Lok Sabha Question No. 4523 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-30
Subject: Posts Laying Vacant
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Pushpendra Singh Chandel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4523 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.03.2022

## POSTS LAYING VACANT

†4523. SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL :

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the posts lying vacant in the Railways;
- (b) whether the Government plans to fill up the vacant posts as well as create new ones ;
- (c) if so, the details thereof ;  and
- (d) the details of the measures being taken by the Government to check  malpractices  in  the  Railway  Recruitment  Examinations  and punish the offenders involved therein ?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4523 BY SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 30.03.2022 REGARDING POSTS LAYING VACANT

(a) : The details of posts lying vacant as on 01.02.2022 in Railways is as under:

| Gazetted   | Non-Gazetted   | Total    |
|------------|----------------|----------|
| 2,519      | 3,01,414       | 3,03,933 |

(b) & (c) : Occurrence  and  filling  up  of  vacancies  is  a  continuous process and the same is filled by placement of indents by Railways with  recruitment  agencies  as  per  operational  requirements.  The details  and  status  of  ongoing  recruitment  process  against  three Centralized Employment Notifications (CEN) having 1,40,713 vacancies  released  by  Railway  Recruitment  Boards  (RRBs)  are  as under:

| CEN                                                                              | No. of Vacancies (Notified/Modified)   | Present status of recruitment   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 01/2019 Non Technical Popular Categories (NTPC)- Graduate & Under Graduate level | 35,281                                 | At examination stage            |
| 03/2019 Isolated & Ministerial categories                                        | 1,663                                  | At examination stage            |
| RRC-01/2019 Level-1 (erstwhile Group 'D')                                        | 1,03,769                               | At examination stage            |

Indent for direct recruitment to Group 'A' Services under CSE are placed on UPSC.

Presently,  there  is  a  restriction  on  creation  of  plan  and  nonplan post advised by Ministry of Finance.

(d) : Different  types  of  measures  are  taken  by  Railways  to  check malpractices  in  the  Railway  Recruitment  Examinations,  such  as Computer Based Test (CBT),  Frisking  before  entering  Examination Lab,  Candidate  Registration  using  Biometric  Device  for  the  LTI capture, Candidate Photo Capture using web camera, Mid-exam LTI Biometric Capture of Candidates, Continuous CCTV surveillance in the exam lab, use of Radio Frequency identification (RFID) technology in Physical Efficiency Test (PET) for fool-proof accuracy, independent random vigilance check etc. Reports of malpractice, if found, are investigated as per prescribed procedure and based on the  findings  of  the  investigation  and  action  wherever  required  is initiated against those found guilty. *****