Lok Sabha Question No. 2482 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Recruitment Drives
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Nama Nageswara Rao

## 2482.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2482 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2022

## RECRUITMENT DRIVES

## SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  recruitment  drives  undertaken  by  Railways during the last three years, Zone-wise;
- (b) the  number  of  regular  employees  appointed  by  Railways through these recruitment drives;
- (c) the number of recruitment drives for which the results are yet to be declared;
- (d) the number of candidates waiting for appointment even after the declaration of results;
- (e) the  details  of  original  time-limit  prescribed  by  the  Railways for the declaration of results and the reasons for the delay in this regard; and
- (f) the details of recruitment drives for which eligibility conditions were amended by Railways after the submission of applications by candidates?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (f)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2482 BY SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  16.03.2022  REGARDING RECRUITMENT DRIVES

(a) to (c): The details are appended. (d): Offer of appointments are given by Zonal Railways / Production Units to all the empanelled candidates subject to candidates  satisfying  all  eligibility  criteria,  including  character  and antecedents. (e): No time limit  is  prescribed  for  declaration  of  Results  in  the Centralized Employment Notifications (CENs). (f): No eligibility  conditions  were  amended  after  the  submission of applications by candidates.

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APPENDIX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2482 BY SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  16.03.2022  REGARDING RECRUITMENT DRIVES

(a)  to  (c):  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  for  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 |

| 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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