by admin | May 25, 2021 | Corporate Jobs, Employment, Government Jobs
New Delhi : The Indian Railways has received over 2.12 crore applications for about one lakh jobs, an official said on Friday.
“The Railway Recruitment Board advertised for the positions last month. Since then over 2.12 crore aspirants have filed online applications from across the country,” the official told IANS.
The last date for applying for the jobs is March 31.
The railways currently employ over 13.5 lakh people and is one of the biggest government employers.
The Ministry had invited online applications for one lakh posts in Group C Level 1 (erstwhile Group D) like track maintainer, points man, helper, gateman and porter and Group C Level 2 categories like assistant loco pilots and technicians through Railway Recruitment Boards websites.
On February 19, the Ministry relaxed the upper age limit by two years for all categories.
“The railways will invite applications for over 9,100 posts in Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Railway Protection Special Force (RPSF) between May 19 and 25 this year,” the official said.
These jobs in the RPF would be mainly for the women. “Currently there are about 2,400 women RPF personnel. After the recruitment, the strength of women personnel would go up to 6,900,” the official added.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Employment, Government Jobs
New Delhi : Ministry of Railways on Monday relaxed the upper age limit by two years for all categories in one of the world’s largest recruitment drive for about 90,000 jobs.
“For the ongoing recruitment of Group C Level I & II posts, Ministry of Railways have decided to extend the relaxation in upper age limit,” the ministry said in a statement.
Further, the candidates would have the option to take the exam in regional languages like Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Odia, Bangla and others, it said.
“Last date of submission of application would be extended suitably,” it added.
Earlier, the ministry had invited online applications for 89,409 posts in Group C Level 1 (erstwhile Group D) like track maintainer, points man, helper, gateman, porter and Group C Level 2 categories like assistant loco pilots (ALP), technicians (fitter, crane driver, blacksmith, carpenter) through Railway Recruitment Boards websites.
For the Group C Level 1 posts, the upper age limit for unreserved community has been extended from 31 years to 33 years, for backward OBC community from 34 years to 36 years and for the SC/ST categories, it has been raised from 36 years to 38 years.
Similarly, for Group C Level 2 posts, the upper age limit for all communities have been raised by two years. For unreserved community, it is now 30 years, for OBC, it is 33 years and for the SC/ST communities, it is now 35 years.
Formal corrigendum is being issued on official websites of RRBs shortly along with the new last date of submission of application, said the press release.
This recruitment drive is open for candidates who have passed Class 10 and industrial training ITI for Group C Level I posts, and Class 10 and ITI or diploma in engineering or a graduation in engineering for Group C Level II posts.
—IANS
