Tag: Bypassing recruitment board

By Arun Kumar Das, New Delhi : To avoid the time-consuming railway recruitment board route, Indian Railways has opened the doors for contractual engagement in certain categories against existing vacancies to tide over shortage of staff in some key areas. Besides, it has also decided to engage retired staff for preserving and reviving railway heritage properties such as steam locomotives, vintage coaches and signals, among others. "Since these retired employees are equipped with the skills to handle steam engines, semaphore signals and other steam-powered equipments, they can be re-hired to do the...