Lok Sabha Question No. 506 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Recruitment Process
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: S. Venkatesan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 506 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.09.2020

## RECRUITMENT PROCESS

506. SHRI S. VENKATESAN:

## Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  recruitment  has  been  completed  and  appointments  have been  made  after  the  recruitment  process  by  RRBs  started  through Central Employment Notices 01/2018 and 03/2018 for the categories of Assistant Loco Pilot, Technician and Junior Engineer;
- (b) if  so,  the  number  of  candidates  who  were  posted  in  Southern Railway in each category;
- (c) the  number  of  recruitees  from  each  State  including  Tamil  Nadu  in each category based on their place of residence; and
- (d) the number  of candidates in Southern  Railway,  language-wise according  to  their  preferred  language  for  examination  in  all  the  three categories of the above two employment notices?

## 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.  506  BY  SHRI  S.  VENKATESAN  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA  ON 16.09.2020  REGARDING  RECRUITMENT PROCESS

- (a)  and  (b)  Yes,  Sir.  The  post-wise  details  of  empanelled  candidates against  Centralized  Employment  Notifications  (CEN)  No.  01/2018  and 03/2018 by Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) / Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram for Southern Railway are as under-
- (c)  Indian  Railways  is  an  organization  having  pan  India  character. Candidates  are  free  to  apply  to  any  RRB  throughout  the  country  in response to the advertisements.
- (d)  The choice of language exercised by the empanelled candidates for the posts of ALP, Technicians and JEs are as under-

| CEN No.   | Name of the Post           |   Empanelled Candidates |
|-----------|----------------------------|-------------------------|
| 01/2018   | Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP) |                     908 |
|           | Technicians                |                    2550 |
| 03/2018   | Junior Engineers (JEs)     |                    1180 |

| CEN No.    | 01/2018              | 01/2018    | 03/2018         |
|-------------|----------------------|------------|-----------------|
| State      | Assistant Loco Pilot | Technician | Junior engineer |
| ASSAMESE    | 0                    | 1          | 0               |
| BENGALI     | 0                    | 143        | 4               |
| ENGLISH     | 291                  | 219        | 298             |
| GUJARATI    | 0                    | 1          | 1               |
| HINDI       | 90                   | 1686       | 160             |
| KANNADA     | 0                    | 0          | 1               |
| KONKANI     | 0                    | 1          | 0               |
| MALAYALAM   | 176                  | 221        | 315             |
| MARATHI     | 0                    | 6          | 2               |
| ODIA        | 0                    | 76         | 11              |
| TAMIL       | 333                  | 139        | 268             |
| TELUGU      | 18                   | 57         | 120             |
| Grand Total | 908                  | 2550       | 1180            |

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