In today’s article, we are going to know how one becomes a DRM, what is the salary of the term, what is the age limit of DRM, who is bigger than DRM and GM. We are going to know in detail in this article.
What is DRM?
The full form of DRM is divisional railway manager, which is called Mandal Rail Prabandhak in Hindi, or the administrative chief and chief executive officer of a railway division. One becomes DRM after serving for about 7 years in A grade.
Indian Railways is divided into zones and then zones are further divided into divisions. Thus there are 73 divisions in total.
What is the work of Railway DRM?
The work of DRM is to be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the division. And the divisional leadership is done by the divisional railway manager i.e. DRM and whatever deficiency occurs, DRM informs his senior GM.
Which post is below Railway DRM?
There are many posts below DRM. As you can see below.
Engineering Mechanical
Electrical signal
Telecommunication
Accounts
Personal operating
Commercial
Safety medical
Security branch
All these posts report to DRM only.
How is a DRM appointment done?
DRMs are appointed from the top eight organized services of Indian Railways as shown below:
- Indian railway service of signal engineer( IRSS)
- Indian railway service of mechanical engineer(IRSME)
- Indian Railway Store service(IRS)
- Indian Railway personal service(IRPS)
- Indian Railway Service of Engineers(IRSE)
- Indian Railway traffic service(IRTS)
- Indian Railway account service (IRAC)
Although the DRM is appointed for 3 years but it can also be extended on the recommendation of the Railway Board.
Railway DRM eligibility
To become a Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) in Indian Railways, these steps have to be completed
Age:- should be below 52 years
Education:- Engineering Civil Mechanical Electrical Degree or Indian Engineering Service IES Exam is applicable
Experience:- Must have minimum 15 years experience in Railway PASU.
To be selected for Group A service in Indian Railways. Such as Indian Railway Service of Engineering IRSE, Indian Railway Traffic Service, Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineering
training:- is conducted at Indian Railway location.
Clearances:- There should be a minimum of two clearances for posting as DRM, which may include minimum one of ACR/Apar.
training:- is conducted at Indian Railway location.
How to become a Railway GM
Candidates having an engineering degree are required to qualify the IAS exam conducted by UPSC or the Special Railway Apprentice Competitive exam conducted by UPSC.
AND the DRM of the Railways who has two years of service left can go up to GM.
What is the salary of Railway GM
Basic pay of General Manager of Indian Railway on the basis of 7th commission on the post of GM
- Basic pay 225000
- Da *7%of b.pay.15750
- Total salary 240750
How to download Railway employee salary
- Open your web browser
- Searching for;Aims portal
- Click the AIMS portal Indian Railway
- Click the employee self-service
- Fill the employee number and password
- Click the salary options
You can easily view your salary slip by selecting the mantra for whichever month you want to see the salary.
Who is the railway station master
Station master is an important post of railway which comes under group C the job of the station Master in Railway is to signal the moment of the train in the right direction. To park the train the platform has to be vacated, the trains are released from there working station master at the right time etc
The station master is responsible for all types of activity at the station
Station master qualification
# Graduation pass with reconised University along with basic computer knowledge
Age limit station master
- Minimum 18 years
- Maximum 32 years
Age Relaxation
- OBC 3 years
- ST SC 5 years
Exam pattern for station master
Railway recruitment board conduct a computer best online examination for the appointment of railway station master
- Preliminary exam
- Mains
- Aptitude test
4 subject in prelims
- Arithmetic ability
- General knowledge
- General intelligence
- Optional
The exam objective I e multiple choice questions are asked the exam is of total 100 marks, the maximum time limit for this is 90 minutes
who succeed in the preliminary examination are included in the main examination
A total of the 120 question are asked under the main examination, the time for this exam is fixed at 90 minutes is 120 marks
CBT 3 Aptitude test power of analysis skill ability
Merit list
- CBT –70%
- CBT 30% Marks add
Medical test 👉🏿documente verification
After clearing the document verification and interview. You will be called for training after which you will become a station Master
Works of station master
Now will be talk about what is the job of hill station master of a job is very responsible, always has to keep patience and give good instructions.
- Their first task is to look after all the small and big railway stations.
- The station master also has the responsibility attached to all the employees working at the railway station.
- They are also responsible for the safety and convenience of All the passengers coming to the railway station.
- The station master also has to take action on the complaints of the passengers keeping in mind their complaints.
- the station master has to charge all the signal final attract of the railway station daily.
- the porters or sarvendra servicing in the station are also constant with a station Master if you porter misbehave with a passenger, during which time all these matters are handled by the station master.
- They play a major rule in the operation of all the trains coming to and passing at a station
- Signal protection equipment working at the railway station is the responsibility of all theses thinking on a station Master.
- 10 have to maintain the accident register and accident chart daily
- The station master has to keep a close was on each and very thing drawing has activetime, because even a small mistakes can lead to big accident.
Salary of station master
1.If you look at the pay scale 5200-20200 Rupees per month.
2.Also the great pay of the railway station master is RS 2800
3.If the salary of railway station master can be 38000 – 42000
Allowance
House rent allowance (HRA) transport allowance (TA), medical and mini other types of allowance are given and thus the salary of railway station master may very according to different areas.