Lok Sabha Question No. 3878 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-11
Subject: Recruitment through Advertisement
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Deepak Baij

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3878 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2019

## RECRUITMENT THROUGH ADVERTISEMENT

†3878. SHRI DEEPAK BAIJ:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the zone-wise number and details of recruitment for posts advertised by the Indian railways during the last five years;
- (b) the number of employees given permanent employment through these recruitment;
- (c) the number of recruitment tests out of these results of which are yet to be declared;
- (d) the  number  of  candidates  awaiting  appointment  process  after  the declaration of result;
- (e) the  time  limit  fixed  for  the  result  declaration  of  the  tests  results  of which are yet to come including the reasons for it taking more than the fixed time; and
- (f) the number of posts for recruitments in case of which qualifications/conditions have been amended  after the application process and result declaration?

## 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.  3878  BY  SHRI  DEEPAK  BAIJ  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 11.12.2019 REGARDING RECRUITMENT THROUGH ADVERTISEMENT

- (a):  The details are appended.
- (b):  During 2015-2016 to 2019-2020 (upto 30.11.2019), 45,507 candidates for various Group 'C' posts (excluding Level-1) and 55,013 candidates for  various  Level-1  posts  were  recommended  for  appointment  on Zonal Railways / Production Units. In addition, 9,664 candidates have also been empanelled for various posts of Railway Protection Force (RPF) / Railway Protection Special Force (RPSF) for appointment on Railways.
- (c): Action on Centralized Employment Notifications (CENs) viz. 01/2019, 03/2019 and RRC-01/2019 for 1,40,640 combined  vacancies is underway. Declaration of result for CEN  03/2018  for 13,538 vacancies is under process. Part panels of 49,314 for all levels are under process at Zonal Railways / Production Units.
- (d):  Offers of appointment are given by Zonal Railways / Production Units to all the empanelled candidates subject to candidates satisfying all eligibility criteria, including character and antecedents.
- (e): No time-limit is prescribed for declaration of results in the Centralized Employment Notifications.
- (f):  No qualifications/conditions were amended after the applications by the candidates and result declaration.

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APPENDIX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3878  BY  SHRI  DEEPAK  BAIJ  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  11.12.2019 REGARDING RECRUITMENT THROUGH ADVERTISEMENT

- (a) Direct Recruitment Quota for various Group 'C' posts, Level-1 posts and Security related posts are catered to by 21 Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) and 16 Railway Recruitment Cells (RRCs)/ Zonal Railways. The number of recruitments undertaken in Railways during 2015-2016 to 2019-2020 (upto 30.11.2019), Zone wise details are as under:

| Name of RRB   |   Recruitment Drives |   Notified Vacancies |
|---------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| Ahmedabad     |                    8 |                 3727 |
| Ajmer         |                    8 |                 7016 |
| Allahabad     |                    8 |                15467 |
| Bangalore     |                    8 |                 7768 |
| Bhopal        |                    8 |                 5522 |
| Bhubaneswar   |                    8 |                 4243 |
| Bilaspur      |                    8 |                 4407 |
| Chandigarh    |                    8 |                 8611 |
| Chennai       |                    8 |                 8911 |
| Gorakhpur     |                    8 |                 5900 |
| Guwahati      |                    8 |                 3325 |
| Jammu         |                    8 |                 2715 |
| Kolkata       |                    8 |                11959 |
| Malda         |                    8 |                 3515 |
| Mumbai        |                    8 |                14013 |
| Muzaffarpur   |                    7 |                 1915 |
| Patna         |                    8 |                 3254 |
| Ranchi        |                    8 |                 6518 |
| Secunderabad  |                    7 |                12420 |
| Siliguri      |                    8 |                 1908 |
| Trivandrum    |                    7 |                 2101 |
| Total         |                    8 |               135215 |

| Zonal Railway (Including Level- 1 & RPF/ RPSF)*   |   Recruitment Drives |   Notified Vacancies |
|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| Central                                           |                    7 |                14989 |
| East Central                                      |                    7 |                10027 |
| East Coastal                                      |                    7 |                 4361 |
| Eastern                                           |                    7 |                14544 |
| North Central                                     |                    7 |                10217 |
| North Eastern                                     |                    7 |                 7828 |
| Northeast Frontier                                |                    7 |                 5925 |
| Northern                                          |                    7 |                22658 |
| North Western                                     |                    7 |                10262 |
| South Central                                     |                    7 |                16785 |
| South East Central                                |                    7 |                 3018 |
| South Eastern                                     |                    7 |                 9030 |
| Southern                                          |                    7 |                13454 |
| South Western                                     |                    7 |                10263 |
| West Central                                      |                    7 |                 7733 |
| Western                                           |                    7 |                17544 |
| RPSF                                              |                    4 |                 1001 |
| Total                                             |                    7 |               179639 |

RPSF- Railway Protection Special Force.

| Grand Total of Notified Vacancies              |   Grand Total of Notified Vacancies |
|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| RRB                                            |                              135215 |
| Zonal Railway (Including Level-1 & RPF/ RPSF)* |                              179639 |
| Total                                          |                              314854 |

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