IRMS examination 2023: Railways to recruit officers through UPSC; abandons plans for separate test
India TV NewsIRMS examination: A day after the budget was presented in the parliament, the Railways ministry said that a decision has been taken to recruit officers for the Indian Railway Management Service through the Civil Services Examination to be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission for 2023. "Ministry of Railways, in consultation with UPSC and DoPT, has decided that recruitment to Indian Railway Management Service will be done through the Civil Services Examination to be conducted by the UPSC for the year 2023," the ministry said in a statement. It should be mentioned here that the IRMS Examination was considered to benefit students with an engineering or commerce background who planned to take the Civil Services Examination with an additional avenue open exclusively to them. IRMS written examination, all eligible candidates shall be required to appear in Civil Services examination.