comparison between Civil services exam and Appendix3 exam

Differences between

Civil Services exam (IAS, IPS, IRAS  etc)	Appendix3 IREM exam (SSO, TIA, ISA )
1. conducted by UPSC - Union Public Service Commission	1.  Conducted by Railway Board
2. From Notification (07.02.2018) to Results (14.05.2019)  (Includes Prelims, Mains and Interview) -- Time taken - 15 months	2. From Notification (31.07.2018) to Results (Approx. September, 2019) -- One stage only i.e., Descriptive examination.  Time taken - 17 months
3. No of candidates - Approx 8 lakh candidates in Prelims.   10500 candidates in Mains and 2000 candidates in Interview.  Finally selected candidates 850	3. No of candidates - Approx 2300 candidates.  Finally qualified candidates 400
4. Stages:  3 Stages : Prelims, Mains and Interview	4. Stages:  Only One stage - Descriptive type Examination
5. Mains Examination:  74 days for evaluation and tabulation of 10500 candidates	5. Mains Examination:  Approx 250 days for evaluation and tabulation of 2300 candidates
6. Finally  - 8 lakhs candidates (applied)  to 850 candidates (qualified) in 15 months in 3 stages of Selection i.e., Prelims, mains and Interview	6. Finally  - 2300 candidates (applied)  to 400 candidates (qualified) in 17 months in 1 stage i.e., Descriptive examination

Note:

Not judging  the efficiency of Railway organization.  Expecting to give reasonable priority for speedy evaluation and in turn reduce the process time between the date of notification to the date of results, in view of lot of vacancies in Supervisory cadre in Accounts Dept in Indian Railways and importance of career progression of the staff.