Reservation in Employment for Apprentices

Reservation in Employment for Apprentices

Ministry of Railways

Reservation in Employment for Apprentices

Posted On: 29 NOV 2019 5:32PM by PIB Delhi

Preference to Course Completed Act Apprentices(CCAA) trained in Railway establishment is given, to the extent of 20% of vacancies, in case of direct recruitment from open market in Level-1, pursuant to an amendment to Section 22, Sub-section(1) of the Apprentices Act, 1961.

After the amendment to Apprentices Act, 1961 was made in 2016, one direct recruitment has taken place. It was notified in February 2018 for Level-1 (erstwhile Group ‘D’) vacancies. Course Completed Act Apprentices who have qualified and been selected for appointment as on 21.11.2019 are 1263 in number, Zone-wise details of which are as under:

S.No.	Zonal Railway	No. of CCAA candidates selected for Level-1 appointment as on 21.11.2019
1	Central Railway	151
2	Eastern Railway	25
3	East Central Railway	186
4	East Coast Railway	50
5	Northern Railway	115
6	North Central Railway	43
7	North Eastern Railway	79
8	Northeast Frontier Railway	64
9	North Western Railway	88
10	Southern Railway	53
11	South Central Railway	95
12	South East Central Railway	49
13	South Eastern Railway	23
14	South Western Railway	15
15	Western Railway	155
16	West Central Railway	72
	Total	1263

This information was given by the Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha 29.11.2019.

Source:PIBNEWS