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Total number of vacancies in Railways, zone-wise as on 1.4.2013

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF  RAILWAYS
RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1070

ANSWERED ON-13.12.2013

Vacancies in Railways

1070 . SHRI RAMACHANDRA KHUNTIA

(a) the total number of vacancies in Railways, Zone-wise, and by when these posts are going to be filled up;

(b) the total number of workers in Railways at present along with the total number of SC, ST physically handicapped persons employed in Railways; and

(c) how many employees have been employed in Railways directly by the GMs in various railway zones in last three years and whether these employments have been done in conformity with the recruitment rules of the Government?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY)

(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 UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 1070 BY SHRI RAMA CHANDRA KHUNTIA TO BE ANSWERED IN RAJYA SABHA ON 13.12.2013 REGARDING VACANCIES IN RAILWAYS

(a ) The total number of vacancies in Railways, zone-wise as on 1.4.2013 is given as under:-


RAILWAYS VACANCY
Central 19945
Eastern 24052
East Central 21175
East Coast 11457
Northern 28958
North Central 16577
Northeast Frontier 11150
North Eastern 9449
North Western 11690
Southern 13962
South Central 20667
South East Central 11332
South Eastern 16702
South Western 6336
West Central 10375
Western 18109
Total 251936

Filling up of vacancies is a continuous process and there is always a lag between occurrence of vacancies and processing the same for filling up which involves issue of notification, holding examination, finalization of select panels and issue of appointment letters.
(a) The total number of employees as on 1.4.2013 is 1311959*, of which SC employees is 219682*, ST employees is 94,879* and Persons with disability is 8814*.
*Provisional
(c) The number of fresh face substitutes engaged directly by the General Managers in various Railway Zones in last 3 years is 1784. General Managers on Zonal Railways have been authorized by the Ministry of Railways to engage Substitutes in exigencies of services against vacancies to the extent of 10% in Safety Category and 2% in Other Categories, in order to avoid Railway Services getting adversely affected.
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See also Details of various categories of posts related to railway security lying vacant & plan to fill these posts

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