Indian Railway Management service explained

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:

1. Indian Railway Accounts Service
2. Indian Railway Personnel Service
3. Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers
4. Indian Railway Service of Engineers
5. Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers
6. Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers
7. Indian Railway Stores Service
8. Indian Railway Traffic Service.

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.

See also

• Indian Railway
• Central Civil Services
• Engineering Services Examination
• Indian Railways organisational structure

References

1. News: Thakur . Rajesh Kumar . Indian Railway merges eight service cadres into one newly created cadre . 5 September 2023 . . 13 February 2022.
2. Recruitment to Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS) to be done through a specially designed examination (IRMS Examination). Government of India. 1 December 2023. 11 December 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231211163835/https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1880524. live.

External links

• Indian Railways official Website