**Executive Summary**
This press release from the Ministry of Railways announces the recruitment process for 1,20,579 vacancies in 2024 and 2025. It highlights that the Railways have provided 5.08 lakh jobs in the last 11 years. Additionally, it mentions that the Railways have completed the first/single stage of Computer Based Tests for 59,678 posts and are proceeding to fill 23,000 safety category posts.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Recruitment Overview:**
* 1,20,579 vacancies will be recruited in 2024 and 2025.
* The Railways provided 5.08 lakh jobs in the last 11 years.
* First/single stage Computer Based Tests (CBTs) for 59,678 posts have been completed.
* Ongoing recruitment includes 23,000 candidates in safety categories.
* **Centralized Employment Notifications (CENs):**
* Ten CENs for 92,116 vacancies were notified from January to December 2024.
* Vacancies include Assistant Loco Pilots (ALPs), Technicians, Sub-Inspectors, Constables in Railway Protection Force (RPF), Junior Engineers (JEs), Paramedical Categories, Non-Technical Popular Categories, and Level-1 categories.
* **Completed Examinations:**
* First stage CBTs and second stage CBTs for various posts like ALP, JE/DMS/CMA, and Non-Technical Popular Categories (Graduate) have been completed.
* Computer Based Aptitude Test (CBAT) for the post of ALP has also been completed.
* CBT for level -1 categories commenced from 27.11.2025.
* Physical Efficiency Test (PET) for RPF Constable posts commenced from 13.11.2025.
* **Future Recruitment (2025):**
* Seven Centralized Employment Notifications (CENs) for 28,463 vacancies will be issued in 2025.
* Vacancies include Assistant Loco Pilots, Technicians, Para-medical, Section Controllers, Junior Engineers, and NTPC (Graduate and Under-Graduate).
* Notification months are specified for each post.
* **System Improvements:**
* The Ministry of Railways has introduced an annual calendar from 2024 for recruitment.
* Contractual engagement is temporary and used only to ensure smooth operations.
**Impact Analysis**
**Job Aspirants**
* **Impact:** More job opportunities and a more transparent and faster recruitment process due to the annual calendar.
* **Action Required:** Stay informed about the annual calendar and prepare for the relevant exams.
**Indian Railways**
* **Impact:** Ensures the continuous filling up of vacancies and smooth operation of railway services through regular recruitment.
* **Action Required:** Continue to adhere to the transparent recruitment process and guidelines.
**Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs)**
* **Impact:** Responsible for conducting large-scale and technical examinations in a transparent manner.
* **Action Required:** Maintain the integrity of the recruitment process and follow established guidelines.
Key Entities Referenced
Indian Railways: The primary organization undertaking the recruitment process described in the document.
Assistant Loco Pilots (ALPs): One of the key positions being recruited for, with multiple stages of tests completed.
Centralized Employment Notifications (CENs): The mechanism by which vacancies are announced for recruitment in the railways.
Railway Protection Force (RPF): One of the forces which is mentioned for recruitment of Constables and Sub-Inspectors
Computer Based Tests (CBTs): The method employed for screening candidates for railway jobs
Ministry of Railways
Recruitment Process On For 1,20,579 Vacancies
Notified in 2024 and 2025; Railways Provided
5.08 Lakh Jobs in Last 11 Years: Ashwini
Vaishnaw
With No Paper Leaks, No Malpractice And Certainty of
Exams, Railways Completes First/Single Stage Computer
Based Tests for 59,678 Posts
Ongoing Recruitment Includes 23,000 Candidates in Safety
Categories Such As Technicians, Junior Engineers,
Paramedical Staff, RPF SIs and ALPs
प्रव तथ: 03 DEC 2025 6:44PM by PIB Delhi
Occurrence and filling up of vacancies are continuous processes in Indian Railways considering its size,
spatial distribution and criticality of operation. Adequate and suitable manpower is provided to cater to the
regular operations, changes in technology, mechanisations and innovative practices. The vacancies are
filled up primarily by placement of indents by Railways with Recruitment agencies as per operational and
technological requirements.
Presently recruitment of 1,20,579 vacancies has been taken up on Indian Railways as per annual calendar
2024 and 2025.
During January to December 2024, ten Centralized Employment Notifications (CENs) for 92,116
vacancies were notified for filling up of posts of Assistant Loco Pilots (ALPs), Technicians, Sub-
Inspectors, Constables in Railway Protection Force (RPF), Junior Engineers (JEs)/ Depot Material
Superintendent (DMS)/ Chemical & Metallurgical Assistant (CMA), Paramedical Categories, Non-
Technical Popular Categories (Graduate), Non-Technical Popular Categories (Under-Graduate),
Ministerial & Isolated Categories and Level-1 categories such as Assistants, Track Maintainers and
Pointsman.
First stage/Single stage Computer Based Tests (CBTs) for 59,678 posts has been completed. Details are as
under-
Exam Candidates Cities Languages
1st Stage CBT for the post of ALP (18,799 18,40,347 156 15
vacancies)CBT for the post of Technician (14,298 26,99,892 139 15
vacancies)
1st Stage CBT for the post of JE/DMS/CMA 11,01,266 146 15
(7,951 vacancies)
CBT for the post of RPF-SI 15,35,635 143 15
(452 vacancies)
CBT for the post of RPF-Constable (4208 45,30,288 147 15
vacancies)
CBT for Paramedical Categories (1,376 7,08,321 143 15
vacancies)
1st Stage CBT for Non-Technical Popular 58,41,774 141 15
Category (Graduate)
(8,113 vacancies)
1st Stage CBT for Non-Technical Popular 63,27,473 157 15
Category (Under Graduate) (3,445 vacancies)
CBT for Ministerial & Isolated categories 4,46,013 139 15
(1,036 vacancies)
2nd stage CBTs for the posts of ALP, JE/DMS/CMA and Non-Technical Popular Categories (Graduate)
have also been completed.
Details are as under: -
Exam Candidates Cities Languages
2nd Stage CBT for the post of ALP (18,799 2,66,363 112 15
vacancies)
2nd Stage CBT for the post of JE/DMS/CMA 1,17,339 118 15
(7,951 vacancies)
2nd Stage CBT for Non-Technical Popular 1,21,931 129 15
Category (Graduate) (8,113 vacancies)
Computer Based Aptitude Test (CBAT) for the post of ALP has also been completed. Details are as under:-
Exam Candidates Cities LanguagesCBAT for the post of ALP 1,32,044 84 2
(18,799 vacancies)
CBT for 32,438 vacancies for level -1 categories commenced from 27.11.2025 in 140 cities in 15
languages. Physical Efficiency Test (PET) for 4,208 vacancies of Constable (RPF) commenced from
13.11.2025.
Panels for more than 23,000 candidates for various posts including the posts of Technicians, Junior
Engineers, Paramedical Categories, Sub-Inspectors (RPF) and Assistant Loco Pilots have been finalised.
The majority of them are in safety categories.
In addition, as per Annual Calendar for the year 2025, seven Centralized Employment Notifications
(CENs) for 28,463 vacancies have also been issued:
SN CEN No. Post Name No. of Vacancies Month of
notified Notification
1 01/2025 Assistant Loco Pilots 9,970 March 2025
2 02/2025 Technicians 6,238 June 2025
3 03/2025 Para-medical 434 July 2025
4 04/2025 Section Controllers 368 August 2025
5 05/2025 Junior Engineers / Depot 2,585 October 2025
Material Superintendent
6 06/2025 NTPC (Graduate) 5,810 October 2025
7 07/2025 NTPC (Under-Graduate) 3,058 October 2025
The RRB examinations are quite technical in nature entailing large scale mobilization 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.
Recruitment done in Indian Railways during 2004-2005 to 2013-2014 vis-à-vis during 2014-2015 to 2024-
2025 is given as under:-
Period Recruitments
2004-2005 to 2013-2014 4.11 lakhs
2014-2015 to 2024-2025 5.08 lakhsFurther, as a system improvement, the Ministry of Railways has introduced a system of publishing an
annual calendar from 2024 for recruitment to various categories of Group ‘C’ posts. The introduction of
annual calendar is benefitting the aspirants in the following manner:-
• More opportunities for candidates;
• Opportunities to those becoming eligible every year;
• Certainty of exams;
• Faster Recruitment process, Training and Appointments.
In exigencies of work, contractual engagement is resorted to as a stop-gap arrangement till regular
incumbents join the posts. Such contractual engagement is purely temporary and time-bound, and is
undertaken only to ensure smooth functioning of Railway operations until posts are filled through regular
selection as per extant rules and procedures.
Engagement on contract basis is purely contractual in nature and does not confer any right upon such
personnel for regular employment, absorption, or continuance in Railway service. Since contractual
engagement is carried out only to meet urgent operational requirements, there is no provision for
regularization of such contractual staff in Indian Railways.
This information was provided by the Union Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting and
Electronics & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, in a written reply to a question in Lok
Sabha today.
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