Over 2 lakh vacancies in Railways
Posted on: 30/Dec/2017 5:43:02 PM
In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said 2,22,159 posts are vacant in Railways.
The Delhi-headquartered Northern Railways (NR) with 27,537 vacant posts, followed by Eastern Railway (19,942 posts) headquartered in Kolkata, and Central Railway (19,651 posts) with its head office in Mumbai.
Filling up of vacancies is a continuous process and is done through various modes of intake. There is always a time lag between occurrence of vacancies and processing the same for filling up as it involves notification of vacancies, holding examinations etc...recruitment process of railways is done regularly, he said.
The minister also informed that a total of 41,128 vacancies of SC/ST posts are vacant in railways across the country.
