Lok Sabha Question No. 302 (STARRED), answered on 2023-03-22
Subject: Vacant Posts in Railways
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, P.R. Natarajan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 302 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2023 VACANT POSTS IN RAILWAYS

- *302. SHRIMATI KANIMOZHI KARUNANIDHI: SHRI NATARAJAN P.R.:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Indian  Railways  is  reeling  under  staff  shortage with 3.12 lakh non-gazetted posts lying vacant in the country spread across 18 zones as on 1 st  December, 2022;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor, Zone/Yearwise; and
- (c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to fill up the non-gazetted posts in Railways across the country to ensure maintaining minimum services like operation of ticket booking window for public, etc.?

ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF STARRED QUESTION NO. 302 BY SHRIMATI KANIMOZHI KARUNANIDHI  AND  SHRI  NATARAJAN  P.R.  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN LOK SABHA ON 22.03.2023 REGARDING VACANT  POSTS IN RAILWAYS

(a)& (b) : The  Zone-wise  details  of  vacant  posts  of  non-gazetted staff in Indian Railways as on 01.12.2022are as under:

| Zonal Railway      |   Vacancy |
|--------------------|-----------|
| Central            |     28606 |
| East Coast         |      8278 |
| East Central       |     14439 |
| Eastern            |     30327 |
| Metro              |      1069 |
| North Central      |     18383 |
| North Eastern      |     14118 |
| Northeast Frontier |     15705 |
| Northern           |     38967 |
| North Western      |     15207 |
| South Central      |     16947 |
| South East Central |      8025 |
| South Eastern      |     17661 |
| Southern           |     22357 |
| South Western      |      6581 |
| West Central       |     11636 |
| Western            |     30667 |
| Total              |    298973 |
| Other Units        |     12465 |
| Grand Total        |    311438 |

(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.  During  the process, vacancies may arise and these are filled subsequently.

A total of 35281 vacancies were notified vide Centralized Employment Notification (CEN) No. 01/2019- Non Technical Popular Categories (NTPC), out of which, 5638  vacancies are of Sr. Commercial cum Ticket Clerk and 4940 vacancies are of Commercial cum Ticket Clerk posts.  Recruitment process has been completed  and  furnishing  of  panels  to  Indenting  Railways  is  in process.

A  total  61,524  candidates  have  been  empanelled  against  Level-1 (erstwhile Group-D) vacancies notified vide Centralized Notification No. 02/2018.

A  total  of  1,03,769  vacancies  have  been  notified  for  level-1  posts (erstwhile  Group-D)  vide  Centralized  Employment  Notification  CEN RRC-01/2019 for which Computer Based Test and Physical Efficiency Test have been completed and the remaining recruitment process is near completion.

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