Lok Sabha Question No. 2949 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-11
Subject: Vacant Posts of TTE’s in Railways
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: M. Selvaraj

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2949 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.03.2020

## VACANT POSTS OF TTE'S IN RAILWAYS

## 2949. SHRI M. SELVARAJ:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Railways  has  taken  note  that  the  tickets  of  all  the passengers are not checked by Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) even in reserved coaches of the trains;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof;
- (c)   whether a number of posts of TTEs are lying vacant in Railways and if so, the details thereof, zone-wise;
- (d)   whether vigilance department of the Railways checks goods trains as well; and
- (e) if  so,  the  number  and  details  of  the  cases  related  to  low  fare  that came to light during the last three years and the current year?

ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2949 BY SHRI M. SELVARAJ TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 11.03.2020 REGARDING VACANT POSTS OF TTE'S IN RAILWAYS.

(a) and  (b): All  reserved  coaches  of  trains  are  required  to  be  manned  by Travelling  Ticket  Examiners  in  accordance  with  the  prescribed  norms.  The duties of the Travelling Ticket Examiners include checking of tickets of all the passengers in the coach/coaches assigned to them. Failure on the part of the Travelling Ticket Examiners to check the tickets of passengers renders them liable for action under the Discipline and Appeal Rules.

(c): The Zone-wise details of vacancies in ticket checking cadre are as under:

| Zonal Railways     |   Vacancies in ticket checking cadre |
|--------------------|--------------------------------------|
| Central            |                                  515 |
| Eastern            |                                  788 |
| East Central       |                                  529 |
| East Coast         |                                  137 |
| Northern           |                                 1106 |
| North Central      |                                  982 |
| North Eastern      |                                  401 |
| Northeast Frontier |                                  275 |
| North Western      |                                  192 |
| Southern           |                                  646 |
| South Central      |                                  746 |
| South Eastern      |                                  408 |
| South East Central |                                   97 |
| South Western      |                                  311 |
| Western            |                                  449 |
| West Central       |                                  202 |
| TOTAL              |                                 7784 |

(d) and (e): Yes, Sir. With a view to detect irregularities in freight realization, regular preventive checks are conducted by vigilance department and penal undercharges on account of misdeclared commodities/overloading by Goods Trains are realized wherever such irregularities are detected. Since the year 2017 about 1200 checks have been conducted and an amount of approximately ₹ 53 crore have been realized in this regard.

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