Details of various categories of posts related to railway security lying vacant & plan to fill these posts

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 162

ANSWERED ON 05.12.2013

162 . Shri SHETTI RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:-

(a) the details of various categories of posts related to railway security lying vacant along with the date from which they are lying vacant; 

(b) whether there is any plan to fill these posts and if so, the time by which the said posts are likely to be filled; and 

(c) if not, the reasons therefor?

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. 

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 162 BY SRHI RAJU SHETTI TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 05.12.2013 REGARDING VACANT POSTS. 

(a) : The total sanctioned strength in Railway Protection Force as on 31.10.2013 is 74976 out of which 17471 posts are lying vacant. As these vacancies occurred due to retirement, death and from creation of new posts, therefore the dates of vacancies are different. Detail of the vacancies (post wise) is as under-

(b) & (c) : Arising and filling up of vacancies is continuous process, however, for filling up of existing vacancies as well as newly created posts in the Railway Protection Force, steps have already been initiated. In this process recruitment of 511 Sub-Inspectors has been completed and training for these Sub-Inspectors is going to be started from 15.12.2013. Written Examination for filling up of 17087 Constables has already been conducted and preparation of result is under process, followed by Physical Efficiency Test and Viva-Voce in due course of time.