Question : RAILWAY EMPLOYEES

(a) the total number of regular Railway employees in Group A, B, C and D as on 31 March, 2010;

(b) whether it is a fact that the Railway Department has outsourced certain functions at railway stations and inside running trains;

(c) if so, the details thereof, zone-wise; and

(d) the details of backlog of vacancies of SC and ST in Group A, B and C as on 31 March, 2010?

MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI K.H. MUNIYAPPA)

(a) to (d): The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the Sabha.