Performance based promotion on Key Railway Posts
This will be one of the major initiative in the Railway that seniority will not be the eligibility for promotion to key posts at Divisional, Zonal and Board levels. Indian Railways will now focus on performance, for selection to key positions such as Divisional Railway Managers, General Managers and Board Members.
Selection procedure will be based on the best persons with proven track records on his or her job. Indian Railways will be making amendments to the selection procedure of promotion.
The Final approval is not done so far. This proposal need to be approved by a selection panel with the Group of Secretaries with some recommendations and will forward it to the Group of Ministers. The officials said that once the proposal is enforced, it will have far-reaching suggestion on the functioning of railways.