Hyderabad: Ministry of Railways conducted first ever online Workman Sanghosti in which representatives of Railways Worker’s Unions participated from across the country. This “Workmen Sangosthi” was attended by Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Suresh C Angadi, Minister of State of Railways, V.K.Yadav, Chairman, Railway Board along with senior officers of Railway Board.
During the Sangosthi, office bearers of both the federations- AIRF and NFIR, Rakhal Das Gupta, Grumman Singh, Shiv Gopal Mishra, and Dr. M.Raghavaiah and other office-bearers of the Federation presented their views.
Addressing the Sangosthi, Piyush Goyal expressed the gratitude for Railway workmen for performing duties relentlessly during the lockdown period. The Minister said, “From the highest level to the lowest level, all officers and staff have sincerely performed their duties during the lockdown. Presently, Indian Railways is going through critical times due to the pandemic. The Minister urged the leaders of the federations to ponder how Railways can overcome this crisis that is looming across the world due to this pandemic. He also asked Railway federations to come up with unique ideas on how Railways revenue can be increased, costs minimized, freight share is improved, and how the railways can move further and faster. He also asked all to think about the safety and welfare of existing employees. He stressed the collective effort required by Railways officers, unions, and staff during this phase.
In a unique move, the Minister has sought crowdsourcing of ideas for boosting profitability and transformational changes from the railway employees. The heart of railway employees beats for the organization. They would be having ideas that can boost the profitability of Railways. The Minister directed the General Managers and Divisional Railway Managers to actively seek these ideas from the employees and transmit the same to the Ministry.
Addressing the Sangosthi, Suresh C. Angadi, Minister of State of Railways said, that Indian Railways had never stopped in the last 167 years but it was stopped due to this pandemic. All Railway employees have worked tirelessly during the pandemic. He congratulated the staff of Indian Railways for working as a warrior. The Minister expressed that in the future also Railway staff would work hard and make Indian Railways as the best Railways in the world.
Earlier, Dr. Aanand S. Khati, DG/HR, Railway Board informed that Indian Railways has more than 12.18 lacs, employees, on roll. 1.21 lakh employees have been recruited recently. The process for recruitment of 1.40 lakh vacancies has been initiated.
During the Sangosthi, Office bearers of the Federations highlighted the work done by Railway employees in challenging Covid times and sought active engagement in the process of transformational changes sweeping the Railways.
Office bearers of the Railway Unions said that Railway employees were standing with Ministry in its mission for the development of Railways. Improvement of Efficiency and financial health is not only in the interest of the employees but of the nation. They said Railway employees were capable of taking any responsibility for the same.
SOURCE: NSS
