Lok Sabha Question No. 2916 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Women Employees in Railways
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Harish Dwivedi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2916 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.07.2019

WOMEN EMPLOYEES IN RAILWAYS

† 2916.  SHRI HARISH DWIVEDI :

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the participation of women employees in the Indian Railway Services currently;
- (b) whether the Government has any proposal to increase the participation of women in the Indian Railway Services;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of the women employed in the Indian Railway Services, as on date?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (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.  2916  BY  SHRI  HARISH DWIVEDI TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 10.07.2019 REGARDING WOMEN EMPLOYEES IN RAILWAYS

(a) and (d)  Detailed position of women employees in Indian Railway Services is as under :

| Services                                                |   On Roll Gr.'A' officers |   No. of Women Officers |
|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|
| Indian Railways Personnel Service (IRPS)                |                       376 |                      73 |
| Indian Railways Accounts Service (IRAS)                 |                       537 |                     130 |
| Indian Railways Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE) |                      1146 |                      41 |
| Indian Railways service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE)     |                       788 |                      49 |
| Indian Railways Services of Engineers(IRSE)             |                      1455 |                      36 |
| Indian Railways Stores Service(IRSS)                    |                       565 |                      21 |
| Indian Railways Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) |                      1379 |                      13 |
| Indian Railways Traffic Services(IRTS)                  |                       761 |                      90 |
| Indian Railways Medical Service(IRMS)                   |                      2350 |                     634 |
| Railway Protection Force (RPF)                          |                       496 |                      16 |
| Total                                                   |                      9853 |                    1103 |

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The  number  of  women  employees  in  Indian  Railways  is  as under :-

| S.No.   | Service                               |   Gr.'A' & 'B' |   Gr.'C' |   Gr.'D' |
|---------|---------------------------------------|----------------|----------|----------|
| 1       | Administration                        |            191 |     7468 |     1139 |
| 2       | Accounts                              |            169 |     2866 |      739 |
| 3       | Engineering                           |             44 |    10079 |     5113 |
| 4       | Signal & Telecommunications           |             67 |     3389 |      963 |
| 5       | Transportation                        |             41 |     4618 |     2142 |
| 6       | Commercial                            |             37 |     8167 |     1722 |
| 7       | Mechanical Engineering                |             41 |    11265 |     2339 |
| 8       | Stores                                |             46 |     1878 |      496 |
| 9       | Electrical                            |             33 |     5622 |     1417 |
| 10      | Medical                               |            634 |     9260 |     1766 |
| 11      | Railway Protection Force*             |              6 |     1608 |      499 |
| 12      | Railway Board & other Railway Offices |            276 |      288 |       72 |
|         | Total                                 |           1585 |    66508 |    18407 |

*During the year 2018, recruitment for the post of  RPF Constables  (8169  posts)  and  Sub-Inspectors  (1120  posts)  was notified  and  recruitment  process  is  likely  to  be  completed  in August,  2019.  In  the  above  recruitment  drive,  4216  posts  in Constables  and  301  posts  in  Sub-Inspectors  were  specifically notified for women. By way of this induction, the percentage of women in RPF is likely to increase from 3% to 9%.

(b) and (c) Recruitment to the Indian Railway Services is made through UPSC in accordance with extant policies of Government of India.

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