Indian Railways
has integrated
DigiLocker
, a digital document wallet launched by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, with its recruitment portal. This integration allows job aspirants to link their digital documents, which are considered equivalent to the original physical ones.
According to an ET report, the move is expected to significantly reduce the recruitment time frame for Indian Railways jobs from the current 18-24 months to less than six months.
As the largest recruiter in the country, the Indian Railways receives applications from millions of candidates. The integration with DigiLocker will streamline the document verification process, reducing the time required to vet documents and minimizing instances of fake documents being uploaded to claim eligibility for government jobs.
The
Railway Board
has decided to fully integrate all Indian Railways recruitments with DigiLocker, making the entire document verification process DigiLocker-based. Additionally, calls for medical check-ups and appointment letters will also be issued through DigiLocker.
Since the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, the railways has conducted two major examinations involving more than 23.7 million candidates, resulting in the recruitment of 1,30,581 candidates, as informed by Union railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to the Rajya Sabha.
To further streamline the recruitment process, a system of publishing an annual calendar for recruitment to various categories of group ‘C’ posts has been established this year.
Between January and July 2024, five centralised employment notifications for 40,554 vacancies were issued under the annual calendar, covering posts such as assistant loco pilots, technicians, sub-inspectors, constables in Railway Protection Force, junior engineers, depot material superintendents, and chemical and metallurgical supervisors.
