Encouraging higher administrative grade officers to have broader perspective
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION NO 389
ANSWERED ON 20.07.2018
Encouraging higher administrative grade officers to have broader perspective
389 Shri R. Vaithilingam
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :-
(a) whether it is a fact that the management of Railways has decided that the moment officers reach at higher administrative grade, posts should be such that people are encouraged to think comprehensively in terms of Railways rather than from the point of view of departments;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether it is also a fact that this move has invited criticism from within the bureaucracy; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)
(a) and (b) In an internal deliberation held on 31.05.2018, the matter came up for discussion wherein the option of merging the 08 organized Group ‘A’ services at the level of Higher Administrative Grade and above was taken up to take forward the proposal following due process and requisite clearances/consultations.
(c) and (d) Few Service Associations like Indian Railway Traffic Service, Indian Railway Personnel Service, Indian Railway Accounts Service and Indian Railway Service of Engineers have given their views on the proposal as a whole.
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