The Centre Saturday gave a nod to recruit railway officers through Civil Services Examination (CSE) and Engineering Services Examination (ESE). As per an official circular, it has been decided by the Ministry of Railways that recruitment to the Indian Railway Management System (IRMS) will be made both through the UPSC CSE and ESE.
Ministry of Railways has been recruiting officers to the IRMS through Civil Service Examination – 2022 onwards.
Ministry of Telecommunication being the nodal Ministry for ESE have already notified the ESE Rules for 2025 vide their notification dated September 18 with the last date for submission of application indicated as October 8.
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“It is requested that the participation of Ministry of Railways for recruitment of Engineers in various disciplines through ESE-2025 to the IRMS may kindly be added to the existing notification by issuing an addendum to it. In order to provide ample opportunity to the candidates for applying, it is proposed that the last date of submission of application may be suitably extended and notified in the UPSC’s website,” the official circular also stated.
The syllabus of the examination as already notified will be equally applicable to IRMS. Additionally, the Functional Classification and Physical Requirements in respect of PwBD candidates will be applicable to the various disciplines as was notified through ESE Rules – 2019 for various Railway Engineering Services.
The tentative number of vacancies to be recruited to the IRMS through ESE 2025 are: 75 vacancies for IRMS (Civil), 40 for IRMS (Mechanical), 50 for IRMS (Electrical), 40 for IRMS (S&T) 40, and 20 vacancies for IRMS (Stores) that will be recruited from all the 20 above four disciplines viz. Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and S&T. The distribution for this will be intimated later.