In India, the Narendra Modi government of the Center will end the jobs of about 11,000 people from all zones of the railway. It is seen as a cut in spending.

The Railway Board has issued a letter to eliminate all the 10 thousand 900 posts from all the 17 Railway Boards while accelerating the exercise of deduction of expenditure. It has been written in the letter written to Railway Board's decision and all the General Managers that the decision to cut annual posts for the year 2017-18 should be implemented.

At present, the number of employees employed in Indian Railways is close to 15 lakh.

Let us state that during the campaigning of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Prime Ministerial candidate and the current Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced to give 10 million jobs every year, but it is not visible even after three years. The opposite government is ending the job of employees.

According to the letter, on May 25, the Central Railway Board's director (E & R) Amit Saran sent the order letter to all the zonal headquarters. This has stirred the staff in the railways.

Although the railway administration is telling it the normal process. According to officials, the railway terminates one percent post every year. However, the officials are giving clearance on the existing order that after review, it will be decided which non-usable posts will be terminated. The official also claims that the termination of such posts will not affect the functioning of the Railways.

Director of the Railway Board (E & R) Amit Saran has sent the order letter to all the zonal headquarters.

According to the letter, the South-East-Central Railway Zone has been asked to terminate 400 posts, while Central and Eastern Railway will be ended 1-1 thousand posts, East Coast Railway 700, Northern Railway to 1500, North Central Railway 150, 700 to North Eastern Railway, 300 to North Western Railway, 300 to East Central Railway, North East Frontier Railway to finish 550 posts. Similarly, the Southern Railway has been asked to eliminate 1500, South Central Railway 800, South East Central and South Eastern Railway 400-400, South Western Railway 200, Western Railway 700 and West Central Railway to finish 300 posts.

Ministry of Railways is working on the scheme of handing over 23 stations across the country to private companies. Modi government is going to give these to private companies under Public Private Partnership (PPP). For this, online auction will be organized on 28th June. The auction includes Kanpur Junction and Allahabad Junction of Uttar Pradesh, while Rajasthan's Udaipur Railway Station is also included. For the auction, the initial price of Kanpur junction is Rs 200 crore and Rs 150 crore for the Allahabad junction. The outcome of the auction will be announced on June 30. According to sources, the central government has decided to hand over 23 railway stations in the private hands.

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