Lok Sabha Question No. 206 (STARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Vacancies in Railways
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Mondal

(a) to (e):

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 206 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2022

## VACANCIES IN RAILWAYS

## *206. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the  Union  Government  has notified vacancies and conducted  the  recruitments  for  filling  up  various  posts  in  the Railways during the last five years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, zone-wise along with the future initiatives in this regard and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c)  the steps taken or being taken for improving the services of the railway canteen;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  received  any  complaints  from passengers in this regard; and
- (e)  if so, the details thereof along with the corrective steps/initiatives taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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 STARRED QUESTION NO. 206 BY SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 16.03.2022 REGARDING VACANCIES IN RAILWAYS

(a) & (b): The details are appended. (c) to (e): The Departmental Canteens, which are Statutory Canteens, are run by Railways under the Provisions of the Factory Act, 1948 and  are provided  with  all  the  facilities  referred  to  in  the  Act  and  the  nonstatutory  (Recognized)  Canteens  also  cater  to  the  needs  of  Railway employees only and do not serve the needs of passengers.

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APPENDIX REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. 206 BY SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 16.03.2022 REGARDING VACANCIES IN RAILWAYS

- (a)  &  (b):  Direct  Recruitment  Quota  vacancies  for  various  Group  'C' posts,  Level-1  Posts  and  Security  related  posts  are  filled    through  21 Railway  Recruitment  Boards  (RRBs)  and  Zonal  Railways.  During  20162017 to 2020-2021 zone-wise details of notified vacancies are as follows:

| Name of RRB        |   Notified Vacancies |
|--------------------|----------------------|
| Ahmedabad          |                 2760 |
| Ajmer              |                 5822 |
| Allahabad          |                13256 |
| Bangalore          |                 6811 |
| Bhopal             |                 4398 |
| Bhubaneshwar       |                 3500 |
| Bilaspur           |                 4076 |
| Chandigarh         |                 8240 |
| Chennai            |                 8017 |
| Gorakhpur          |                 5530 |
| Guwahati           |                 2827 |
| Jammu              |                 2470 |
| Kolkata            |                10689 |
| Malda              |                 3214 |
| Mumbai             |                11456 |
| Muzaffarpur        |                 1608 |
| Patna              |                 2769 |
| Ranchi             |                 6091 |
| Secunderabad       |                10038 |
| Siliguri           |                 1543 |
| Thiruvananthapuram |                 1661 |
| TOTAL              |               116776 |

| Name of Zonal Railway (including Level 1 & RPF*/ RPSF**)   | Notified Vacancies             |
|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| Central                                                    | 14610                          |
| East Central                                               | 9982                           |
| East Coastal                                               | 4354                           |
| Eastern                                                    | 14485                          |
| North Central                                              | 9860                           |
| North Eastern                                              | 7752                           |
| North Western                                              | 10250                          |
| Northeast Frontier                                         | 5847                           |
| Northern                                                   | 22512                          |
| South Central                                              | 16736                          |
| South East Central                                         | 3012                           |
| South Eastern                                              | 8972                           |
| South Western                                              | 10045                          |
| Southern                                                   | 13355                          |
| West Central                                               | 7612                           |
| Western                                                    | 17409                          |
| RPSF                                                       | 1118                           |
| TOTAL                                                      | 177911                         |
| *RPF- Railway Protection Force                             | *RPF- Railway Protection Force |
| **RPSF- Railway Protection                                 | **RPSF- Railway Protection     |

| Grand Total of Notified Vacancies       |   Grand Total of Notified Vacancies |
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| RRB                                     |                              116776 |
| Zonal Railway (including Level 1 & RPF/ |                              177911 |
| Total                                   |                              294687 |

Out  of  294687  vacancies,  recruitment  against  153974  vacancies  have been completed and recruitment process for 140713 vacancies including Level 1 posts against 03 Centralized Employment Notifications (CENs) is at examination stage.

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