Lok Sabha Question No. 1967 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-07
Subject: Vacancies in South Central Railways
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: YERRAM VENKATA SUBBAREDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1967 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.03.2018

## VACANCIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL RAILWAYS

1967.  SHRI Y.V. SUBBA REDDY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the average time taken in recruitment process by various Zones,  Zone-wise;
- (b) whether it  has come to the notice of his Ministry that there is no recruitment   in South   Central  Railways (SCR) for  the last three  years and if so, the reasons  therefor;
- (c) the   details   of   vacancies   in   the  SCR,  cadre-wise  and the steps Ministry has taken/proposed to take to fill them up in a time-bound manner by undertaking special drive; and
- (d) the details  of  posts  relating  to  safety  and  passenger amenities lying vacant, cadre-wise and category-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) to (d):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1967 BY SHRI Y.V. SUBBA REDDY TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 07.03.2018 REGARDING VACANCIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL RAILWAYS

(a) Direct recruitment to non-gazetted  posts on Railways is made through Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) and Railway Recruitment Cells(RRCs). The process involves  many  stages including  written  examination,  Physical  Efficiency  Test/Aptitude Test and document verification.  Recruitment to Group 'A' posts is made  through  Union  Public  Service Commission.  There  is  no recruitment  in  Group  'B'  posts  as  they  are  filled  entirely  through promotions.

In  conventional  printed  question  paper  and  Optical  Mark Reader (OMR) sheet based exams, the complete recruitment process  takes  about  1.5  to  2  years.  'Online  Applications  and Computer Based Tests' have now been introduced which will reduce the time taken in finalizing the recruitment.

(b):  No, Madam.  On South Central Railway (SCR), panels of around 8159  candidates  were  received  from  Railway  recruiting  agencies since 2014-15 till date.

## (c): Details of vacancies in SCR category-wise are as under:

| Category                    |   Vacancies |
|-----------------------------|-------------|
| Group-A                     |          59 |
| Group-B                     |          58 |
| Non-Gazetted (Group- C & D) |       15689 |
| Total                       |       15806 |

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Two  Employment Notices for filling up of 89,409 non-gazetted vacancies  have  been  issued  in  February  2018  by  Ministry  of Railways.  Out  of  these,  9743  vacancies  are  of  South  Central Railway.  The categories are Assistant Loco Pilot,  Technician and Level-1 posts.

(d):   There are 1087 vacancies in Commercial Department, most of which pertain to passenger amenities.  As regards safety category vacancies, they are 39 in Group 'A' and 21 in Group 'B'.  Details of Group 'C' safety category vacancies on South Central Railway are as under:

| Category                                                  |   Vacancy |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------|
| Station Masters                                           |       329 |
| Controllers                                               |        43 |
| Guards                                                    |      1036 |
| Pointsmen                                                 |       536 |
| Junior Engineer/Section Engineer(Permanent Way)           |       217 |
| Gangmen/Gangmate                                          |      3983 |
| Junior Engineer/Section Engineer(Signal)                  |        30 |
| Electrical Signal Maintainer/Mechanical Signal Maintainer |       192 |
| Loco Pilots                                               |       873 |
| Shunters                                                  |       262 |
| Junior Engineer/Section Engineer(Carriage and Wagon)      |        69 |
| All other safety categories                               |      2801 |
| Total                                                     |     10371 |

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