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Indian Railway Management Service Examination

On December 2, the Ministry of Railways announced that starting in 2023, the Union Public Service Commission will administer a specially created test for the recruitment of the Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS) (UPSC). This will be a significant change from the existing recruitment process, which lacks a specific IRMS assessment.

A total of 150 vacancies are announced by the Ministry of Railway for the year 2023. An indent for IRMSE (150 nos) is being placed on UPSC which will consist of the following numbers from the four optionals;

Civil: 30

Mechanical: 30

Electrical: 60

Commerce and Accountancy: 30

Pattern of the Examination:

(i) Qualifying Papers

Paper A– One of the Indian Languages to be selected by the candidate from the Languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution (300 Marks)

Paper B – English (300 marks)

Note: Part 1 (Qualifying papers) will comprise two separate descriptive-type papers for 300 marks each. One will be a test on any Indian language included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution (at present, 22 languages). The other will be an English language test.

(ii) Papers to be counted for merit

Optional Subject ‐ Paper 1 (250 marks)

Optional Subject ‐ Paper 2 (250 marks)

Note: Part 2 (Papers to be counted for merit) will comprise two optional papers for 250 marks each. The candidate is supposed to choose any one optional subject. According to the Railway Ministry’s press brief, the syllabi for the aforementioned qualifying and optional papers will be the same as that for the CSE.

(iii) Personality Test (100 marks)

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Government of India

Recruitment to Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS) to be done through a specially designed examination (IRMS Examination)

Examination will be conducted by the UPSC from the year 2023 onwards

An indent for IRMSE (150 nos) is being placed on UPSC

New Delhi; 2.12.22

Ministry of Railways, in consultation with UPSC and DoPT, has decided that recruitment to Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS) will be done through a specially designed examination (IRMS Examination) to be conducted by the UPSC from the year 2023 onwards.

The IRMSE will be a two-tier examination- a Preliminary Screening Examination, followed by a Main Written Examination and Interview.

For screening suitable number of candidates for the 2^nd stage of the Examination, viz, IRMS (Main) Written Examination, all eligible candidates shall be required to appear in Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination and suitable number of candidates will be screened for IRMS (Main) Examination.

The IRMS (Main) Examination will consist of 4 papers of conventional essay type in the subjects set out below:

Qualifying Papers

Paper A– One of the Indian Languages to be selected by the candidate from the Languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution (300 marks)

Paper B – English (300 marks)

Papers to be counted for merit

Optional Subject ‐ Paper 1 (250 marks)

Optional Subject ‐ Paper 2 (250 marks)

Personality Test (100 marks)

List of optional subjects from which a candidate is to choose only one optional subject

Civil Engineering,
Mechanical Engineering,
Electrical Engineering
Commerce and Accountancy

The syllabus for the aforesaid qualifying papers and optional subjects will be same as those for the Civil Services Examination (CSE).

The common candidates of Civil Services (Main) Examination and IRMS (Main) Examination may opt for any of the aforesaid optional subjects for both these examinations or choose separate optional subjects for these Examinations (one for the CSE (Main) and one for the IRMSE (Main) as per the schemes of these two examinations).

The language medium and scripts for the qualifying papers and optional subjects (for question papers and writing answers) will be same as those for the CSE (Main) Examination.

The age limits and number of attempts for various categories will be same as those for the CSE.

Minimum Educational Qualification – Degree in Engineering / Degree in Commerce/ Chartered Accountancy, from a University incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other Educational Institutes established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as University under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.

An indent for IRMSE (150 nos) is being placed on UPSC which will consist of following numbers from the four optional; Civil (30) Mechanical (30) Electrical (60) and Commerce and Accountancy (30).

Declaration of Results – UPSC will draw and declare one list of finally recommended candidates from the four disciplines in order of merit.

Since the proposed examination scheme envisages utilizing the Civil Services (P) Examination for screening of candidates for the IRMS (Main) Exam and further envisages common qualifying language papers and some optional subjects papers of CSE for IRMSE, both the Preliminary part and the Main written part of both these examinations will be held simultaneously. The IRMSE will be notified simultaneously with the CSE.

As per the Annual Programme of the Examination of the UPSC for the year 2023, the Civil Services (P) Examination – 2023 is scheduled to be notified and held on 01.02.2023 and 28.05.2023 respectively. Since the CSP Exam – 2023 will be utilized for screening the candidates for IRMS (Main) Examination also, the IRMS Examination -2023 will be notified following the same schedule.

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Career Progression in the Service

Group A IRMS officers can serve in any of the 10 different organized railway services, divided into three separate cadres: technical services, administrative and accounts services, and medical services. The officers will start their career from Junior Time Scale as Assistant Manager and may reach up to Chairman which is a HAG+ post. The designations of Officers in the service are given below

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