All railways employees to be imparted training under ‘ Project Saksham’

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New Delhi : On the direction of Railways Minister Piyush Goyal, a comprehensive plan for imparting training to all employees of Indian Railways is being prepared with a view to upgrading their skill and knowledge. This comprehensive training programme has been named as “Project Saksham”.

Under this plan, all employees in each zone will be put through a week’s training in skills and knowledge relevant to their work area over next one year. A communication to this effect from Chairman, Railway Board (CRB), Ashwani Lohani, has been sent to all General Managers of zonal railways and railways production unit.

The General Managers have been advised that such priority training need should be quickly identified for each category of employees (employees can be grouped into their work areas) based on the needs of respective zone. Identification of training needs and formulation of planned training calendar has to be  completed by December 31, 2017, ensuring that each employee is imparted training, according to a PIB release.

It has been emphasized that while continuous learning and education/training has been an integral philosophy and approach of the Railways, there is a need to do a concentrated capsule of training for all employees in a short period of time to boost their productivity and efficiency.This training will be five-day on the job training or as classroom training in Railway Training Centre depending on the nature of training.