A Ministerial Committee has recommended that the Railways Department (RD) be allowed to function as a closed service, so that, it can function more independently and address salary issues as well as internal administrative issues.
The Committee comprising Secretaries of the Ministry of Public Administration, Transport, Health, Posts & Postal Services, representatives of the Salaries & Cadres Committee, Management Services Department and the General Manager Railways was appointed to ascertain how best to resolve the problems of the RD, including salary issues.