maintenance of Provident Fund / NPS etc
·
Private
Trains
The above list is endless. I advise Railway employees to
face any eventuality of the rapid changes in the Indian Railways in coming
days.
Note:
I am neither pro nor against the above reforms / privatisation of the
Non core activities of Indian Railways.
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