COMMITTEE
Dated 26.6.2415
The HonobleMinister of RailwaYso Rail Bhawan' NEW DELHI. AjointmeetingofthePresidents/SecretaryGeneralsandofficebearersofAI together represent all the 13 Lacs NFIR, FROA' InrSr and AIRPFA, which Stafflemployeesas*"ttu.officers(bothGroup-.A'and!1ou-n..8')oflndianRailway to deliberatethe Final Report submittedby Dr' and 26,06.2015 was held on 24,06.2015 ,.Mobilisation for RailwayProjectsand of Resources Debroycommittee ii1i.oi.zots on Board"' -l n.*i"o"t""i"g of Ministry of RailwaysandRailway W h i l e s o m e o f t h e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s a r e e o n slong i d eterm r e dprospects a c c e p t&a b l e ' s havehighly uo*"r" implicationsfor the recommendations/remarks not acceptableat all' While needfor health of IR as *"il ;r nationi and therefore and inevitableprocess'the oot be deniedbeinga co-nti3uou1 reforms/imp.otements ""r, basicfabricofthislongstanding-lngsuTesstut.oEanlzlJio.u$uldnotbedestroyedint badry--la'BritishRailways'It appears nameof reforms,astnE."-" iiircry to booneiang achievedby IR over yearsdespite that Committeenas ilnoieo tne stellar p*rot-"lo"e or no has narallll in governmentsector thrys! on]i,*@ bearinghugesubsidyi;;.; growth rn seemsto be the noa tnnt co-.itt*e" 1.n. c evenpsUs. we are ilil,; IR aad nation'rt is also of cost ,orlt-eff andprofit of privateplayers,wen,if it is.althe in nanway'Board'which is to noteti"i io.rni1fe"nas disftayedficXrl{rfaltl distressing istrv of Railwavs' awav from the refrectedio co*-ili".;Hffi;;"*;"o-d;irs experts' organizational a""i.iot* in" comm-$ sembersareSupposedly implementatioo which principleof,.*h"og" manasement', ,fi;dir;r but rheyseemto b#;;*;;;; should reforms far-reaching invotvemJf or ,tar."nora""t.it it-Ui"d th"J such necessitates shouldbe arrived at consensus thri*rtt'[r" stakeholders *itn first be discussed 311 " employees. "fi 13Lacs represenfing with Fedrations/Associations response detailedreasoned will ".p*i"rrv While u".n oi tn. Federation/Ar.o.i"tioo suby-i1its of the some on afo'$rs*irlfive Federations in duecourse'r-q.a9,,y11"o"uRi*oo' oitl" oi ttt are asundcrkeyrecommendations,
ptisryvr nncovttupxnluoNs 1) Accounting Reforms (chapter-7)
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the option given 2) A singleGroup..,,,A'Railway Service(one of 431/ChaPter-4) 3) Decentrali#on *od *-po*.rment (para-2.13to 2.18)
in Para-4'30&
of zonalRailways, GMs and Divisions/DRMs
4) Creation of Non-fungible non-lapsablesafety
Fund through safety surcharge
5) Stition re-redeveloPment
by ringfencinginvestr
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Cop.yfomanled to the General Secretories of affil.iateelUnions of NFlRfor informatiott and staging strong 'r, protesl i,t dffirent plnses us atlvised.eurlier against the Report ,-l ** \ :\-(' | .? -1 C/: Meclii ccntre/NFlR. C/: II/9S/Part VII (Dr. M. Raghavaiah) C/: Il/80(i)/Port. II General Secretary
7) Restoration of status associatedwith functioning of Sr.Supervisors 8) 100% Funding of GRP by State Governments OUTRIGHTLY
REJECTEBLE RECOMMENDATIONS-
InCIUdESbUt NOtIiMitEd tO.
l)Settine up of RRAI (chapter-3)- Instead of creating a super-authority above Ministry' it il@ffAuthorityo,whoserecommendationsregardingtariffsshall be binding on Ministry, thus insulating the Ministry from populist political pressure. 2) Two Group-'A' Services(one of the option given in Para-4.31 in Chapter-4), which will lead to intensefactionalism, rivalaries and departmentalism- much more than seen currently. Attempt to cure casteismwill create bigger problem of communalism.
2) free accessto private train operators (Para-8.16)- This will ultimately lead to cornering of profitable business by private players, thus leaving unremunerative services & routes to IR, and consequent bleeding/death of IR. It will lead to over bureaucratisation & redRailwa Mi tapism. present structure is time tested, though suffering from over-centralisation. After
3)
decentralisation & delegation of powers to zonal Railways & divisions, and with setting up of Riit Tariff Authority & elimination of subsidies, the same structure is capable of meeting all user expectations. Undue haste and overzealousnessin this regard will spell disaster for IR & nation and meet the same fate as British Railways witnessed during 1992-2001.
Para-2.7)
4)
This is non-feasible & statutorily untenable recommendation and advocates"complete centralisation of presently decentralisedset up working successfutly.The prime reason fory sub-optimal performance of zonal Construction Organisations has been shortage of funds This & lack of empowerment, which has not been addressed by committee. recommendation is based on presumptions and ignores the ground reality. It is also against the committee's own stated principle of decentralisation. 5) Privatisation of Securitv- Private security will fail to protect Railways & passengersdue to lack of legal powers, and GRP/state police has failed becauseof lack of accountability and restricted jurisdiction. Therefore RPF has to be continued. 6) Meddling with the Health Set-up of IR and authorizing private personnel to issue medical certification
NFIR
