Railway Budget 2011: Employee Benefit Plans

Mamata Bnerjee who presented the Railway Budget 2011 in the Lok Sabha on 25 February 2011 acknowledged the employees as the biggest asset of the Railway ministry. A number of measures were hence proposed for the welfare of the Railway staff.

•    The Railway Budget 2011 proposed the expansion of Liberalized Active Retirement Scheme for Guaranteed Employment for safety category staff by enhancing the existing criteria of grade pay from Rs 1800 to Rs 1900.
•    The budget also proposed extending medical facilities to both dependent father and mother of railway employees.
•    The budget proposed increment in the scholarship for the girl child of gangmen and group D employees to Rs 1200 per month for higher education.
•    The budget proposed setting up of a Railway Vidyalaya Prabandhan Board (RVPB) to improve quality of education to children studying in 269 railway schools. The Board chalk out a plan for improving the physical and educational infrastructure of these schools to be implemented in a time frame of three years.
•    To provide easy access to medical facilities in remote and inaccessible areas for railway employees, the budget proposed provision of 20 Medical Road Medical Vans at different locations.