Board approves demand for Exclusion of the Rly Employees from New Pension Scheme Rail News 13-02-14 Ministry of Railways approach Finance Ministry to seek Exemption from New Pension System At a time when Railway employees have been preparing for a national-level strike seeking exemption from the New Pension System (NPS) among many others, the Railway Board on Friday approved one of their demand for exemption of Railway Employees from the new Paension Scheme and decided to approach the Finance Ministry
New Delhi: The CBI has decided to close its
preliminary enquiry (PE) against top railway official Kulbhushan facing
allegations of corrupt practices. CBI is likely to close its preliminary
enquiry into graft allegations against a top Railway Board member as it failed
to find any prima facie evidence against him during its nine-month long probe
which apparently marred his chances of becoming the Board chairman.Last year in June, CBI had started a preliminary
enquiry against Kul Bhushan, Member (Electrical) Railway Board, for allegedly
favouring a private builder in awarding contract to develop a railway land.Kulbhushan holds the rank of secretary to the government and is
posted as Member (Electrical) of the railway board, the top decision making
body of the railways. Despite being the senior-most member, Kulbhushan
lost out in the race to be the Chairman of the Railway Board, mainly because of
the CBI probe against him, say railway ministry sources. The enquiry
apparently became a stumbling block for Kul Bhushan, who was the senior-most
member, in the race for the post of Chairman, Railway Board.A senior CBI official said although there was no
evidence against Kul Bhushan and agency has decided to close the enquiry
against him, it will recommend departmental action against others. “The
decision has been taken to close the PE,” said a CBI official requesting
anonymity.The PE against Kulbhushan was an off-shoot of the CBI corruption
case against former railway board Member (Staff) Mahesh Kumar who charged with
bribing Vijay Singla, nephew of former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, to
get the ‘so-called’ lucrative post of Member (Electrical) which was held by
Kulbhushan.But after probing him for more than nine months, the agency has
decided to close the PE as the allegations could not be verified.The CBI and ministry of railways were also
locked in a tussle over the move to include Kulbhushan in a black list of
officials whose integrity was under cloud due to the pending PE against him.
The CBI and Railways could not come out with an ‘agreed list’ of officials due
to the controversy over indecision to put Kulbhushan in the list.
Popular posts from this blog
Revision of Charges. Revision of Reservation Fee, Tatkal Charges etc., Announced in Railway Budget 2013-14 to come into Effect From 1st April, 2013 It has been announced in Railway Budget 2013-14 in connection with revision of Reservation Fee, Supplementary charges for Superfast Trains, Withdrawal of Enhanced Reservation Fee, Clerkage Charges, Cancellation Charges and Tatkal Charges. The revisions will come into effect for tickets issued on and after 01 st April, 2013. The details of revisions are as under:- 1. Revision of Reservation Fee and Supplementary Charges for Superfast Trains and Withdrawal of Enhanced Reservation Fee:- (i) Revision of Reservation Fee:- Class Existing Revised Second 15 15 (No change) Sleeper 20 20 (No Change) AC Chair Car 25 40 AC-3 Economy 25 40 AC-3 Tier 25 40 First Class 25 50 AC-2 Tier 25 50 AC First 35 60 Executive 35 60 (ii) Revision of Supplementary Charge for...
Comments
Post a Comment