'1st non-biological PM merged it, then railways got submerged': Jairam's dig as reform move unravels

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New Delhi: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that the Indian Railways is paying a heavy price for his experiments...

His remarks followed a report by ThePrint, which highlighted concerns among probationers of the Indian Railways Management Service (IRMS)established in 2019 by merging eight servicesabout the governments potential plan to split it again into technical and non-technical services to address a shortage of technical expertise...

The Indian Railways is paying a heavy price for such experiments, Ramesh wrote on social media platform X...

According to the government press release announcing the organisational restructure of the Indian Railways in 2019, the aim of the unification was to end departmentalism, promote smooth working of Railways, expedite decision making, create a coherent vision for organisation and promote rational decision making...

Before the merger, the railway services were divided into two main categories: non-technical civil services and technical engineering services..