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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 November 2024. Indian Railways organisation Railway Recruitment Control Board Company type Civil Service and Engineering Recruitment Agency Group C Group D Industry Indian Railways Founded 27 April 1998 ; 26 years ago (1998-04-27) Headquarters India Area served India Services Indian Railways Civil ...
The Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) designs, develops, implements and maintains most of the important information systems of Indian Railways. It is under the ownership of Government of India and administrative control of the Ministry of Railways. It is located in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. CRIS was established in 1986.
The Kalka-Shimla Railway, a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) narrow-gauge railway in the Siwalik Hills of Himachal Pradesh started operating in 1903. The Nilgiri Mountain Railway , a 1,000 mm ( 3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in ) metre gauge rack railway in the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu was opened in 1908 and is the only operational rack railway in India.
Agnipath Scheme [1] (also spelled Agneepath Scheme) (Hindi: Agnīpath Yojanā, transl. Agnipath [Fireway] Scheme) is a tour of duty style scheme approved by the Government of India on 14 June 2022 and implemented in the country a few months later in September 2022, for recruitment of soldiers below the rank of commissioned officers into the three services of the armed forces. [2]
The Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) is a Prestigious Group 'A' Central Civil Service cadre of the Government of India. The central civil servants of this service are responsible for managing the Human Resources of the Indian Railways and welfare of railway employees and their families. Railways has a work force of about 1.4 million ...
In 2004, the board is expanded by the introduction of two new members responsible for signalling & telecom and for stores respectively. [7] In December 2019, the Union Cabinet decided to reduce the size of the board from eight to five. [8] The chairman of the railway board reports to the Ministry of Railways and act on behalf of the ministry.
The recruitment to the IRSE was done through the Engineering Services Examination exam until 2022. From 2023 onwards,recruitment is done through the Indian Railway Management service exam conducted separately only for the sole purpose of the 8 combined railway services. The combined services include:
A railroad section gang — including common workers sometimes called gandy dancers — responsible for maintenance of a particular section of railway. One man is holding a bar, while others are using rail tongs to position a rail. Photo published in 1917