Government of India is the biggest welfare providing organization in this country and the govt. jobs still rules the roost, despite opening of private sector in a big way and GDP of the country set to achieve the target of 9%. A mammoth manpower of app. 50 lakhs in government  sector contributing to the growth of the country in various ways right from managing the economy to monitoring the progress of the projects of poverty alleviation , health and nutrition, education, transport, safety and security of the country and what not. While in the their daily grind of fulfilling the needs of the assigned duties towards nation and common man, one tends to forgets his owns woos, yet the quest for job satisfaction and pressure of the peers working in other govt.sectors with same duties and responsibilities forces them to look inwardly, though not with melancholy, but certainly with frustration, which somewhere and in some known unknown way affects the public service.

Pay parity and promotional avenues are two major irritants amongst all govt. servants in central government employments or states .The vested interests in and outside the government may be seen behind this chronic ailment. Indian Railways, a major civilian employer in the country with 1.36 million of work force classified in numerous categories right from creating and maintaining health of its physical assets to human assets, in running the lifeline of the nation presents plethora of problems in its cadre management, which the “Group- B” category, despite a namesake umbrella organization, suffers the most in the hands of policy makers and policy implementers. It will not be inappropriate to say that problem of Group B cadre never meet the justice like its two rails of its system. It is an irony that the trains keep on running and heart of Group B officers keep on burning; neither passenger knows it nor the driver behind the railway system.

In the modern times information is an important tools to manage the things in a better way. By gone are the days when people were forced to have information only form very few sources, but with the arrival of Internet   technology in the world and Right to Information Act in India in 2005, the privilege of few has become a right of millions. We have witnessed the welcome change in internet connectivity from ‘nice to have’ to ‘must have’ amongst the society. Providing Free and reliable information with no strings attached tantamount to big social service, which very few endeavor in this field. This website is certainly   a big leap in this direction, where we have come up with valuable information which have been obtained compiled and presented with rigour, not only for the benefit of the users, but also for the policy makers and implementers. This portal aims not only to provide such information, but a platform to readers to freely  interact, raise the grievances, suggest and share ones valuable thoughts, information and experiences  that may prove beneficial to all. We hope that everyone should and must reap the benefit of the technological outreach. Sustain and sincere efforts in this direction will certainly help in overcoming the obstacle in the way of career progression of officers of Indian railways.

I invite all of my friends and critics to join.

S.K.Bansal, IRSME (Retd.)