Vacant Posts in Railways for which action for recruitment is currently underway

Vacant Posts in Railways for which action for recruitment is currently underway: Lok Sabha Q&A

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 1137

ANSWERED ON 27.07.2015

Vacant Posts in Railways

1137 . RAMA KISHORE SINGH
Patil Shri A.T. (Nana)
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Railways have taken note that various posts of employees especially Class-I to Class-III are lying vacant;

(b) if so, the details thereof, Category-wise, Zone-wise especially those zones located in the State of Maharashtra and also Eastern Central Railway;

(c) whether the Railways propose to make recruitment to fill up the said vacancies;

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the steps taken by the Railways in this regard?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
( SHRI MANOJ SINHA )

(a) Yes, Madam.

(b) to (e) Occurrence and filling up of vacancies is a continuous process. Ministry of Railways’ endeavor is to fill up the vacancies promptly by timely placement of indents with the recruitment agencies viz. Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs), Railway Recruitment Cells (RRCs) etc. Details of vacancies for which action for recruitment is currently underway, are as under: -

Category	No. of vacancies (Approx)
Group ‘A’ (through UPSC)	1217
Group ‘B’	There is no Direct recruitment in this Group.
Group ‘C’ (through RRB)	31805
Erstwhile Group ‘D’ (through RRC )	62000

State-wise details of vacant posts are not maintained.

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Source: https://164.100.47.190/loksabhaquestions/annex/5/AU1137.pdf