Railway

1,72,689 posts related to A,B,C,D categories were lying vacant in Railways till December 31 last year, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad informed the Lok Sabha. While the highest number of vacancies (1,27,400) are lying in Group "C", there are about 43,781 posts to be filled up in Group "D".There are about 1,908 vacancies in Group "A and B", he said and added that action for filling of vacancies is a continuous process.