Question : REVISION OF PAY SCALES

(a) whether the pay scales of the employees of the Accounts Department working under the FA and CAO Department of Ministry of Railways has been revised following a pay review on their demand after the Fifth Pay Commission`s report;

(b) if so, whether the Railways propose to give same pay scales to the employees of the Cash and Pay Department working under the same Department and who have so far been getting the pay equal to that of the Accounts Department;

(c) if so, the details thereof; and

(d) if not, the reasons therefor?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI R. VELU)

(a) Yes, Sir.

(b) No, Sir.

(c) Does not arise.

(d) The pay scales of the employees of the Cash and Pay Department have not been revised at par with the employees of the Accounts Department because unlike Accounts cadre, direct recruitment of graduates does not take place at any level in the Cash and Pay cadre.