Indian Railway 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

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:

IRMS examination eligibility

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

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.

References

^ 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.

External links

Indian Railways official Website

[1] 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.

[2] "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.

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