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The Indian Railways can now access candidates’ documents faster

New Delhi:
The Indian Railways will accept candidate details from records in their DigiLocker accounts when they apply for railway jobs, thus reducing recruitment time from 18 to 24 months to less than six months, according to a report by Economic Times.

Here’s your 5-point cheatsheet to this big story

  1. DigiLocker is a secure cloud-based platform for storage, sharing and verification of documents and certificates. Documents stored in DigiLocker and verified by the cloud-based system via government records are “deemed to be at par with original, physical documents” under India’s law.

  2. The Indian Railways can now access candidates’ documents faster – an important step in the recruitment process, where lakhs of candidates apply for various roles. Since DigiLocker documents are pulled electronically from the government’s records, chances of fraud are low.

  3. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had told parliament the railways conducted two big exams, where 2.37 crore candidates turned up. Of this, the railways hired 1.3 lakh. The scale of the exams and the variety of posts had necessitated the search for a more efficient method.

  4. The DigiLocker integration to the hiring process will help simplify the complex and long recruitment process. Recruitment in ‘Group C’ posts in the Indian Railways attract a massive number of candidates, who see job security and stable pay.

  5. Indian Railways and other agencies that accept DigiLocker documents save a lot in administrative overhead by minimising paper use, and curtailing the verification process.



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The production targets for this period also include 1910 non-AC sleeper coaches. (Representational)

New Delhi:

In order to provide “convenience” to the general category passengers, Indian Railways has expanded the number of coaches in 46 important long-distance trains, by installing 92 new general category coaches in them, the Ministry of Railways said on Friday.

The trains in which coaches have been added include Bengaluru City Belagavi Superfast Express, Chennai Central Hubli Superfast Express, Mumbai Bengaluru Udayan Express, Mumbai Amravati Superfast Express Guwahati Lokmanya Tilak Express, Guwahati Jammu Tawi Express,

Further, 22 other trains have also been identified and a plan has been made to install additional general class coaches in them soon, the Ministry said.

The Ministry of Railways announced earlier this month that it has drawn up plans to manufacture another 10,000 non-AC coaches in 2024-25 and 2025-26 to cater to the increasing demand and enhance passenger comfort for the common man on its network.

A senior official unveiled the Ministry’s plan of ramping up production to roll out 4,485 non-AC coaches in the ongoing financial year (2024-25) and another 5,444 of these in 2025-26.

In addition, the Railways plans to roll out more than 5300 general coaches, to significantly enhance the capacity of its rolling stock.

A senior official of Indian Railways elaborating on this ambitious plan said in the current fiscal year, Indian Railway is set to manufacture 2605 general coaches, which includes specialised Amrit Bharat general coaches designed to enhance passenger amenities.

Alongside these, 1470 non-AC sleeper coaches and 323 SLR (Sitting cum Luggage Rake) coaches, including the coaches of Amrit Bharat coaches, 32 high-capacity parcel vans and 55 pantry cars, would be manufactured to cater to diverse passenger needs and logistical requirements.

In fiscal year 2025-26, Indian Railways aims to further augment its fleet with 2710 general coaches, continuing the inclusion of Amrit Bharat general coaches known for their advanced features.

The production targets for this period also include 1910 non-AC sleeper coaches including Amrit Bharat general coaches and 514 SLR coaches including Amrit Bharat sleeper coaches.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)



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