The Indian Railways, among the various sectors affected by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, has decided to continue hiring this year and conduct related examinations in December. The hiring process stalled due to the national shutdown.
More than 140,000 vacancies were notified before the government put a stop to the lockdown to stop the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak. For these vacancies, the board received 24.2 million applications, officials said.
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“While the board reviewed the applications, the examinations could not be conducted due to the outbreak of the disease. It has now been decided that the computer review for the notified vacancies will start from December 15 and a detailed schedule for this will be notified soon, ”said Chairman of the Board of Railways, Vinod Kumar.
Kumar added that the board is discussing ways to provide training for those joining the Locomotive Assistant Pilot Program (ALP).
“Those selected for ALP are supposed to receive training and we are discussing the methods in which candidates can be trained. The training takes place in the field so it is important that the necessary precautions are taken. So once the planning for this part of the training has been done, we will ask the candidates to come on board.
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