Port Blair, June 20: Government of India has agreed for setting up an Examination Centre at Port Blair for recruitment examinations being conducted by the Railway Recruitment Board. The Member of Parliament has appreciated the efforts of the Administration.
In a press release today the MP said that the Job opportunities for local Candidates in Railways got a break after the UPA government in 2004 had discontinued conduct of recruitment examinations in these Islands.
“Earlier, the NDA government had set up a centre in Port Blair for conduct of recruitment examinations by the Railway Recruitment Board. And in the course about 15 youths from different parts of Island territory got appointed in the Railways in 2003”, Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray, MP, A & N Islands said.
Mr. Ray added that Vajpayee Govt was considerate enough to approve a Railways Recruitment Centre at Port Blair in 2003.
“Had it continued since then a large number of local youths would have got employment in Railways. But as soon as the UPA-I took the reins the approval granted by NDA Govt was scraped thus depriving Island candidates of opportunity to try their luck in Railways for the last ten years. Since being re-elected as MP of the Islands in 2009, I have many times demanded setup of Railway Recruitment Examination Centre at Port Blair in various forums and in the Parliament,” Ray added.
Any how the returning of Railway Recruitment Examination Centre to Port Blair now is a welcome step, Mr. Ray said.
