Steps Taken by Indian Railways to Support Women Employees and Resolve Gender Issues

Female employees in Railways – Step to redress gender specific issues: Railway Board Order RBE No. 57/2025 dated 24.06.2025

RBE No. 57/2025

भारत सरकार / GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
रेल मंत्रालय / MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(रेलवे बोर्ड / RAILWAY BOARD)

No. E(NG)I-2018/TR/13
(E-File No.3263981)

New Delhi, dated 24.06.2025

The General Manager (P)
All Zonal Railways & PUS

Sub: Female employees in Railways – Step to redress gender specific issues.

Ref: (i) PNM AIRF Item no. 46/2018 and Item no. 27/2025.
(ii) PNM NFIR Item no. 23/2015.

Federations (AIRF and NFIR) vide their Agenda Items under reference have brought to the attention of this office that the requests of female employees for change of categories on account of gender specific hardships, being faced by them at their work places, are not being dealt with due diligence.

The matter has been examined in Board’s office and Railways are directed to ensure work places under their jurisdictions to be gender neutral providing just and humane working conditions for the staff and promptly attend to any issues which might create hardship to а specific gender at their work places.

Accordingly, Zonal Railways/PUs are advised to deal with any such issues on their merits for a suitable intervention to alleviate gender specific distress among employees.

DA: Nil

(Sanjay Kumar)
Dy. Director/Estt.(N)
Railway Board