Cadre review pending since 2012 was, on Tuesday, finally cleared by the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal had been pushing and pursuing the matter passionately with DOPT minister and PMO which finally fructified yesterday which will benefit 900 officers of eight organized Group 'A' Services in Railways namely Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS), Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS), Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS), Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE), Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE), Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers(IRSME), Indian Railway Stores Service (IRSS), Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE).

Cabinet has also approved encadrement of the post of Member (staff) a cadre post for IRPS and re-designation of the posts of Director General (Signal & Telecom), Director General (Stores) and Director General (Personnel) as Member(S&T), Member (Materials Management) as Director General (Safety) respectively.