Lok Sabha Question No. 4517 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-30
Subject: Surrendering of Posts
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Adoor Prakash

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4517 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.03.2022

## SURRENDERING OF POSTS

4517.  ADV. ADOOR PRAKASH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the posts   surrendered by the Railways during the last three years and the current year, zone-wise;
- (b) whether the Railways has  identified the number of posts to surrender and if so, the details thereof, division - wise;
- (c) whether the Railways has directed the various divisions for surrendering the same in  this financial year itself;
- (d)   if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (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. 4517 BY ADV. ADOOR PRAKASH TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 30.03.2022 REGARDING SURRENDERING OF POSTS

(a)      Creation  and  surrendering  of  posts  is  an  ongoing  process based  on  the  workload  in  the  the  Railways.  The  detail  of  posts surrendered  by  the  Railways,  Zone-wise  for  last  three  years  and current year, is as given below:

| RAILWAY            | Posts surrendered   | Posts surrendered   | Posts surrendered   | Posts surrendered   |
|--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|                    | 2018-19             | 2019-20             | 2020-21             | 2021-22             |
| CENTRAL            | 1621                | 3245                | 1776                | 695                 |
| EAST COAST         | 1355                | 2356                | 397                 | 802                 |
| EAST CENTRAL       | 1920                | 2292                | 3136                | 902                 |
| EASTERN            | 1735                | 2220                | 3001                | 1177                |
| METRO              | 50                  | 3                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| NORTH CENTRAL      | 1140                | 1295                | 2041                | 271                 |
| NORTH EASTERN      | 3296                | 4250                | 1239                | 626                 |
| NORTHEAST FRONTIER | 1348                | 1615                | 2944                | 365                 |
| NORTHEN            | 3221                | 4034                | 3227                | 1778                |
| NORTH WESTERN      | 1358                | 1687                | 1168                | 683                 |
| SOUTH CENTRAL      | 744                 | 622                 | 662                 | 64                  |
| SOUTH EAST CENTRAL | 610                 | 792                 | 726                 | 170                 |
| SOUTH EASTERN      | 974                 | 1543                | 1839                | 111                 |
| SOUTHERN           | 1249                | 1135                | 2592                | 461                 |
| SOUTH WESTERN      | 500                 | 400                 | 716                 | 237                 |
| WEST CENTRAL       | 731                 | 1996                | 496                 | 370                 |
| WESTERN            | 1514                | 1790                | 1517                | 1260                |
| Total              | 23366               | 31275               | 27477               | 9972                |

(b) to (d) Yes, Sir. The detail of posts identified for surrender by the

Railways, Division-wise is given below:

|   Sl. No. | Divisions               |   Posts identified for surrender |
|-----------|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|         1 | Mumbai                  |                              366 |
|         2 | Bhusawal                |                              176 |
|         3 | Nagpur                  |                              171 |
|         4 | Solapur                 |                              107 |
|         5 | Pune                    |                               99 |
|         6 | Dhanbad                 |                              257 |
|         7 | Pt.Deen Dayal Upadhyaya |                              163 |
|         8 | Danapur                 |                              155 |
|         9 | Samastipur              |                              121 |
|        10 | Sonepur                 |                              130 |
|        11 | Khurda Road             |                              207 |
|        12 | Waltair                 |                              239 |
|        13 | Sambalpur               |                              347 |
|        14 | Howrah                  |                              452 |
|        15 | Sealdah                 |                              386 |
|        16 | Asansol                 |                              296 |
|        17 | Malda                   |                              159 |
|        18 | Prayagraj               |                              367 |
|        19 | Jhansi                  |                              207 |
|        20 | Agra                    |                              119 |
|        21 | Lucknow                 |                             1151 |
|        22 | Varansai                |                             1207 |
|        23 | Izzatnagar              |                             1430 |
|        24 | Ajmer                   |                              108 |
|        25 | Bikaner                 |                              116 |
|        26 | Jaipur                  |                              121 |
|        27 | Jodhpur                 |                              108 |
|        28 | Katihar                 |                              164 |
|        29 | Alipurdwar              |                               69 |
|        30 | Rangiya                 |                               16 |
|        31 | Lumding                 |                               94 |
|        32 | Tinsukia                |                               14 |
|        33 | Delhi                   |                              456 |
|        34 | Ambala                  |                              181 |
|        35 | Firozpur                |                              247 |
|        36 | Lucknow                 |                              261 |

| 37             | Moradabad       | 200   |
|----------------|-----------------|-------|
| 38             | Secunderabad    | 232   |
| 39             | Hyderabad       | 70    |
| 40             | Vijayawada      | 200   |
| 41             | Guntukal        | 165   |
| 42             | Guntur          | 48    |
| 43 Nanded      |                 | 57    |
| 44             | Bilaspur        | 467   |
| 45             | Raipur          | 201   |
| 46             | Nagpur          | 670   |
| 47             | Adra            | 162   |
| 48 Chakardhpur | 266             |       |
| 49 Kharagpur   | 241             |       |
| 50 Ranchi      |                 | 76    |
| 51 Hubballi    | 36              |       |
| 52 Bengaluru   | 72              |       |
| 53             | Mysuru          | 25    |
| 54             | Chennai         | 241   |
| 55             | Tiruchirappalli | 103   |
| 56             | Madurai         | 87    |
| 57             | Salem           | 96    |
| 58             | Palghat         | 75    |
| 59 Trivandrum  | 107             |       |
| 60             | Jabalpur        | 168   |
| 61             | Bhopal          | 137   |
| 62             | Kota            | 51    |
| 63             | Mumbai Central  | 270   |
| 64             | Vadodara        | 144   |
| 65             | Ahmedabad       | 184   |
| 66             | Ratlam          | 163   |
| 67             | Rajkot          | 69    |
| 68             | Bhavnagar       | 73    |
|                | TOTAL           | 15423 |

(e) Does not arise.

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