Expense on manpower unsustainable; surrender posts: Railway board to zones

With 67 per cent of its expenditure on manpower becoming “unsustainable”, the Railway Board has issued instructions to the zones to identify and surrender posts that have become redundant due to technology.

The employees in such posts should be redeployed where there is a need for manpower and, if required, some of the work can be outsourced, the board has said.

In a letter written to the general managers of all the railway zones, V K Tripathi, CEO and Chairman, Railway Board, has said such posts should be identified and the redeployment of staff should be done within a month.