Yardsticks: RBE No.128/2022 – Telecom Department
No.E(MPP)2021/1/1, dated 13.10.2022
Sub: Revision of Yardsticks of Telecom Department.
1. An action plan was formulated by Board for Manpower Management, wherein, it was decided that Yardsticks of O&M activities of various departments be revised taking into account technology Up-gradation, Outsourcing experience and Benchmarking standards set by different Railways.
2. Accordingly, the yardsticks for Telecom department have been revised and enclosed as an annexure.
3. Henceforth, the requirement of Manpower for the said activities should be calculated based on the revised yardsticks. The Manpower strength for the existing assets should be reviewed, based on the revised yardsticks and excess posts be surrendered immediately.
4. All the clarifications/ queries/ references, if any, regarding revised yardsticks are to be made to Telecom directorate Railway Board.
5. This supersedes all earlier instructions on the yardsticks for above activities, issued in past.
6. This issues with the concurrence of Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.
7. Please acknowledge receipt.
Annexure
Telecom Yardsticks
1. Staff for Stations:
| Category | A1 with >12 Platform | A1 with <12 Platform | A & B | C | D & E | F |
| SSE/ JE | 1 | 1 | 1/12 | 1/6 | 1/24 | |
| Technician | 2 | 1 | 1/4 | 1/3 | 1/6 | 1/6 |
| Helper | 2 | 1 | 1/4 | 1/4 | 1/12 | |
| SSE In-charge | For every 6 sectional SSE/JE there shall be 1 SSE in-charge along with 01 JE/SSE, 02 Technician & 02 Helper |
2. Additional Station Staff on account of PRS/ UTS:
| Category | 10 to 20 Nodes | > 20 Nodes |
| SSE/ JE | – | 1 |
| Technician | 1 | 1 |
| Helper | – | 1 |
3. Staff for OFC (every 600 Rkms):
| Category | Without AMC | With AMC |
| SSE/ JE | 3 | 2 |
| Technician | 3 | 2 |
| Helper | 5 | 2 |
Note: Technicians& JE should be trained & used for cable jointing & splicing
4. Staff for Quad Cable (every 600 Rkms):
| Category | Without AMC | With AMC |
| SSE/ JE | 3 | 2 |
| Technician | 3 | 2 |
| Helper | 5 | 2 |
Note: Technicians& JE should be trained & used for cable jointing & splicing
5. Staff for Exchanges:
| Category | Upto 1024 Ports | 1024 – 4096 Ports | > 4096 Ports |
| SSE/ JE | – | 1 | 2 |
| Technician | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Helper | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| SSE In-charge | For every 4 sectional SSE/ JE there shall be 1 SSE in-charge along with 01 JE/ SSE, 02 Technician & 02 Helper. |
6. Staff for Railnet:
| Category | < 750Nodes | 750 to 1500 Nodes | 1500 to 2500 Nodes | > 2500 Nodes |
| SSE/ JE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Technician | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Helper | – | – | – | – |
7. MTRC:
| Category | BSC/ MSC/ FPC | BTS/ eNode B |
| SSE/ JE | 1 | 1/10 |
| Technician | 2 | 1/10 |
| Helper | 1 | 1/10 |
8. Staff for Rajdhani/ Shatabdi Express:
| Category | Static Maintenance | Supervision | Running Staff |
| SSE/ JE | – | 1 | – |
| Technician | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Helper | 1 | 2 | – |
9. Major NOC/ Control Office:
| Category | Major NOC |
| SSE/ JE | 2 |
| Technician | 2 |
| Helper | 1 |
10. CCTV Monitoring set up:
| Category | Command Control Centre |
| SSE/ JE | 1 |
| Technician | 1 |
| Helper | 1 |
11. V-SAT Hub Staff:
| Category | Per Store in Division |
| SSE/ JE | 2 |
| Technician | 2 |
| Helper | 1 |
12. Stores in Division:
| Category | Per Store in Division |
| SSE/ JE | 1 |
| Technician | 2 |
| Helper | 5 |
| Clerk | 1 |
| Only two central stores in each division |
13. Staff at Zonal Headquarter:
| Category | Telecom control HQ | TA far Planning, estimation, bill payment, CUG, Stores, WPC & PTCC activities, liaison RCIL and other service providers etc. | Telecom Activities – conference hall, Indication light, video Conferencing etc. |
| SSE/ JE | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Technician | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Helper | – | – | – |
14. Staff at Divisional Headquarter:
| Category | TA for Planning, estimation, bill payment, CUG, Stores, WPC & PTCC activities, liaison RCIL and other service providers etc. | Telecom Activities – conference hall, indication light, video conferencing etc. | Telecom related activities related to provision of PAE & display system etc. during VIP function. |
| SSE/ JE | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Technician | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Helper | – | – | – |
03 shift of a hours each to be managed with 4 persons.
02 shifts of 8 hour each to be managed with 2 persons.
x/y – x person for each y stations.
One person per 10 BTS/ eNodeB
Note-1: The above Yardsticks have been formulated by considering the Annual Maintenance contract (CAMC)/ Annual Repair Contract (ARC) for following assets:
1. Passengers Information System including Train Indication, Coach Guidance System & PC Based announcement System.
2. Datacom Equipments including Routers, Switches, LAN Extender & Server.
3. Video Surveillance System (VSS)/ Integrated Surveillance System (ISS).
4. Telephone Exchanges.
5. MTRC System including BSC/ MSC/ EPC & BTS/ eNodeB.
Note-2: Loading, unloading of PCP Sets wherever being done departmentally, should be outsourced.
Download Railway Board Circular RBE No.128/2022
Forward reference ⇒ dated 16.05.2023.