The Government has decided to recruit 150 personnel in the Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS), Group ‘A’ through the Civil Services Examination- 2022. The Department of Personnel & Training has issued the notification effecting inclusion of the IRMS, Group ‘A’ in the list of Services for recruitment through the Civil Services Examination-2022.  It is to be noted that the government had earlier discontinued the inclusion of IRMS in civil services in 2019 and has decided to conduct this exam through the engineering services exam. 

In December 2019, the ministry of railways announced the unification of eight existing services of Indian Railways for Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS) at all levels i.e. from junior scale to HAG+.