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Indian Railways plans to recruit 1,48,463 people over next one year

The Railways on Tuesday said it will recruit 1,48,463 people over the next one year as compared to the 43,678 people recruited on an average annually over the last eight years. This move came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's instruction to recruit 10 lakh people in various departments and ministries in the next 18 months. According to the latest annual report of the Department of Expenditure on Pay and Allowances, the total number of regular central government civilian employees in position (including in the Union territories) as of March 1, 2020, was 31.91 lakh as against the sanctioned strength of 40.78 lakh and approximately 21.75 per cent of the posts were vacant. The report said almost 92 per cent of the total manpower is covered by five major ministries or departments -- railways, defence (civil), home affairs, posts and revenue. Of the total strength of 31.33 lakh (excluding the Union territories), the percentage share of the railways is 40.55. Government sources said .

Recovery tracker: Mobility on the rise, vehicle registrations up 8.7%

Railways showed a moderation in freight growth numbers

A power crisis on an old track and a plan that was never implemented

The Railways' decision to stick with steel wagons may have contributed to the shortage of rakes to haul coal to generating plants

Northern Railways introduces 'Baby Berth' on a trial basis in few trains

The Indian Railways introduced a separate 'Baby Berth' (seats for newly-born children) in trains on Mothers's Day on February 8 where the infants will now be able to sleep alongside their mother.

Railways spent Rs 150 cr to repair wagons, help coal movement: Data

The railways spent more than Rs 150 crore in repairing around 2,000 damaged and dilapidated wagons over the last four months to augment coal movement to power plants, according to official data. It also said that around 9,982 such wagons were listed as damaged in January, the numbers of which reduced to 7,803 by May 2, with the railways managing to repair 2,179 wagons in time for the coal demand to peak in the country. Officials said it cost the national transporter around Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh to repair each wagon. Sources indicate that damage to wagons has become a cause of concern for the ministry since private contractors used by power plants to unload coal began substituting manual unloading with JCBs. "JCBs hit the interior of the wagons and damage them severely. While earlier, this unloading was done manually, now it is being done through JCBs which have resulted in a significant increase in the number of wagons that are damaged. We are repairing them at a fast pace and usi

South Central Railways harness new-age containers for bulk cement transport

Bulk cement dispatch constitutes around 25 per cent of the total cement production of nearly 350 million tonnes

Concor, Gateway Distriparks track gains as freight shifts to rail segment

The roll-out of the dedicated freight corridor should boost volumes for container train operators

Railways registers highest ever freight loading in FY 2021-22

The national transporter loaded 1,418.1 MT of freight in 2021-22, which is 15 per cent higher compared to 1,233.24 MT in 2020-21, it said in a statement

Railways: 1.78 cr ticketless passengers in first 9 months of FY'22

The data was made available by the Railway Board in response to the RTI query filed by Madhya Pradesh-based activist Chandra Shekhar Gaur

PM Modi inaugurates two additional railway lines between Thane and Diva

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated two additional railway lines connecting Thane and Diva in Maharashtra and also flagged off two suburban trains.

72-hour mega block on suburban network during weekend: Central Railway

The Central Railway will carry out a 72-hour mega block from the intervening night of Friday and Saturday for adding two new lines between Thane and Diva stations located near Mumbai on its suburban network. At least 350 suburban locals and 117 mail, express and passenger trains will be cancelled during the mega block period, Central Railway's (CR) chief public relations officer Shivaji Sutar said on Wednesday. Daily commuters and outstation train passengers are likely to face hardship due to the block, as many outstation trains along with suburban locals will be cancelled during the block period, the CR said in a release. The CR said the block on its fast corridor between Thane and Diva stations will start from February 5 midnight and will carry on till February 7 midnight. "The Central Railway will operate a special infrastructure block between Thane and Diva for cut & connection works and commissioning of the new RRI building in Diva in connection with Thane-Diva 5th and 6th ...

Eco Survey: Railways' freight service increased, passenger revenue dipped

The Railways has also given priority to passenger safety; the number of consequential train accidents came down from 59 in 2018-19 to 55 in 2019-20 (pre-Covid) and further to 22 in in 2020-21

'Don't destroy own property': Railway minister on violence by job aspirants

Vaishnaw's comments came after violent protests by job aspirants erupted in Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh

Four GRP personnel suspended for violating anti-sabotage checking norms

a probe is being carried out in the matter

IRCTC plans Shri Ramayana Yatra train tours to promote religious tourism

The IRCTC has planned a series of Shri Ramayana Yatra Tours

East Coast Railway supplies record 66 rakes of coal in a single day

East Coast Railway on Monday said it has set a record in single-day coal loading

Cabinet approves bonus equal to 78 days' wage for 1.1 mn railway employees

An expenditure of nearly Rs 1,985 crore will be incurred on this.

Indian Railway Finance Corporation Ltd. Net Profit for Q1 FY2022 grows by 68.42% on QoQ basis

• IRFC posted profit growth of 68.42% at Rs.1501.95 Crore for the Q1 FY 2022 from Rs.891.81 Crore for the corresponding period in the previous year

Indian Railways mulling makeover of 90 more stations; work on 60 underway

This comes after the corporation spruced up Habibganj, Gandhinagar stations

Railways to get 5 MHz spectrum in 700 MHz band; project to cost Rs 25k cr

The Railways will utilise the allotted spectrum to provide long-term evolution (LTE) based Mobile Train Radio Communication on its route. The project is estimated to cost around Rs 25,000 crore.