Lok Sabha Question No. 1754 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-09
Subject: Training to Engineers
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1754 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2015

TRAINING TO ENGINEERS

1754.   SHRI NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN : Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state : (a) whether  the  Railways  has  been  arranging  training  to  engineers and other officials in various Railways Institutes including in the Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineers; (b) if so, the details in this regard, institute-wise; (c) the  details  of  funds  allocated,  released  and  utilized  by  various such institutes during each of the last three financial years; and the number of engineers and other officers of Indian Railways got

(d) training from IRIMEE during each of the said period?

ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(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. 1754 BY SHRI NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 09.12.2015 REGARDING TRAINING TO ENGINEERS.

- (a) Yes, Madam.
- (b) to  (d)  :  Railway  Engineers  and  other  officials  are  trained  at  the Centralized  Training  Institutes,  namely,  National  Academy  of  Indian Railways (NAIR), Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering (IRICEN), Indian  Railways  Institute  of  Electrical  Engineering  (IRIEEN),  Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications (IRISET), Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (IRIMEE), Indian Railways Institute of Transport Management  (IRITM)  and  Centralized  Training  Academy  for  Railways Accounts (CTARA). Number of engineers/officials trained are as under:-

| Institute   | Officials    | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   |
|-------------|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| NAIR        | Gazetted     | 2977      | 2710      | 2910      |
| NAIR        | Non-Gazetted | Nil       | Nil       | Nil       |
| IRICEN      | Gazetted     | 1409      | 1658      | 1178      |
| IRICEN      | Non-Gazetted | 375       | 223       | 643       |
| IRIEEN      | Gazetted     | 931       | 1345      | 1595      |
| IRIEEN      | Non-Gazetted | 80        | 82        | 113       |
| IRISET      | Gazetted     | 671       | 1166      | 841       |
| IRISET      | Non-Gazetted | 2705      | 2664      | 2835      |
| IRIMEE      | Gazetted     | 590       | 769       | 660       |
| IRIMEE      | Non-Gazetted | 110       | 617       | 668       |
| IRITM       | Gazetted     | 486       | 753       | 606       |
| IRITM       | Non-Gazetted | Nil       | Nil       | Nil       |
|             | Gazetted     | 223       | 317       | 73        |
| CTARA       | Non-Gazetted | 1727      | 836       | 764       |

Details of funds allocated and utilized by the Centralized Training Institutes (Rupees in thousands) are as under :-

| Training Institute   |           |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |
|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| NAIR                 | Allocated |  263864   |  318090   |  344525   |
|                      | Utilized  |  251116   |  274017   |  287863   |
| IRICEN               | Allocated |  141739   |  184874   |  209042   |
|                      | Utilized  |  131396   |  166004   |  194507   |
| IRIEEN               | Allocated |   56748   |   85000   |   85040   |
|                      | Utilized  |   46726   |   73902   |   71170   |
| IRISET               | Allocated |  153723   |  162507   |  233876   |
|                      | Utilized  |  153723   |  162507   |  233876   |
| IRIMEE               | Allocated |  131060   |  154625   |  203606   |
|                      | Utilized  |  127067   |  126658   |  159709   |
| IRITM                | Allocated |  125000   |  154400   |  196900   |
|                      | Utilized  |  151780   |  192150   |  215455   |
| CTARA                | Allocated |   12871   |   15475   |   16011   |
|                      | Utilized  |   11829.9 |   13331.7 |   16603.7 |

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