Lok Sabha Question No. 3540 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-02
Subject: Vacancies in Safety Category
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3540

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.01.2019

## VACANCIES IN SAFETY CATEGORY

†3540.    SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  area-wise  total  number  of  employees  working  under  safety category of the railways;
- (b) whether a lot of posts are lying vacant under the safety category in various areas of railways;
- (c)  if so, the area-wise details thereof;
- (d) whether the present staff is working for more than 10-12 hours a day and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  the  efforts  being  made  by  the  Railways  to  conduct  a  special drive to fill all the vacant posts in safety category?

## 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. 3540 BY SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 02.01.2019 REGARDING VACANCIES IN SAFETY CATEGORY

(a)  to  (c):  The  on  roll  strength  and  vacancy  in  safety  category  in Group 'C' and erstwhile Group 'D' in Zonal Railways as on 01.10.2018  is as under:

| Zonal Railways     |   On-roll Strength |   Vacancy |
|--------------------|--------------------|-----------|
| Central            |              44926 |      8817 |
| East Coast         |              27570 |      7010 |
| East Central       |              45157 |     10980 |
| Eastern            |              55741 |     13594 |
| Metro              |               1060 |       315 |
| North Central      |              34144 |     12661 |
| North Eastern      |              19649 |      5669 |
| Northeast Frontier |              32834 |      7877 |
| Northern           |              64324 |     16355 |
| North Western      |              22595 |      8888 |
| South Central      |              49735 |     10865 |
| South East Central |              27042 |      5882 |
| South Eastern      |              44505 |      8656 |
| Southern           |              47415 |     10578 |
| South Western      |              20682 |      3723 |
| West Central       |              33108 |      7899 |
| Western            |              52648 |     11579 |
| Total              |             623135 |    151348 |

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- (d)  :  No,  Madam.  The  working  hours  of  Railway  servants  are regulated as per statutory provisions of the Railways Act, 1989 and the Railway Servants (Hours of Work & Period of Rest) Rules, 2005. In  accordance  with  these  provisions,  the  Railway  servant  are classified  as  'Intensive'  'Continuous'  and  'Essentially  Intermittent'. Zonal Railway Administrations prepare the duty rosters keeping in view  administrative  and  operational  requirements.  However,  in emergent situations, they are sometimes required to work beyond these rostered hours of work for which they are suitably compensated as per extant rules.
- (e):  Arising  and  filling  up  of  vacancies  is  a  continuous  process. Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) are regularly providing panels of  successful  candidates  to  Railways/Production  Units  concerned. During the last three years, a total of 66,682 candidates (including 57,851 for safety category posts) have been empanelled for various Group 'C' posts on Indian Railways through RRBs.

Two Centralized Employment Notifications (CENs) for filling up vacancies mainly in safety categories were issued in 2018.

- (i) CEN  No.01/2018  for  Asst.  Loco  Pilots  (ALPs)  &  Technicians (Total 64,371 vacancies). The 1 st  stage Computer Based Test has been conducted from 09.08.2018 to 04.09.2018 in multiple shifts.
- (ii) CEN  No.02/2018  for  62,907  vacancies  in  Level-1  (erstwhile Group  'D')  posts.  Computer  Based  Test  has  been  conducted from17.09.2018 to 17.12.2018 in multiple shifts.

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