Hot topic is now how IR can get revenue so that it can fulfil its loss. I think fare hike is not only the way. I want to give some suggestion to IR.
1. IR should abolish free hospital facility to all the Rail employees. Hospitals is needed in remote area, it does not have need in metropolitan city. I suggest to IR to give facility free treatment only for running staff like Loco Pilot, Goods Guard or passenger train Guard, Station Master, Gangman, Trolleyman, Technician Gr,Signal man and some very imporatnt executive officer who are horse of IR. Other staff who works at Head Office or DRM office should not get hospital facility.
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Bonus at the time of Deepawali should be got only by Running Staff mentioned above.Other employee do not need any bonus, IR can save crores Rs from it.
3. Bungalow Peon recruitment must be abolished. It should be traeted like social evil like Dowry system. If Bungalow Peon is recruited, they should not be paid Railway salary. They should get Rs 6000 per month consolidated as they are illeterate and they are recruited directly without any examination.
4. Ticket checking should be increased, In Sealdah division mainly, TTE is very rare here. IR can appoint vigilance in tender. Nexus is happened in tender. IR make huge loss from tender. Corruption in Rail must be prevented.
5. Train must be run regularly like Metro rail so that common people can depend on it.Example Sealdah-Dankuni section and Barddhaman-Asansol section. Common people prefer to take Bus or auto.
6. Some unpopular section may be provided to PPP model under the control of IR.Slum beside Rail track may be opted out, IR can use its own planning
7. Direct train must be introduced among different section as passengers do not prefer to change train again and again. Example IR should provide Barddhaman - Sealdah Local, Kharagpur - Sealdah Local. Otherwise passenger like to use Bus as they do in BWN-Karunamoyee or BWN - Esplanade bus service.
8. IR can lessen fare charge in unpopular route to attract pasasenger.
9. Rail track repairing must be accelerated. I have watched that some caution of 30 kmph or 20 kmph is remained for years in some bridge or point. Train movement hampers due to this. Otherwise Rail can not compete with Highway bus service.
10. School facility of IR should also be abolished. IR employee get high salary. They do not need free school served by Rail. It is wastage of money.
Once upon a time at the British era this facilities was given as employee was not available who were interested in IR job. At presently IR employee get satisfactory salary after 6th pay commission. So if IR abolish all the facility, million of candidate still would be hungry for railway job.
OK railfan plz give your opinion to increase Rail revenue.