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Effecting savings in manpower costs. costs

· 2016-10-28
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Date2016-10-28
TypeCommercial Circular
Topicticket-checking

Summary

Effecting savings in manpower costs. costs _ GMs/DRMs shall carry out a zero based review of all posts appearing In the Book.Of.

Text of the circular

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“Government of India (Bharat Sarkar) कर sn
“Ministry of Railways (Rail Mantralaya) se Seager sete
_. (Railway Board)

No. E(MPP)2016/1/59 _ New Delhi, Dated }g ,01.2017

The General Managers, . |
All Indian Railways & — sine
Production Units . .

Sub: Effecting savings in manpower costs. costs.

Effecting savings in manpower costs, increasing productivity and
developing ‘skilled human resources is essential for any organization. The action
plan given below lays down some specific areas and timelines. This should receive
due attention by all the concerned officers

i Review of staff in Reservation Offices be done in two stages-
a) By freezing the existing strength duly anticipating future needs
b). By reviewing and locating surpluses, which could be used to meet the

requirement of additional posts of ticket checking staff for new trains

introduced over the years

2. . _ Continuous review of crew links and requirements of Running
Staff: Review of crew links, faster running f goods trains, extension of Crew runs
after due process of consultation with all the stakeholders, beyond the territorial
limits of the Zone/division, considered.

3 Zero based review of staff: Board has issued instructions on “Pool of
Surrendered Posts” vide letter dated 28.10.2016, wherein it has been stated that

_ GMs/DRMs shall carry out a zero based review of all posts appearing In the Book.Of. ....

Sanctions
This zero based review inter alia would include the followingz=.: . ,

e Total quantum of the work being carried out in that particular. work unit/depot. de oh

as of a fixed date every year, say 1° of April

* How much manpower. is required for carrying out these activities given the.

present state of equipment/tools/procedures and yardsticks,; etc
e Comparison of the above required manpower with the existing men on roll. in
that work unit/depot

* Possibility of meeting the shortage if any by re deployment of posts from:

elsewhere
* The total departmental cost of this shortfall in available manpower even after

redeployment if the entire requirement were to be met departmentally

* Possibility of outsourcing, by limiting the total outsourcing cost not exceeding.

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Ae" ede: Multi-skilling: It~can be planned :from the initial stage ‘itself in new

“~ activities and new workshops. “The new activities would: include sections: being

electrified, new lines,;.new sheds and. maintenance depots... Even inm:the- older
establishments it can be encouraged by calling :for suggestion from employees and

-employee Unions

5 . Benchmarking: The benchmarking data are issued regularly by the
E&R: directorate. The bench marking data needs to be worked out by taking total

activities and total manpower (Departmental plus outsourced). The effort to bring

the divisions higher than the All India Average to the AIBM level has to be followed
up more rigorously. This will lead to huge. reduction in costs and increased
productivity.

6. Outsourcing: More non-core activities, which are not directly related

_ with train operations and safety can be outsourced

7. Monitoring of Travelling Allowance and Overtime: For example
higher officials like branch officers and ADRMs-can watch the trend of overtime and

TA and take necessary steps to reduce avoidable travel out of station or restrict it

to fewer numbers. As a suggestion, any TA bill for a period beyond 21 days should
require to be countersigned by the branch officer concerned. Overtime can also be
controlled by giving compensatory off wherever possible. The Supervisors (Traffic
Inspectors, Loco Inspectors) who bring about the maximum reduction in overtime
over their respective jurisdictions can be suitably rewarded. Monitoring of TA and

OT are to be started w.e.f. 01.01.2007.
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(Anuradha Singh)
Director/ MPP
Railway Board.

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