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The Railway Board Secretariat Service (RBSS) (हिंदी : रेलवे बोर्ड सचिवालय सेवा) is a central civil service in the Secretariat of the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) of the Union Government of India.
With more than 1.2 million employees, it is the world's ninth-largest employer and India's second largest employer. In 1951, the Indian Railways was established by the amalgamation of 42 different railway companies operating in the country, spanning a total of 55,000 km (34,000 mi).
The National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR), Vadodara formerly Railway Staff College and historically the Pratap Vilas Palace, is a Centralised civil service, engineering and medical training institute for Civil Service, Engineering and Medical Officers of Indian Railway Personnel Service, Indian Railway Stores Service and Indian Railway Medical Services cadre headed by a Director General ...
Government employees in the union government in 56 ministries [1] and departments under latter as of 1 July 2023 has 48.67 lakhs working employees and about 77 lakhs retired employees on rolls. [2] Indian Railways with 1.3 million employees has highest number of employees in union government.
RailTel Corporation of India Ltd. is an Indian Navaratna Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) which provides broadband and VPN services. RailTel was formed in September 2000 with the objective of creating a nationwide broadband, telecom and multimedia network, and to modernise train control operation and safety system of Indian Railways.
In 2018, India's government set a target of achieving 100% electrification, with budget allocated for the task, and an initial target for completion in fiscal year 2021-2. [ 15 ] [ 2 ] The next year, IR set up a plan to achieve this goal in five fiscal years, with an aim to complete the project by December 2023. [ 3 ]
In 1944, all the railway companies were taken over by the Government. [10] In December 1950, the Central Advisory Committee for Railways approved the plan for re-organising Indian Railways into six regional zones and re-constituting the railway board to four members with the senior-most functional member appointed the chairman of the board with ...
A 1975 Batch Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer, Shri Vinay Mittal, was the chairman, Railway Board (CRB) and ex officio principal secretary to the Government of India till 30 June 2013. During his long career spanning 38 years, Shri Mittal held various key positions in the Indian Railways.