There are over three lakh vacancies still lying under Group C category while around 900 in Group B and over 2000 in Group A. The total recruitment in the past five years stands at 180,784 while total positions of all the three groups still lying vacant comes to around 3,15,823.

Congress president Mallikarjuna Kharge asked four questions on vacancies and recruitments made in Indian Railways (a) whether several top management positions in Railways are currently vacant; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) the details of the total number of vacancies in Indian Railways, group-wise and zone- wise; and (d) the details of the total number of new recruitments made by Railways in the last five years, year-wise?  The detailed answers were given by Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnav. The maximum recruitment was made during 2019-20 when 127,697 Group A and Group C vacancies were filled up.