Recruitment for railways withdrawn through UPSC Engineering, Civil Services exam

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will now conduct the recruitment exams directly for the Indian Railway Management Services (IRMS).

The central government has decided to remove the railway posts in Civil Services Exam and Engineering Services Exam after its decision to introduce Indian Railway Management Service. However, the exam conducted for selection to Indian Railway Protection Force Service will continue as before, said Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways and Commerce and Industry.

While responding to Kunwar a question on whether the railways has cancelled the vacancies under ESE 2020 for which stage-I (Preliminary) examination was conducted on January 5, Goyal told that it has been decided to withdraw indents for services covered under Engineering Services Examination 2020 and Civil Services Examination 2020 except that for Indian Railway Protection Force Service (IRPFS). The move has been taken in line with Government's decision to introduce Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS) from the next recruitment cycle.

The Union Public Service Commission will now conduct the recruitment exams directly for the IRMS. However, the date of release of notification for conducting the first IRMS has not been decided yet.

In the last week of December 2019, the Union Cabinet approved a major change of the organisational structure of Indian Railways in which its eight services were merged into one - the Indian Railway Management Service. Thereon, it was decided that UPSC would organize and conduct recruitment for the unified railway group 'A' service, Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS), from the next recruitment cycle which is 2020.

"Just like aspirants to the Union Public Service Commission, candidates aspiring to get into railways will have to appear for their prelims after which they will indicate their preference for IRMS under five specialties - four of the engineering specialties for ''technical'' operations comprising of mechanical, civil, telecom and electrical, and one ''non-technical'' specialty which will recruit officers for accounts, personnel and traffic," said V K Yadav, the Railway Board Chairman. The Railways had written a letter to UPSC in January about the withdrawal of the posts.

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