In line with the central government’s aim to recruit youth in various departments of the central government, the Railway Recruitment Board of Indian Railways has given employment to 1.5 lakh youth in the country in the last year, said a press release from Northeast Frontier (NF). Railway on Thursday.
The recruitments took place at various posts lying vacant over the railway zones of the country. Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of NF Railway, Sabyasachi De, said, “From the period 2014 to date, a record recruitment of 5 lakhs was done through Indian Railways.”
“The recruitments were made under various categories such as Assistant Locomotive Pilots, Station Masters, Train Managers, Junior Engineers, Technicians, Commercial Clerks, Track Maintainers, Switchers and Assistants in various departments of Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Signaling and Telecommunication, etc.,” it said Sabyasachi De.
“The recruitment was conducted online using a computer-based test. A record number of 2.37 crore candidates (1.26 crore for non-technical and 1.11 crore for RRC Group-D) appeared in all railway exams held between December 2020 and July held. 2021,” he added.
He further said that on average, the construction of a 1-kilometre track generates about 33,000 man-days of employment annually.
“This leads to generation of 90.41 man-days per day per km. In the last year, 5,600 km of track was laid through the Indian Railways. Thus, the total man-days generated per day is more than 5 lakhs,” the CPRO said . of NF Railway.
“Apart from this, for employment generation, Indian Railways is working on large scale infrastructure works such as OHE, signaling, PUs and PSUs, station redevelopment works, etc., which have generated around 35 lakh jobs in the associated economic sectors. in the past year,” he added.
Sabyasachi De further said, “A capital allocation of Rs 2.6 lakh crore has been made for infrastructure development of Indian Railways during the financial year 2023-24. The expenditure till September 2023 is Rs 1,50,444 crore (58% of BG) against of Rs 1,02,881 crore (43 percent of BG till September 2022), which is an increase of 46 percent over last year. This has helped in generating employment in the Indian Railways.
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