Question : Criteria for Recruitment

(a) the details of the total number of recruitments made by the Railways through the Railway Recruitment Board during the last three years;

(b) whether there is any region/State-wise criteria for recruitment in Indian Railways through Railway Recruitment Board and if so, the details thereof;

(c)the details of the recruitment exams that have not been conducted during last year despite issuing notifications therefor;
(d)the reasons for not conducting the exams despite issue of notification of exam for Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) Group and Group ‘D’ and action taken to start conducting these exams on time; and
(e)the total number of people from the State of Jharkhand who joined the Indian Railways during the last three years?

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)


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

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. 249 BY SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 11.03.2020 REGARDING CRITERIA FOR RECRUITMENT
(a): During the last three years i.e. 2017-2018 to 2019-2020 (upto 05.03.2020), a total number of 1,47,620 candidates have been empanelled for various Group ‘C’ posts (including Level-1) by Railways through Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) and Railway Recruitment Cells (RRCs).

(b): No, Sir. Indian Railways is an organization having pan India character. Candidates are free to apply to any RRB throughout the country in response to the advertisements.

(c): Three recruitment examinations against Centralized Employment Notifications (CEN) No. 01/2019 for Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) Group, CEN No. 03/2019 for Ministerial & Isolated Categories and CEN No. RRC-01/2019 for Level-1 posts (erstwhile Group ‘D’), are in process to be conducted in the coming months.

(d): To fix Examination Conducting Agency (ECA) against CEN No. 01/2019 and 03/2019, open tenders have been floated. After fixing of ECA, dates for the examinations will be announced. For CEN No. RRC-01/2019, tendering process for engaging vendor is under way.

(e): A total number of 6551 candidates from Jharkhand have been empanelled by all RRBs and RRCs for appointment on Indian Railways/Production Units during the last three years.

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