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Master Circular No. 42 - Cultural Activities on Railways
Master Circular No. 42
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| Circular number | Master Circular No. 42 |
|---|---|
| Type | Establishment Master Circular |
| Topic | staff-establishment |
| Archive source | pbtvc.in |
Summary
Cultural Activities on Railways. Master Circular compilation sourced from the PBTVC Personnel website; check subsequent Railway Board amendments before use.
Text of the circular
MASTER CIRCULAR Master Circular No. 42 Cultural Activities on Railways At present the orders relating to promotion of cultural activities on the Railways and holding of Inter-Divisional/Inter-Railway cultural competitions are scattered in a number of Office Circulars/ Order issued from time to time. The question of consolidation of these existing Orders/ Circulars into one Master Circular has been in consideration of the Ministry of Railways. They have now decided to issue a consolidated Order on the subject as below, for information and guidance of all concerned. 2. Based on the announcement made by the then Minister for Railways while introducing the Railway budget for 1976-77 in the Lok Sabha on 10.03.1976, it was inter alia decided by the Ministry of Railways to introduce inter-Divisional and inter-Railway cultural competitions in Dance, Drama and Music, in order to encourage give fillip to the latent talent in Railway employees and their family members. 3. It was further decided that preliminary rounds will be held initially at Divisional level and the finalists in the various items from each Division will be sent by the respective Divisions to the Zonal Headquarters, where the final Inter-Divisional competition will be held to adjudge the winners of the Zonal Railway in the various events competed. The inter-Divisional competition shall be held on the dates fixed by the respective Zonal Railways. Subsequently, inter-Railway competition in each item will be organised by the Railway Unit concerned, to whom it is allotted by the Board based on the offer received from the Railway Units. The Inter-Railway Cultural Competition will be held normally in the months of January-February each year at the venues and dates intimated by the host Railway concerned. During the Railway Week celebrations from 9-16 April every year, a Central Function will be organised by the Northern Railway on behalf of the Railway Board where the Winners of each item in the inter-Railway Cultural Competition held earlier will present their respective items. On this occasion, the Railway unit concerned who has received the maximum marks in aggregate based on their performance in the Inter Railway Cultural Competition in different items, will be presented the overall rolling trophy, the symbol of supremacy in Railways Cultural events. ITEMS FOR COMPETITION 4.The items of the competitions will be as indicated below: i) Drama ii) Music - The Competition will be held both in the Carnatic and Hindustani system of music, both vocal and instrumental, which will include classical and light music in both the systems. In the instrumental section in Carnatic instruments like Veena, Flute, Violin, Harmonium etc. will be permitted. In the Hindustani music, instruments will consist of Sitar, Sarod, Flute, Violin, and Harmonium etc. iii) Classical Dances - Bharat Natyam, Kathkali, Kathak, Manipuri, Odissi and Kuchipudi. iv) Other items - Other items will consist of monoacting, mimicry, skit and magic items etc. There will be no sub-divisions of the various items of competition either on language consideration in case of Drama; classical/light in case of music and different types of dances in case of dance events. There should be a minimum of 5 entries for each item to arrange the Inter-Railway Competition in that event. The Competition shall be open to all Railway employees and their dependents, as permissible under the pass rules. Only "amateurs" will be permitted to participate in the Competition and the Competition is not open to "professionals". 5. GRANT OF SPECIAL CASUAL LEAVE, TA/DA & ISSUE OF PASSES Special Casual Leave to participants in cultural activities shall not exceed 30 days, excluding Sundays/holidays. The participants who are Railway employees will also be paid TA/DA on the same scale as is being paid at present to competitors in the Inter-Divisional and Inter-Railway sports events as in the past. For other participants, there will be no o
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