Indian Railway Personnel Service
| Service Overview | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | IRPS |
| Formed | 1980 |
| Headquarters | Rail Bhavan New Delhi |
| Country | India |
| Training Academy | National Academy of Indian Railways (Vadodara) |
| Controlling Authority | Ministry of Railways, Government of India |
| Cadre Size | 418 |
| Service Chief | |
| Director General (Human Resource), Railway Board | R Rajagopal IRMS |
| Head of the Civil Services | |
| Cabinet Secretary | T. V. Somanathan, IAS |
The Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) is a Prestigious Group 'A' Central Civil Service cadre of the Government of India. The central civil servants of this service are responsible for managing the Human Resources of the Indian Railways and welfare of railway employees and their families. Railways has a work force of about 1.4 million employees. It is the only civil service of its kind in India and it creates a cadre of central civil servants specialized in human resource management in government of India. The total sanctioned strength of the service is '478' after cadre restructuring orders on 09.03.2019.