In response to questions from MP Fauzia Khan of the Sharad Pawar faction, Ashwini Vaishnav, Railway Minister, pointed out. The current government has created more jobs than the former UPA government (2004-2014), which created only 4.11 lakh jobs. According to data presented by the Indian Railways in Parliament. The Narendra Modi Government has created 5.02 lakh railway jobs between 2014 and 2024. New Jobs to thousands
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Regarding job creation, Ashwini Vaishnav further continued to inform that from August 2022 to October 2022, over 1.1 crore candidates. Took the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) exams and out of these candidates, 1,30,581 candidates were hired by the railways. He further gave assurance that there were no such cases of paper leakage or similar issues during this process. As most recruits were require to fill safety-related positions.
The Union Minister also noted that the consequential accidents have dropped from 118 in 2013-14 to 40 in 2023-24 on the safety front. Additionally, the Railway Ministry reported 1,711 consequential accidents from 2004-2014, resulting in 904 deaths in response to another query. It can be observe that during the NDA’s 10 years, there were 678 accidents with 748 fatalities, which is far less than when UPA was the government. Moreover, while the number of accidents decreased by 60 percent, fatalities dropped by 17 percent only. New Jobs to thousands
The Railway Ministry has put major emphasis on safety as their top priority, thus, their spending on safety measures increased from ₹ 87,736 crore in 2022-23 to ₹ 1,08,795 crore in 2024-25. Over 9,572 coaches have been fit with CCTV cameras until now. Furthermore, Indian Railways now has two baby berths attached to two lower berths in a Lucknow Mail coach to ensure easy travel for mothers with babies. New Jobs to thousands
