50 Per Cent Of 9,000 Vacancies In Indian Railways For Women, Announces Minister Piyush Goyal

In a major move directed towards women empowerment and equality, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal announced that 50 per cent of about 9,000 vacancies that are coming up for the posts of Constables and Sub-Inspectors in the railways will be for women. Sharing this information, Goyal tweeted, “50% of over 9,000 vacancies that are coming up for the posts of Constables and Sub-Inspectors in the railways will be for women.”

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Goyal also wrote, “The work of Railway Protection Force (RPF) is to take care of railway’s infrastructure, trains, stations etc. Government Railway Police (GRP) comes under the state government that looks after law and order. In the past two years, we worked successfully on the issue of women’s safety and prevented small children from being misused and misguided.”