Is Indian Railways recruiting for 9,000 posts of RPF constable?

India

oi-Deepika S

New
Delhi,
Aug
12:
The
Ministry
of
Railways
on
Friday
rubbished
a
message
being
circulated
regarding
recruitment
for
9,000
posts
of
Constable
in
the
Railway
Protection
Force
(RPF).

Terming
it
a
“fictitious
message”,
the
ministry
stated
that
no
such
notification
has
been
issued.
“A
fictitious
message
is
being
circulated
in
media
regarding
recruitment
of
9000
posts
for
constables
in
Railway
Protection
Force
(RPF).”

“It
is
hereby
informed
that
no
such
notification
has
been
issued
by
RPF
or
Ministry
of
Railways
on
their
official
websites
or
through
any
print
or
electronic
media,”
the
statement
added.

Railways
sufferred
loss
of
over
Rs
259.44
cr
during
Agnipath
protests;
2,000
trains
affected

Earlier,
the
Railways
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.

Railway
Minister
Ashwini
Vaishnaw,
in
a
statement
during
the
Monsoon
session
in
Parliament,
had
said
that
the
Railways
has
majorly
contributed
to
providing
employment
to
aspirants,
where
18,000
jobs
have
been
provided
alone
this
year.

He
added
that
the
Railways
taking
steps
to
provide
one
lakh
and
40,000
jobs
as
per
Modi’s
announcement
of
providing
10
lakh
jobs.

The
move
came
after
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi’s
instruction
to
recruit
10
lakh
people
in
various
departments
and
ministries
in
the
next
18
months.

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Railways
to
launch
week-long
celebrations
covering
27
trains,
75
stations

The
Railways
said
that
from
2014-15
to
2021-22,
its
total
intake
was
3,49,422
people
with
an
average
of
43,678
per
year,
while
in
2022-23
it
will
recruit
1,48,463
people.