Measures proposed to take for railway staff

• Expand the scope of Liberalized Active Retirement Scheme for Guaranteed Employment for safety category staff by enhancing the existing criteria of grade pay from Rs.1,800/- to Rs. 1,900/-.
• Considering the Indian family structure and values, extending medical facilities to both dependent father and mother of railway employees.
• Increasing the scholarship for the girl child of gangmen and group ‘D’ employees to `1,200 per month for higher education.
• Setting up of a Railway Vidyalaya Prabandhan Board (RVPB) to improve quality of education to children studying in 269 railway schools. The Board will draw up a plan for improving the physical and educational infrastructure of these schools to be implemented in a time frame of three years.
• In order to provide easy access to medical facilities in remote and inaccessible areas for our employees, it is proposed to provide 20 Medical Road Medical Vans at different locations to begin with.
• I am happy to report that all the proposed 20 hostels for children of railway employees have been commissioned and another 20 would be set up next year.

Source: http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/RailBudget_11-12/RailBudget_2011-12.pdf