RRB Recruitment 2020: Over 2.4 Crore Applications For Hiring Of 1.40 Lakh Posts; Here's All You Need To Know

RRB Recruitment 2020: Indian Railways had notified 1,40, 640 posts for 3 types of vacancies: Non-technical popular categories (NTPC), isolated and ministerial category, and Level-1 posts.

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RRB NTPC Recruitment 2020: The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) is going to conduct Computer-based Tests (CBT) for recruitment in non-technical popular categories (NTPC), isolated and ministerial category and level-1 posts from December 15.  Railway Minister Piyush Goyal tweeted a video to inform about the same. In the video, CEO and chairman of RRB, VK Yadav informed that “We had notified 1,40, 640 posts. The vacancies were notified pre-Covid. There were 3 types of vacancies: Non-technical popular vacancies, isolated ministerial category, and Level-1 employees. For these vacancies, we received 2 crore 42 lakh applications". "The scrutiny of these applications was completed and then due to Covid we could not conduct these exams. For all these vacancies, a computer-based test is to be conducted. Now considering the Covid situation and seeing that JEE exams are being held smoothly, the railways has decided that these computer-based exams will be held from December 15. The schedule will be announced very soon," he announced. रेलवे में विभिन्न पदों की सभी 3 श्रेणियों के लिये भर्ती प्रक्रिया के आवेदनों की जांच पूर्ण की जा चुकी है, विभिन्न पदों पर भर्ती के लिये परीक्षाओं का आयोजन 15 दिसंबर से शुरु किया जायेगा। pic.twitter.com/FUqXkfjxl7

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The CEN 01/ 2019 recruitment notification was put out on February 23. Over 1 lakh vacancies are for RRB level-1 posts while the rest 35, 277 posts under NTPC category recruitments are of non-technical popular categories (NTPC), paramedical staff, ministerial and isolated categories. The exams were planned to happen between June and September however had to be postponed due to the coronavirus situation. WATCH | Delhi University conducts exam undertaking all precautions