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Reservation under Sports Quota in Railways: Lok Sabha Q&A

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO  5855
ANSWERED ON  02.05.2013

RESERVATION UNDER SPORTS QUOTA IN RAILWAYS

5855 .    Smt. BHAVANA
PUNDLIKRAO GAWALI PATIL 
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:-
(a) the
norms/guidelines for reservation in appointment in Railways from sports quota
for various sports;
(b) the details of the appointments made under the sports
quota during the last three years, sports, category and year- wise;
(c) whether the Railways propose to increase the number of
posts under sports quota; and
(d) if so, the details thereof ?
ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI ADHIR
RANJAN CHOWDHURY )
(a) to (d) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5855 BY SHRIMATI BHAVANA GAWALI PATIL TO BE ANSWERED IN
LOK SABHA ON 02.05.2013 REGARDING RESERVATION UNDER SPORTS QUOTA IN RAILWAYS
(a) : There is no sport-wise reservation in sports quota,
allotted to Zonal Railways and Production Units of Indian Railways, for
recruitment of sportspersons.
(b) : Sports category-wise details of sportspersons
recruited on Indian Railway during the years 2009-10, 2010-11 & 2011-12 are
as under:-
S. No.
Games
Number of Sportspersons Recruited
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
Total
1
Aquatics
10
12
22
44
2
Archery
10
5
4
19
3
Athletics
41
36
53
130
4
Badminton
8
5
20
33
5
Ball Badminton
4
3
1
8
6
Basketball
12
31
43
86
7
Billiards & Snooker
3
0
2
5
8
Body Building
2
9
5
16
9
Boxing
12
13
9
34
10
Chess
2
0
2
4
11
Cricket
14
43
47
104
12
Cross Country
2
0
1
3
13
Cycling
8
1
6
15
14
Football
12
44
67
123
15
Golf
0
2
1
3
16
Gymnastics
2
7
3
12
17
Handball
1
9
9
19
18
Hockey
31
32
44
107
19
Judo
0
1
0
1
20
Kabaddi
9
29
21
59
21
Kho-Kho
1
6
4
11
22
Power-Lifting
8
7
4
19
23
Shooting
2
1
4
7
24
Table Tennis
5
12
16
33
25
Tennis
0
3
0
3
26
Volleyball1
8
28
39
85
27
Weight-Lifting
5
11
15
31
28
Wrestling
11
11
18
40
Total
233
361
460
1054
(c) & (d) : The recruitment trend indicates that the
number of posts given to Zonal Railways for recruitment against sports quota,
is more than sufficient. Thus, there is no proposal at present to increase the
number of posts for recruitment against sports quota on Indian Railways.
Source: Lok Sabha Q&A qref=140097

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