NFIR

Registratidn No. : RTU/Nnn/31/2012

National Federation of IndianRailwaymen 3 , C H E L MSFORD ROAD,NEWDELHI- 110055 Affiliatedto : IndianNationalTradeUnionCongress(INTUC) International TransportWorkers'Federaiion(lTF)

No. NFIR/ACI 28I 20I 6/Part 1

Dated:08/1212016

The GeneralSecretariesof Affiliated Unions of NFIR Brother, Sub:

28ft National Convention of NFIR held at Maligaon Guwahati (Assam)from 09ft to 1ltr November2016-reg.

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Guwahati (Assam) from 09ft to 1lft

Novembef 2016. The Open Sessionwas inauguratedby Shri SureshPrabhu,Hon'ble Minister for Railways. The abovewas coveredin "Indian Railways" Magazine(December,20l6at PageNo. 15). A copy of the Magazineis enclosed. Yours fraternally, ' DA/As above

General Secretary Media CentreA.{FIR(Extract on Page 15 enclosed).

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CentrafNews Maitree Express is to strengthen the international understanding between India & Bangladeshand to appreciate the cultural and social bonding of the people of the border Nations. Speaking on this occasion, Shri GhanshyamSingh, General Manager, EasternRailwav said that the increase

in frequency of Maitree Express denotes the popularity of the train and best efforts are being taken to further improve the services of this train so that people of both the countries' can avail the train comfortably and reach destination on time.

Now the train will leave Kolkata terminal on Tuesday,Friday, Saturday and Monday at 7.10 hrs and reach Dhaka at 18.00hrs the same day. The train will leave Dhaka on Wednesday Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 8.10 hrs and reach Kolkata terminal at B 18.10hrs the same day.

28thNational Convention of NFIR, Open Session Inaugurated by Railway lVlinister Shri Suresh Prabhu Q hri SureshPrabhu inaugurated the National Session of rJOpen Convention of NFIRheld at Maligaon Railway Stadium on 10 November, 2016. Shri Suresh Prabhu and Shri Rajen Gohain were welcomed by the NFIR Leaders. Shri G. Sanjeeva Reddy, All India INTUC President was the Chief Guest in the Open Session. Addressingthe Open Session,Shri M. Raghavaiah, General Secretary, NFIR at the outset thanked Minister of Railways and Minister of State for Railwaysfor gracing the occasion.He complimented the Railway Minister for his initiative towards Bonus payment before the DussheraFestival.He also thanked Railway Minister for his intervention in issues related to VII CPC and spoke in detail about employees' issues. He urged the Railway Minister to direct Chairman, Railway Board to implement the commitments given to the Federation. Shri SureshPrabhu complimented Railway Employees for their role in providing uninterrupted services and also felt happy on positive the cooperation extended by

Shri SureshPrabhuaddressingat the Open Session(left). Shri SureshPrabhu and Shri RajenGohain are being welcomed(right) Federation. He said that the Government will be pursuing various new innovations for improving the quality of serviceson Indian Railways besides improving the speedsof the trains and also upgradation of technologies. He said adequate investments will be made for augmenting the infrastructure of the Railways for enhancing the average speed of the trains. He assured that the issueson which decisionswere

given by the Railway Board and not implemented till date shall be dealt and necessary directives will be issuedto the CRB etc.,to honourthe commitments. He also expressedhis happinessfor participating in such a huge congregation of the NFIRs expressed Open Session and confidence that the Federation and Railway Ministry will work together for the overall good of Nation and customer.

Minister of Railways Flags Off Gorakhpur-Badshahnagar Express progra- to grace the occasion. Chairman, Qhri SureshPrabhu,in a \)mme held on 8 Novembet2016 Railway Board Shri A.K. Mital, at Rail Bhawan flagged off Member Traffic, Railway Board Shri

rs069lrs070 GorakhpurBadshahnagar (Lucknow) Express (daily) through Video Conferencing. Minister of State for Railways Shri Rajen Gohain was specially present

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Mohd. Jamshed, other Railway Board Members and senior officials were also presenton the occasionat Rail Bhawan end. Local Members of Parliament of Gorakhpur and other

districts were also present to grace the flag off function at Gorakhpur end. Speaking on the occasion, Minister of Railways said that Uttar Pradesh is a big and populous State and thus it requires better railway network. He said that Gorakhpur is