New Delhi, March 6: The government has decided to withdraw the railway posts in Engineering Services Exam and Civil Services exam post its decision to introduce Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS).
However, the exam for selection to Indian Railway Protection Force Service will continue as before.
This information was shared by Minister of Railways and Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal in the Lok Sabha in response to Kunwar Danish Ali's question on whether the railways has cancelled the vacancies under ESE 2020 for which stage-I (Preliminary) examination was conducted on January 5, the railway minister said, "In line with Government's decision to introduce Indian Railway Management Service from the next recruitment cycle, it has been decided to withdraw indents for services covered under Engineering Services Examination 2020 and Civil Services Examination 2020 except that for Indian Railway Protection Force Service."
The central service recruiter, Union Public Service Commission, will now conduct the recruitment exams directly for the IRMS. However, it is not clear that when the first IRMS exam will be notified.
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