Railway Ministry to Re-start Direct Recruitment of Staff

FOR TRAIN CONTROL DEPARTMENT AFTER 8 YEARS

- OUR CORRESPONDENT

NEW DELHI: The railway ministry will fill 60 percent posts of train controllers through the direct recruitment process conducted by the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB).

According to the reforms announced by the ministry on June 25, 60 percent vacancies in the control department will be filled with graduate-level candidates recruited directly by the RRB.

"How this examination will be conducted and what it will be called are some of the issues yet to be decided by the competent authority," Dilip Kumar, Executive Director, Information and Publicity, Railway Board, said.

Officials associated with the control department said till 2017, direct recruitment used to happen in the department through the Railway Traffic Apprentice Exams conducted by the RRB.