Railways to fill 1.7 lakh vacant posts

September 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In view of the ongoing stalemate between Air India executive pilots and the airline management, Indian Railways on Tuesday said that it would set up train passenger reservation counters at all important airports throughout the country for the convenience of stranded passengers who want to travel by trains. Ministry of Railways has also given instructions to all its Zonal Railways to give wide publicity through all possible means, including press and media for information of general public about the availability of a large number of vacant berths in trains.

September 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Union Cabinet today approved the proposal of the Ministry of Railways for payment of Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) equivalent to 75 days' wages for all eligible non-gazetted Railway employees. The move will benefit 13.05 lakh employees and it will cost the xchequer Rs 889 crore The salient features of the PLB scheme evolved as a result of review of the scheme and approval of the cabinet on September 23, 2000.

August 20th, 2009 KOLKATA - Rubbishing talk that efforts are on to privatise the Indian Railways, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said she would be the last person to do so. "In some quarters there is mischievous talk that we are trying to privatise the railways.

August 1st, 2009 SHIMLA - Train travellers will soon be able to quaff apple juice from Himachal Pradesh with Indian Railways deciding to serve it on important trains, state Horticulture Minister Narender Bragta said Saturday. "The state government and the railways have reached an understanding under which packaged juices made from Himachal Pradesh apples would be provided to the passengers," Bragta told reporters.

July 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's elite investigating agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is facing a shortage of one-fourth of officers, a senior official said here Monday. "There are 1,451 posts sanctioned for the investigating officers - who are of the rank of sub-inspectors and additional superintendents.

July 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday said the country was awaiting the white paper promised by Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee on the railways' performance in the last five years. Banerjee told parliament July 3 that she would come out with a white paper on the actual performance of the railways in the past five years when Lalu Prasad headed the ministry.

July 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian Railways has over 1.7 lakh vacancies for various grades, which will be filled in after reviving the existing recruitment process, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee informed the Rajya Sabha today. Replying to a question, Banerjee said the review of the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) would also examine regional aspirations and problems raised during the railway recruitment process in Maharashtra, Assam, and Karnataka.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday ruled out corporatisation of the country's railroad network but said the private sector's participation can be considered for commercial use of railway land for areas like healthcare and education institutions. "I'm always in favour of our employees.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said her ministry would look at providing infrastructure and land for setting up Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). "We might even look at building IITs in the future," Banerjee told the Lok Sabha in a discussion on the railway budget.

June 26th, 2009 CHENNAI - The city-based two- and three-wheeler manufacturer TVS Motor closed 2008-09 with a 13 percent growth in turnover and a marginal decline in net profits as compared to the previous fiscal. In a statement Friday, the company stated the total revenue and net profit for the last fiscal stood at Rs.3,741 crore and Rs.31 crore as against Rs.3,310 crore and Rs.31.77 crore earned in 2007-08 respectively.

June 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Speedy execution of pending projects, modernisation of stations and improvement of passenger amenities are among the suggestions the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has made to the railways ministry. "Despite marked improvement in the financial position, Indian Railways continue to face issues such as outdated technology, poor state of railway stations, lack of basic passenger amenities, capacity constraints and shortage of funds for investment," the chamber said in a 20-point charter submitted to the ministry.

June 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The railways ministry will carry forward the projects taken up by the former minister, Lalu Prasad, including the ambitious bullet train proposal, Minister of State for Railways K.H. Muniyappa said here Monday.

February 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A new book explaining how the second largest railway network in the world is managing disasters - both man-made and natural - was released here Tuesday. Railways Minister Lalu Prasad released the book, titled 'Disaster Management in the Indian Railways', written by Minister of State for Railways R.

February 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government has filled up most of the vacant posts reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the last five years, reflecting an overall success rate of 89 percent, the cabinet announced Monday. Home Minister P.

January 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Rakesh Kumar Tandon, an Indian Railways Traffic Service (IRTS) officer of the 1978 batch, took over as managing director of the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corp (IRCTC) Wednesday. Prior to this, Tandon was executive director (passenger marketing, and efficiency and research) in the railways ministry.