Railways Stops British-Era Practice Of Personal Messengers To Cut Costs
The messengers are accountable of handing over paperwork of delicate nature around the Railways’ community.
New Delhi:
The Railways has determined to eliminate a British-era follow of sending confidential paperwork by way of non-public or Dak messengers and suggested zones to transport to conversation by way of videoconferencing.
That is the newest in a string of directions for zonal railways to chop prices.
“As a measure to cut back price and enhance financial savings on established order similar expenditure, the Board has desired that every one discussions among officers of Railways PSU /Railway Board must invariably be held over video conferencing accordingly reserving of private messenger/Dak messenger must be stopped in an instant.”
“Compliance of the above must be ensured, as it might lead important financial savings in allowances, stationery, Fax and so on,” the order dated July 24 to the zones said.
Those dak messengers are in most cases peons who’re known and given the duty of ferrying information, paperwork of delicate nature around the Railways’ community — from Railway Board to its more than a few departments, to its zones and divisions. This was once offered by way of the British when there was once no web or electronic mail.
Previous, the Railways had known as for a freeze within the advent of recent posts, rationalisation of manpower at workshops, moving outsourced paintings to CSR, transferring ceremonial purposes to virtual platforms.
It additionally prompt the zones to keep watch over expenditure by way of decreasing group of workers price, rationalising group of workers and in addition by way of making them carry out a couple of duties.
It additional requested the zones to check contracts, scale back power intake and reduce price in administrative and different spaces.
The Railways additionally suggested that every one document paintings be moved to the virtual sphere and prompt that every one correspondence will have to be completed thru protected e-mails and requested them to cut back using stationery articles, cartridges and different pieces by way of a minimum of 50 according to cent.
It requested the zones to check and shut all uneconomic branches of the ministry.
Whilst maximum conversation by way of officers are recently completed by way of electronic mail, the Dak messengers are as excellent as out of date, say officers. With the newest course, their use has been formally delivered to an finish.
