Indian Railways Begins Recruitment, Warns Against Fraudsters

New Delhi: The Railways on Friday warned against unscrupulous elements, who cheat candidates by promising jobs under Railway Ministry quota on payment of bribe.

Mumbai police had earlier arrested two persons for allegedly collecting Rs 93 lakh from aspiring candidates in Maharashtra, especially in Vasai.

The Railways is currently conducting recruitment for various posts, including about 66,000 assistant loco pilots and various categories of technicians (Group C) and around 63,000 track maintainers and assistant pointsmen (Level-1 Group D).

The recruitment is being conducted through Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs). The Railways will also be conducting recruitment for 8619 constables and 1120 sub-inspectors in the Railway Protection Force (RPF). This recruitment is being done by the Director General of RPF.

For Group C posts, around 47 lakh candidates have applied. For Level-1 posts, about 1.89 crore candidates have applied. For constables and sub-inspectors in RPF, around 58 lakh and 14 lakh candidates respectively have applied.

The Railways has time and again warned candidates not to fall prey to fraudulent promises by any imposter, tout and broker through notices in national and regional news papers.  “It is once again reiterated by the railways that the process of recruitment is by rule and merit. The Railways has not nominated any agent, coaching centres, intermediary or any other persons/institutes for recruitment, and therefore, any such persons/institutes found to be giving such false promises must be reported to the nearest police station and/or the Indian Railways,” it said.

Complaints to the Railways about such issues can be made to ‘enquiry.rrbsbc@gmail.com’ or by phone at the RRB Bangalore, it added.