Indian Railways

Introduction of Indian Railways

Indian Railways:

Railways were first introduced to India in 1853.

The first train on Indian sub-continent ran over a stretch of 21 miles from Bombay to Thane.

Indian Railways is a departmental undertaking of Government of India.

Indian Railways overseen by the Ministry of Railways.

Indian Railways is the largest rail network in Asia and the world's second largest under one management.

Vision

Indian Railways shall provide safe, efficient, affordable, customer-focused and environmentally
sustainable integrated transportation solutions. It shall be a modern vehicle of inclusive growth,
connecting regions, communities, ports and centres of industry, commerce, tourism and
pilgrimage across the country.

Mission
To augment the capacity to handle freight services by constructing new lines, laying double lines where
necessary and through signalling improvements
To take up necessary works to ease bottlenecks in the transportation network so as to achieve higher speed and
throughput.
To induct modern rolling stock to derive the benefit of up to date technology

Railway zones
Name

Headquarters

Southern

Chennai

Northeast Frontier

Guwahati

Central

Mumbai

South Central

Secunderabad

Western

Mumbai

East Central

Hajipur

Eastern

Kolkata

Northern

Delhi

North Eastern

Gorakhpur

North Central

Howrah

South Western

South Eastern

Name

Headquarters

North Western

Jaipur

East Coast

Bhubaneswar
Allahabad
Hubli

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Recruitment & Selection

IR classifies its employees in 4 groups.
The

Gazetted staff,

Group A & Group B (Higher posts).

Non-Gazetted

staff,

Group

C (clerical, supervisory staff )

Group

D (technical, other maintenance staff)

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A & B officers are selected through the Union

Public Service Commission, they are civil servants.

case of jobs in Group A and B, candidates belonging to SCs

and STs will be given preference if equally qualified and
meritorious

All

zonal railways fill 15% and 7.5% of their vacancies in

Group C and Group D categories from the candidates
belonging to SCs and STs respectively

SELECTION PROCESS

Written
examination

Verification
of
documents

Medical
Fitness Test

Verification
of
educational

Ch
Character

of

the
candidate..

Personal
Interview

Group
A
Group
B
Group
C
Group
D

Recruitments are filled by UPSC by All India

Competitive Examinations + Interview

Normally filled by promotion from serving

Group C candidates and also by UPSC Exams
Recruited by Railway Recruitment Boards
(RRB)
Technical &
Non Technical (Includes Interview)
Railway Selection Boards (RSB) with assistance
of the local employment exchanges

Training & Development

All

new recruits undergo training when they join.

Gazetted

officers train at 7 CTIs & additionally undergo management

training courses at premier institutes, both in India and abroad

The

training needs of non-Gazetted staff are being taken care of by 200

training centers located across IR.

These

training institutes specialize in various functional training based on

the different functions or departments.

Training centres

Zonal Railway Training Institute/Bhusawal/CR

Zonal Railway Training Institute/Bhuli/ER

Zonal Railway Training Institute/Cdhandausi/NR

Zonal Railway Training Institute/Muzaffarpur/ECR

Zonal Railway Training Institute/Alipurduar Jn/NFR

Zonal Railway Training Institute/Trichy/SR

Zonal Railway Training Institute/Maula Ali/SCR

Zonal Railway Training Institute/Sini/SER

Zonal Railway Training Institute/Udaipur/NWR

There are other 291 training centres wher employees like

grade b and grade d will undergo training

Promotion & Demotion

There are basically two types of promotions in

Indian Railways.

1) Based on seniority.
2) Based on Merits.

Demotion is done when officers are found doing

illegal practices or following unethical practices..

Benefits to the employees from Indian Railways

Medical care
Provision of railway institutes and clubs for the recreation of
railway staff,
Establishing holiday homes in suitable places where cheap
accommodation is available for all railway staff for
spending their holidays,
Provision of schooling facilities at many places.
Concessional ticket rate for employees

Draw backs in current HR practices

in Indian railways
Low

Motivation due to surety of the job

Corrupt
Caste
No

Practices followed

Biased

Performance Appraisal

Promotion

based on seniority

No

proper training

No

Proper IT Facilities & R&D