Railway Awards - Reforms

  

Railway Awards - Reforms

• Source: Railway Board letter dated 11.04.2023 

 

• The entire Award ecosystem (complex process) has been revised. 

 

• Introduced from 2023 onwards  

 

•  Withdrawn Cash component (except in posthumous cases, which would be Rs.50,000 /- per case at National Level only) 

 

• E-self nomination through HRMS (Human Resources Management System) 

 

• Details of the Award screening committee will be made available in the Public domain.  

 

• Yes to the System of Rollover Shields to Zonal Railways for excellence in a particular field. 

 

• Yes to the System of Department-wise Rollover Shields in Zonal Railways for excellence in a particular field.  

 

• No Awards at the level of Head of Department (PCE, PFA, PCCM etc) 

 

• No Group Awards

 

• Normally, Group C staff and erstwhile Group D staff may be nominated for Awards.  In exceptional cases, Officers up to SG (Selection Grade) i.e., JTS, STS, JAG & SG may be nominated for Awards.  However, SG  officers in Non-Functional SAG (NFSAG) are also eligible provided they remain in SG till 16th April. 

 

• Nominations - only in favour of Officers/staff working in the Field, unless an exception in a real sense could be made in respect of Officers/staff working in Offices.

	National Level  (Ministry of Railways Awards)	Zonal Level  (GM Awards)	Divisional Level (DRM Awards)
Award Name	AVRSP - Ati Vishisht Rail Seva Puraskar	VRSP - Vishisht Rail Seva Puraskar	RSP - Rail Seva Puraskar
Consists of	Silver Medal & Merit Certificate	Merit Certificate only	Merit Certificate only
Maximum Awardees	100	100 or 0.1 % of the workforce whichever is less	100 or 0.3 % of the workforce whichever is less
Notification of list of Awardees	16th April	After 3 days of notification of Awardees of AVRSP	After 3 days of notification of Awardees of VRSP