Jobs in Indian Railways for graduates: Apply for 18252 vacancies

Railway jobs 2016: The Railway Recruitment Board has released the official notification. Know how to apply online, exam pattern, eligibility, important dates, exam fees and number of jobs in various categories
By: Express Web Desk    Dec 29, 2015




Railway jobs 2016: There shall be single stage common CBT (Computer Based Test) for all the notified categories followed by aptitude test/typing skill test.

Online applications are invited from Indian nationals for over 18000 jobs for the graduate category. Applications complete in all respects should be submitted only online to the concerned Railway Recruitment Board by Jan 25 (23.59 hrs).


To know more about the eligibility criteria, exam fee and dates, visit the official website or click here to check the notification.

Jobs offered
Commercial Apprentice (CA): 703
Traffic Apprentice (TA): 1645
Enquiry cum Reservation Clerk (ECRC):127
Goods Guard: 7591
Junior Accountant cum Amanuensis (Typist) (JAA):1205
Senior Clerk cum typist: 869
Assistant Station Master (ASM): 5942
Transport Assistant: 166
Senior Time Keeper: 04

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Eligibility: The candidate should be an Indian in the age group of 18-32. He/ she should have a degree from a recognised university or its equivalent.

For detailed information on the RRB-wise and railway/production unit-wise posts/categories, vacancies, suitability for PWDs, minimum educational qualification and stages of examination, check this pdf file.

NOTE: The candidates are required to exercise five preferences of cities for allotment of online exam centre. The authorities will make efforts to accommodate preferences for cities as far as feasible. However, RRBs reserve the right to allot exam centres in other cities also depending upon exigencies.

Examination fee: No examination fee will be levied for candidates belonging to SC/ST/ex-servicemen/ women/ minorities/ transgenders/ persons with disabilities and economically backward classes.
For URIOBC male candidates not coming within the purview of exempted categories, as above, the examination fee is Rs 100.

How to apply: Candidates are required to apply through online mode to any one Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) only on the website of concerned RRB. For detailed instructions, check the official website. Application to more than one RRB will lead to rejection of all the applications.

Note: No physical copy of application I document is required to be sent to RRBs.

Examination date: Common CBT (Examination) is scheduled to be held on the same day(s) by all participating RRBs tentatively during March-May, 2016.

Exam pattern: There shall be single stage common CBT (Computer Based Test) for all the notified categories followed by aptitude test/typing skill test. Only single application (i.e, common for all notified categories) is required to be submitted online by the candidate.

There shall be penalty (negative marking) in CBT /Examination and marks shall be deducted for each wrong answer@ 1/3 of the marks allotted for each question.

IMPORTANT DATES
Date of publication December 26, 2015
Date & Time of Closing Jan 25, 2016
up to 23.59 Hrs
Last Date for Reprint of Application Jan 25, 2016
up to 23.59 Hrs
Tentative Dates / Slot of Common Computer Based Test / Examination March – May, 2016
Online Fee payment Dec 26, 2015 to Jan 25, 2016
Offline Fee payment
(through SBI/Post office challan) Dec 28, 2015 to Jan 22, 2016


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Railway advertisement published by Railway Recruitment Board on Dec 28, 2015Examination date: Common CBT (Examination) is scheduled to be held on the same day(s) by all participating RRBs tentatively during March-May, 2016