Railways abolished 72,000 Group C & D tasks in 6 yrs
NEW DELHI: Indian Railways has abolished almost 72,000 posts of Group-C and Group-D classifications in the last six years, which include peons, waiters, sweepers, garden enthusiasts and primary school teachers. According to main files, the 16 zones of trains had actually proposed to surrender 81,000 such posts for these classifications from 2015-16 to 2020-21.
Officials said these posts are non-essential and these have little significance thinking about the modification in work culture and innovation adoption. Up until now 56,888 such posts have been given up by the zonal trains and the rest 15,495 are scheduled to be surrendered. Data reveals that the northern Railways has actually given up more than 9,000 posts while in the south eastern Railway 4,677 posts have been abolished. The southern Railway has actually given up 7,524 posts and in the eastern Railways, it’s more than 5,700. Sources stated another 9,000-10,000 such posts may be eliminated by the end of this current fiscal year after the approval from the Railway Board.
Authorities stated workers presently holding such posts are likely to be absorbed in the various departments.
The railways choose on the surrender of posts after bring out work-study efficiency of employees throughout the zones. The studies likewise show the approximated savings due to giving up such posts. Officials said the focus of such research studies is to minimize the posts that are unproductive. “We can concentrate on getting more technical people who can contribute to our development and operation instead of having a large number of assistance staff to carry letters and other files,” stated an authorities.
Over the last few years, the variety of sanctioned posts in the trains has actually been decreasing due to outsourcing. The nationwide transporter has actually taken this path to reduce the monetary problems on it, both in terms of wages and pensions. Presently, railways spend half of its total income on incomes and pensions – 37 paise out of each rupee earned on salaries of workers and 16 paise on pensions.
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Published at Fri, 13 May 2022 22:51:15 +0000
