INDEPTH ANALYSIS OF SIGNAL AND TELECOM STAFF

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IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF SIGNAL AND TELECOM STAFF

• A PRESENTATION BY CPO/ECR/HJP
• ON 14.06.07 AT RAILWAY BOARD

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ANALYSIS OF SIGNALLING STAFF
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KEY WORDS

• DESU- Divisional Equated Signalling Unit
• DETU- Divisional Equated Telecom Units
• DISTU- Divisional Integrated Signal and Telecom
  Units
• Norms of NG staff have been prepared based on
  above basic units.

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YARDSTICK OF SIGNALLING STAFF

• BASIC SIGNALLING STAFF DEPENDS ON NO. OF DESU
  (DIVISIONAL EQUATED SIGNAL UNITS) (DIFFERENT
  YARDSICK FOR SUB-URBAN AND NON-SUBURBAN SECTIONS)
• HEAVY REPAIR GANGS(A FACTOR OF TYPE OF SIGNALLIMG
  SYSTEM, MECHANICAL, COLOUR LIGHT, AUTOMATIC, ETC)
• GENERAL REPAIR GANGS (A FACTOR OF RRI
  INSTALLATIONS)
• FAILURE RESTORATION GANGS (A FACTOR OF NO. OF
  STATIONS IN DIVISION)
• LOCKING GANGS (ONE LOCKING GANG PER DIV. 8 GP
  C, 8 GPD INCLUDING ONE INSPECTOR)

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STUDY BASED ON BM REPORT OF RLY BOARD FOR THE
YEAR 2002-03
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MPR (staff per thousand DESU) of Signalling Staff
in Indian Railway Divisions Greater than 120
DISTUs

• As per the BM report, HWH Division is the
  Benchmark (MPR 2.66) in Indian Railways in
  Signalling Staff.
• All India Average MPR is 6.15.
• MPR of 8 Divisions are lower than IR Average.
• HWH(2.66), BB(3.06) BSP(3.49) are the top three
  
• Divisions in MPR.

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MPR (staff per thousand DESU) of Signalling Staff
in Indian RailwayDivisions Greater than 120
DISTUs

• LKO is the worst Division in MPR (14.89), which
  has 5.6 times more manpower than AIBM i.e. HWH
  Division.
• MPR of 19 Divisions are higher than IR Average.
• Even SDAH has 3.96 times staff than HWH Division
  within Eastern Rly.
• LKO(14.89), ASN(10.55) SDA(10.54) are the worst
  three Divisions in MPR.

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STUDY BASED ON BM REPORT OF RLY BOARD FOR THE
YEAR 2002-03
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MPR (staff per thousand DESU) of Signalling Staff
in Indian Railway Divisions Less than 120
DISTUs

• SBC Division (MPR 3.38) is the Best Benchmark in
  
• Indian Railway in Signalling Staff.
• All India Average MPR is 8.85.
• MPR of 10 Divisions are lower than IR Average.
• SBC(3.38), JU(4.95) SBP(5.70) are the top three
  
• Divisions in MPR.

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MPR of Signalling Staff in Indian
Railway Divisions Less than 120 DISTUs

• KIR is the worst Division in MPR (19.60).
• MPR of 13 Divisions is higher than IR Average.
• KIR has 5.8 times more manpower than AIBM
• i.e. SBC Division.
• KIR(19.60), TSK(17.03) RJT(15.31) are the worst
• three Divisions in MPR.

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MPR of Signalling Staff in ECR
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MPR of Signalling Staff in ECR

• In ECR, SPJ (5.2) SEE (5.71) is below
• IR Avg.(6.15) while DHN (6.77) MGS (6.97)
• is slightly over IR Average.
• DNR has highest MPR in ECR with 8.64.

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IN ECR, SPJ HAS LESS STAFF THAN THE YARDSTICK
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Latest norms for signaling staff

• Circulated vide Rly Boards letter No.
  94/ER/1700/9(Pt.) dated 27.04.05 applicable to
  the assets created after 01.04.2001
• Earlier norms were circulated vide Boards letter
  even No. dated 30.10.2000.
• Staff requirement shall increase with above
  yardstick as detailed in the next slide.

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Comparison of yardsticks (New with old) for
signaling staff
For A and B route of non-sub urban traffic
In the new norms, DESU per unit staff has
decreased meaning thereby that the staff
strength shall increase.
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SAMPLE CALCULATION OF DESU

• Unit Sr.SE(Sig)/DOS/MGS
• 1MSU (MAINTENANCE STAFF UNIT)1200 DESU
• Jurisdiction SSG-CPBH
• No. of DESUs 29802
• No. of DESUs 29802/1200 24.8325 (MSUs)
• Requirement for maintenance staff unit (MSUs)
• 3 TECH2 KH FOR EACH MSU
• Signal Technician 03X25(MSU) 75
• Khalasi 02x25 50
• II) 1 SE/JE1 TECH2 KH FOR 2 MSUs
• SE/JE 01x13 13
• Signal Tech -03
• B/Smith H/Man -06
• Fitter -04
• Khalasi 02x13 26

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SAMPLE CALCULATION OF DESU

• III) NIGHT FAILURE GANG ONE TEAM FOR 2 MSUs
• Signal Technician 02x13 26
• Khalasi 01x13 13
• IV) ONE SUPERVISORY TEAM FOR 4 MSUs
• SSE/SE - 01x 6 06
• Signal Tech.- 02 x 6 12
• Kh. - 05 x 6 30
• B/Smith - 01 x 6 06
• H/Man - 01 x 6 06
• T/Man - 04 x 6 24

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SAMPLE CALCULATION OF DESU

• Total requirement of staff
• SSE/SE/JE- 130619 (LR-03, RG-03) 1933
  25
• Signal Tech-75032612 116 (LR-17, RG-16)
  1161716149
• Kh.-50261330119 (LR-21, RG-17)
  1192117157
• B/Smith H/Man - 20
• Fitter - 04
• Trolly man - 28

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SAMPLE CALCULATION OF DESU

• CALCULATION OF DESU PER STAFF
• TOTAL DESU OF SECTION 29,802
• DESU PER STAFF

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ANALYSIS OF TELECOM STAFF
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STUDY BASED ON BM REPORT OF RLY BOARD FOR THE
YEAR 2002-03
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MPR (Staff per thousand DETU) of Telecom Staff in
Indian Railway Divisions Greater than 120 DISTUs

• BSL Division (MPR 0.94) is the Benchmark in
  Indian Railway in
• All India Average MPR is 4.18.
• MPR of 7 divisions is lower than IR Average.
• BSL(0.94), NGP(1.42) DLI(1.89) are the top
  three
• Divisions in MPR.

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MPR (Staff per thousand DETU) of Telecom Staff in
Indian Railway Divisions Greater than 120 DISTUs

• KTT is the worst Division in MPR (14.81), which
  has 15.75 times more manpower than AIBM i.e. BSL
  Division.
• MPR of 19 Divisions is higher than IR Average.
• KTT(14.81), SDAH (12.51) BCT(11.68) are the
  three worst Divisions in MPR.

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STUDY BASED ON BM REPORT OF RLY BOARD FOR THE
YEAR 2002-03
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MPR (Staff per thousand DETU) of Telecom Staff in
Indian Railway Divisions Less than 120 DISTUs

• SBC Division (MPR 3.33) is the Best Benchmark in
  Indian Railway in Telecom Staff.
• All India Average MPR is 8.64.
• MPR of 14 Divisions is lower than IR Average.
• SBC(3.33), UBL(4.54) SBP(4.49) are the top
  three (best) Divisions in MPR.

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MPR of Telecom Staff in Indian RailwayDivisions
Less than 120 DISTUs

• TSK is the worst Division in MPR (37.81), which
  has 11.35 times more manpower than AIBM i.e. SBC
  Division
• MPR of 14 Divisions is higher than IR Average.
• TSK(37.81), MYS(32.11) BVP(27.95) are the worst
  three Divisions in MPR

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MPR of Telecom Staff
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MPR IN E.C.RAILWAY (TELECOM WING)

• IN ECR, THE MPR OF DNR, MGS, DHN, SPJ SEE
  DIVISION IS 3.36, 5.88, 4.68,18.17 14.52
  RESPECTIVELY.
• MPR OF DNR DIVN(3.36) IS LESS THAN IR AVERAGE
  (4.18).

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RECOMMENDATIONS
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CONTRADICTIONS IN THE YARDSTICK OF 2000 AND 2005

• AS PER THE NEW YARDSTICK, STAFF REQUIREMENT
  INCREASES SIGNIFICANTLY FOR ASSETS CREATED AFTER
  1.04.2001.
• TO SORT OUT THE CONTRADICTIONS FOLLOWING
  SUGGESTIONS ARE MADE.

SEE SAMPLE CALCULATION
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WORK STUDY OF EXISTING ACTIVITIES

• This is required in view of introduction of new
  technology in ST Dept.
• Men are being replaced by machine, e.g. manual
  recordings of events could be done through Data
  Loggers, which are relatively error free.
• This is likely to reduce the No. of Group D
  staff and may increase Gp C staff slightly. But
  overall, the staff strength will reduce.

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FRESH BENCHMARKING TO BE DONE

• AS PER THE BM REPORT OF 2002-03, HWH HAS THE
  LOWEST MANPOWER RATIO OF 2.66 STAFF PER THOUSAND
  DESU.
• RECENT FIG COLLECTED SHOWS THAT MPR OF HWH IS
  7.48.
• NO. OF DESU WHICH HAS BEEN SHOWN AS 3,78,000 IS
  1,24,000 AT PRESENT.
• THERE IS A HUGE (UNREALISTIC) DIFFERENCE IN THE
  BEST PERFORMING AND THE WORST PERFORMING
  DIVISIONS, WHICH SHOWS THAT THE STATISTICS TAKEN
  IN THE YEAR 2002 ARE NOT RELIABLE.

SEE COMPARISONS OF DIVISIONS
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MULTI-SKILLING
In ST Department we should go for multi-skilling
of the staff by suitable training, which will
make the staff more efficient and simultaneously
giving greater operational flexibility in
manpower utilisation. For example, the job of
Painter, Carpenter Mason may be done by one
staff instead of three. This will, however,
require suitable training at induction stage
Further in-service training periodically. Simil
arly, The categories of Blacksmith Hammerman,
whose functions are complimentary to each other,
can be combined together after suitable
training.
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Requirement of Skilled Manpower
With the introduction of panel interlocking
having electronically controlled
microprocessor-based System, the mechanical
signals are gradually decreasing. The will, in
turn, reduce the staff required for the
categories such as Black Smith Hammer man. The
semi-skilled staff may be gradually replaced by
Skilled staff capable of handling sophisticated
equipments.
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Technological Advancements and Reduction of
Manpower

• In view of technological progress, old mannual
  exchanges are being replaced by modern and
  efficient automatic exchanges having STD
  facilities for direct dialing.
• This has made the Telephone Operator a
  diminishing category.
• With the coming of new Panel Interlocking, the
  need of locking gangs should reduce, while the
  need of cable gangs may go up.

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KEEPING PACE WITH THE TECHNOLOGY

• The microwave technology is fast losing its
• relevance in the wake of high Bandwidth and
• speed offered by optical fibre cable. Hence,
• the staff deputed in microwave systems need to be
  retrained and redeployed in OFCs.
• More efficient and compact Cables have taken over
  from overhead lines for telecom. These Linemen
  will also be retrained and re-deployed in the
  related fields such as Cable Jointer.

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REDPLOYMENT OF MANPOWER

• With the introduction of ST gears, the work load
  on Traffic staff has generally reduced.
• For example, requirement of switchman and
  leverman has reduced due to panel interlocking.
• We require inter-departmental deployment of
  manpower or transfer of posts.
• A review of manpower requirement of all the
  affected departments needs to be done.

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BETTER UTILIZATION OF MANPOWER

• The Trolleymen in Divisions are Generally
  attached with Officers/Supervisors.
• All the Officers/Supervisors do not go on Trolley
  inspection simultaneously.
• It is suggested that for gainful utilisation of
  Trolleyman, a combined pool of Trolleymen may be
• created. The Officers/Supervisors may take the
  services of Trolleymen from the combined pool
  while going on Trolley Inspection.
• This is likely to reduce the Sanctioned Strength
  of Trolleymen significantly.

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MOVE FROM UNSKILLED TO SKILLED MANPOWER
With the introduction of modern technology, the
no. of ST gears are gradually increasing This
will cut down the requirement of semi- skilled
and unskilled staff like Khalasis require more
no. of Skilled staff capable of operating
sophisticated gears.
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AREAS OF FURTHER STUDY

• BAD PERFORMING DIVISIONS SHOULD STUDY THE WORK
  PRACTICES OF BETTER PERFORMING ONES AND TRY TO
  FINE TUNE THEIR MANPOWER.
• THE BASIS OF DESU AND DETU HAS TO BE EXAMINED
  AFRESH.

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THANK YOU
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