Strike Ballot – 95% Railway employees want strike

Strike Ballot – 95% Railway employees want strike

PRESS RELEASE

New Delhi: 14th February, 2016 – On the clarion call of the National Joint Council of Action(NJCA) and All India Railwaymen’s Federation(AIRF), strike ballot was conducted all over the Indian Railways among the Railwaymen on 11-12 February, 2016 against retrograde recommendations of the VII CPC, 11-point Charter of demands of the Central Government employees as also non-settlement of long pending genuine demands of the Railwaymen.

The Convener of the NJCA and General Secretary AIRF, Shri Shiva Gopal Mishra said, “there is serious resentment among the Central Government employees in general and the Railwaymen in particular on against retrograde recommendations of the VII CPC and non-settlement of their long pending genuine demands. As a result of which, in the strike ballot conducted all over the Indian Railway on 11-12 February, 2016, more than 95% Railwaymen casted their votes in favour of the strike with full enthusiasm”.

Shri Mishra further said, “overwhelming voting in favour of strike ballot has proved that the Railwaymen are totally in favour of the strike”.

Shri Mishra also told that, “keeping in view result of the strike ballot, notice for withdrawal of labour, i.e. Strike Notice, will be served to the respective general Managers on 11th March, 2016 for “indefinite strike” from 06:00 hrs. of 11th April, 2016, in case the government does not resolve the genuine demands of the employees and this will be the biggest and historical strike of the Railway employees, responsibility of which shall be of the Government of India”.

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Source: AIRF

Payment of Dearness Allowance (119%) to Railway employees w.e.f – 01.07.2015

Payment of Dearness Allowance (119%) to Railway employees w.e.f 01.07.2015

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAY
(RAILWAY BOARD)

S.No.PC-VI/356

RBE No.115/2015

No.PC-VI/2008/I/7/2/1

New Delhi, dated 24/09/2015

The GMs CAO(R)
All zonal Railways & Production Units
(as per mailing list)

Sub: Payment of Dearness Allowance to Railway employees – Revised rates effective from 01.07.2015

Please refer to this Ministry’s letter of even number dated 13.04.2015 (S.No.PC – VI 349, RBE No.35/2015) on the subject mentioned above. The president is pleased to decide that the Dearness Allowance payable to Railway employees shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 113% to 119% with effect from 1st July, 2015.

2. The provisions contained in para 3,4 & 5 of this Ministry’s letter of even number dated 09.09.2008 (S.No.PC-VI.3, RBE NO.106/2008) shall continue to be applicable while regulating Dearness Allowance under these orders.

3. The additional installment of Dearness Allowance payable under these orders shall be paid in cash to all railway employees. The arrears may be charged to the salary bill and no honorarium is payable for preparing separate bill for this purpose.

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

Sd/-
(M.K.Panda)
Jt. Director, Pay Commission
Railway Board