4 lakhs new jobs in indian railways

The Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said at present the railways have a sanctioned strength of 15.06 lakh employees, of which 12.23 lakh personnel were on the rolls while the remaining 2.82 lakh posts are vacant.
Indian Railways jobs 2019 alert! Indian Railways, the largest employer in the country, is all set to fill as many as 2,30,000 additional vacancies over the next two years. This is over and above the posts that are being filled as part of the ongoing Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) jobs drive. What makes these new over 2 lakh railway jobs important is the fact that the new 10% quota system for EWS will be applicable on them. According to Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, this will be the first major recruitment with the benefit of 10% reservations for EWS after the 103rd Constitutional Amendment which was recently passed by the Parliament during its Winter session. The railway recruitment drive will be carried out in two phases.

The first phase will start between February-March, 2019 and will be completed by April-May, 2020. This will be for will 1,31,428 railway posts. The second phase will start between May-June 2020 and will be completed by July-August, 2021. This will be for 99,000 railway jobs.