Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said 1.49 lakh entry-level posts💞 are currently lying vacant in the Indi🌞an Railways.
Among all the zones, the Northern Railways has the maximum number of vacancies (19,183) at entry-level posts, he said in a wr🅘itten reply in Lok Sabha. South Central zone of the Indian Railways is at number two position with 17,022 entry-level posts lying vacant, he noted.
In December last year, the 𝓡national transporter had to suspend its NTPC and Level 1 tests after violent protests by job aspirants over the selection p💖rocess of its recruitment exams.
The recruitment drive for the Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPCs) for 35,281 vacant posts in various categories, ranging from the junior clerk, train assistant, g𓂃uard, time-keeper to the station master, was at the centre of widespread protests in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand.
The aspirants alleged that while over 7 lakh “applications” were shortlisted, the actual number of candidates was around 3.84 lakh as the same person might have been shortlisted for more than one post.
With PTI inputs.
