Lok Sabha Question No. 2438 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Recruitment by RRBs
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Hemant Patil, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, DNV Senthilkumar. S.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2438 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2022

## RECRUITMENT BY RRBs

2438. DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

SHRI HEMANT SRIRAM PATIL:

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR. S.:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) functioning in  the  country  along  with  the  number  of  vacant  posts  in Railways at present, zone wise;
- the number of examinations conducted by RRBs during each of the last five years and the number of candidates selected and
- b) recruited;
- c) whether  RRBs  has  conducted  examination  of  Non-Technical category recently;
- d) if so, whether the candidates who appeared in the examination have raised some concern after the results were announced;
- e) if so, whether the Government has appointed any committee to address  the  issues  raised  by  the  candidates  and  if  so,  the details thereof; and
- f) the time by which the issues raised by the candidates are likely to be resolved, tests are likely to be conducted and appointments made in a time bound manner?

## 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. 2438 BY DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE, DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE, SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE, SHRI HEMANT  SRIRAM  PATIL,  SHRI  KULDEEP  RAI  SHARMA  AND  DR.  DNV SENTHILKUMAR. S. TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 16.03.2022 REGARDING RECRUITMENT BY RRBs

(a) & (b): The details are appended. (c) to (e): Yes,  Sir.  A  Committee  of  officials  from  Railway  Board including Chairpersons of Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) & other Railway  Officials  has  been  constituted  on  26.01.2022  to  redress  the concerns  raised  by  candidates.  The  Committee  has  given  its  report which has been accepted. (f): A notice containing decisions taken by Committee and schedule for declaring revised result for all Pay Levels & of 2 nd  Stage Computer Based Test (CBT) has been uploaded on official  websites  of  RRBs  on 10.03.2022.

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APPENDIX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  AND  (b)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2438 BY DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE, DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE, SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE, SHRI HEMANT  SRIRAM  PATIL,  SHRI  KULDEEP  RAI  SHARMA  &  DR.  DNV SENTHILKUMAR.  S  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  16.03.2022 REGARDING RECRUITMENT BY RRBs

(a): At present there are 21 Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) located all  over  the  country.  The  zone-wise  details  of  number  of  Non-gazetted Group 'C' (including Level- 1) vacancies as on 01.01.2022* is as under:

| Name of Zonal Railway   |   Vacancy |
|-------------------------|-----------|
| Central                 |     27177 |
| East Central            |     15268 |
| East Coastal            |      8447 |
| Eastern                 |     27309 |
| North Central           |     17849 |
| North Eastern           |     14231 |
| North Western           |     15049 |
| Northeast Frontier      |     15677 |
| Northern                |     37436 |
| South Central           |     16741 |
| South East Central      |      9415 |
| South Eastern           |     16847 |
| South Western           |      6521 |
| Southern                |     19982 |
| West Central            |     11073 |
| Western                 |     26227 |
| Metro                   |       856 |
| TOTAL                   |    286105 |

(b):  The  details  of  the  Seven  Centralized  Employment  Notifications (CENs) released by Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) during last five years are as follows:-

| Year      | CEN & Name of Post                                                               | Date of Notification   | Number of Vacancy    | Candidates Empanelled*   | Present status of recruitment   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 2016-2017 | No fresh CEN issued.                                                             | No fresh CEN issued.   | No fresh CEN issued. | No fresh CEN issued.     | No fresh CEN issued.            |
| 2017-2018 | 01/2018 ALP & Technicians                                                        | 03.02.2018             | 64371                | 57893                    | Recruitment Process completed.  |
| 2017-2018 | 02/2018 Level-1 (erstwhile Group 'D')                                            | 10.02.2018             | 63202                | 59269                    | Recruitment Process completed.  |
| 2018-2019 | 03/2018 JE/DMS/CMA                                                               | 29.12.2018             | 13538                | 13397                    | Recruitment Process completed.  |
| 2018-2019 | 02/2019 Para- medical categories                                                 | 23.02.2019             | 1923                 | 1817                     | Recruitment Process completed.  |
| 2018-2019 | 03/2019 Isolated & Ministerial categories                                        | 23.02.2019             | 1663                 | At examination stage.    | At examination stage.           |
| 2018-2019 | 01/2019 Non Technical Popular Categories (NTPC)- Graduate & Under Graduate level | 28.02.2019             | 35281                | At examination stage.    | At examination stage.           |

|           | RRC- 01/2019 Level-1 (erstwhile Group 'D')   | 23.02.2019           | 103769               | At examination stage.   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
| 2019-2020 | No fresh CEN issued.                         | No fresh CEN issued. | No fresh CEN issued. | No fresh CEN issued.    |
| 2020-2021 | No fresh CEN issued.                         | No fresh CEN issued. | No fresh CEN issued. | No fresh CEN issued.    |

*(As on 31.03.2021)

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