Now Seprate Exam For Indian Railways By UPSC

UPSC to hold separate exam for Indian Railway Management Service from next year

The Indian Railways in consultation with the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has decided that recruitment to Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS) will be conducted by the UPSC from the year 2023 onwards. Ministry of Railways, in consultation with UPSC and theDepartment of Personnel & Training, has decided that recruitment to the Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS) to be conducted from the year 2023 will be done through a specially designed examination (IRMS Examination) by UPSC. IRMSE will be a two-stage examination - Preliminary Screening Examination, followed by Main Written Examination and Interview.

In order to screen a suitable number of candidates for the second stage of examination i.e. IRMS (Main) written examination, all eligible candidates will be required to appear in the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination and a suitable number of candidates will be screened for the IRMS (Main) Examination. The IRMS (Main) Examination will consist of 4 papers of conventional essay type in the following prescribed subjects: 

Qualifying question paper

Paper A - Any one Indian languages to be chosen by the candidate from the languages ​​included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution - 300 marks

Paper B - English - 300 Marks

Part 2 will be optional subject 1 for 250 marks and optional subject 2 for 250 marks. It will be followed by Part 3, which will be a personality test for 100 marks.

The optional subjects to choose from are:

– Civil Engineering

– Mechanical Engineering

– Electrical Engineering

– Commerce and Accountancy

The syllabus for the aforementioned papers will be the same as for the Civil Services Exam.