Lok Sabha Question No. 1732 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-21
Subject: Delay in Recruitment Process
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Uttam Kumar Nalamada Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1732 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.09.2020

## DELAY IN RECRUITMENT PROCESS

1732. SHRI UTTAM KUMAR REDDY NALAMADA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  reason  for  delay  in  issuing  appointment  letters  for  the Railway  Recruitment  Board  (RRB)  Assistant  Loco  Pilot  (ALP)  and Technician examination 2018;
- (b) the steps proposed by the Government to address this delay;
- (c) the date of release of notification of examination and vacancies released for the RRB Group D 2020 and RRB NTPC 2019;
- (d) whether the examinations for RRB Group D 2020 and RRB NTPC 2019 have not been conducted as yet and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (e) the  reasons  for  not  declaring  the  results  of  the  SSC  CGL  2018 examination; and
- (f) the date by which the Government intends to fill the vacancies for  RRB  ALP  and  Technician  2018,  RRB  Group  D  2020,  RRB  NTPC 2019,  SSC CGL 2018 ?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (f)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1732  BY  SHRI  UTTAM  KUMAR  REDDY NALAMADA  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON 21.09.2020 REGARDING DELAY IN RECRUITMENT PROCESS

- (a)  &  (b)  The appointment schedule for the posts of Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP) and Technician against Centralized Employment Notification (CEN) No. 01/2018 issued by Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs)  got  affected  due  to  COVID-  19  Pandemic  and  consequent lockdown.  The  same  has  been  resumed  post  unlock  in  a  phased manner.
- (c)  &  (d)  RRBs  have  not  issued  any  notification  for  Level-1  posts (erstwhile  Group  'D')  in  2020.  The  details  of  CEN  No.  01/2019  Non Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) posts are as under:

| CEN No. & Name of Post                                                           | Date of Notification   | Vacancies (notified/ modified)   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 01/2019 Non Technical Popular Categories (NTPC)- Graduate & Under Graduate level | 28.02.2019             | 35,208                           |

The scrutiny of the applications has been completed but the process of  further  examination  has  got  delayed  due  to  COVID-  19  related restrictions  and  resultant  lockdown  which  was  imposed  throughout the country. RRBs will hold the Computer Based Test (CBT) for all the notified vacancies after assessing the ground situation prevailing due to pandemic.

- (e)  Due  to  COVID-19  pandemic  situation,  the  declaration  of  result  of Tier-III of Combined Graduate Level Examination-2018 (SSC CGL 2018) has been delayed.
- (f) Occurrence and filling up of vacancies is a continuous process and the same  is filled by placement of indents by Railways with recruitment  agencies  as  per  operational  requirements.  During  this process,  whenever  vacancies  arise  these  are  filled.  Empanelment  of candidates  for  the  posts  of  ALP  and  Technician  of  CEN  No.  01/2018 has been completed.

Based  on  the  current  assessment  of  Pandemic  situation,  Indian Railways  has  planned  to  start  Computer  Based  Test  for  notified vacancies from 15th December 2020.

Every effort is being made to declare the result of Tier-III of Combined Graduate Level Examination-2018 (SSC CGL 2018) at the earliest.

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