Lok Sabha Question No. 4018 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Jobs on Compassionate Ground
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Bhagwanth Khuba, Pratima Bhoumik

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4018 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2020

## JOBS ON COMPASSIONATE GROUND

4018.  SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA: MS. PRATIMA BHOUMIK:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government has any data with regard to the deaths of  Railway staff during their service period/on duty;
- (b)  if  so,  the  zone-wise  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the  reasons therefor;
- (c)  the  number  of  jobs  that  have  been  given  on  compassionate ground to the kin/dependents of the deceased staff in the last three years, zone-wise; and
- (d)  the number of cases pending with the Government with regard to  compassionate  appointments,  zone-wise  and  the  action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) to (d):   A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  4018  BY  SHRI  BHAGWANTH  KHUBA AND MS. PRATIMA BHOUMIK TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 18.03.2020 REGARDING JOBS ON COMPASSIONATE GROUND.

(a) to (d): Yes,  Sir.    The  data  of  deaths  of  Government  Servants during service/on duty and the details of jobs given on Compassionate  Ground  to  the  kin/dependents  for  the  last  three years  and  the  current  year  zone-wise  and  year-wise  are  given  in Appendix-I.

As  regards cases in which Compassionate Ground appointment (CGA) has not been given, these include cases wherein request for CGA has been  rejected  by  the  competent  authority  after  due  consideration. Further, in some cases,  CGA has not been given either because there had been no request for the same or the applicant was minor, thus not eligible.  In other cases, either some legal issue of heir is involved or the  matter  is  sub  judice  or  the  complete  documents  have  not  been submitted by the applicants.

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APPENDIX-I  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  4018  BY  SHRI  BHAGWANTH  KHUBA AND MS. PRATIMA BHOUMIK TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 18.03.2020 REGARDING JOBS ON COMPASSIONATE GROUND.

| Year                    | No. of deaths during service/ on duty   | No. of jobs given to kin/ dependent of deceased staff   | No. of Compa- ssionate ground appointment (CGA) cases pending   |
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| Central Railway         | Central Railway                         | Central Railway                                         | Central Railway                                                 |
| 2016-17                 | 23                                      | 22                                                      | 1                                                               |
| 2017-18                 | 18                                      | 18                                                      | 0                                                               |
| 2018-19                 | 18                                      | 18                                                      | 0                                                               |
| 2019-20 (till Feb.2020  | 19                                      | 18                                                      | 1                                                               |
| East Central Railway    | East Central Railway                    | East Central Railway                                    | East Central Railway                                            |
| 2016-17                 | 376                                     | 368                                                     | 08                                                              |
| 2017-18                 | 311                                     | 299                                                     | 12                                                              |
| 2018-19                 | 292                                     | 279                                                     | 13                                                              |
| 2019-20                 | 241                                     | 161                                                     | 80                                                              |
| East Coast Railway      | East Coast Railway                      | East Coast Railway                                      | East Coast Railway                                              |
| 2016-17                 | 196                                     | 187                                                     | 09                                                              |
| 2017-18                 | 182                                     | 176                                                     | 06                                                              |
| 2018-19                 | 188                                     | 173                                                     | 15                                                              |
| 2019-20 (till Feb.2020) | 152                                     | 115                                                     | 37                                                              |
| Eastern Railway         | Eastern Railway                         | Eastern Railway                                         | Eastern Railway                                                 |
| 2016-17                 | 617                                     | 560 #                                                   | 159 #                                                           |
| 2017-18                 | 605                                     | 482 #                                                   | 154 #                                                           |
| 2018-19                 | 711                                     | 469 #                                                   | 204 #                                                           |
| 2019-20 (till Feb.2020  | 469                                     | 383 #                                                   | 162 #                                                           |
| Northern Railway        | Northern Railway                        | Northern Railway                                        | Northern Railway                                                |
| 2016-17                 | 1057                                    | 846                                                     | 111                                                             |
| 2017-18                 | 839                                     | 794                                                     | 45                                                              |
| 2018-19                 | 967                                     | 838                                                     | 129                                                             |

| Year                       | No. of deaths during service/   | No. of jobs given to kin/ dependent of deceased staff   | No. of Compa- ssionate ground appointment (CGA) cases pending   |                            |
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
| 2019-20 (till Feb.2020)    | 773                             | 661                                                     | 111                                                             |                            |
| North Central Railway      | North Central Railway           | North Central Railway                                   | North Central Railway                                           | North Central Railway      |
| 2016-17                    | 351                             | 294                                                     | 57                                                              |                            |
| 2017-18                    | 343                             | 354*                                                    | 0                                                               |                            |
| 2018-19                    | 252                             | 184                                                     | 68                                                              |                            |
| 2019-20                    | 164                             | 221*                                                    | 0                                                               |                            |
| North Eastern Railway      | North Eastern Railway           | North Eastern Railway                                   | North Eastern Railway                                           | North Eastern Railway      |
| 2016-17                    | 414                             | 332                                                     | 80**                                                            |                            |
| 2017-18                    | 296                             | 214                                                     | 81**                                                            |                            |
| 2018-19                    | 278                             | 171                                                     | 101**                                                           |                            |
| 2019-20 (till Feb.2020)    | 278                             | 135                                                     | 140                                                             |                            |
| Northeast Frontier Railway | Northeast Frontier Railway      | Northeast Frontier Railway                              | Northeast Frontier Railway                                      | Northeast Frontier Railway |
| 2016-17                    | 453                             | 445                                                     | 08                                                              |                            |
| 2017-18                    | 384                             | 363                                                     | 21                                                              |                            |
| 2018-19                    | 379                             | 359                                                     | 20                                                              |                            |
| 2019-20                    | 417                             | 316                                                     | 101                                                             |                            |
| North Western Railway      | North Western Railway           | North Western Railway                                   | North Western Railway                                           | North Western Railway      |
| 2016-17                    | 355                             | 329                                                     | 26                                                              |                            |
| 2017-18                    | 332                             | 289                                                     | 43                                                              |                            |
| 2018-19                    | 289                             | 239                                                     | 50                                                              |                            |
| 2019-20                    | 204                             | 158                                                     | 46                                                              |                            |
| Southern Railway           | Southern Railway                | Southern Railway                                        | Southern Railway                                                | Southern Railway           |
| 2016-17                    | 275                             | 319                                                     | 67                                                              |                            |
| 2017-18                    | 273                             | 361                                                     | 76                                                              |                            |
| 2018-19                    | 293                             | 375                                                     | 77                                                              |                            |
| 2019-20                    | 261                             | 271                                                     | 59                                                              |                            |
| (till Feb.2020 )           |                                 |                                                         |                                                                 |                            |

| Year                    | No. of deaths during service/ No. of given   | jobs to kin/ dependent of deceased staff   | No. of Compa- ssionate ground appointment (CGA) cases pending   |                       |
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| South Central Railway   | South Central Railway                        | South Central Railway                      | South Central Railway                                           | South Central Railway |
| 2016-17                 | 525                                          | 521                                        | 3                                                               |                       |
| 2017-18                 | 547                                          | 526                                        | 6                                                               |                       |
| 2018-19                 | 628                                          | 603                                        | 5                                                               |                       |
| 2019-20                 | 496                                          | 426                                        | 62                                                              |                       |
| South Eastern Railway   | South Eastern Railway                        | South Eastern Railway                      | South Eastern Railway                                           | South Eastern Railway |
| 2016-17                 | 58                                           | 57                                         | 01                                                              |                       |
| 2017-18                 | 55                                           | 54                                         | 01                                                              |                       |
| 2018-19                 | 74                                           | 72                                         | 02                                                              |                       |
| 2019-20                 | 46                                           | 45                                         | 01                                                              |                       |
| (till Feb.2020)         | (till Feb.2020)                              | (till Feb.2020)                            | (till Feb.2020)                                                 | (till Feb.2020)       |
| 2016-17                 | 155                                          | 141                                        | 14                                                              |                       |
| 2017-18                 | 194                                          | 181                                        | 13                                                              |                       |
| 2018-19                 | 152                                          | 138                                        | 14                                                              |                       |
| 2019-20                 | 193                                          | 170                                        | 23                                                              |                       |
| South Western Railway   | South Western Railway                        | South Western Railway                      | South Western Railway                                           | South Western Railway |
| 2016-17                 | 157                                          | 143                                        | 14                                                              |                       |
| 2017-18                 | 151                                          | 134                                        | 17                                                              |                       |
| 2018-19                 | 113                                          | 93                                         | 20                                                              |                       |
| 2019-20 (till Feb.2020) | 119                                          | 48                                         | 71                                                              |                       |
| Western Railway         | Western Railway                              | Western Railway                            | Western Railway                                                 | Western Railway       |
| 2016-17                 | 524                                          | 602                                        | 19                                                              |                       |
| 2017-18                 | 434                                          | 441                                        | 26                                                              |                       |
| 2018-19                 | 396                                          | 429                                        | 07                                                              |                       |
| 2019-20                 | 350                                          | 398                                        | 41                                                              |                       |
| West Central Railway    | West Central Railway                         | West Central Railway                       | West Central Railway                                            | West Central Railway  |
| 2016-17                 | 119                                          | 114                                        | 05                                                              |                       |
| 2017-18                 | 106                                          | 95                                         | 11                                                              |                       |

| Year                                     | No. of deaths during service/ on duty    | No. of jobs given to kin/ dependent of deceased staff   | No. of Compa- ssionate ground appointment (CGA) cases pending   |
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2018-19                                  | 107                                      | 97                                                      | 10                                                              |
| 2019-20 (till Feb.2020)                  | 82                                       | 65                                                      | 17                                                              |
| Metro Railway, Kolkata                   | Metro Railway, Kolkata                   | Metro Railway, Kolkata                                  | Metro Railway, Kolkata                                          |
| 2016-17                                  | 11                                       | 08                                                      | 00                                                              |
| 2017-18                                  | 10                                       | 09                                                      | 00                                                              |
| 2018-19                                  | 12                                       | 10                                                      | 00                                                              |
| 2019-20 (till Feb.2020)                  | 05                                       | 05                                                      | 00                                                              |
| Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi        | Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi        | Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi                       | Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi                               |
| 2016-17                                  | 10                                       | 10                                                      | 00                                                              |
| 2017-18                                  | 17                                       | 16                                                      | 01                                                              |
| 2018-19                                  | 19                                       | 17                                                      | 02                                                              |
| 2019-20 (till Feb.2020)                  | 10                                       | 05                                                      | 05                                                              |
| Diesel Loco Modernisation Works, Patiala | Diesel Loco Modernisation Works, Patiala | Diesel Loco Modernisation Works, Patiala                | Diesel Loco Modernisation Works, Patiala                        |
| 2016-17                                  | 21                                       | 19                                                      | 02                                                              |
| 2017-18                                  | 14                                       | 12                                                      | 02                                                              |
| 2018-19                                  | 17                                       | 15                                                      | 02                                                              |
| 2019-20 (till Feb.2020)                  | 19                                       | 08                                                      | 11                                                              |
| Rail Coach Factory                       | Rail Coach Factory                       | Rail Coach Factory                                      | Rail Coach Factory                                              |
| 2016-17                                  | 19                                       | 29                                                      | 9                                                               |
| 2017-18                                  | 28                                       | 14                                                      | 5                                                               |
| 2018-19                                  | 20                                       | 17                                                      | 5                                                               |
| 2019-20                                  | 32                                       | 35                                                      | 12                                                              |
| (till Feb.2020) Rail Wheel Factory       | (till Feb.2020) Rail Wheel Factory       | (till Feb.2020) Rail Wheel Factory                      | (till Feb.2020) Rail Wheel Factory                              |
| 2016-17                                  | 06                                       | 05                                                      | 01                                                              |
| 2017-18                                  | 15                                       | 13                                                      | 02                                                              |
| 2018-19                                  | 09                                       | 07                                                      | 02                                                              |
| 2019-20                                  | 07                                       | 01                                                      | 06                                                              |

| Year                                     | No. of deaths during service/ No. of given   | jobs to kin/ dependent of deceased staff   | No. of Compa- ssionate ground appointment (CGA) cases pending   |                                          |
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| Integral Coach Factory                   | Integral Coach Factory                       | Integral Coach Factory                     | Integral Coach Factory                                          | Integral Coach Factory                   |
| 2016-17                                  | 56                                           | 43                                         | 4                                                               |                                          |
| 2017-18                                  | 43                                           | 31                                         | 2                                                               |                                          |
| 2018-19                                  | 43                                           | 30                                         | 10                                                              |                                          |
| 2019-20 (till Feb.2020)                  | 32                                           | 09 16                                      |                                                                 |                                          |
| Chittaranjan Locomotive Works            | Chittaranjan Locomotive Works                | Chittaranjan Locomotive Works              | Chittaranjan Locomotive Works                                   | Chittaranjan Locomotive Works            |
| 2016-17                                  | 48                                           | 44                                         | 03                                                              |                                          |
| 2017-18                                  | 53                                           | 40                                         | 07                                                              |                                          |
| 2018-19                                  | 51                                           | 23                                         | 25                                                              |                                          |
| 2019-20 (till Feb.2020)                  | 38                                           | Nil                                        | 38                                                              |                                          |
| Modern Coach Factory                     | Modern Coach Factory                         | Modern Coach Factory                       | Modern Coach Factory                                            | Modern Coach Factory                     |
| 2016-17                                  | 03                                           | 02                                         | 0                                                               |                                          |
| 2017-18                                  | 06                                           | 03                                         | 0                                                               |                                          |
| 2018-19                                  | 01                                           | 03                                         | 0                                                               |                                          |
| 2019-20 (till Feb.2020)                  | 02                                           | 01                                         | 0                                                               |                                          |
| Research Designs & Standard Organisation | Research Designs & Standard Organisation     | Research Designs & Standard Organisation   | Research Designs & Standard Organisation                        | Research Designs & Standard Organisation |
| 2016-17                                  | 06                                           | 04                                         | 02                                                              |                                          |
| 2017-18                                  | 07                                           | 06                                         | 01                                                              |                                          |
| 2018-19                                  | 06                                           | 07                                         | Nil                                                             |                                          |
| 2019-20 (till Feb.2020)                  | 04                                           | 03                                         | 01                                                              |                                          |

*   Includes carry forward cases from previous year. ** Includes cases not agreed for CGA

- # Figure includes total applications received including pending cases of previous years.

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