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Reported By: Nivedita Singh
Edited By: Oindrila Mukherjee
Final Up to date: March 15, 2023, 21:49 IST
Asia’s first feminine loco pilot, Surekha Yadav, additionally grew to become the primary lady to function the Vande Bharat Categorical prepare on March 13. (Picture: PTI)
The ministry additionally informed Lok Sabha that there is no such thing as a demarcation of domains within the Indian Railways and all types of posts are open for each women and men
The railways recruited solely 12,409 girls between 2018-19 and 2022-23 as in comparison with 1.64 lakh males in the identical time interval, as per official information from the ministry. There isn’t a demarcation of domains within the Indian Railways and all types of posts are open for each women and men, the ministry informed Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
The ministry of railways shared information for the variety of men and women recruited within the final 5 years. Out of 12,409 girls recruited, the very best have been employed in 2019-20 at 8,957. In 2018-19, a complete of 786 girls have been recruited by the railways. In 2020-21 (779), 2021-22 (276) and 2022-23 (1,611), the variety of girls employed have been marginal.
The figures for males are a stark distinction. Out of 1,64,281 males recruited within the final 5 years, 1,28,570 have been employed in 2019-20 alone. The ministry additionally listed the variety of males recruited in 2018-19 (707), 2020-21 (4,779) and 2021-22 (4,336). The provisional figures for this monetary yr exhibits that 20,889 males have been recruited by the railways this yr.
In a reply to a query from BSP MP Sangeeta Azad from Lalganj in Uttar Pradesh, the ministry mentioned all posts notified for recruitment within the railways have been open to each women and men.
“To encourage employment of ladies within the railways, software payment collected from feminine candidates is refunded to those that seem within the written examination. Additional, the higher age restrict in case of widows, divorced girls and girls judicially separated from their husbands who usually are not remarried, is relaxed as much as the age of 35,” it mentioned.
As well as, leisure is offered in qualifying requirements for the bodily effectivity check (wherever carried out) in case of feminine candidates. Additionally, there’s a provision of 10 % horizontal reservation for ladies in Group C recruitment to the Railway Safety Drive (RPF), it mentioned.
On Monday, Asia’s first feminine loco pilot, Surekha Yadav, additionally grew to become the primary lady to function the Vande Bharat Categorical prepare. She piloted the newly launched semi-high velocity prepare between Solapur station and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in Mumbai.
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