MUMBAI: The Central government-sponsored New Pension Scheme (NPS) is set to receive a major boost with the State Bank of India, moving a significant part of its employees’ pension corpus to the scheme. The NPS will also get significant contributions in coming months by way of employer and employee contribution towards the pension of public […]
Archives for April 2010
Railway employees to switch over to CFLs to save power
The Ministry of Railway has awarded a contract through competitive bidding for supply of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) free of cost to railway employees residing in railway colonies. The cost of CFLs will be recovered by the firm through Carbon Credits to be earned from the project. Railways will also earn 3 per cent carbon […]
Train 10 lakh apprentices every year – says Union Labour Minister
The Union Minister for Labour & Employment, Shri Mallikarjun Kharge has urged the Industry to make concerted efforts to train at least 10 lakh apprentices every year in all sectors of economy. He was addressing the 33rd Meeting of newly constituted Central Apprenticeship Council (CAC), here today. The CAC is an Apex Statutory Tripartite Advisory […]
Fixation of pay of Railway Board Secretariat Service
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (Railway Board) ***** S.No. PC-V1/203 No.PC-VI/2010/1/RSRP/2 RBE No. 63/2010 New Delhi, dated 28.04.2010 ORDER Subject: Fixation of pay of Railway Board Secretariat Service (RBSS)/Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers’ Service (RBSSS) officers at the time of promotion from the grade of Under Secretary/Dy.Director/ Pr.Private Secretary to the grade of […]
Mobile Ticketing Van
Railways have launched a pilot project in Delhi and Kolkata where the mobile ticketing van is stationed at pre-decided locations for issuing reserved and unreserved tickets, to facilitate public not to travel to railway reservation centre for buying tickets. Wide publicity has been given through daily newspapers in which dates, timing and locales where the […]