The Central Government has given green signal to the recruitment of officers in Railways through Civil Services Examination and Engineering Services Examination. Actually, the government has taken this decision after not getting sufficient technical manpower through IRMS. Let us tell you that the Integrated Railway Service was approved by the Cabinet in December 2019. Before the Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS) got Cabinet approval, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) used to recruit railway officers through Civil Services Examination (CSE) and Engineering Services Examination (ESE).
According to the news of Times of India website, on Saturday, the Department of Personnel and Training said in a memorandum that considering the proposal of the Railway Ministry on Thursday, keeping in mind the needs of both technical and non-technical manpower in the ministry, UPSC CSE and UPSC ESE. Gave in-principle approval for recruitment through.
After discussions with the Department of Personnel and Training, the Railway Ministry also wrote to the UPSC Chairman and the Telecom Department on Saturday that it has been decided to recruit officers through IRMS now through CSE and ESE. It also said that the Ministry of Telecommunications will be the nodal ministry for ESE, which will notify rules for it and invite applications by October 8. It has also been requested to the Telecom Ministry and UPSC that UPSC will allow participation by adding the recruitment of 225 engineers in the existing notification.
According to the letter, now the new recruitment will be called IRMS Civil, IRMS Mechanical, IRMS Electrical, IRMS (S&T) and IRMS Stores. Railway officials say that in this way this decision is nothing but returning to the old system.
