Merger Of Services Of Railways: Lok Sabha QA
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 608
TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2021
MERGER OF SERVICES OF RAILWAYS
608. SHRI SHANMUGA SUNDARAM K.:
SHRI VELUSAMY P.:
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:
(a) the Government has decided to merge eight difference services of Railways to create one single service clubbing all the services into one;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the basic criteria to decide the seniority of the different services and the steps taken to maintain uniform seniority in the combined services;
(d) the estimated time to be taken to merge all the services and the constitution of Railway Board;
(e) whether the Government is having any proposal to bring non- railway officers in the Railway Board; and
(f) if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS
& INFORMTION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)
(a) to (d) Cabinet has approved, creation of a new Group ‘A’ Central Service called Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS), which is at the stage of working out modalities.
(e) & (f) At present, the following posts of Railway Board are filled up, by non-railway officers, either on deputation basis or against encadred post of the respective Ministries:-
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S.No. |
Name of Post |
|---|---|
|
1. |
Director General, Railway Protection Force (Indian Police Service) |
|
2. |
Director, Vigilance Police (Indian Police Service) |
|
3. |
Additional Director General/Public Relations (Indian information Service) |
|
4. |
Senior Economic Advisor (Indian Economic Service) |
|
5. |
Economic Adviser (Indian Economic Service) |
|
6. |
Director, Economic Unit (Indian Economic Service) |
|
7. |
Deputy Director, Economic Unit (Indian Economic Service) |
|
8. |
Legal Adviser (Indian Legal Service) |
Source : LokSabha
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