Lok Sabha Question No. 136 (STARRED), answered on 2017-12-27
Subject: Vacant Posts in Railways
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: MD. BADARIDDOZA KHAN, MOHAMMAD SALIM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 136 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.12.2017

## VACANT POSTS IN RAILWAYS

*136  SHRI MD. BADARUDDOZA KHAN : SHRI MOHD. SALIM :

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  number of posts lying vacant in the  Railways in all Groups across  the country including SC/ST categories; zone-wise;
- (b) the reasons for such long standing vacancies;
- (c)  whether the Government intends to start a special recruitment drive to fill up the vacancies;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the time by which it is likely to be started; and
- (e)  if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COAL (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL) to (e):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF STARRED QUESTION NO. 136 BY SHRI MD. BADARUDDOZA KHAN AND  SHRI  MOHD.  SALIM  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON 27.12.2017 REGARDING VACANT POSTS IN RAILWAYS (a)    Zone-wise  details  of  posts  lying  vacant  in  the  Railways  in  all Groups  across  in the country including SC/ST  categories are appended as Appendix-I and Appendix-II. (b) to (e) Filling up of vacancies is a continuous process and is done through various modes of intake. The policy of the Government is to fill  up  the  vacancies  as  per  operational  requirement.  The  vacant posts  in  Zonal  Railways  are  to  be  filled  up  as  per  laid  down procedure  through  Railway  Recruitment  Boards  (RRBs),  Railway Recruitment  Cells  (RRCs)  and  Union  Public  Service  Commission (UPSC). There is always a time lag between  occurrence of vacancies  and  processing  the  same  for  filling  up  as  it  involves notification of vacancies, holding examinations, finalizing of select panels  and  issue  of  appointment  letters.  Recruitment  process  in Railways  is  being  done  regularly  through  authorized  recruiting agencies  namely  Railway  Recruitment  Board  (RRBs)  and  Railway Recruitment  Cells  (RRCs).  The  shortfall  and  backlog  vacancies  of SCs, STs and OBCs left unfilled are taken care of in the subsequent recruitment  cycle.  As  such,  there  is  no  need  for  launching  any Special Recruitment Drive for filling up of vacancies in the Railways including vacancies for SC/ST categories.

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APPENDIX-I  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  STARRED QUESTION NO. 136 BY SHRI MD BADARUDDOZA KHAN AND SHRI MOHD.  SALIM  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  27.12.2017 REGARDING VACANT POSTS IN RAILWAYS ZONE-WISE VACANCY POSITION OF ALL GROUPS (GAZETTED AND NON-GAZETTED) AS ON 01.04.2017 (Provisional).

| S.No.   | RAILWAY            | VACANCIES   |
|---------|--------------------|-------------|
| 1       | Central            | 19,651      |
| 2       | East Coast         | 6,878       |
| 3       | East Central       | 17,065      |
| 4       | Eastern            | 19,942      |
| 5       | Metro              | 898         |
| 6       | North Central      | 15,930      |
| 7       | North Eastern      | 12,670      |
| 8       | Northeast Frontier | 11,044      |
| 9       | Northern           | 27,537      |
| 10      | North Western      | 13,532      |
| 11      | South Central      | 14,881      |
| 12      | South East Central | 6,084       |
| 13      | South Eastern      | 13,212      |
| 14      | Southern           | 10,827      |
| 15      | South Western      | 5,211       |
| 16      | West Central       | 10,626      |
| 17      | Western            | 16,520      |
|         | Total              | 2,22,159    |

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APPENDIX-II  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  STARRED QUESTION NO. 136 BY SHRI MD. BADARUDDOZA KHAN AND SHRI MOHD. SALIM ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 27.12.2017 REGARDING VACANT POSTS IN RAILWAYS

| S.No.   | Zone wise number of SC/ST vacant posts (as on 01.04.2017)   |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | 4,278                                                       |
| 2       | 1,894                                                       |
| 3       | 1,120                                                       |
| 4       | 4,904                                                       |
| 5       | 132                                                         |
| 6       | 1,921                                                       |
| 7       | 1,323                                                       |
| 8       | 1,780                                                       |
| 9       | 8,995                                                       |
| 10      | 1,814                                                       |
| 11      | 650                                                         |
| 12      | 1,804                                                       |
| 13      | 1,574                                                       |
| 14      | 1,862                                                       |
| 15      | 1,650                                                       |
| 16      | 1,511                                                       |
| 17      | 3,916                                                       |
| Total   | 41,128                                                      |

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