Railways: Posts relating to security are lying vacant in Railways

Posts relating to security are lying vacant in Railways

Security related posts lying vacant in Railways

The below information was given by the Minister of State for Railways, Shri Bharatsinh Solanki in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on 17.8.2012.

“There are 15550 vacancies in Railway Protection Force (RPF) as on 01.04.2012. For the purpose of filling of vacancy the following recruitments are under process:-

Nearly 27.07 lakh applications have been received for 11952 vacancies of Constables notified vide Employment Notice No. 1/2011.

Pre-Examination work is under process. Written examination will be conducted after completion of Pre-Examination work.

For filling up of 511 vacancies of Sub-Inspector, a notification was issued vide Employment Notice No. 2/2011. Written examination has already been conducted on 12.08.2012”.