Saturday, 16 May 2020
Thursday, 14 May 2020
Hiring buses allowed to ferry passengers from railway station
Centre allows hiring of special buses by States/UTs to ferry passengers arriving at railway stations, in view of restrictions of public/private transport during Lockdown 3.0
CBSE failed students (Class 9 & 11) can appear test again
CBSE provides an opportunity to all the failed students of class 9th and 11th to appear in a school-based test again
This one-time opportunity is being extended only in current year in view of COVID-19 and will not be extended in future.
Indian Railways will start issuing waiting list tickets but no RAC
Ministry of Railways
Indian Railways will start issuing limited waiting lists tickets for different classes for Special Trains being introduced from 12.05.2020
There shall be No RAC in these special trains
The changes shall be made applicable for the trains starting date 22nd May, 2020 i.e. booking for which shall commence from 15th May, 2020
Posted On: 14 MAY 2020 4:40PM by PIB Delhi
Indian Railways has decided that there shall be no RAC (Reservation against cancellation) in special trains restored wef. 12.05.2020. Also, it has been decided that waiting list tickets shall be issued subject to maximum limits mentioned below:
Indian Railways has taken some other decisions with respect to Special Trains restored w.e.f. 12.05.2020 which are as under:
- Other rules concerning waiting list shall be applicable.
- No Tatkal/Premium Tatkal Quotas shall be defined.
- Senior Citizen Quota, Ladies Quota and Quota for Divyangjans (HP) shall be defined as per extant instructions.
- The refund rules i.e. cancellation upto 24 hours with refund of 50% of fare and NIL refund within 24 hours of train departure shall be discontinued and extant refund rules i.e.Railways Cancellation and Refund rule 2015 shall be made applicable.
- The above changes shall be made applicable for the trains starting on 22nd May, 2020 i.e. booking for which shall commence from 15th May, 2020.
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DJN/MKV
(Release ID: 1623803)
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
Monday, 11 May 2020
Information for passengers of special trains to be run w.e.f.12.05.20
Passenger services on Indian Railways shall be partially restored w.e.f. from 12th May 2020 in a graded manner
Fifteen pair of special trains (thirty trains) shall be operated
These services shall be in addition to the Shramik specials
Special trains which have been started presently, will have only Air conditioned classes i.e. First, Second & Third AC
Only online E-Ticketing will be done through IRCTC website
Maximum Advance Reservation Period (ARP) will be of maximum 7 days
Passengers are encouraged to carry their own food and drinking water
The passengers shall reach the station at-least 90 minutes in advance to facilitate thermal screening at the station
No Linen, blankets and curtains shall be provided inside the train. Passengers are advised to carry their own linen
For movement of the passenger(s) as well as the driver of the vehicle transporting the passenger(s) to and fro the Railway Station shall be allowed on the basis of the confirmed e-ticket
15 pair passenger trains from/to Delhi w.e.f. 12 May :
Ministry of Railways
Gradual Resumption of Select Passenger Services by Indian Railways
Posted On: 10 MAY 2020 8:26PM by PIB Delhi
Indian Railways plans to gradually restart passenger train operations from 12th May, 2020, initially with 15 pairs of trains (30 return journeys). These trains will be run as special trains from New Delhi Station connecting Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon, Mumbai Central, Ahmedabad and Jammu Tawi.
Thereafter, Indian Railways shall start more special services on new routes, based on the available coaches after reserving 20,000 coaches for COVID-19 care centres and adequate number of coaches being reserved to enable operation of up to 300 trains everyday as “Shramik Special” for stranded migrants.
Booking for reservation in these trains will start at 4 pm on 11th May and will be available only on the IRCTC website (https://www.irctc.co.in/). Ticket booking counters at the railway stations shall remain closed and no counter tickets (including platform tickets) shall be issued. Only passengers with valid confirmed tickets will be allowed to enter the railway stations. It will be mandatory for the passengers to wear face cover and undergo screening at departure and only asymptomatic passengers will be allowed to board the train. Further details including train schedule will be issued separately in due course.
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DJN/MKV
(Release ID: 1622779)
Sunday, 10 May 2020
Saturday, 9 May 2020
Abolition of 9,304 posts in Military Engineering Service
Ministry of Defence
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh approves abolition of 9,304 posts in Military Engineering Service
Posted On: 07 MAY 2020 1:06PM by PIB Delhi
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has approved the proposal of Engineer-in-Chief of Military Engineering Services (MES) for optimisation of more than 9,300 posts in the basic and industrial workforce. It is in line with the recommendations of the Committee of Experts, headed by Lt General Shekatkar, which had recommended measures to enhance combat capability and rebalance defence expenditure of the Armed Forces.
One of the recommendations made by the Committee was to restructure the civilian workforce in a manner that the work of MES could be partly done by departmentally employed staff and other works could be outsourced.
In line with the recommendations made by the Committee, based on the proposal of E-in-C, MES, the proposal of abolition of 9,304 posts in MES out of the total 13,157 vacancies of the Basic and Industrial staff has been approved by Raksha Mantri.
The recommendation was aimed at making MES an effective organisation with a leaner workforce, well equipped to handle complex issues in the emerging scenario in an efficient and cost effective manner.
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ABB/SS/Nampi/KA/DK/Savvy/ADA
(Release ID: 1621750)
Friday, 8 May 2020
Sanitisation of Lokaseva Bhavan and Kharvel Bhawan
To contain spread of COVID-19 disease, it was decided for Sanitisation of both Lokaseva Bhawan and Kharvel Bhawan.
Lokaseva Bhawan - 8th May, 2020 at 6.00PM
Kharvel Bhawan - 9th May, 2020 at 9.00AM
Ganjam District added to red zone
After new cases reported in the Districts of Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur & Mayurbhanja on 6th May, 2020, Ganjam is now in Red Zone and Jagatsinghpur & Mayurbhanja in Orange Zone.
After this notification, 4 Districts along with BMC area are now in Red Zone, 13 Districts in Orange Zone and rest 13 Districts in Green Zone.
Gas Leak Tragedy : Vishakhapatnam
Visakhapatnam Gas Leak
(Vizag Gas Leak)
7 May, 2020 (3.00AM IST)
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Styrene Gas was leaked from the company LG POLYMER present in R. R. Venkatapuram village near Gopalapatnam on the outskirts of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
About the Company :
Hindustan Polymers was set up in 1961 and later taken over by South Korea’s LG Chem. In 1997, it was renamed as LG Polymers India. The chemical plant produces polystyrene and expandable polystyrene – a plastic used to make a wide range of items like toys and appliances.
PM Review
About the Gas leaked
Wednesday, 6 May 2020
Onetime Updates on COVID19 from today
Presently two time updates are being posted in the website of MoHFW i.e. at 8.00AM and 5.00PM.
But, today onwards, it will be published only in the morning.
Tuesday, 5 May 2020
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