Tuesday 10 November, 2009

ARRIVING LATE : Promised Railway
Jobs For Semi-skilled Workers


Thousands of semi-skilled and unskilled workers recruited by Indian Railways two years ago but not given appointments letters due to a change in minimum qualification resultant of implementation of 6th Central Pay Commission ( CPC ) and merger of group D in to group C and also increasing the minimum qualification from std.VIII th pass to std. X th.

The recruitment process was completed long ago on the basis of criteria before implementation of 6th CPC. Ms. Mamta Banarjee, Mininster for Railways, has approached the Cabinet to about 50,000 staff. Railways has already sent a note to the Cabinet requesting it to over rule its earlier decision and grant permission to appoint workers in group D as per the criteria pre to 6th CPC recomondations.

Indian Railways is one of the world's largest employer with over 14 lakh staff. At present there are nearly 1.74 lakh vacancies in the Railways, mostly in group D ( now group C ). Nearly 48000 employees retire every year. According to an official, the Indian Railways recruits about 60,000 personnels annually in the different categories.

DMRC's Daily Income Rs.1 cr.


Delhi Metro Railway Corporation ( DMRC )'s daily average income crossed Rs. 1 crore in September 2009 for the first time since it became functional in December 2002. In Sept. '09 average income of DMRC was Rs. 1,00.27,877 said an official. the Dwaraka sector 9 to Yamuna Bank corridor earned the highest revenue of over Rs. 41 lakh daily while the route from Dilshad Garden to Rithala generated Rs. 31 lakh.

DMRC To Break Even By 2011


The Delhi Government would recover the entire cast of first phase of Delhi Metro by December 2011. Said a recent study by the Central Road Research Institute ( CRRI ). CRRI had carried out a similar study in 2007. Which said the cast of first phase of Rs. 10,571 crore would be recovered by 2013. The advancement of the break-even is mainly because of increasing ridership. It went up from 5 lakh a day in 2007 to over 8.5 lakh in 2009.

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