RRB NTPC Notification 2024 Short Norice Out: Check Apply Online Dates, Eligibility Criteria, Selection Process
Sep 06 2024
The Railway Recruitment Board has announced the RRB NTPC short notice 2024. Through the RRB NTPC recruitment, the Railway Recruitment Board will select candidates for the Non-Technical Popular Category (NTPC) posts. It includes Chief Commercial cum Ticket Supervisor, Station Master, Goods Train Manager, Junior Account Assistant cum Typist, Senior Clerk cum Typist, Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Junior Clerk cum Typist, Accounts Clerk cum Typist, and Trains Clerk posts. The RRB NTPC notification 2024 pdf link will be updated on this page, soon after the official release. Candidates can check the latest updates on RRB NTPC notification 2024 pdf on this page. Also, check the FAQs to know more about this recruitment.
RRB NTPC Notification 2024 PDF - Download Link
RRB NTPC notification 2024 pdf link is here. It is a golden opportunity for aspirants to fulfill their dream of joining the prestigious Government Sector (Indian Railways) in India. It is especially for the candidates who have completed a 12th Std/Graduate Degree from any recognized board/university. Further details regarding the RRB NTPC Exam can be checked below.
Download RRB NTPC Notification 2024 PDF (Link Inactive)
RRB NTPC Recruitment 2024 - Important Dates
Check here the important events such as notification release date, exam date, apply online last date, etc.
RRB NTPC Previous Year Question Paper PDF
Events |
Dates |
RRB NTPC Short Notice 2024 |
2-9-2024 |
RRB NTPC Notification 2024 PDF |
2nd week of September 2024 |
Apply Online Dates (For Graduate Posts) |
14-9-2024 to 13-10-2024 (till 23:59 hrs) |
Apply Online Dates (For Under Graduate Posts) |
21-9-2024 to 20-10-2024 (till 23:59 hrs) |
Application Status |
to be updated |
RRB NTPC Exam Date 2024 |
to be updated |
Vacancy
RRB NTPC 2024 vacancy details are here. Have a look at the category wise vacancies from the official RRB NTPC notification 2024 pdf.
Name of the post |
Vacancy |
|
Graduate Posts |
Chief Commercial cum Ticket Supervisor |
1736 |
Station Master |
994 |
|
Goods Train Manager |
3144 |
|
Junior Account Assistant cum Typist |
1507 |
|
Senior Clerk cum Typist |
732 |
|
Under Graduate Posts | Commercial cum Ticket Clerk |
2022 |
Accounts Clerk cum Typist |
361 |
|
Junior Clerk cum Typist |
990 |
|
Trains Clerk |
72 |
|
Total Vacancies |
11558 |
RRB NTPC Eligibility Criteria
The parameters of the eligibility criteria are given below. Kindly go through it. Candidates who are going to apply for the RRB NTPC recruitment should go through the eligibility criteria carefully before filling up the application form, to ensure that they meet the essential requirements.
Nationality
A candidate applying for this exam must belong to the following nationalities:
A candidate must be either:
(a) a citizen of India, or
(b) a subject of Nepal, or
(c) a subject of Bhutan, or
(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d), and (e) above, shall be a person, in whose favor a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
RRB NTPC Age Limit 2024
Check the lower and upper age limit indicated here (as on 1-1-2025)
- For Under Graduate Level Posts - 18 to 33 years
- For Graduate Level Posts - 18 to 36 years
Check Age Relaxation Details here:
S.No. |
Community/Categories |
Relaxation in upper age limit (or) maximum upper age (Under Graduate posts) |
|
1 |
OBC-Non Creamy Layer (NCL) |
3 Years |
|
2 |
SC/ST |
5 Years |
|
3 |
Ex-Servicemen candidates who has put in more than 6 months service after attestation |
UR |
33 Years plus Number of years of service rendered in Defence plus 3 years |
OBC-NCL |
36 Years plus Number of years of service rendered in Defence plus 3 years |
||
SC/ST |
38 Years plus Number of years of service rendered in Defence plus 3 years |
||
4 |
PwBD UR |
10 Years |
|
PwBD OBC-NCL |
13 Years |
||
PwBD SC/ST |
15 Years |
||
5 |
Candidates ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the the period from 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989 |
UR |
38 Years |
OBC-NCL |
41 Years |
||
SC/ST |
43 Years |
||
6 |
Candidates who are serving Group 'C' and erstwhile Group 'D' Railway Staff, Casual Labour and Substitutes and put in a minimum of 3 years of service (continuous or in broken spells). |
UR |
43 Years |
OBC-NCL |
46 Years |
||
SC/ST |
48 Years |
||
7
|
Candidates who are working in Quasi-Administrative offices of the Railway organizations such as Railway Canteens, Co-operative Societies, and Institutes. |
UR |
33 years plus the length of service rendered or 5 years, whichever is lower. |
OBC-NCL |
36 Years plus the length of service rendered or 5 years, whichever is lower |
||
SC/ST |
38 Years plus the length of service rendered or 5 years, whichever is lower |
||
8 |
Women candidates, who are widowed, divorced or judicially separated from husband but not remarried |
UR |
38 Years |
OBC-NCL |
41 Years |
||
SC/ST |
43 Years |
Check Age Relaxation (For Graduate Posts):
S.No. |
Community/Categories |
Relaxation in upper age limit (or) maximum upper age (Graduate posts) |
|
1 |
OBC-Non Creamy Layer (NCL) |
3 Years |
|
2 |
SC/ST |
5 Years |
|
3 |
Ex-Servicemen candidates who has put in more than 6 months service after attestation |
UR |
36 Years plus Number of years of service rendered in Defence plus 3 years |
OBC-NCL |
39 Years plus Number of years of service rendered in Defence plus 3 years |
||
SC/ST |
41 Years plus Number of years of service rendered in Defence plus 3 years |
||
4 |
PwBD UR |
10 Years |
|
PwBD OBC-NCL |
13 Years |
||
PwBD SC/ST |
15 Years |
||
5 |
Candidates ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the the period from 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989 |
UR |
41 Years |
OBC-NCL |
44 Years |
||
SC/ST |
46 Years |
||
6 |
Candidates who are serving Group 'C' and erstwhile Group 'D' Railway Staff, Casual Labour and Substitutes and put in a minimum of 3 years of service (continuous or in broken spells). |
UR |
43 Years |
OBC-NCL |
46 Years |
||
SC/ST |
48 Years |
||
7
|
Candidates who are working in Quasi-Administrative offices of the Railway organization such as Railway Canteens, Co-operative Societies, and Institutes. |
UR |
36 years plus the length of service rendered or 5 years, whichever is lower. |
OBC-NCL |
39 Years plus the length of service rendered or 5 years, whichever is lower |
||
SC/ST |
41 Years plus the length of service rendered or 5 years, whichever is lower |
||
8 |
Women candidates, who are widowed, divorced or judicially separated from husband but not remarried |
UR |
38 Years |
OBC-NCL |
41 Years |
||
SC/ST |
43 Years |
RRB NTPC Educational Qualification
Check here the post wise RRB NTPC educational qualification:
- Graduate Level Posts - Graduate degree from a recognized Institute.
- Under Graduate Level Posts - Must have passed 10+2 (higher secondary) from a recognized board.
RRB NTPC Medical Standards
Candidates called for document verification will have to pass a requisite medical fitness test(s) conducted by the Railway Administration to ensure that the candidates are medically fit to carry out the duties connected with the post(s) opted by them. Visual Acuity Standard is one of the important criteria of medical fitness of railway staff.
S.No |
Medical Standard |
General Fitness |
Visual Acuity |
1 |
A-2 |
Physically fit in all respects |
Distant Vision: 6/9, 6/9 without glasses (No fogging test). Near Vision: Sn 0.6, 0.6 without glasses and Must pass the test for Colour Vision, Binocular Vision, Night Vision, and Myopic vision. |
2 |
A-3 |
Physically fit in all respects |
Distant Vision: 6/9, 6/9 with or without glasses (power of lenses not to exceed 2D). Near Vision: Sn 0.6, 0.6 with or without glasses and Must pass the test for Colour Vision, Binocular Vision, Night Vision, and Myopic vision |
3 |
B-2 |
Physically fit in all respects |
Distance Vision: 6/9, 6/12 with or without glasses (Power of lenses not to exceed 4D). Near Vision: Sn 0.6, 0.6 with or without glasses when reading or close work is required and must pass the test for Field of Vision(Binocular Vision), etc. |
4 |
C-2 |
Physically fit in all respects |
Distant Vision: 6/12, Nil with or without glasses. Near Vision: Sn 0.6 combined with or without glasses where reading or close work is required. |
RRB NTPC Apply Online 2024
Check the RRB NTPC apply online 2024 application filling process here. Candidates willing to fill RRB NTPC apply online 2024 form for the recruitment have to successfully complete the RRB NTPC Registration 2024.
From the list, select the desired post for which you want to apply online for Railway NTPC 2024 Exam:
- Go to any of the zonal RRB websites that you wish to apply for.
- After entering into the official site Click on the ‘New Registration’.
- Complete your registration process.
- Login using the registration number & password. Then enter the captcha (if any).
- Now, you must enter all the mandatory fields without any error.
- Select the mode of the payment by which you wish to apply. Enter your bank details (Online Payment) or take a printout of the post office challan (Offline Payment) to do the fee payment.
- Upload your photograph & signature images as per the guidelines given in the RRB NTPC notification 2024 pdf.
- Submit your application form and keep a print of the same for any future reference.
S.No |
Candidate Categories |
RRB NTPC Application Fee 2024 |
1 |
For all candidates except the fee concession categories |
Rs.500 (Out of this fee of Rs 500, an amount of Rs 400 shall be refunded duly deducting bank charges, on appearing in CBT) |
2 |
For PwBD / Female /Transgender/ Ex-Servicemen candidates and candidates belonging to SC/ST/Minority Communities/ Economically Backward Class. |
Rs.250 (This fee of Rs 250 shall be refunded duly deducting bank charges as applicable on appearing in CBT) |
RRB NTPC Recruitment 2024 - Selection Process
The selection process of RRB NTPC is based on the following stages
- CBT Stage – 1
- CBT Stage – 2
- Typing Skill Test / Computer Based Aptitude Test
- Document Verification
- Medical Examination
Typing Skill Test:
This round is applicable for those who apply for the post of Junior Accountant Assistant, Senior Clerk cum Typist, and Senior Time Keeper.
Computer Based Aptitude Test:
This is for those who have applied for the post of Traffic Assistant and Assistant Station Master.
Exam Pattern
Check exam patten for each stage as per the RRB NTPC notification 2024 pdf.
Exam Pattern for CBT - Stage 1
As per the RRB NTPC notification 2024 pdf, check the CBT - stage 1 exam pattern here:
Sections |
No. of Questions |
Total Marks |
Duration |
Mathematics |
30 |
30 |
90 minutes |
General Intelligence and Reasoning |
30 |
30 |
|
General Awareness |
40 |
40 |
|
Total |
100 |
100 |
Note:
- The 1st Stage of CBT is of a screening nature. The marks obtained from this stage will not be considered for the final selection.
- Negative marking is applicable and a 1/3rd mark shall be deducted for each wrong answer.
- The total number of candidates to be shortlisted shall be 20 times the community-wise vacancies of posts notified against the RRB as per their merit in 1st Stage CBT cum choice of posts.
Exam Pattern for CBT - Stage 2
As per the RRB NTPC notification pdf, check the CBT - stage 2 exam pattern here:
Sections |
No. of Questions |
Total Marks |
Duration |
Mathematics |
35 |
35 |
90 minutes |
General Intelligence and Reasoning |
35 |
35 |
|
General Awareness |
50 |
50 |
|
Total |
120 |
120 |
Note:
- Marks obtained from this stage will be considered for the final selection. So candidates have more importance to Stage-2 CBT.
- Negative marking is applicable and a 1/3 mark shall be deducted for each wrong answer.
Computer Based Aptitude Test (CBAT)
As per the RRB NTPC notification 2024, check the CBAT details here:
- This round is applicable only for candidates who have opted for Traffic Assistant and Station Master.
- Qualifying marks: The candidates need to secure a minimum T-Score of 42 marks in each of the test batteries to qualify. This is applicable to all candidates irrespective of community or category i.e. irrespective of SC/ST/OBC-NCL/EWS/PwBD/Ex-SM and no relaxation in the minimum T- Score is permissible.
- Candidates equal to 8 times the number of vacancies of Station Master (SM)/Traffic Assistant (TA) for each of the communities i.e. UR, OBC-NCL, SC, ST, and EWS (including ExSM) shall be shortlisted for CBAT based on their performance in 2nd stage CBT.
- Shortlisted candidates should produce the Vision Certificate in the prescribed format.
- Candidates will have to qualify in each of the test batteries of CBAT for consideration for the post of SM/TA. The CBAT shall have questions and answer options only in English and Hindi.
- There shall be no negative marking in CBAT. The SM/TA merit list will be drawn only from amongst the candidates qualifying in the CBAT, with 70% weightage for the marks obtained in the 2nd Stage CBT and 30% weightage for the marks obtained in CBAT.
Typing/Skill Test:
As per the RRB NTPC notification pdf, check the Typing / skill test details here:
- This round is applicable only for candidates who have opted for Senior Clerk cum Typist, Junior Accounts Assistant cum Typist, Senior Time Keeper, Junior Clerk cum Typist, Accounts Clerk cum Typist, and Junior Time Keeper.
- This round is just qualifying in nature and the marks obtained in the typing skill test shall not be added for merit.
- The number of candidates equal to eight times the number of vacancies for each of the community
shall be called for this round. - The candidates should be able to type 30 words per minute (WPM) in English or 25 WPM in Hindi on a Personal Computer only without editing tools and spell check facility.
Syllabus
The RRB NTPC exam preparation can be easily done with the help of our standard syllabus. In both stages, you should prepare all the topics included in this syllabus link.
RRB NTPC Syllabus & Exam Pattern
Salary
RRB NTPC Salary details are here for all the Posts:
Name of the post |
Pay Level as per 7th CPC |
Initial Pay |
|
Graduate Posts |
Chief Commercial cum Ticket Supervisor |
6 |
Rs.35400 |
Station Master |
6 |
Rs.35400 |
|
Goods Train Manager |
5 |
Rs.29200 |
|
Junior Account Assistant cum Typist |
5 |
Rs.29200 |
|
Senior Clerk cum Typist |
5 |
Rs.29200 |
|
Under Graduate Posts | Commercial cum Ticket Clerk | 3 |
Rs.21700 |
Accounts Clerk cum Typist | 2 |
Rs.19900 |
|
Junior Clerk cum Typist | 2 |
Rs.19900 |
|
Trains Clerk | 2 |
Rs.19900 |
Cut Off
The RRB NTPC Exam Cut Off has been fixed based on the following parameters.
(i) Number of candidates appeared in the examination.
(ii) Number of vacancies announced.
(iii) Difficulty Level of the Exam
RRB NTPC Notification 2024 PDF - FAQs:
Q: What is the RRB NTPC notification 2024 expected date?
The official RRB NTPC notification 2024 pdf is expected to be released in the 2nd week of September 2024.
Q: What is the selection process of the RRB NTPC recruitment 2024?
The RRB NTPC Selection Process is based on (i) CBT Stage-I, (ii) CBT Stage-II, (iii) Typing Skill Test / Computer Based Aptitude Test (As applicable), (iv) Document Verification & (v) Medical Examination.
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