Highly disappointing Rail Budget – NFIR
It is quite disappointing
that although the Bonus Act has been amended w.e.f. 01.10.4.2014 for
calculation of Bonus rates to Rs. 7000/- p.m., the Railway Minster did
not make any announcement for making payment of PL Bonus to Railway
employees at revised rate of Rs. 7000/- p.m. for the year 2014-15.
NFIR
National Federation of Indian Railwaymen
3, CHELMSFORD ROAD, NEW DELHI – 110 055
Press Statement
Highly disappointing Rail Budget
The National Federation of Indian Railwaymen (NFIR) expresses its
serious disappointrnent over the Rail Budget (2016-17) presented by Shri
Suresh Prabhu, Railway Minister in the Parliament on 25th February
2016. According to the President and General Secretary NFIR Shri Guman
Singh and Raghavaiah, the Rail Budget document is “towards journey for
privatization of Indian Railways in the name of transformation”. It is
sad to note that the Railway Minister has not given due recognition to
the dedicated services being rendered by various categories of Railway
employees who toil hard day and night.
NFIR leaders said that the Rail Budget is totally uninspiring and on
the contrary generating resentment among Railway employees as the aim of
the Budget is to “aggressively implement pivatization, outsourcing” of
regular Railway activities.
NFIR expressed its unhappiness as the commitrnents given by the
previous Railway Ministers thro’ Budget announcements have not been
fulfilled notably: Free Medical treatrnent to the dependant parents of
Railway employees and construction of New Railway quarters under the
corporate welfare plan drawn up years back by the Railway Ministry. The
announcement of previous Railway Ministers on the floor of the
Parliament that “House for all” has unfortunately been forgotten.
It is quite disappointing that although the Bonus Act has been
amended w.e.f. 01.10.4.2014 for calculation of Bonus rates to Rs. 7000/-
p.m., the Railway Minster did not make any announcement for making
payment of PL Bonus to Railway employees at revised rate of Rs. 7000/-
p.m. for the year 2014-15.
NFIR said that the condition of Railway colonies and Railway quarters
are totally deteriorated. The Rail Budget has not addressed this
welfare aspect adequately.
The Federation expresses its anguish over the failure of Railway
Ministry in filling up vacancies of 2.5 lakh vacancies in Railways, out
of which over 1.5 lakh vacancies belong to safety categories.
The Federation also expresses its unhappiness over the non-allocation
of adequate resources for improving the Railway Hdspitals, Health Units
and creating Super Specialty facilities atleast in the Zonal Railway
Hospitals. The long pending dernand of NFIR for making provision of Road
Mobile Medical Vans for ensuring Medical treaftnent to the Railway
employees working at remote places, jungle areas, has not been given due
priority in the Rail Budget.
NFIR is also of the view that the Rail Budget has not satisfied any section of people.
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(Dr.M.Raghavaiah)
General Secretary
Source: NFIR
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