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Federation ofIndianRailwaymen Nationdl ROAD,NEWDELHI- 11O055 3, CHELMSFORD Affiliated to : IndianNationalTradeUnionCongress(INTUC) InternationalTransport Workers' Federation(lTF) Dated:1610212015

No. I/8 (A/H) The Secretary (E), Railway Board, New Delhi Dear Sir,

Sub: Homeopathic/Ayurvedic dispensaries under Staff Benefit Fund (SBF) Revision in expenditure - reduction in honorarium - reg. Ref:

Railway Board's letter No. E(W)200S/WE-1/10dated 9th August,2010 & letterNo. E(W)2013/ISM/1 dated2310712014. ,krk*{<{<

Federationdesiresto invite kind attention of the Railway Board to item (b) of para 2 of Board's letter dated 0910812010wherein monthly honorarium for Ayurvedic dispensers has been fixed @ of Rs 7100 p.m. This amount of monthly honorarium is applicableto the Ayurvedic dispensersirrespectiveof their hours of working i.e. 814 hours in a day. The Railway Board while considering increasein retirement age, revision of monthly honorarium and other issuesrelating engagementof Ayurvedic/Homeopathic practitioners under item no. B have reducedthe honorariumfor Ayurvedic/Homeopathicdispensersto Rs. 5000/- p.m. for 4 hourly working and has increased nominally the honorarium of dispensers (Ayurvedic/Homeopathic)to Rs. 72001-p.m. Federationhas been receiving grievancesfrom the Ayurvedic/Homeopathic consultants and dispensersregarding nominal increase of one hand and drasticreductionin the amountof honorariumto Rs. 5000/-p.m. In this corurection,NFIR desiresto point out that the Federationhad never agreedfor nominal increasein the rate of honorarium for 8 hourly working and drastic reduction in the rate of honorarium for 4 hourly working. The illogical and incorrect decision taken by the Railway Board is against the interest of Railway employeesand the incumbents working as dispenser(Ayurvedic/Homeopathic). NFIR, therefore, requests the Railway Board to kindly review and issue modified instructionsto save stafffrom the unnecessaryrecovery. In caseRailway Board has divergent views, Federationis willing to discussthe issuewith the Railway Board. Yours faithfully,

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