10% Reservations for EWS in Railway
Recruitment
First major recruitment with the benefit of 10%
reservations for EWS
Ministry of
Railways
First
major recruitment with the benefit of 10% reservations for EWS
after
the 103rd Constitutional Amendment recently passed by
Parliament
Recruitment drive will result in massive employment generation
with 2,30,000 direct jobs
Recruitment shall be conducted in two-phases duly observing the
laid down criteria of reservation in Government of India
Phase-I (starting February-March, 2019 and
completed by April-May, 2020) will comprise of 1,31,428 posts
Phase II (starting May-June 2020 and completed
by July-August, 2021) will comprise of 99,000 posts
About
34,000, 17,000 and 62,000 posts reserved for SC, ST and OBC
candidates
respectively. Further, as per 103rd Constitutional Amendment,
10% of
these vacancies, i.e. around 23,000 shall be reserved for
candidates
from Economically Weaker Sections (EWS)
In line with the mega
recruitment process for recruitment of 1,51,548 employees
initiated 14
months ago, Indian Railways will initiate fresh recruitment of
~2,30,000
more employees under various cadres of Indian Railways, which
will be
recruited over the next two years in two phases.
In line with the
vision of Hon'ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, Indian
Railways is
consistently expanding its workforce to match the manpower
requirements
of new projects and increase the overall efficiency of the
entire
railway network. These recruitment drives will fix long-standing
issues
of overtime work, delay in project implementation, low
efficiency, and
constraints on upgradation. With the increase in investment in
Railways
being threefold since 2014, recruitment needs have also
increased, which
will lead to job-led growth and expansion of Indian
Railways.
Presently,
Indian Railways has a sanctioned strength of 15,06,598
employees. Out
of these, 12,23,622 personnel are on roll. The remaining
2,82,976 are
vacant posts. Recruitment for 1,51,548 posts is going on,
leaving
1,31,428 posts still vacant. Further, it may also be noted that
approximately 53,000 and 46,000 railway employees shall retire
in
2019-20 and 2020-21 respectively, causing an additional vacancy
of
approximately 99,000 employees. Thus, after accounting for the
current
recruitment's in progress, there will be total net vacancies of
1,31,428
and approximately 99,000 i.e. approximately 2,30,000 employees
in the
railways over next two years.
These are proposed to be recruited
over the next two years in two phases. The first phase of fresh
recruitment of 1,31,328 posts shall be initiated in the month of
February-March, 2019. As per reservation policy of the
Government,
around 19,715, 9,857 and 35,485 number of vacancies shall be
reserved
for SC, ST and OBC candidates respectively. Further, as per
103rd
Constitutional Amendment recently passed by the Parliament, 10%
of these
vacancies i.e. around 13,100 shall be filled in from
Economically
Weaker Sections (EWS). This cycle shall be completed by April-
May, 2020.
After
the first phase of fresh recruitment of 1,31,328 personnel is
completed, the second phase of recruitment of approximately
99,000
personnel against the vacancies arising out of retirements shall
be
initiated. As per the reservation policy of the Government,
approximately 15,000, 7,500, 27,000 and 10,000 posts shall be
reserved
for SC, ST, OBC and EWS candidates respectively.
Recruitment shall
be for various cadres and minimum eligibility criteria shall
vary from
certification from Industrial Training Institutes or
Diploma/above in
Engineering or Graduation in any discipline, depending on the
post for
which the candidate is applying.
These recruitment cycles will
result in massive direct and indirect employment generation.
Recruitment
of 1,31,328 persons in first phase followed by recruitment of
99,000
persons shall create around 2,30,000 direct jobs. The resulting
increase
in efficiency and investment will boost the regional economies,
while
boost in connectivity through the Railways will integrate the
economic
potential of regions and give further rise to job opportunities
for the
youth of the nation.
Source: PIB
