Last Updated on April 17, 2023 by Admin
The Indian Railways is all set to fill in over one lakh vacancies by March-April next year as part of its latest recruitment drive, Railway Board chairman Ashwani Lohani said on Tuesday. Addressing the media, Lohani said that the Railways has received around 2.27 crore applications for about 1.10 lakh vacancies it had advertised earlier this year. The posts on offer will include seats for Railway Protection Force among others. The exam for the same will be conducted this year in the months of September, October, and November.
“The appointments will be made by March-April 2019. By 10 July scrutiny of the 2.27 crore applications will be completed. We will complete their physical and psychological exams by December-January and by March they will be appointed,” Lohani said while discussing the jobs on offer.
Loco pilots and technicians- 26,502 posts
Group D- 62,907 posts
The exam schedule of Indian Railways RRB Recruitment 2018 drive to fill up 89000 vacant posts for Assistant Loco Pilot, Technicians, and Level-I posts has been released on the official website of Indian Railways, Government of India, rrbahmedabad.gov.in. According to the notification, the Computer Based Examinations will be organized in the months of August to September 2018. By the 1st week of July, the application scrutiny process which is in the final stage will be completed for the previous notices CEN 01/ 2018 for Assistant Loco Pilot and Technicians posts and CEN 02/ 2018 (Level 1) posts.
The notification was released in the wake of a protest led by ‘Rozgaar Maange India’ group outside Rail Bhavan on 29th June 2018 in which they complained and protested regarding the examination dates not declared by RRB despite the jobs were announced in the month of February 2018 and the examinations were to be conducted in the month of April or May 2018 as per the initial news.
More than 2.37 crore candidates have applied and filled up the forms for the notified posts but till now the Railway Recruitment Boards did not declare the dates nor any intimation regarding the same have been given by the board, the protestors complained.
RRB Recruitment 2018: Eligibility criteria
Those who have applied for Group C Level II post assistant loco Pilots, technicians (fitter, crane driver, blacksmith, and carpenter) and Group C Level I (Erstwhile Group D) posts like track maintainer, points man, helper, gateman, porter must pass class 10th or have a diploma in Engineering or a Graduation in Engineering.
For official notification visit below link
https://www.rrbahmedabad.gov.in/images/CEN_01_02_2018_Interim_Notice_30062018.pdf
source: https://indianrailways.gov.in/
