No Instance Of Paper Leak During Railway Recruitment Process: Minister
NDTV
Drawing a comparison of recruitment done in Indian Railways during 2004-2014 vis-a-vis during 2014-2024, Mr Vaishnaw said 4.11 lakh recruitment were done between 2004-14 while between 2014-24, 5.02 lakh recruitment took place.
Highlighting transparency and compliance of all laid down guidelines of recruitment process, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the Railway Recruitment Board examinations are quite technical in nature entailing large scale mobilisation of men and resources and training of manpower.
"Railway overcame all these challenges and successfully conducted the recruitment in a transparent manner following all laid down guidelines. No instance of paper leakage or similar malpractice has occurred during the entire process," Mr Vaishnaw said in a written reply in Lok Sabha to questions raised by DMK MP Kalanidhi Veeraswamy.
Veeraswamy wanted to know the number of vacant posts in the Railways and steps taken by the government to fill them.
