Merger of Services of Railways: Lok Sabha QA

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:-

Source : LokSabha