reviewed on 14 september 2016 . jump to navigation search railway recruitment control board type ministry of railways industry railways founded april 27 1998 ; 18 years ago 1998 04 27 headquarters india area served india services indian railway staff recruitment and selection owner government of india 100 % parent ministry of railways through railway board india website www.rrcb.gov.in railway recruitment control board is a government organisation in india . it was set up in 1998 in the ministry of railways railway board new delhi . 1 2 3 contents 1 objectives 2 railway recruitment boards 2.1 overview 2.2 history 2.3 developments 3 references 4 external links objectives edit formulation of policy in regard to recruitment procedures . to monitor the activities of all railway recruitment boards rrbs including expenditure incurred for recruitment . to evaluate the performance of rrb s and advise them on priorities as required . to organise a management information system for monitoring work done by rrb s. railway recruitment boards edit overview edit railway recruitment boards are organisations under the government of india that manage the appointment of new employees to work in indian railways . there are 21 boards situated in different parts of india ahemadabad ajmer allahabad banglore bhopal bhubaneswar bilaspur chandigarh chennai gorakhpur guwahati jammu and kashmir kolkata malda mumbai muzaffarpur patna ranchi secunderabad siliguri thiruvantha puram history edit in 1942 a service commission with a chairman and two members was established for recruitment of subordinate staff on the then north west railway was known as railway service commission . developments edit in 1945 the services commissions were set up at bombay calcutta madras and lucknow . in 1948 the indian railway enquiry committee reviewed working of commissions.in 1949 due to financial constraints a ban was imposed on recruitments on indian railways thus numbers of commissions was reduced to one centrally located at bombay.in 1953 54 when economic conditions of indian railway improved four service commission were again set up at bombay madras allahabad and calcutta . in 1956 the estimates committee generally approved the method of recruitment by the constitution of the railway service commissions . in 1983 to cater to the needs of areas which were being neglected due to locations of the existing commissions seven more commissions were set up viz at ahmedabad ajmer bhopal bhuvneshwar chandigarh jammu and srinagar with sitting at leh and trivendrum . in 1984 two more service commissions were set up at malda and gorakhpur . in january 1985 railway service commissions have been renamed as railway recruitment board rrb . at present 19 railway recruitment boards are functioning . 1 4 5 6 references edit a b list of railway recruitment control board . srikumar.com . retrieved 2013 07 25 . about railway recruitment board of indian railway . akashnavi.in . retrieved 2015 03 19 . railway recruitment control board central government consultants recruiters explore.oneindia.in . indiafocus.in . retrieved 2013 07 25 . rrcb . rrcb . retrieved 2012 11 20 . rrb railway recruitment jobs list . ind govt jobs . retrieved 2015 08 21 . contact details of railway recruitment boards rrb . indian railway employee . retrieved 2013 07 25 . external links edit official website v t e indian railways authority ministry of railways railway board zones central railway east central railway east coast railway eastern railway north central railway north eastern railway north western railway northeast frontier railway northern railway south central railway south east central railway south eastern railway south western railway southern railway west central railway western railway kolkata metro production units chittaranjan locomotive works chittaranjan diesel locomotive works varanasi diesel loco modernisation works patiala integral coach factory chennai rail coach factory raebareli rail coach factory kapurthala rail wheel factory bengaluru rail wheel plant bela railway depots diesel golden rock pune samastipur memu kollam subsidiaries bharat wagon and engineering burn standard company braithwaite & co. container corporation of india dedicated freight corridor corporation of india high speed rail corporation of india indian railway finance corporation indian railway catering and tourism corporation irctc ircon international konkan railway corporation mumbai railway vikas corporation rail vikas nigam limited railtel corporation of india rites autonomous organisations central organisation for railway electrification central organisation for modernisation of workshops research design and standards organisation centre for railway information systems cris railway recruitment control board rail land development authority training institutes indian railway institute of civil engineering indian railway institute of electrical engineering indian railways institute of mechanical 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