Lok Sabha Question No. 2312 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Staff Crunch
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM, MALLIKARJUN  KHARGE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2312 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.12.2018

## STAFF CRUNCH

2312.   SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM: SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  Railways  have  been  facing  the problem of staff crunch;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether it is also a fact that shortage of staff is the cause of late running of the trains and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether  there  has  been  any  recruitment  drive  in  the  Railways since  2014  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the  reasons therefor; and
- (e) the steps being taken by the Railways to fill up the vacancies at the earliest?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. *****

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2312  BY  SHRIMATI  POONAMBEN MAADAM AND SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 26.12.2018 REGARDING STAFF CRUNCH

(a): No, Madam.

(b)&(c): Do not arise.

(d):  Arising  and  filling  up  of  vacancies  is  a  continuous  process. Since  2014,  a  total  of  13  Centralized  Employment  Notifications (CENs)  have  been  issued  by  Railway  Recruitment  Boards  (RRBs). The details are as under:-

|   Year | CEN No.            | CEN issued Date               | Name of Posts                                                                                | Notified / Modified Vacancies   |
|--------|--------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|   2014 | 01/2014 18.01.2014 | Asst. Loco Pilots Technicians | &                                                                                            | 34,429                          |
|   2014 | 02/2014            | 20.09.2014                    | Sr. Section Engineers / Jr. Engineers                                                        | 6,906                           |
|   2014 | 03/2014            | 11.10.2014                    | Ministerial, Isolated categories & Teachers                                                  | 1,564                           |
|   2014 | 04/2014            | 01.11.2014                    | Para-medical categories                                                                      | 1,138                           |
|   2015 | 01/2015            | 27.06.2015                    | Sr. Section Engineers / Jr. Engineers                                                        | 3,829                           |
|   2015 | 02/2015            | 22.08.2015                    | Non-Technical Popular Categories - Under Graduate level (Special Recruitment Drive for PWDs) | 660                             |
|   2015 | 03/2015            | 26.12.2015                    | Non-Technical Popular Categories - Graduate level                                            | 14,023                          |
|   2016 | 01/2016            | 12.03.2016                    | Constable (Band)                                                                             | 246                             |

|   2018 | 01/2018   | 03.02.2018           | Asst. Loco Pilots & Technicians     | 64,371   |
|--------|-----------|----------------------|-------------------------------------|----------|
|   2018 | 02/2018   | 10.02.2018           | Level-1 (erstwhile Group 'D') posts | 62,907   |
|   2018 | 01/2018   | 19-25 May, 2018      | Constable                           | 8619     |
|   2018 | 02/2018   | 19-25 May, 2018      | Sub-Inspector                       | 1120     |
|   2018 | 03/2018   | 22-28 December, 2018 | Constables (Ancillary)              | 798      |

(e):  To  expedite  the  recruitment  process,  RRBs  have  adopted  and implemented  initiatives of 'Online Applications'  and  'Computer Based  Tests  (CBTs)'  in  recruitment  for  Group  'C'  &  'D'  posts  on Indian Railways. Recruitments against all the three CENs of 2015, have  been  successfully  conducted  in  CBT  mode  and  have  since been completed. Further, in the ongoing mega recruitments against CENs No. 01/2018 for about 47.56 lakh applicants and 02/2018 for about 1.89 crore applicants, 1 st  stage CBT has also been conducted during 09.08.2018 to 17.12.2018 in multiple shifts.

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