Group D technical Staff - 6th ( VI ) Central Pay Commission Report

7.36.58  Elsewhere in the Report, the Commission has recommended upgradation of all existing Group D posts after suitable retraining and multi-skilling with no further recruitment being made in the grade. This recommendation, which is in consonance with the observations made in the Ansari Committee Report referred to in Chapter 3.7, shall apply to all Group D posts in Ministry of Railways. Consequently, all future recruitments in Railways will be made at least in the scale of Rs.2750-4400 carrying minimum qualifications of Matric or ITI. This will also meet the demands projected before the Commission which invariably stated that all technical jobs even in Group D required a certain degree of skill. The existing employees, not possessing these minimum qualifications, will initially be placed only in the corresponding revised pay scale and would need to undergo proper training before being extended the higher Group C pay band.

7.36.59 For categories whose job profile is considered to carry continuous risk inherent in the prescribed duties, the administrative Ministry should grant a proper insurance cover as per the general recommendations made by the Commission on this subject.