Recruitment of sportspersons on Zonal Railways/Production Units against Sports Quota in Pay Level-1: Railway Board Clarification

Recruitment of sportspersons on Zonal Railways/Production Units against Sports Quota in Pay Level-1 (Erstwhile Group ‘D’ in GP Rs. 1800/- as per 6th CPC) – Railway Board Clarification/Corrigendum dated 04.01.2023

RBE No.03/2023
Clarification / Corrigendum No.121

Government of India (Bharat Sarkar)
Ministry of Railways (Rail Mantralaya)
(Railway Board)

No. 2020/E(Sports)/4(1)/14/Gr.D

New Delhi, 04.01.2023

The General Managers (P),
All Zonal Railways & PUs.

Sub: Recruitment of sportspersons on Zonal Railways/Production Units against Sports Quota in Pay Level-1 (Erstwhile Group ‘D’ in GP Rs. 1800/- as per 6th CPC).

Ref: (i) Board’s letters no. 2010/E(Sports)/4(1)/1 (Policy) dated 31.12.2010 (RBE No. 189/2010) and clarifications / Corrigendum issued thereto.
(ii) Board’s letters no. 2015/E(Sports)/4(1)/ 11 dated 25.05.2016, 31.07.2017, 20.06.2018 & 18.06.2019.

Recruitment of Sportspersons in the erstwhile Group ‘D’ quota allotted in Grade Pay Rs. 1800/- (as per 6th CPC) was frozen for the year 2016-17 vide this office’s letter no, 2015/E(Sports)/4(1)/11 dated 25.05.2016 and the freeze was continued in subsequent years,

2. The matter has been reviewed and Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) have decided to restart the recruitment in Pay Level-1 (in GP Rs. 1800/- as per 6th CPC) against the sports quota berths allotted to Railways & Production Units (Erstwhile Group D Category) with following revision in sports norms as contained in Board’s letter referred (i) above and clarification /corrigendum issued thereto:

Para	Existing minimum sports norms for recruitment in Rs. GP 1800/-	Revised minimum sports norms for recruitment in Pay Level-1
4.1 (iv)	Represented the country in any of the category C Championships/events or	No change
	At least 3rd position in federation cup championships (Senior category) or	No change
	Represented a state of equivalent unit, except in Marathon and cross country in Senior/ Youth/ Junior National championships or	Represented a state or equivalent unit, except in Marathon and Cross Country with at least 8th position in Senior National championships only.
	At least 3rd position in Senior state Championships for all units and districts of the state.	Deleted.

2.1 In Badminton, Table Tennis and Tennis : The revised sports norms for recruitment of sportspersons on the basis of their current Annual All India Rankings in Pay Level -1 (Grade Pay Rs. 1800/-) will be as under :

Para			Existing minimum sports norms for recruitment in GP 1800	Modified minimum sports norms for recruitment in Pay Level-1
41 (c)	Seniors	Singles	Upto 16th position	Upto 30th position
		Doubles	Upto 6th position	No change
	Youth	Singles	Upto 8th position	Deleted
	Juniors	Singles	Upto 8th position	Deleted
	Only the current Annual All India Ranking shall be considered for these purposes. For the purpose of recruitment the highest ranking may be considered valid for one year. Ranking in Mixed doubles shall be considered only in Badminton & not in Tennis & Table Tennis.

3. All other eligibility norms for recruitment in Pay Level-1 will be same as per existing eligibility norms for recruitment against sports quota in Grade Pay Rs. 1800/-.

4. These instructions issue with the approval of concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

Sd/-
(Prem (Chand Lochab)
Executive Director/ E(Sports)
Railway Board

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