212 in June 2023 Final
212 in June 2023 Final
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Issue# 212 Free Monthly News Bulletin – for Internal Circulation June 2023
Email: integralnewsicf@gmail.com Contact: 900 314 1464, 9539, 9731, 9269, Rly 46490, 46485
Chief Editor:
K.Ravi, SSE/Shop80
Associate Editors:
A.R.S.Ravindra, SSE/Proj
R.Mehalan, Sr Engr/IT
Physio.M.Kumaravel
Advisors:
Dr.S.Muthukumar, DyCME/D-III
B.Chandrasekaran, DyCPLE
K.N.Mohan, DyCME/LHB
R.Srinivasan, XPLE-I
M.A.Jaishankar, AME/Designs
Distribution Team:
Project: Ramesh DN Shri Mohit Sinha, Director General/ Human Resources, Railway Board, visited ICF
Plant: Senthilnathan R on 16.05.23. He inspected Vande Bharat shell manufactiuring, coach furnishinhg
PlgS: Balakrishnan N activities and Vistadome coaches.
WS/S: Chithambaram S
StoresS: Jaganivasan N
PB: Sasikala V
Admin :Prabakar NM
AcctsS: Vijayalakshmi NR
Engg: Eswaran PGM
RPF: Raja X
A Shed: Parimi Srinivasa Rao
B Shed: Boominathan S
C Shed: Nagarajan R
D Shed: Ravi R
F Shed: Jagatheeswaran R
Insp: Anandakumar CJ
MW: Lakshminarayanan R
PCO: Mahalingam R
TS: Ramesh KV
ElecS: Vijayaraj DT
RT: Sreetharan P
CMT: Sujatha S
SD: Narayanan P
FD: Bernardshaw G
Sh30:Suresh K
Sh54:ChandraSekaran RM
Sh37:Muthukumar M
Sh80:Vasu MB
Sh88:Rajkumar KS
Sh32: Suresh DR
Sh19:Sivaraman V
PCO:Udaya Sankaran P
ElecF: Prakash P
PlgF: Jaganathnan K Electrical Safety Week was observed from 2 - 8 June 2023. Various programmes
MPOF: Ravichandran VR were organized including Mime show by Scouts and Guides, Essay / Elocution,
AcctsF: Sudharsan MN
Sh82:Malik Basha S Drawing competitions, Seminars etc.
CBS: Rajendran M
StoresF: Karthikeyan M
ONLINE applications are invited from eligible candidates for engagement as
CRM: Venkataraman V Act Apprentices, duly giving preference to candidates from Tamil Nadu.
TTC: Ravikumar N Applications completed in all respects should be submitted online till
AWTI: Selvamani M 30/06/2023 by visiting ICF web portal https://pb.icf.gov.in.
D&D: Sabapathy Nathan M
This month Integral News is sponsored by officers and staff of Shop–80,
Shop-88 and Shop-32.
GM congratulated the Scouts and Guides on 13.05.23 for
their wonderful Mime show on Electrical Safety.
Tamil virtual academy (TVA) is an autonomous body 564 – TN HSC 482– CBSE SSLC 487 TN SSLC
functioning under the information Technology and digital P Aswathi, S Rohith Kumar, S.NikhishaSree,
Services Department, Government of Tamilnadu. The D/o A.Lakshmi, S/o S.Senthil D/o S.Selva
main aim of TVA is to provide Internet-based Tamil Hospital Asst. Kumar, SSE 40.
education to the Tamil diaspora students and others kumar,
Commerce* Maths* CDMS/SD
interested in learning Tamil. Accountancy*
Tamil Virtual Academy conducts Certificate,
Science*
Higher Certificate and Degree programs in online mode- Maths*
syllabus, lessons, supplementary tools are available online
(www.tamilvu.org). Examinations are conducted online as 480 – CBSE
per schedules suitable to students for a nominal fee. In HSC
addition, online classes will be handled through
experienced and well trained teachers for students free of Mrudula,
cost. In this regard, interested employees and their family
members may enroll in this program 423 – TN SSLC Sai Ganesh, D/o Sreevatsan,
S Yugesh S/o Geetha Sr Tech/Shop 24
Shell Factory: S/o S Saravanan, Lakshmi,
Welfare Officer: G Araselvan, APO/W
Tech-1/Shop 30 OS/CEE QA
Asst Welfare Officers:
JEE- Mains:Percentile
S Pradeep kumar, R Sivakumar, C P Nandhini, Ch SWI
Furnishing Factory: 99.84: Kishore, S/o Smt. Kokila, Tech/ Gr-3, Shop 85
Welfare Officer: M G Shanker, APO/S 99.81: Sai Ganesh, S/o Smt Geetha Lakshmi, OS
Asst Welfare Officers: CEE/QA
M Bauji, S Sivaraman, Beauno Annie Lawrence, Ch SWI 96.99: S. Kathir, S/o. Shri M Selvamani, SSE, AWTI
EMPLOYEES RETIRING THIS MONTH Second Phase of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav: June ’23
Name S/Shri/ Smt Designation Shop Date Event
1 Sundararajan.S Tech-1 10 05.06.2023 World Environmental Day-Quiz for employees
2 Shankar.J Sr Tech 12 15.06.2023 Rangoli competition on theme unity for employees
26.06.2023 Mini marathon on theme Fit India
3 Sivakumar.D Sr Tech 13
4 Maladri.K Sr Tech 15
Last Date for submission of Application:
5 Asok Anand.R P Tech-1 16
6 Dhanasekaran.P SSE 16 Asst Manager/ Executive in CRIS: 10.06.23
7 Manigandan.M Tech-1 18 CLA, OS, Gen Asst at RB/Kolkata : 15.07.23 to reach
8 Gopal.K JE 19 RB/Kolkata
9 Kumar.A Sr Tech 19 Web Portal for Electrical Energy consumption: As a
10 Hari.M Tech-1 20 new digital initiative to enhance monitoring and reporting
11 Muthukrishnan.S Sr Tech 21 capabilities for energy consumption across all substations
12 Ramachandran.W Tech-3 21 of ICF, IT Centre has developed a web-based platform for
13 Subbiah.K Tech-1 21 the electrical department. This portal provides daily
14 Sathyanarayana.M Tech-1 22 energy consumption details of major load centers,
15 Porselvan.J Sr Tech 24 including service buildings. This portal has replaced the
16 Amalraj.S SSE 26 erstwhile method of using google sheets for collection by
17 Anandakumar.A Sr Tech 26 providing a reliable and efficient way of capturing as well
18 Ravichandran.A Tech-1 26 as tracking energy consumption of the Shell, Furnishing
19 Anandan Anthony Raj.G Tech-1 40 divisions and the colonies. The platform accessible via the
20 Ramesh.T K OS 41 ICF intranet has features that make it user-friendly,
21 Gopinath.D SSE 42 intuitive and accessible to all authorized personnel.
22 Srinivasa Rao.A Sr Tech 45 Website for the ICF District Bharat Scouts and Guides
23 Rameshbabu.K Sr Tech 48 has been developed with a new look and feel, having user-
24 Padma.S C&MS CMTS friendly features.
25 Bakthavachalam.T Tech-1 74
26 Manoharan.K Tech-1 74
In connection with the Electrical Safety Week
27 Harikrishna.B PS-II Accts Celebrations, 2023, Essay competitions were conducted
28 Venkatarao.M Accts Asst. Accts on the topic "Electrical Safety in day-to-day life" by ICF
29 Ramalingam.D SSE D&D Electrical Department and the results are as follows:
30 Krishnan.R Sr Tech 28
31 Muralitharan.J Sr Tech 28 Event I II III
32 Boopathy.S Sr Tech 29
Essay Smt. Nancy. J Smt. N. Smt. K.
33 Chandrasekar.R Tech-1 30 Writing Tech-1/45 Prasanna Leelavathy
34 Jayanthi.S Tech-1 30 (Tamil) Tech-3/85 Tech-3/74
35 Jayaraman.Km Sr Tech 30
Essay Shri. Satya Shri. Shashi
36 Kathirvelu.S Sr Tech 30 Writing Narayan Abhishek
37 Prabhu.S Sr Tech 30 Asst.Depot/61 Tech-2/87
(Hindi)
38 Ramakrishnan.S Sr Tech 30
Essay Smt.Batrice Smt. J. Ms. Mobeen
39 Stephenson Sagayaraj.A Sr Tech 30 Writing Evangeline I Diana Fathima.K
40 Tamilvanan.G Sr Tech 30
(English) Ruby. J OS/PB Tech-3/45
41 Umapathy.P S Sr Tech 30 Tech-3/74
42 Venkata Rao.N Sr Tech 30
43 Venkatesan.K Tech-1 30 On promotional training of Asst Workshop to Tech-3,
44 Devadoss.D Sr Tech 32 the following will be limits of Leave per year, which will
45 Sivakumar.G Sr Tech 32 be granted to the trainee in proportion to their duration of
46 Subramani.P Sr Tech 32 training at TTC and shop Floor respectively.
47 Raghuprasad.Tk Sr Tech 35 a. 8 days Casual Leave
48 Selitus P. Rayen Sr Tech 35 b. 16 days on full stipend; and
49 Elangovan.M Sr Tech 39 c. 20 days on half stipend on production of
50 Anandan.T Sr Tech 54 medical certificate.
51 Ramnath.V SSE 54 In case any of the trainee avails leave beyond the
52 Manickavachakam.S Sr Tech 80 above limits their period of training shall be extended to
53 Thilip Kumar.S Tech-1 80 the extent of such leave availed in excess of the prescribed
54 Subramanian M. OS FD limits.
55 Thennarasu.A CDMS FD The above leave limits are applicable to serving
56 Vijayavelu.A CDMS FD employees selected against PQ, QSE and DR quota
trainees also for the purpose of Leave.
We wish them A Happy & Peaceful Retired Life.
RAILWAY BOARD CIRCULARS (i) Horizontal reservation of 10% in Level 1 and 5% in
Level 2 and above may be provided to Agniveers in
“Travel entitlement in Humsafar,Soecial Trains on Railways against Direct Recruitment Quota of various
Special Charges and Suvidha Special Trains will be of non- gazetted posts provided they fulfill the requisite
Rajdhani Express type of Trains.In case CC/FC Coach is eligibility requirement for the posts.
attached to such trains,the entitlement of CC Class of
(ii) Para (i) above will be in the nature of horizontal
Shatabdi Express type train will be applicable.”
reservation as in the case of PwBD, Ex-servicemen and
RBE 55/2023: Sanctioned strength of cadres – CCAAs.
Amendment to IREC Volume I vide Advance Correction (iii) Agniveers will be given exemption from Physical
Slip No.146: Railway Board Efficiency Test wherever applicable.
RBE 56/2023: Replacement of panel in lieu of non- (iv) Age relaxation of five years for first batch of
joining of candidates or candidates resigned/demised Agniveers and three years to the subsequent batches of
within the currency of panel in GDCE. Agniveers to be provided over and above the existing age
It has been decided that the instructions contained in limit prescribed for different communities viz. General.
Railway Board’s letter No. 2021/E(RRB)/23/09 dated SC. ST, OBC & EWS for Level-1 and Level-2 and above
22.10.2021 and No. E(NG)IT/2022/RR-I/8 dated posts.
15.03.2022, which stipulate that Zonal Railways may seek (v) Agniveers who have successfully completed the
replacement list from Railway Recruitment Cells (RRCs) service period of four years, can apply (documentary
as per their requirement and available vacancies in the proof is to be submitted) against Centralised Employment
event of any shortfall on account of non-joining of the Notifications issued by Railway Recruiting Agencies
candidates within stipulated time given for joining the (Railway Recruitment Boards/Railway Recruitment Cells)
post or resignation/demise of the candidate within a for recruitment of staff from open market against Pay
period of one year from the date of joining of the Level-1 (erstwhile Gr. ‘D’) and Level-2 and above non-
candidate provided the currency of the panel is live and no Gazetted posts subject to fulfilment of all eligibility
fresh panel is available, may also be made applicable for criteria as may be stipulated from time to time.
General Departmental Competitive Examination (GDCE)
(vi) There will be no ‘carry forward’ of the unfilled
RBE 60/2023: Grant of Dearness Relief to Railway vacancies i.e. in case of shortfall, the vacant slots shall be
pensioners/family pensioners — Revised rate effective filled from others in the combined merit list.
from 01.01.2023.
(vii) Agniveers who have completed their full tenure of
RBE 65/2023: Interest Rate on House Building four years shall be charged Rs. 250 only for applying for
Advance(HBA) to Railway employees from 01.04.2023 to open market recruitment conducted by Railway recruiting
31.03.2024. agencies with a provision for refunding the same to those
RBE 66/2023: Upper age limit for appearing who actually appear in the written examination.
Departmental selection for the post of Publicity Inspector RBE 69/2023: Fixation of pay of State Government
in GP Rs.4200/Level-5. Employees on appointment to the posts under the
Level-I employees (erstwhile Group ‘D’), who are now administrative control of Ministry of Railways subsequent
classified as Group ‘C, are also eligible for the selection to the implementation of RS (RP) Rules, 2016.
to the post of Publicity Inspector in Level-5. It is clarified RBE 70/2023: Special permission for retention of
that upper age limit of eligible employees for selection to Railway accommodation at previous place of posting to
the post of Publicity Inspector in tevel-5 is 40 years which officers on deputation to HRIDC for HORC (Haryana
is relaxable by 5 years in the case of SC/ST employees as Orbital Rail Corridor) Project.
provided in RBE No. 131/97, which still holds good.
Railway officers on deputation to HRIDC for Haryana
RBE 67/2023: Sub: Revision of rate of Variable Dearness Orbital Rail Corridor (HORC) Project may be allowed to
Allowance (VDA) for contract workers engaged in retain Railway quarters allotted to them including in Delhi
various employment/activities w.e.f 01.04.2023. area, upto a maximum limit of 04(four) quarters. The
RBE 68/2023: Sub: Relaxation to Agniveers for retention of such Railway accommodation is permitted for
recruitment in Railways from open market in Level-1 a period of 05(five) years from the date of issue of this
(erstwhile Gr. ‘D’) and Level-2 and above non-Gazetted letter.
posts. RBE 71/2023: Sub: Travel entitlement on Passes/PTOs
Pursuant to announcement of the recruitment scheme integrated with Class & Booking Codes issued by
called AGNIPATH for Indian youth to serve in the Commercial Directorate – Clarification.
various wings of the Armed Forces by Government of Travel entitlement in Humsafar, Special Trains on Special
India, it has been decided to provide following Charges and Suvidha Special Trains will be of Rajdhani
relaxation/facilities in recruitment by Railway Recruiting Express type of Trains. In case CC/FC Coach is attached
Agencies (Railway Recruitment Boards/Railway to such trains, the entitlement of CC Class of Shatabdi
Recruitment Cells) from open market in Pay Level-1 & Express type train will be applicable.
Pay Level-2 and above non-gazetted posts to those
Cashless treatment facilities will now be available to all
Agniveers who have successfully completed four years in
CGHS beneficiaries (serving and pensioners) at 6 AIIMS
the Forces:
located at Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Patna, Jodhpur, Raipur
and Rishikesh. Memorandum of Agreement were signed can be used to browse or download the magazines without
between these six AIIMS and CGHS. It will be having to visit multiple Railway websites. Currently, the
particularly beneficial for the senior citizens (retired website has been launched in the Railnet site. Once the
pensioner beneficiaries of CGHS) who find it difficult to provision is made available in the Internet site, each of the
submit individual reimbursement claims and follow up Railway units will be in a position to upload their
approvals. magazines directly to the new website.
Sub: Availability of Visitor Pass in SWAGATAM portal Consequent to digitalization of Privilege Passes/PTOs and
for entering Railway Board. automation of its issuance, standardization of documents
MHA has developed the SWAGATAM portal in such a required for inclusion of family members/dependant
way that even before arriving at Rail Bhawan, the visitors relatives, etc for all kinds of Passes/PTOs is under
can login to the said portal with their mobile numbers & consideration. In this context, a table specifying
OTP, key in their required details and submit for getting documents required to be furnished in different cases
visitor pass approved. Further, the concerned Officer in along with periodicity, as framed in this Office, is under
Rail Bhawan (or their personal staff) can login to the circulation.
SWAGATAM portal through the Officer’s Parichay
The Railways/PUs,etc are requested furnish their
account (the same as for email.gov.in or eOffice
suggestions on the basis of field experience and the
accounts), and check and approve / reject the visitor
practices followed in issuing Passes/PTOs to finalize and
passes. All of the above process is completely electronic
circulate the same for maintaining uniformity, all over
with only printing of the passes physically by the
Indian Railways. Missing cases, if any, as well as scope
Reception Cell.
for further simplification of document requirement, may
The tax exemption on leave encashment of non- also be intimated.
government salaried employees (in respect of the period
of earned leave at his credit at the time of his retirement, The suggestions/Comments may accordingly be sent to
whether on superannuation or otherwise) was earlier upto Email ID-durgesh.sharma31@gov.in,latest by
a limit of Rs.3 lakh only under section 10(10AA)(ii) of 23.06.2023.
the Income-tax Act,1961(the Act).
In pursuance to the proposal in the Budget Speech, 2023,
by the hon’ble FM, the Central Government has notified
the increased limit for tax exemption on leave encashment
on retirement or otherwise of non-government salaried
employees to Rs.25 lakh w.e.f. 01.04.2023.
The aggregate amount exempt from income-tax under
section 10(10AA)(ii) of the Act shall not exceed the limit PCEE’s Conference Hall “Sankalp Sabha Grah” was
of Rs. 25 lakh where any such payments are received by a inaugurated by Shri M Devaraj, SSE/Construction, on
non-government employee from more than one employer 30.05.23 in presence of GM/ICF, PCEE and other officers
in the same previous year. and staff.
Further, the amount exempt from income-tax under Shri Dhamodharan. B, Asst. WS, Shop 48,
section 10(10AA)(ii) of the Act shall not exceed the limit took part in The Health and Traditional
of Rs. 25 lakh as reduced by the tax exemption already Food Marathon 2023 for 10km held on 28-
allowed in the total income of the employee under section 05-2023 at Island Grounds, Chennai. He
10(10AA)(ii) of any previous year or years. received certificate and medal.
Treating the period of Earned Leave/Training for
computation of minimum requisite period of 90 days for Dr. M Poovitha D/o J. Mohan, Time
writing the APAR. office/shop 29/ Elec has secured All India
First Rank in INI-CET for MDS with 100
It has now been decided that where the officer reported percentile
upon or the Reporting/Reviewing/ Accepting officer has
been on leave/training, etc. for a period of more than 15
days at a time during the period of the APAR, the total P. Agnes Veronica, Aged 19 years, Daughter
period spent on leave/training may be deducted from the of Smt. Sagaya Aruna., Genl Asst, PCMM
total period spent on the post, for purposes of computing Office/Shell, has donated hair for Cherian
the minimum requisite period of 90 days for writing the Foundation for cancer patients.
entries in the APAR. However, where such period of
leave/training is 15 days or less at a time, the same will H Sandesh 1st in TN State Kids Athletic
not be taken into account while computing the minimum Meet-2023, 2nd in 4x100m Relay, 3rd in 90m
requisite period of 90 days for writing the APAR. Sprint Boys under 16 category held on
13.05.23 at Chennai.
Unified Rajbhasha Magazine Portal: With a view to
consolidate the e-version of Rajbhasha Magazines
published regularly by various Railway units, a new
Train set of Vande Bharat Sleeper coach will consist
website has been developed to provide a better and wider
user experience of all the magazines in one place. The site of 1 - 1st AC, 4 - 2nd AC and 11 - 3rd AC coaches
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