Indian Railway Stores Service - Recruitment & Job Responsibility of IRSS

Recruitment & Job Responsibility of IRSS

The officers of IRSS man the senior posts of stores department and also general administrative posts of Indian Railways. The members of this group A service are recruited through Engineering Service Examination conducted annually by the Union Public Service Commission. The basic qualification for appearing in this examination is a degree in Engineering and all the members belonging to this service are Engineers. Department of Personnel and Training DOPT defines it as a Technical Service. The total sanctioned strength of cadre is 656.IRSS cadre not only caters to stores departments but contribute significantly to general administration of Indian Railways in Particular and Government of India in General. The Various Ex-Cadre posts held by officers of service are, General Manager, Divisional Railway Manager, Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Chairman Railway Recruitment Board. Many officers are also working on Deputation to Government Of India.

Indian Railway Stores Service (IRSS) is one of the nine organized service of Indian Railways. The IRSS cadre is responsible for Forecasting, Planning, Procurement of material, Logistics management, Warehousing of very expensive and sophisticated assets meant for the national lifeline i.e. Indian Railways. It is responsible for giving material support to production of Railway coach, Locomotive and Railway wagon. Realization of Revenue by selling of Scrap is another major function of Stores Department. This is done by means of Auction, Tender Sale or Staff sale.