Contractual Appointment on Indian Railways: Lok Sabha QA

Contractual Appointment on Indian Railways – No proposal to privatize the Indian Railways: Lok Sabha QA

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 101
TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2022

CONTRACTUAL APPOINTMENT

101 SHRI RITESH PANDEY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the number of persons recruited through Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) have been declining in the recent years and if so, the details thereof during the last three years;

(b) whether the number of contractual appointments are steadily increasing in the Railways in the recent years and if so, the details thereof during the last three years;

(c) whether the general public has expressed concern over privatisation of Railways which is causing loss of jobs in the direct recruitment of RRBs; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and the response of the Government in this regard?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND
ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a): No, Sir.

(b): No, Sir.

(c) & (d): There is no proposal to privatize the Indian Railways.

Source: Lok Sabha