Recruitment policies in Indian Railways–case study of south Western Railway, Hubli.

Generally speaking, there was no regular system of recruitment in Indian industries for two obvious reasons, viz. the migratory character of Indian labour and the shortage of labour in early days of the organized industry in the country. Railway Recruitment Boards are situated at Calcutta, Allahabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Muzzaffarpur, Guwahati, Chandigarh, Jammu Srinagar and Danapur. The Board, after selection, nominates the candidates to the respective Zonal Railways to appoint under their jurisdiction. Each recruitment board consists of a chairman, one or two members, a secretary and a secretariat. Normally aptitudinal test taken at the time of Recruitment will be related to the job given to the employee after recruitment. The study tried to find out whether the utilization of labours aptitude is made in the work allotted or not.