Vacancies in Railways – Effect thereon queried in parliament

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

RAJYA SABHA

ANSWERED ON-23.11.2012

Effect of vacant posts on functioning of Railways

(a) whether it is a fact that a large number of different posts are lying vacant in Railways and the present officials have to bear extra burden of work, because of which they are under pressure;

(b) the number of posts of TTE lying vacant and whether due to shortage of TTEs the checking of tickets is not being done effectively;

(c) whether these vacancies are adversely affecting the functioning of Railways; and

(d) the details thereof?

ANSWER

(a) Any large organization like the Railways will have certain vacancies at any given point of time and this itself does not put any extra burden on officials.

(b) to (d):As on 01.04.2012 there are about 1500 vacant posts of TTE on the Zonal Railways. Adequate number of TTEs are essential for ensuring ticket checking activities in reserved coaches and for ensuring on board services. Railways have been advised from time to time to place indents for direct recruitment and also to fill up posts through promotion as per extant procedures. Railway Recruitment Boards have received indents from Zonal Railways for recruitment of 2314 ticket checking staff.

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RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-263

ANSWERED ON-23.11.2012

Vacancies in Railways

263 . SHRI RASHEED MASOOD

(a) whether it is a fact that 1.66 lakh posts are lying vacant in Railways;

(b) the steps taken to fill up these posts; and

(c) the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI KOTLA JAYA SURYA PRAKASH REDDY)

(a) The total number of vacancies in Zonal Railways as on 01.04.2012 is 2.5 lakhs(provisional). 

(b) & (c) Notifications for filling up of about 2.0 lakhs posts including safety and operational posts have already been issued.

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RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-286

ANSWERED ON-23.11.2012

Vacancies in Railways

286 . SHRI AMBETH RAJAN

(a) whether it is a fact that 2.1 lakh vacancies are there in Railways;

(b) if so, the details of vacancies, post-wise and category-wise; and

(c) out of the total vacancies, the number of vacancies earmarked for SC/ST, post-wise and category-wise?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI KOTLA JAYA SURYA PRAKASH REDDY)

(a) The total number of vacancies in Zonal Railways as on 01.04.2012* is 2.5 lakhs. 

(b) Post-wise and category-wise vacancies as on 01.04.2012* on the Zonal Railways is as under: – 

Category Group C & erstwhile 

Group D posts 

Safety 149271

Other than Safety 102059

*provisional

(c) As per Government of India policy 15% and 7 ½ % posts are earmarked for SC & ST respectively. 

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LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 61

ANSWERED ON 22.11.2012

VACANCIES UNDER RESERVED CATEGORIES

61 . Shri P. KARUNAKARAN

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:-

(a) the details of total vacancies under SC/ST/OBC categories in the Railways as on date, Group-wise and category-wise; 

(b) the steps taken/being by the Railways to fill up these vacancies; 

(c) the total number of vacancies under the said categories filled up during the last three years and the current year; and 

(d) the details of recruitment made for Group-D posts or in lieu thereof in the Railways during the last three years and the current year? 

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 PART (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.61 BY SHRI P. KARUNAKARAN TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 22.11.2012 REGARDING VACANCIES UNDER RESERVED CATEGORIES. 

(a). The details of total vacancies under Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) categories in the Railways in Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ posts as on date is as under:- 

GROUP SC ST OBC

‘C’ 527 1158 287

‘D’ 321 1278 235

There is no backlog vacancy in Group A and B. 

(b). A Special Recruitment Drive has been launched for clearing the backlog of reserved vacancies of SCs/STs/OBCs existing as on 01.11.2008. 

(c). The details of number of vacancies filled up through recruitment and promotion during the last three years and the current year are as under:- 

YEAR SC ST OBC

2009 617 537 853

2010 1603 1211 2543

2011 2346 1822 3859

2012 3231 4479 2644

(d). The details of recruitment including diverted posts of promotion category in Group ‘C’ (erstwhile Group ‘D’) filled up through recruitment during the last three years and the current year are as under:- 

YEAR SC ST OBC

2009 300 215 370

2010 301 254 1003

2011 448 274 554

2012 1274 1643 1881

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LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 153

ANSWERED ON 22.11.2012

VACANT POSTS

153 . Smt. SUSHILA SAROJ

USHA VERMA

SEEMA UPADHYAY

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether a large number of posts are lying vacant in the Railways and the existing officers have to bear additional workload as a result thereof;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the total number of posts of Train Ticket Examiner(TTE) lying vacant in the Railways as on date;

(d) whether due to huge number of vacant posts of TTE ticket checking process of passengers is adversely affected in the country; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Railways to fill up the said vacancies?

ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): Any large organization like the Railways will have certain vacancies at any given point of time and this itself does not put any extra burden on officials.

(c) to (e): As on 01.04.2012 there are about 1500 vacant posts of TTE on the Zonal Railways. Adequate number of TTEs are essential for ensuring ticket checking activities in reserved coaches and for ensuring on board services. Railways have been advised from time to time to place indents for direct recruitment and also to fill up posts through promotion as per extant procedures. Railway Recruitment Boards have received indents from Zonal Railways for recruitment of 2314 ticket checking staff.

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RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-276

ANSWERED ON-23.11.2012

Vacancies in Railways

276 . SHRI ISHWARLAL SHANKARLAL JAIN

(a) whether it is a fact that 2.1 lakh posts are lying vacant in Railways;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether out of these vacancies several thousand vacancies are of security, signal inspector and maintenance staff;

(d) whether Government has taken steps to fill up the posts, particularly related to the security, immediately;

(e) the reasons for not filling up these posts for so many years;

(f) whether employees are recruited immediately against the employees retiring from the service; and

(g) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI KOTLA JAYA SURYA PRAKASH REDDY)

(a) to (g): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. 

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (g) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 276 BY SHRI ISHWARLAL SHANKARLAL JAIN TO BE ANSWERED IN RAJYA SABHA ON 23.11.2012 REGARDING VACANCIES IN RAILWAYS

(a): The total number of vacancies in Zonal Railways as on 01.04.2012 is 2.5 lakhs (provisional).

(b): The details are as under: 

Safety Categories 149271

Other than Safety Categories 102059

(c) & (d): Vacancy occurrence is a continuous process and these include all departments. However, notifications for filling up of about 2.0 lakhs posts have already been issued including Security Department. 

(e) to (g): Any large organization like the Railways will have certain vacancies at any point of time. Vacancies have occurred due to normal retirements, voluntary retirements, deaths, promotions and on account of creations of posts, etc. There is always a time lag between occurrence of vacancies and processing the same for filling up which involves notification of vacancies, holding examinations, finalization of select panels and issue of appointment letters. The policy of the Railway Administration is to fill up available vacancies promptly as per laid down procedures. 

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Source: Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha Q&A