Indian Railways successfully concludes Assistant Loco Pilots (ALPs) and Technicians recruitment-, one of the largest such exercises in the World
- Unprecedented 47.45 Lakhs candidates
registered for over 64,000 posts of ALPs & Technicians
- Panel approved for 56,378 Candidates
(26,968 ALPs and 28,410 Technicians) out of 64,371 vacancies (27,795 ALPs and
64,371 Technicians)
- Appointment letters issued to 40,420
candidates (22,223 ALPs and 18,197 Technicians)
- Training of newly recruited 19,120
candidates (10,123 Assistant Loco Pilots (ALPs) and 8,997 Technicians) to
resume as soon as COVID lock down related measures ease out
- Rest of offers to be issued in
phased manner as training of batches complete
- Indian Railways to also speed up the
process for conduct of examination for Non-Technical Popular Category (NTPC –
Graduate & under Graduate level) posts
- A total of 1,26,30,885 (i.e. more
than 1.25 Crore) online applications were received for NTPC posts
- A viable strategy is being
formulated to conduct massive examination of 1.25 crore applicants observing
all norms in Covid-19 scenario
New Delhi, 18 June. The Ministry of
Railways has successfully concluded, what can be called as one of the world’s
largest recruitment exercise, for filling up critical safety and operational
posts and has reached its completion stage. Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs)
invited online applications against Centralized Employment Notification (CEN)
No. 01/2018 from 03.02.2018 to 31.03.2018 for a total 64,371 combined vacancies
of Assistant Loco Pilots (ALPs) & Technicians. A total of 47,45,176 online
applications were received. The scheme of selection consisted of 3 -stages
computer based tests followed by medical examination (which is one of the
stringent medical examinations considering the level of distant vision/colour
vision and alertness required from a Loco Pilot) and document verification of
short listed candidates. About 47.45 lakhs candidates registered for these
posts.
Panel of selected candidates has been
approved for 56,378 Candidates (26968 ALPs, 28410 Technicians) out of 64371
vacancies (27795 ALPs, 64371 Technicians). Appointment letters have been issued
to 40,420 candidates (22223 ALPs, 18197 Technicians). Training of newly
recruited 19,120 candidates (10123 Assistant Loco Pilots (ALPs), 8997
Technicians) to resume as soon as COVID lock down related measures ease out.
Training process take 17 weeks for ALPs, 06 months for Technicians.
Joining Letters were issued to candidates
before Lockdown but some candidates could not join due to CORONA outbreak and
Lockdown.
All newly recruited employees will be
given appointment in Railway as per the due procedure in a phased manner. The
training of fresh appointees is required because Railway is an operational
department and safety of train operations is paramount. Training includes class
room training followed by field training followed by Testing of the competence
before deployment on working post. Since training is given batch wise
considering the capacity constraints of class room, hostel, library,
instructors, etc. It has to be done in a phased manner by optimum utilization
of training resources.
Due to CORONA outbreak, all form of
training has been suspended to follow the social distancing norms and in order
to limit the pandemics. Training will resume as and when the situation permits.
This recruitment exercise was a 3
Stage process. 1st stage Computer Based Test was successfully conducted on 11
days from 09.08.2018 to 04.09.2018 in 33 shifts at 424 centres with record
attendance of nearly 77% i.e. more than 36 lakh candidates appeared in the
first stage examination. 2nd stage Computer Based Test was successfully
conducted for 13,00,869 (more than 13 lakh) candidates on 03 days from
21.01.2019 to 23.01.2019 in multiple shifts. Computer Based Aptitude Test
(CBAT) required to assess the alertness required from a loco pilot for
approximately 2,22,360 candidates was successfully conducted on 10.05.2019 and
21.05.2019.
RRBs were entrusted the responsibility
for Medical examination for all posts, earlier conducted by Zonal Railways.
Accordingly, Document Verification and Medical examination started from
16.06.2019 to 20.08.2019 for about 90,000 candidates (including 50% standby
candidates). As already mentioned that the medical examination is one of the
stringent in the industry as there is no margin of error available to a loco
pilot driving a train.
Panels supplied to Zonal Railways from
September 2019 to February 2020. As CBT was common to both ALP and Technician,
the technician result was declared later for those who could not qualify for
ALP in Computer Based Aptitude Test (CBAT).
Besides the recruitment of ALPs &
technicians, Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) also invited online applications
for a total 35,208 combined vacancies of Non-Technical Popular Category (NTPC –
Graduate & under Graduate level) post.A total of 1,26,30,885 (i.e. more
than 1.25 Crore) online applications were received.
Examination process preparation was at
a advance stage during pre-Covid scenario. However, it was interrupted by
outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic. Indian Railways is going to expedite the
recruitment process as situation eases out.
In the present circumstances, new kind
of challenges need to be surmounted which were previously unexpected due
to COVID pandemic. These challenges are like Candidates may have to wear face
masks, which again pose challenges of tackling impersonation; mass gathering at
exam centres may occur; sanitation of exam centres after each shift; number of
candidates to be booked in an exam centre may have to be cutdown to enable more
social distance between two candidates while enforcing the norms required for
fair and smooth conduct of examination of this magnitude.
Indian Railways is formulating a
viable strategy to conduct massive examination of 1.25 crore applicants and
scheduling of all the processes etc while observing all norms in Covid-19
scenario.
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