Railways to sack 13000 employees on long, unauthorised leave –
Initiated disciplinary action under the rules to terminate services of
such absentees.
Crack Down On Long Term Absentee Employees in Indian Railways
Exercise Aimed to Improve Performance of the Organisation & Boost the Morale of Sincere and Diligent Employees
Under the directions of the Union Minister for Railways and Coal Shri
Piyush Goyal, Ministry of Railways has launched the exercise to improve
performance of the organisation and to boost the morale of sincere &
diligent employees.
A massive drive to identify long term absentees in various
establishments of Railways has been initiated. As a result of the said
drive, Railways have detected more than 13 Thousand employees out of
about 13 lakhs employees who are on unauthorised absence for a long
time. The establishment has initiated disciplinary action under the
rules to terminate services of such absentees.
Railways have instructed all the officers and supervisors to weed out
these employees from the employees’ rolls after following due process.
Source : PIB
