Indian Railways Recruitment

RRB ALP Answer Key 2024 released; know how to download provisional key

Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) have announced the RRB ALP answer keys 2024. Candidates can download the provisional key alongside question papers and responses from the RRB's official website

RRB RPF SI Admit Card 2024: Exam city intimation slip out, details here

RRBs have announced exam city intimation slip for the Sub-Inspector (Executive) in the Railway Protection Force and Railway Protection Special Force recruitment exam from the official website

Kerala CM writes to railway minister, cites 'safety violations' in jobs

Chief Minister Vijayan said that it was apparent that they had not got any training or imparted with awareness of safe working near railway tracks

UPSC postpones ESE-2025 to give sufficient time to aspirants to prepare

The Union Public Service Commission on Friday postponed the Engineering Services Examination-2025 to give "sufficient time" to the aspirants to prepare for the recruitment test, according to an official statement. The development came after the government decided that the recruitment to the Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS) would be made through both the Civil Services Examinations (for Traffic, Accounts and Personnel sub-cadres) and the ESE (for Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Signal and Telecommunication and Stores sub-cadres). "In order to give sufficient time to the aspirants of ESE 2025 to prepare for the examination, the Commission has also decided to postpone the ESE (Preliminary) and ESE (Main) Exam, 2025. "The ESE (Preliminary) 2025 and ESE (Main) 2025 will now be held on 8th June 2025 and 10th August 2025 respectively," said the statement issued by the UPSC. According to the UPSC's annual programme of examination, 2025, notification for ESE 2025 was issued on Septem

RRB recruitment: Junior Engineer 2024 exam dates out at official website

The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has declared the exam date for the RRB Junior Engineer post at its official website. The exam will be held from Dec 6 to Dec 13 via online mode

Urgent need of staff to manage assets, train ops: Railway Board Chairman

There is an urgent requirement for additional manpower to maintain the railways' ever-increasing assets and safe train operations, Board Chairman Satish Kumar has said, urging the Finance Ministry to give the board the power to create non-gazetted posts in safety and essential categories. In a letter to Manoj Govil, the Secretary (Expenditure) in the Finance Ministry, Kumar said the Railways has over the last few years witnessed a significant increase in capital expenditure -- from Rs 1.48 lakh crores in 2019-20 to 2.62 lakh crores in 2023-24. "This capital expenditure is resulting in significant increase in assets for which adequate manpower is required for Reliable and Safe Train Operation," Kumar said. "These assets will further increase in coming years considering Railways target of Mission 3,000 MT (by 2030) from current level of 1,610 MT," he said. Kumar argued that for achieving this objective, more trains will have to be run which requires increased manpower for both train

RRB JE Recruitment 2024: Online registration begins today for 7951 posts

Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) have begun the online registration cum application process for the 7951 vacancies. Interested candidates can visit the official website at rrbapply.gov.in

What the shortage of railway employees means for the life of a loco driver

As a debate rages on about the working conditions of railway loco drivers, here is a peek into their lives

Ten wagons of goods train derail, overturn near Zakhira flyover in Delhi

Around ten wagons of a goods train derailed and overturned on the Patel Nagar-Dayabasti section in the Delhi area on Saturday morning, officials said

Exam paper leak: RRB ex-chairman, nine others get five years imprisonment

A CBI special court in Hyderabad has sentenced the then-Railway Recruitment Board - Mumbai chairman Satendra Mohan Sharma and nine others to five years' rigorous imprisonment in connection with the leak of exam papers for the recruitment of 1,936 assistant station masters and assistant loco pilots in 2010, officials said on Tuesday. Among those sentenced in the case by the Principal Special Judge for CBI Cases - Hyderabad is former Assan-Mangalore Rail Development Corporation CEO AK Jagannadham. The court has also slapped a fine of Rs 1.75 lakh on Sharma and Rs 1.31 lakh on Jagannadham, the officials said. The total fines slapped on all 10 accused amounts Rs 7.87 lakh. The agency on June 15, 2010, booked the accused in the leak of examination papers for the recruitment of 1,936 assistant loco pilots and assistant station masters that was scheduled to be conducted by the Railway Recruitment Board on June 6 of that year. It was alleged that Sharma and Jagannadham had entered into a .

Investments worth Rs 14 trillion in the works for rail overhaul: Vaishnaw

We are increasing the passenger capacity to 10 billion. By 2030, waiting lists will not exist, said Ashwini Vaishnaw

Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana trainees not preferred for railway jobs: Vaishnaw

Over 26,000 candidates, who have been skilled till November 2023 under the Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana, will not have any preference in jobs in the Indian Railways, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday. Vaishnaw said that this scheme was launched in September 2021, adding 26,791 candidates have completed their training till November 2023. Responding to a question by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Narayana Koragappa whether any preference of above trained youth is given for employment in the railways, he said, No, Sir. This programme is intended to enhance the skill of a person so that he / she can get a job or can start his / her own start-up / entrepreneurship. Vaishnaw said that the Indian Railways launched the Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana to empower candidates in the age group of 18 to 35 years by providing them entry level skill training in various industry relevant technical trades at various training locations. Successful candidates are awarded ...

RRCB provided 150,000 recruitments to youth last year, says NF Railway

He further said that, on average, for the construction of a 1-kilometre track, around 33,000 man-days of employment are generated annually

HC refuses to interfere with Railways' decision to issue IDs for disabled

The Delhi High Court has refused to interfere with the Indian Railway's decision to issue separate ID cards to disabled persons for availing concession instead of using the government-issued Unique Disability Identity (UDID) Card. A bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, while closing the proceedings on a PIL on the issue, noted that a policy decision was taken by Railways to issue a "Photo Identity Card" for disabled persons on the basis of disability certificates for purchase of concessional tickets and to ensure that they are not required to submit disability certificates whenever they buy a ticket. The bench, also comprising Justice Subramonium Prasad, said the procedure adopted by the Railways was fair and transparent and ordered, This Court does not find any reason to interfere with the circular dated 19.03.2015 (introducing the photo identity card) issued by the Railways and, therefore, no further orders are required to be passed in the present PIL. In the ...

Rly bonanza for Agniveers: Reservation in Level-1,2 non-gazetted posts

The country's largest employer, Indian Railways, has decided to offer 10-per cent horizontal reservation in level 1 and a 5-per cent quota in level 2 and above non-gazetted posts to Agniveers against the direct recruitment quota, sources said on Thursday. This will be in the nature of horizontal reservation as in the case of PwBD, ex-servicemen and CCAAs. The Agniveers will also be given an exemption from the physical efficiency test, the sources said. They will be given age relaxations -- five years for the first batch of Agniveers and three years for the subsequent batches -- over and above the existing age limit prescribed for different communities for level-1, level-2 and above non-gazetted posts. The sources said the Railway Board has issued letters to all general managers, asking them to provide these relaxations and facilities in recruitment by railway recruiting agencies (railway recruitment boards and railway recruitment cells) for such posts to those Agniveers who have ...

DoPT approves conducting SSC MTS, CHSL exams in 13 regional languages

The exams will be available in Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Odia, Urdu, Punjabi, Manipuri (also Meiti), and Konkani in addition to Hindi and English

Railway Board inspects working of Kavach system between two stations

Railway Board Chairman and CEO Anil Kumar Lahoti on Sunday inspected the working of KAVACH-- an indigenous Automatic Train Protection system -- between Lingampalli and Chitgidaa stations in Telangana. Lahoti travelled in one of the locomotives as part of the first-hand demonstration. The locomotives are equipped with KAVACH systems and he observed how the system automatically regulates the speed of the train while passing through the loop lines, how the whistling automatically happens while passing through the level crossing gates and how the system prevents the train from passing the signal at danger (SPAD), a release from South Central Railways (SCR) said here. He also oversaw how the KAVACH systems on the rolling stock helps in avoiding the train collisions either rear collision or head-on collision with the systems automatically applying brakes without the need for human intervention. The Railway Board Chairman also reviewed the working of Centre of Excellence for KAVACH ...

Railway Recruitment Board: Group D answer key released; check details here

Candidates can check the answer key on the official website at rrbcdg.gov.in

Indian Railways plans to recruit 1,48,463 people over next one year

The Railways on Tuesday said it will recruit 1,48,463 people over the next one year as compared to the 43,678 people recruited on an average annually over the last eight years. This move came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's instruction to recruit 10 lakh people in various departments and ministries in the next 18 months. According to the latest annual report of the Department of Expenditure on Pay and Allowances, the total number of regular central government civilian employees in position (including in the Union territories) as of March 1, 2020, was 31.91 lakh as against the sanctioned strength of 40.78 lakh and approximately 21.75 per cent of the posts were vacant. The report said almost 92 per cent of the total manpower is covered by five major ministries or departments -- railways, defence (civil), home affairs, posts and revenue. Of the total strength of 31.33 lakh (excluding the Union territories), the percentage share of the railways is 40.55. Government sources said .

Officers of 1983, 1984 batches eligible for Level-16 IRMS posts: Railways

The railways said 1983- and 1984-batch officers of its eight organised services are eligible to apply for Level-16 posts under the Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS)