Recruitment and training

With about 1.36 million employees, Indian Railways is the world’s second largest employer. Staff are assorted into gazette (Group ‘A’ and ‘B’) and non-gazette (Group ‘C’ and ‘D’) employees. The enlisting of Group ‘A’ gazette employees is carried out by the Union Public Service Commission through examinations directed by it. The recruitment and training to the staff will be according to the rules implied by the railway recruitment boards.

The recruitment to Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ employees on the Indian Railways is done through 19 Railway Recruitment Boards which are moderated by the Railway Recruitment Control Board (RRCB). The developing of all cadres is entrusted and shared between six centralized training institutes. These are following list of Group services which are recruited by the UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) of India
UPSC Civil Services Exam
1) Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group ‘A’.
2) Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.
3) Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group ‘A’.
4) Railway Protection Force, Group ‘A’
UPSC Engineering Services Exam
1) Indian Railway Service of Engineers, Group ‘A’
2) Indian Railway Stores Service, Group ‘A’
3) Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers, Group ‘A’
4) Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers, Group ‘A’
5) Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers, Group ‘A’
UPSC Special Class Railway Apprentice Examination for recruitment to the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers