Lok Sabha Question No. 1901 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-03
Subject: Special Recruitment Drive
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Ajay Nishad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1901 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.07.2019

## SPECIAL RECRUITMENT DRIVE

†1901.   SHRI AJAY NISHAD:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of posts of all cadres/categories including Scheduled Castes/Scheduled  Tribes  category  lying  vacant  in  railways  across the country, zone-wise along with the reasons therefor;
- (b) the number of posts of all cadres/categories including Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes category which have been filled during the last three years and the current year;
- (c) whether the Government  proposes  to launch any special recruitment drive for filling these vacant posts;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the time by which the said drive is  likely to be launched; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(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.1901  BY  SHRI  AJAY  NISHAD  TO  BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  03.07.2019  REGARDING  SPECIAL RECRUITMENT DRIVE.

(a):  The  vacancy  position  of  staff  on  Indian  Railways,  including Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, is as under:

| Zonal Railways     |   Non- Gazetted (as on 01.06.2019) |   Gazetted (01.09.2018) |
|--------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
| Central            |                              25103 |                     100 |
| East Coast         |                               9582 |                      72 |
| East Central       |                              18595 |                     200 |
| Eastern            |                              23961 |                     195 |
| Metro              |                                925 |                      19 |
| North Central      |                              20505 |                     173 |
| North Eastern      |                              14329 |                     103 |
| Northeast Frontier |                              15740 |                     244 |
| Northern           |                              40611 |                     280 |
| North Western      |                              17655 |                     158 |
| South Central      |                              18762 |                     142 |
| South East Central |                               9641 |                      95 |
| South Eastern      |                              17738 |                     180 |
| Southern           |                              20562 |                     209 |
| South Western      |                               7354 |                      60 |
| West Central       |                              12524 |                     117 |
| Western            |                              24987 |                     271 |
| Total              |                             298574 |                    2618 |

Occurrence and filling up of vacancies is a continuous process and vacancies are filled by placement of indents with recruitment agencies as per operational requirements.

- (b)  :  The  number  of  candidates  empanelled  for  various  Posts  on Indian Railways, including Scheduled  Castes/Scheduled  Tribes, during  the  last  03  years  is  84,534  and  in  current  year  is  18,268 (provisional).  Union  Public  Service  Commission  (UPSC),  Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs)  and Railway Recruitment Cells (RRCs) are regularly providing panels of successful candidates to Railways.
- (c) to (e): Recruitment process in Railways is being done regularly through authorized recruiting agencies namely Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) and Railway Recruitment Cells (RRCs). The shortfall or backlog vacancies  of  SCs,  STs  &  OBCs  left  unfilled  are  taken  care  of  in current recruitment programme and subsequent recruitment cycles. As such special recruitment drive is not proposed.

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