Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS)

India's newest civil service is the IRPS. It was founded in 1976, and in 1980 it hired its first class of officers via the UPSC Civil Service Examination.

Functions & Roles (IRPS):-

The only Group "A" service that supports personnel management and human resources in a Central Government department is the IRPS. The following lists the IRPS officers' responsibilities:

1. Manpower planning, hiring, training, seniority, promotions, transfers, postings, reservations, payments, wages, salaries, and final settlements are all included in personnel management.
2. Industrial relations includes preserving friendly working relationships, employee involvement in management, welfare initiatives, and grievance resolution.
3. Legal and judicial matters: litigation, labor law enforcement, and work hours regulations.

Salary and Pay scales (IRPS):-

The formation of the IRPS cadre was intended to oversee the million Indian Railway employees. This cadre provides its officers with good career advancement prospects.

Grade	Railway Staff College	Division	Zonal/	Workshop/	GOI under Central Staffing Scheme	Pay Scale
			Production Unit HQ	Other Units
JTS	IRPS(Probationer)/ APO/ Asst. Professor	Assistant	Assistant	Assistant	——	Rs.15,600-39100
		Personnel Officer	Personnel	Personnel		+
			Officer	Officer		Grade Pay Rs.5400
STS	Professor	Divisional Personnel Officer	Senior Personnel Officer	Workshop Personnel Officer/ Senior Personnel Officer	Under Secretary	Rs.15,600-39,100
						+
						Grade Pay Rs.6600
JAG	Professor	Senior Divisional Personnel Officer	Deputy Chief Personnel Officer	Deputy Chief Personnel Officer	Deputy Secretary	Rs.15,600-39,100
						+
						Grade Pay Rs.7600
SG	Professor	Senior Divisional Personnel Officer	Deputy Chief Personnel Officer	Deputy Chief Personnel Officer	Director	Rs.37,400-67,000
						+
						Grade Pay Rs.8700
SAG	Senior Professor	——	Chief Personnel Officer	Chief Personnel Officer	Joint Secretary	Rs.37,400-67,000
						+
						Grade Pay Rs.10,000
HAG	——	——	Chief Personnel Officer	Chief Personnel Officer	Additional Secretary	67000-3%-79000

Training and Probation (IRPS)- 

For ninety-three weeks, the IRPS probationers receive training. This includes a fifteen-week Foundation Course at the LBSNAA in Mussoorie. Following this, they receive training at a number of different establishments, including the National Academy for Direct Taxes (NADT), Nagpur, and the National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR), Vadodara. The officials have also received on-the-job training regarding the Indian Railways' manufacturing facilities, divisions, organizations, and zonal railways.