EFFORTS MADE AND THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF ALL INDIA RAILWAYMEN’S FEDERATION AND ITS AFFILIATED UNIONS FOR HANDICAPPED RAILWAY EMPLOYEES.

EFFORTS MADE AND THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF ALL INDIA RAILWAYMEN’S FEDERATION AND ITS AFFILIATED UNIONS FOR HANDICAPPED RAILWAY EMPLOYEES.

   All India Railwaymen’s Federation and its affiliated unions have all along paid due attention towards genuine problems of Handicapped Railway Employees and have made serious efforts at various levels for redressal thereof.

  AIRF pursued the Ministry of Railways to launch a special drive to fill-up all the vacant posts earmarked against Handicapped Quota, as a result of which, Railway Board issued instructions to all the zonal railways vide letter No.E(NG)II/2006/RC-2/11 Pt. IV dated 01.05.2012(RBE No.59/2012), and accordingly Special Recruitment Drive was undertaken by the zonal railways etc.

  AIRF has also been pressing hard the Railway Board to secure reservation for the persons with disabilities in promotions. (Ref. AIRF’s PNM Item No.14/2008)

  AIRF has demanded to appoint wards of the deceased railway employees/medically de-categorized employee, the wards having 20% and above physical disability against Physically Handicapped Quota(Ref.: AIRF’s PNM Item No.22/2010 & 22/2012).

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Payment of Productivity Linked Bonus to all eligible non-gazetted Railway employees for the financial year 2009-2010.

                                                         GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
                                                         MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
                                                             (RAILWAY BOARD)


                                                                                                                              RBE.No. 147/2010
                                                                                                               New Delhi, dated 07.10.2010.

 No.E(P&A)II-2010/PLB-4

The General Managers/CAOs,
All Indian Railways/Production Units etc.
(As per mailing List No.1&2)


Subject : Payment of Productivity Linked Bonus to all eligible non-gazetted Railway employees for the financial year 2009-2010.

The President is pleased to sanction Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) equivalent to 77 (Seventy seven) days wages without any ceiling on wages for eligibility for the financial year 2009-10 to all eligible non-gazetted Railway employees (excluding all RPF/RPSF personnel). Where
wages exceed Rs.3500/- per month, Productivity Linked Bonus will be calculated as if ‘wages’ are Rs.3500/-p.m.

2. ‘Wages’ for the purpose of calculating Productivity Linked Bonus shall include ‘Basic pay’ as defined in the Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008 and dearness allowance drawn during the financial year 2009-10. Other conditions of eligibility, method of calculation of wages, etc., as prescribed in this Ministry’s instructions and clarifications issued from time to time, shall remain unchanged.

3. It has also been decided that in the case of eligible employees mentioned in Para 1 above who were not placed under suspension, or had not quit service/retired/expired during the financial year 2009-10 or were on leave where leave salary admissible is not less than that admissible on leave on average pay, may be paid an amount of Rs.8860/- towards Productivity Linked Bonus for the financial year 2009-2010. In the case of employees other than those mentioned above, the amount of Productivity Linked Bonus may be calculated in accordance with the extant instructions on the subject.

4. Further, in relaxation to the provisions in Rules 905(2), 908 and 909 of State Railway Provident Fund Rules, as contained in Chapter 9 of R-1/1985 edition (2003 Reprint edition), such of the subscribers to the SRPF as are entitled to Productivity Linked Bonus may, if they so desire,
deposit the whole or part of the amount admissible under the Scheme in their respective State Railway Provident Fund Accounts.

5. It is also advised that the admissible amount in respect of employees who receive their salary in bank accounts be credited to their accounts unless such employees give an option to receive the PLB in cash.

6. Payment of Productivity Linked Bonus for the financial year 2009-10 to all eligible non-gazetted Railway employees mentioned in Para 1 above should be made on priority before the commencement of the puja holidays.

7. This issues with the concurrence of Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

                                                                                                                                                        s/d

                                                                                                                             ( Salim Md. Ahmed)

                                                                                                             Deputy Director/E(P&A)III,

                                                                                                                                 Railway Board.

No.E(P&A)1I-2010/PLB-4
New Delhi, dated: 07.10.2010.


Source: AIRF

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Transport Allowance to blind & orthopaedically handicapped Railway employees- clarification

                                                       GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
                                                       MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
                                                             (RAILWAY BOARD)
                                                                        ******

S.No.PC-VI/ 206
No. PC-V/2009/A/TA/1

RBE No. 71/2010
New Delhi, dated 10.05.2010

Sub: Transport Allowance to blind & orthopaedically handicapped Railway employees- clarification reg.

On receipt of a reference from All India Railwaymen’s federation (AIRF) regarding grant of Transport Allowance to blind and orthopaedically handicapped Railway employees availing FRC facility, the matter has been considered in Board’s office and in context thereof, it is clarified that such blind and orthopaedically handicapped Railway employees are entitled for Transport Allowance in terms of Para-2(i) of Board’s letter No.PC-V/2008/A/TA/2, dated 12.09.2008, as the condition of availing Residential Card Pass facility by a Railway employee has been declined with grant of Transport Allowance vide Board’s letter dated 23.01.2009.

2. In view of the above, Board’s letter No.PC-V/2008/A/TA/2, dated 29.06.2009 addressed to Western Railway stands withdrawn.

3. This issue with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

4. Hindi version is enclosed.

                                                                                               (N.P.Singh)
                                                                           Dy.Director, Pay Commission – V
                                                                                           Railway Board

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