Employment News - Latest vacancy position in Railways - Report on Zonal wise as on 1.4.2013

Employment News - Latest vacancy position in Railways - Report on Zonal wise as on 1.4.2013

Employment News - Latest vacancy position in Railways - Report on Zonal wise as on 1.4.2013 - Total vacancies 1,311,959

The Minister of State for Railways Shri.Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said in a statement in the Parliament on 13th December 2013 that the 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.

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)

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.

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

RAILWAYS	VACANCY
Central	19,945
Eastern	24,052
East Central	21,175
East Coast	11,457
Northern	28,958
North Central	16,577
Northeast Frontier	11,150
North Eastern	9,449
North Western	11,690
Southern	13,962
South Central	20,667
South East Central	11,332
South Eastern	16,702
South Western	6,336
West Central	10,375
Western	18,109
Total	2,51,936

Source: http://90paisa.blogspot.in/2013/12/employment-news-latest-vacancy-position.html

Latest position of vacancies available in Railways

Latest position of vacancies available in Railways

 The below information was stated in written reply to a question regarding vacancies available in Railway Protection Force by the Minister of state for Railways on 5th December 2013 in Parliament as follows...

"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"-

No.	Post	Vacancies
1	Director General, Railway Protection Force	0
2	ADG	1
3	Inspector General (CSC)	2
4	Deputy Inspector General (CSC/Addl. CSC)	1
5	Sr. DSC/ Sr. SC/ Sr. CO/Dy. CSC	5
6	DSC/SC/CO	17
7	ASC/AC	25
8	Inspector	412
9	Sub-Inspector	926
10	Assistant Sub-Inspector	1741
11	Head Constable	6629
12	Constable	7071
13	Ancillary/Artisan	641
	Total	17471

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.

Source: http://90paisa.blogspot.in/2013/12/latest-position-of-vacancies-available.html

1.52 Lakh Vacancies in Railways to Be Filled up this Year

1.52 Lakh Vacancies in Railways to Be Filled up this Year

The Minister of Railways Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal has announced that the Ministry of Railways will make concerted efforts to fill up approximately 1.52 lakh vacancies this year. While presenting Railways Budget for 2013-14 in Parliament today, he said that it is a measure of popularity of Railways as an employer that a staggering 2.2 crore applications were received.

For the first time, Railways recruitment examinations were held at more than 60 cities across the country. In the process, a backlog of about 47,000 vacancies earmarked for weaker sections and physically challenged is likely to get cleared.