Indian Railways Management Service
The Government of India's Ministry of Railways Indian Railway with UPSC has decided to recruit Group-A officers of Indian Railways through a separate examination called Indian Railway Management Service Examination (IRMSE) from 2023 onwards. In 2019, the cabinet approved the restructuring by merging existing 8 departments of Indian Railways into new services known as "Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS)".[1]
Background[edit]
In 2019, based on the 'Bibek Debroy committee' report of 2015, the Cabinet of India approved the plan to merge eight railway services. In 2022, the government released a gazette notification about the merger of existing eight services, which fall under the Central Civil Services, into a new Indian Railways Management Service (IRMS).[2]
The eight merged services includes:
- Indian Railway Accounts Service
- Indian Railway Personnel Service
- Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers
- Indian Railway Service of Engineers
- Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers
- Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers
- Indian Railway Stores Service
- Indian Railway Traffic Service.
IRMS examination Eligibility[edit]
According to 2023 rules, the eligibility of candidates for IRMS examination is:
- Age Limit
- A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years.
- The upper age-limit is relaxable up to a maximum of 5 years for SC/ST candidates and 3 years for OBC candidates.
- Educational Qualifications
- Degree in engineering (any discipline) or Degree in Commerce/Chartered Accountancy
- No. of Attempts
- General : 6
- OBC : 9
- SC/ST : No Limit
IRMS examination Pattern[edit]
- The IRMSE will be a two-tier examination; a Preliminary Screening Examination, followed by a Main Written Examination and Interview.
- All eligible candidates shall be required to appear in Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination and a suitable number of candidates will be screened for IRMS Main Examination.
See also[edit]
- Indian Railway
- Central Civil Services
- Engineering Services Examination
- Indian Railways organisational structure
References[edit]
- ^ Thakur, Rajesh Kumar (13 February 2022). "Indian Railway merges eight service cadres into one newly created cadre". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ "Recruitment to Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS) to be done through a specially designed examination (IRMS Examination)" (Press release). Government of India. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.