The Indian Railways has come up with an enormous recruitment number to hire a total of 89,000 Group C and D employees. The vacancies include assistant loco pilots, technicians, gang men, switchmen, trackmen, cabin men, welders, helpers and porters. On February 14, the Railway Minister Piyush Goyal tweeted as he announced the railway recruitment have Group D openings for 62,907 jobs. Aspirants who have qualified 12th exam under any recognized board or have an Industrial Training Institute (ITI) degree are eligible to apply for Group D vacancies. According to the railways notification, the last date for the submission of application is March 12.

The interested candidates can visit the official website indianrailwayrecruitment.in  to apply for the available vacancies. Aspirants are recommended to read the notification carefully before filling the application form.

Those who qualifies the exam will earn a monthly salary of Rs 18,000 and other allowances as per the Seventh Central Pay Commission (Level 1).

Candidates between the age group of 18 years to 31 years can apply for the examination. However, there is a relaxation on age limits for reserved quotas. The enrolment process will be done by the Railway Recruitment Cell. Apart from Group D, there are 26,502 vacancies under Group C for post of technicians and assistant loco post.

The Railway Minister later that day tweeted that apart from the said vacancies, the administration is also aiming to train 30,000 apprentices this year.

According to media reports, an anonymous senior government official said that there are over lakh of vacancies in the Indian Railways because of retirements, and the current number of openings will not be able to fill them. Arunendra Kumar, former Railway board chairman was quoted in a report saying, “It's an annual recruitment. It's long overdue, especially following the average trend of 3.3% of work force retiring every year. Safety is an important aspect for railways and workforce is required to ensure it. It should happen regularly.”

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