The Minister told a Bharat Chamber of Commerce meeting in Kolkata that, "Some people were complaining about the malpractices in recruitment in 2014. I have addressed that issue by making sure that all examinations in future will be online examinations."

"Indian Railways was undergoing changes to upgrade its services," he said aand added, his department was working on bringing in transparency in all functional aspects.

"Why should we have a process in which touts and others are benefited and the people are hoodwinked. This is again something which I am bringing in as a change," he said.

Earlier, a disgruntled crowd had blocked Prabhu's convoy in protest against alleged malpractices in the 2014 South Eastern Railway recruitment examination.