20 February, 2019
RRB NTPC recruitment notification 2019: The Railway Recruitment Board will be releasing the advertisement regarding the 1.3 lakh vacancies in the employment newspaper dated February 23 to March 1, 2019. Speaking to indianexpress.com, RRB Bhubaneswar chairman Subrata Sarkar said, “The recruitment notification will come in the employment newspaper dated February 23.
The notification of the same will come on February 28, and the candidates looking to work with the Indian Railways at NTPC posts can apply from the same date.
Thehe recruitment process will be as same as the Group D posts. “The general category candidates need to pay an application fee of Rs 500, while the reserve category candidates need to pay an application fee of Rs 250,” mentioned RRB Bhubaneswar chairman.
There will be one lakh vacancies for level one posts and 30,000 for Non-Technical popular categories (NTPC), mentioned the official.
Vacancy details:
Total vacancies: 1,30,000
Level-1 posts: 1,00,000
Para-medical staff: 30,000
Important dates:
Commencement of online registration (NTPC): February 28
Commencement of online registration for para-medical staff: March 4
The new recruitment process would include the 10 per cent Economically Weaker Section (EWS quota), mentioned an official from RRB.
Earlier in January, the Railway Minister Piyush Goyal announced vacancies of around 2.50 lakh posts. “New job opportunities for 2.25-2.50 lakh people have been created, process for 1.50 lakh vacancies is underway. So Railways, in a way, will be providing 4 Lakh jobs,” Piyush Goyal said.
“2.25 – 2.50 Lakh logon ko aur adhik mauka mile, 1.50 logon ki bharti ka kaam chal raha hai. Ek prakar se 4 Lakh nai naukriyan Railways akele dene ja raha hai, jismein 1.50 ki process bahut aage badh chuki hai, karib 2-2.5 mahine mein process khatam ho jaega,” he added.
Last year, the Ministry of Railway advertised for recruitment to over 1.2 lakh vacant posts in Group C, Group D. Over 2.5 crore candidates applied for the post.
The result of level-I of Group C has been released while the result of Group D examination is awaited. The recruitment process for both categories is expected to complete by August 2019.
Source:- indianexpress