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111. A resident medical officer with public health experience
should be appointed at Giridih, and the health staff completely re-
organised ’s ‘a ‘se .e vs i vs

112. Compulsory primary education should be introduced in the
noalfields . . i. .. . . vs

113. Percentage grants might be given to Boards of Health and
Welfare for approved activities in relation to health, welfare and edu-
cation .n . va - .e

114. The Salt Department and the Punjab Government should
co-operate with a view to the introduction of compulsory education in
the Salt Range .s “e va a .s 5

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115. Registers should be kept of all workers appointed to the en-
gineering department, appointments and dimissals being reported for
entry. The registers should be examined regularly by administrative
and personnel officers .. .. .. os .s we

116. Similar procedure should be adopted for the transportation
and commercial departments ve et . 5 as is

117. The system of selection boards or committees should be used
for selecting firemen, shunters and drivers for appointment and promo-
tion, and should be put into force on all railways for both recruitment
and promotion of categories classed as literate and those in which
employees start as apprentices _- 2 3% -

118, Sons and near relations of railway servants have a special
claim to enter the service and wherever possible facilities for suitable
education and training should be afforded them .. .e

119. In mechanical workshops the system of recruitment through
labour bureaux is capable of development and together with the sys-
tem of selection boards or committees would go far to remove grounds
of complaint of favouritism and bribery in regard to recruitment and
promotion »e 23 os Pp .. ie ce

120. All new entrants should be handed a printed statement of their
duties and rights in the service, with a specific warning as to bribery ..

121. (a) Workers required, after confirmation, to undergo a further
medical examination should have the right to be examined, if they
desire, by an independent specialist.

(8) Should a worker be adjudged medically unfit for a par-
ticular post, every effort should be made to find him other work ,e

122. In regard to racial discrimination, definite steps should now
be taken which will lead in a specified term of years to the progressive
slimination of any form of discrimination as regards both appoint-
ments and promotions to all grades and classes .. - ve

123. The whole subject of the leave rules should continue to be
sxamined in consultation with representatives of the workers .

124. The Administration should endeavour to maintain leave
reserves adequate to meet requirements spread over the year. . ve

125. The claims of low-paid workers to improved wage standards
should continue to receive careful consideration from the Railway
Board and the Administrations .. Po . .. .

126. After 12 months’ continuous service, all employees should be
monthly rated and as soon as possible made eligible for all service privi-
leges which that carries .. .. . se oe

127. Enquiries now in progress should be extended to cover the
comparative merits of the system of time-scales and that of beginners’.
rates increasing within a short period to fixed standard rates wy

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