Lok Sabha Question No. 2716 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-10
Subject: Filling up Vacant Posts
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Pankaj Chowdhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2716 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2021

## FILLING UP VACANT POSTS

†2716. SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY :

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  zone-wise  details  of  the  vacancies  in  Group-3  and Group-4 in the Railways;
- (b) whether  the  Government  is  likely  to  run  any  time  bound programme to fill the vacant posts in Group-3 and Group-4 in the Railways; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMERCE & INDUSTRY AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF PARTS (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2716 BY SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 10.03.2021 REGARDING FILLING UP VACANT POSTS

(a) : The  details  of  zone-wise  vacancies  in  Group-'C'  and Level-1(erstwhile Group-'D') as on 31.12.2020 are as under :

| Zonal Railway      |   Vacancies in Group-C (including Level- 1- erstwhile Group-D) as on 31.12.2020 |
|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Central            |                                                                           26957 |
| East Coast         |                                                                            9600 |
| East Central       |                                                                           16001 |
| Eastern            |                                                                           26207 |
| Metro              |                                                                             769 |
| North Central      |                                                                           21290 |
| North Eastern      |                                                                           14014 |
| Northeast Frontier |                                                                           14492 |
| Northern           |                                                                           38448 |
| North Western      |                                                                           14601 |
| South Central      |                                                                           15725 |
| South East Central |                                                                            8141 |
| South Eastern      |                                                                           15469 |
| Southern           |                                                                           16744 |
| South Western      |                                                                            5577 |
| West Central       |                                                                            9987 |
| Western            |                                                                           25000 |
| Total              |                                                                          279022 |

- (b) &  (c) : Occurrence  and  filling up of vacancies  is a continuous process and the vacancies are filled by placement of indents with recruitment agencies as per operational requirements.  Railway  Recruitment  Boards  (RRBs)  and  Railway

Recruitment Cell (RRCs) are regularly providing panels of successful candidates to Railways/Production Units concerned. Following  Centralized  Employment  Notifications  (CENs)  have currently  been  issued  for  filling  up  of  Group-C  and  Level-1 (erstwhile Group-D) vacancies:

| Centralized Employment Notifications (CENs)   | No. of vacancies notified             |
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 02/2018                                       | 63,202 (Level-1- erstwhile Group-D)   |
| RRC-01/2019                                   | 1,03,769 (Level-1- erstwhile Group-D) |
| 03/2019                                       | 1,663 (Group-C)                       |
| 01/2019                                       | 35,281(Group-C)                       |

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