Ministry of Railway has changed the name of train Guard

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Indian Railways on 14 January 2022 announced its decision to re-designate the post of ‘guard’ as ‘train manager’, fulfilling a long-pending demand. 

• The ministry of railways has said  that ‘assistant guard’ and ‘goods guard’ will now be known as ‘assistant passenger train manager’ and ‘goods train manager’, respectively. 
• The ‘mail/express guard’ will be known as ‘mail/express train manager’. Similarly, ‘senior goods guard’ and ‘senior passenger guard’ have been re-designated as ‘senior goods train manager’ and ‘senior passenger train manager’, respectively.
• The ministry said  that the new designation of ‘train manager’ is “more in line with their existing duties and responsibilities” and will improve the motivation level of the employees.