RRC & RRB Recruitment 2021 : Through Railway recruitment 2021, several vacancies of Group A, Group B, Group C and Group D posts in Indian Railways will be filled. RRB recruitment notifications zone wise will be released for filling various posts through written exam and further selection process.
UPSC will conduct recruitment for Group A posts, RRBs/RRCs conduct direct recruitment of Group C and Group D posts and departmental exam will be held for Group B posts. Interested and eligible candidates can fill and submit online application on the website concerned to participate in the railway recruitment 2021.
Upcoming Railway jobs have been listed here for interested candidates looking for a job in Indian Railways. As per the prescribed schedule, plan your preparation and apply online within the due date. Do not miss the opportunity to apply for railway jobs due to lack of information.
Eligible candidates have to complete an online registration followed by the submission of online application. Candidates must check and confirm all the eligibility conditions prescribed for the railway job to the post applied for. Eligibility conditions along with other important details are mentioned here as per official notification of railway job/examination concerned.
Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) & Railway Recruitment Cells (RRCs) will conduct several recruitment drives under Railway recruitment 2021 to recruit more than 1.0 lakh candidates on several vacant positions in Indian Railways. Manpower is valuable and crucial for an organization like Indian Railways which is highly labour intensive.
Indian Railways with a workforce of 1.5 million is one of the largest and biggest employers in the world. Choosing Indian Railways for a career is a brilliant idea for multiple reasons like Grade Pay, Travel allowance, HRA, DA, residential facilities, health and education facilities, defined working hours, family security, up-gradation of facilities with world-class emerging infrastructure etc.
- RRB JE & SSE Recruitment 2021
- RRB Recruitment 2021
- RRB ALP Recruitment 2021
- RRB NTPC Recruitment 2021
- RRB ASM Recruitment 2021
- RRB JE Recruitment 2021
- Railway Group D Recruitment 2021
- RRB Goods Guard Recruitment 2021
Upcoming Railway Jobs 2021
UPSC will fill Group A posts in Indian Railways. RRB will fill approximately 1.0 lakh vacancies of Group B & Group C (Technical & NTPC) and Group D by conducting various recruitment examinations in 2021. Read further to know about upcoming RRB recruitment examination’s post-wise details, eligibility criteria, number of expected vacancies etc. Upcoming Group-wise details of posts in Indian Railway are given below.
| Examination | Post Name | Qualification | Notification Date | Organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Railway Group A 2021 | SCRA, IRSSE, IRTS, IRAS, IRSS, IRMS etc. | Different for each post | To be notified | UPSC |
| Railway Group B 2021 | Senior Section engineer, JE, Depot Material Superintendent etc. | B.Tech. / degree in Engineering / 3-years dip. in relevant field | To be notified | RRB |
| Railway Group C 2021 | ALP, Signal technician, Traffic Assistant etc. | 10 th passed / ITI in relevant trade / graduation | To be notified | RRB |
| Railway Group D 2021 | Assistant, tracker, Safaiwala/ Safaiwali, helper etc | Matriculation Pass or ITI/ Centre of Excellence (COE) or equivalent | To be notified | RRC |
Upcoming Railway Group ‘A’ Jobs
- Exam Name: Railway Group A Recruitment 2021 (conducted by UPSC or selection through a promotion)
- Post name: Several posts of Group ‘A’
- of Vacancies: To be notified soon
- Notification Date: To be notified soon
- Application Start: To be notified soon
- Application End: To be notified soon
Railway Group ‘A’ services come under Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) that was established in 1976 but the first Civil Services Examination was conducted by UPSC in 1980. Selection of candidates for the posts of Group A in Indian Railways will be through
- UPSC’s Civil Services Examination
- UPSC’s Engineering Services Examination
- Promotion of Group ‘B’ Personnel Officers
Around 50% of Railway Group ‘A’ posts are filled through direct recruitment examination whereas the remaining 50% posts are filled through promotion from Group ‘B’ cadre. Every year UPSC conducts Civil Services and Engineering services examinations to fill following Railway Group ‘A’ posts.
| Civil Services Examination | Engineering services examination |
|---|---|
| Railway Protection Force (RPF) | Indian Railway Stores Service |
| Indian Railway Personnel Service | Indian Railway Service of Engineers |
| Indian Railway Traffic Service | Railway service of Signal Engineers |
| Indian Railway Accounts Service | Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers |
| - | Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers |
RRB & RRC
The Railway Recruitment Board(s) and Railway Recruitment Cell(s) are reputed recruitment organizations in India work directly under the Railway Recruitment Control Board (RRCB), Ministry of Railways. There is a total of 21 RRBs & RRCs located in different regions of India.
Every year, RRB(s) conduct a national level recruitment examination to recruit candidates on vacant posts of Group B, C and RRCs conduct the exam for Group D posts. However, the recruitment examination for the posts of Group A is conducted by UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) only.
Upcoming RRB Group B Posts 2021
No direct recruitment is conducted for Railway Group B posts/jobs. Selection of candidates for Railway Group ‘B’ jobs is done through promotion from Group ‘C’ cadre.
- Examination name: RRB Goods Guard Recruitment 2021
- Post name: Goods Guard
- Pay Scale: Rs. 9300-34800 (PB) + 4800 (GP)
- Number of vacancies: To be notified soon
- Age: 18 to 32 years
- Application date- To be notified later
- Date of departmental examination – To be notified soon
- Official website: http://rrb.gov.in/
Selection by promotion includes a written test and a viva-voce test. Departmental candidates who are holding a post in the Pay Scale Rs. 9300 – 34800/- in PB – 2 + G.P. Rs. 4200/- and have completed a minimum of 3/5 years (whatever applicable) regular service in the same grade are eligible to apply for a limited departmental competitive examination being conducted for Railway ‘Group B’ posts.
| Name Of The Post | Minimum Educational Qualifications | Number Of Vacancies (expected) | Age-limit & Relaxation (in years) | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Section engineer (P-Way, Bridge, Works, Drawing (Civil) & Design & Estimation, TMS, Research Engineer/Engg, telecommunication, Track Machine, Electrical (TRD & TRS), Signal, Dsl Electrical, Dsl Mechanical, Carriage & Wagon, Mechanical etc.) | 4 years Bachelor's Degree in specific field/sub for which candidate is applying from a recognized Institution/University | - | Age limit: Min-20 Max- 34 Relaxation: SC/ST- 5 OBC- 3 PwD- 10 | 9300-34800 (PB) + 4600 (GP) |
| Chief Depot Material Superintendent | Degree in Engineering in any discipline approved by AICTE | - | Age limit: Min-20 Max- 34 Relaxation: SC/ST- 5 OBC- 3 PwD- 10 | 9300-34800 (PB) + 4600 (GP) |
| Junior Engineer (P.Way, IT, Works, Bridge, Drawing/ Drawing & Design & Estimation (Civil), Mechanical, Carriage & Wagon (Open Line), Diesel Mechanical, Diesel Electrical, Electrical/ Electrical General, Electrical TRD & TRS, Signal, telecommunication, track machine etc) | 3 Years Diploma in specific field/sub for which candidate is applying from a recognized Institution/University | - | Age limit: Min-20 Max- 34 Relaxation: SC/ST- 5 OBC- 3 PwD- 10 | 9300-34800 (PB) + 4600 (GP) |
| Chemical & Metallurgical Assistant | Bachelor’s degree in Chemical/ Metallurgy Engineering approved by AICTE OR M.Sc Degree in Chemistry or Applied Chemistry from a recognized Institution/University | - | Age limit: Min-20 Max- 34 Relaxation: SC/ST- 5 OBC- 3 PwD- 10 | 9300-34800 (PB) + 4600 (GP) |
| Depot Material Superintendent | Degree in Engineering in any discipline approved by AICTE | - | Age limit: Min-20 Max- 34 Relaxation: SC/ST- 5 OBC- 3 PwD- 10 | 9300-34800 (PB) + 4600 (GP) |
Upcoming RRB Group C Posts 2021
Railway Group ‘C’ consists of two categories of posts – Technical and Non-technical. For jobs in both categories, separate recruitment will be conducted.
Technical category of Group ‘C’ includes post such as Assistant loco pilot, Technician grade III (Civil,
Mechanical, turner, welder, plumber, mason, pipefitter, electrical, carpenter, diesel electrical, diesel-mechanical, C&W fitter), Signal technician, wireless maintainer and telecommunication maintainer.
Non-technical popular categories (NTPC) of Railway Group ‘C’ includes posts includes a few undergraduate posts and graduate posts.
Undergraduate Posts
- Commercial cum Ticket Clerk
- Junior Clerk cum Typist
- Accounts Clerk cum Typist
- Junior Time Keeper
- Trains Clerk
Graduate Posts
- Station Master
- Commercial Apprentice
- Traffic Assistant
- Goods Guard
- Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk
- Senior Clerk cum Typist
- Junior Account Assistant cum Typist
- Senior Time Keeper
- Exam Name : RRB Group C Recruitment 2021
- Post name : Posts of Group ‘C’
- of Vacancies : To be notified soon
- Notification Date : To be notified soon
- Application start : To be notified soon
- Application End : To be notified soon
- Salary : 5200-20,200/- (PB) + 1900(GP)
| Category Name | Name of the Post | Minimum educational qualifications | Number of Vacancies (expected) | Age-limit & relaxation (in years) | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technical (ALP & Technician Gr III) | Assistant loco pilot (ALP) | 10th passed along with course completed Act apprenticeship or ITI approved by NCVT/ SCVT in any fields or equivalent qualification from a government recognized board or institution | 23000 | Age limit: Min-18 Max- 30 Relaxation: SC/ST- 5 OBC- 3 PwD- 10 | 5200-20,200/- (PB) + 1900(GP) |
| Signal technician, wireless maintainer and telecommunication maintainer | 10th passed along with course completed Act apprenticeship or ITI approved by NCVT/ SCVT in the specified fields or equivalent qualification from a government recognized board or institution OR 10+2 with Physics & Maths OR 3 years diploma in engineering from a AICTE approved institution/university | ||||
| Technician grade III (Civil, Mechanical, turner, welder, plumber, mason, pipe fitter, electrical, carpenter, diesel electrical, diesel mechanical, C&W fitter) | 10th passed along with course completed Act apprenticeship or ITI approved by NCVT/ SCVT in the specified trade | ||||
| Non-technical Posts (NTPC) | Senior time keeper, Senior clerk-cum-typist & Junior Accounts assistant-cum-typist | Graduation degree in any discipline from a recognized university or its equivalent along with typing proficiency in English/Hindi on computer | 50000 | Age limit: Min-18 Max- 32 Relaxation: SC/ST- 5 OBC- 3 PwD- 10 | Rs 5200-20200 (PB) + 2800 (GP) |
| Traffic assistant, Assistant station master (ASM), Goods guard, Enquiry-cum-reservation clerk, Traffic Apprentice & Commercial apprentice | Graduation degree in any discipline from a recognized university or its equivalent |
Upcoming RRB Group D Posts 2021
Railway Recruitment Board Conducts Group D examinations periodically. RRB Group D examination consists of a computer based examination, physical efficiency test, document verification round and medical test. RRB Group D examination is conducted for the following level-1 posts in 7th pay matrix
- Assistant Bridge
- Assistant Pointsman and
- Track Maintainer Grade IV
- Exam Name: RRB Group D Recruitment 2021
- Post Name: Different level-1 posts in 7th pay matrix
- of Vacancies: To be notified soon
- Notification Date: To be notified soon
- Application Start: To be notified soon
- Application End: To be notified soon
- Salary: 9300-34800 (PB) + 4600 (GP)
| Name of the Post | Minimum educational qualifications | Number of Vacancies (expected) | Age-limit & relaxation (in years) | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant, tracker, trackman, gun man, peon, Safaiwala/ Safaiwali, helper etc | matriculation Pass or ITI/ Centre of Excellence (COE) or equivalent | 1,50,000 | Age limit Min-18 Max- 33 Relaxation: SC/ST- 5 OBC- 3 PwD- 10 | Rs 5200 – 15000 (PB) + 1800 (GP) |
RRB Recruitment 2021 – Post Wise Details
RRB Recruitment 2021 will be one of the largest national-level based recruitment examinations in the year 2021. With this examination, RRBs & RRCs will recruit nearly 1 lakh candidates on several vacant posts of Group B, C & D. Post wise details are explained below.
RRB JE & SSE Recruitment 2021
RRB will release common employment notice to recruit candidates on Junior Engineer (JE) & Senior Section Engineer (SSE) Group’s posts.
- Junior Engineer Group’s posts – Junior Engineer, Depot Material Superintendent and Chemical & Metallurgical Assistant, Depot Material
- Senior Section Engineer Group’s posts – Senior Section Engineer and Chief Depot Material Superintendent
RRB JE & SSE Recruitment 2021 will be a single-stage examination followed by verification of original documents. It will be an online test having MCQs in Urdu, Hindi, and English as well as local languages. The question paper will be divided into five sections – General Awareness, Arithmetic, General Intelligence and Reasoning (60 MCQs), General Science and Technical Ability (90 MCQs).
- Exam Name : RRB JE & SSE Recruitment 2021
- Post name : RRB JE & SSE
- No. of Vacancies : 13487 (Expected)
- Notification Date : January 2021
- Application start : January 2021
- Application End : January 2021
- Salary : 9300-34800 (PB) + 4600 (GP)
RRB ALP Recruitment 2021
RRB ALP Recruitment 2021 official notification will be released in coming months, It will be one of the most applied jobs in this entire RRB Recruitment 2021 exercise. It is expected that in the month of April/May 2021 the Railway Recruitment Board will conduct the RRB ALP 2021 examination.
Candidates who are satisfying mentioned eligibility criteria can apply for this recruitment examination. To apply, eligible candidates have to fill & submit the online application. For filing RRB ALP 2021 online application, candidates have to pay a fee of Rs 250 (Reserved categories) and 500/- (General) online or offline by using a debit or credit card or net banking/SBI Branch or Post Office. Seat reservation and age relaxation rules will be applied as per government rules.
| RRB ALP 2021 | RRB ALP Apply Online 2021 |
|---|---|
| RRB ALP Syllabus 2021 | RRB ALP Exam Pattern 2021 |
| RRB ALP Eligibility 2021 | RRB ALP Admit Card 2021 |
| RRB ALP Result |
- Examination Name: RRB ALP Recruitment 2021
- ALP Official Notification Date : Updated Soon
- ALP Application Start Date :Updated Soon
- ALP Application End Date :Updated Soon
- Admit Card Release : 10 days Before the examination
- Post Name : Assistant loco pilot and technician grade III posts such as signal technician, wireless maintainer, telecommunication maintainer, welder, plumber, mason, pipefitter, C&W fitter etc.
- Number Of Vacancies : 26502 (Expected)
- Age Limit : 18 to 30 years (Relaxation: SC/ST- 5 years, OBC- 3 years & PwD- 10 years)
- Minimum Education Qualifications : ALP (10th passed with ITI in any field) & technician grade III (10th passed with ITI in the same applied field)
- Exam Date : April/May 2021
- Official Website : http://rrb.gov.in/
Candidates applying for the assistant loco pilot post have to appear in a CBT conducted in two stages along with Computer-based Aptitude test. Candidates applying for Technician posts have to appear in 2 stages of Computer-based test.
- CBT Stage I will be held in 60 minutes for total questions of 75 and consists of Mathematics, General Intelligence & Reasoning, General Science and General Awareness on Current Affairs.
- CBT Stage II exam will have two parts; Part A will be held in 90 minutes for total questions of 100 and consists of General Intelligence & Reasoning, Basic Science and Engineering and General Awareness on current affairs. Part B will have syllabus from trade prescribed by DGET for total questions of 75 and held in 60 minutes.
- CB Aptitude Test will be held for the post of ALP and the candidate should score a minimum of 42 marks to qualify in this paper. CBT stage I will be screening in nature and marks will be of qualifying in nature.
- The final merit list will be drawn for the posts of ALP based on scores from CBT stage II part A and CB Aptitude Test in the ratio of 70:30 subject to the candidate scoring minimum qualifying marks in Part B of CBT stage-II examination.
- For the posts of technicians marks from CBT stage II part A will be considered to prepare final list subject to scoring minimum qualifying marks in CBT stage II part B.
RRB NTPC Recruitment 2021
RRB NTPC recruitment 2021 will be held for posts of senior timekeeper, senior clerk-cum-typist & Junior Accounts assistant-cum-typist, traffic assistant, goods guard, enquiry-cum-reservation clerk, traffic Apprentice & Commercial apprentice. NTPC stands for non-technical popular categories.
RRB NTPC recruitment official notification will be released in the month of February 2021. Candidates having bachelor’s degree can apply but before applying, all the RRB NTPC recruitment 2021 interested candidates are requested to check eligibility criteria along with other important information like application process, fee & mode of payment etc.
RRB NTPC 2021 recruitment will be a CBT (computer-based test) having 100 MCQs to be solved in 90 minutes. CBT will be divided into 3 sections – General Intelligence & Reasoning, General Awareness, and Arithmetic. The question paper will be available in local languages along with Urdu, English and Hindi.
- RRB NTPC Application Form 2021 | RRB NTPC Admit Card 2021
- RRB NTPC Syllabus 2021 | RRB NTPC Result 2021
There will be also an aptitude test, typing skill test of qualifying nature (not necessary for every post) followed by document verification for those candidates who want to apply for traffic assistant posts.
- Examination name : RRB NTPC recruitment 2021
- Post name : All posts of non-technical popular categories such as goods guard, enquiry-cum-reservation clerk etc.
- Number of vacancies : 50,000 (Expected)
- Age Limit : 18 to 32 years
- Age Relaxation : SC/ST- 5 years, OBC- 3 years & PwD- 10 years
- Minimum education qualifications : Graduation in any discipline
- Typing test : For the posts of senior clerk-cum-typist, senior timekeeper & junior accounts assistant-cum-typist posts
- Aptitude test : For traffic assistant posts
- Exam date : June 2021 (expected)
- Official website – http://rrb.gov.in/
RRB ASM Recruitment 2021
ASM is also known as assistant station manager, is one of the most reputed job profiles in Indian Railways. ASM is responsible for several functions such as monitoring train running across the station, solving problems of passengers etc. From time to time, the railway recruitment boards conduct recruitment examination to recruit candidates for ASM posts through RRB NTPC exam.
A candidate applying for RRB ASM 2021 recruitment examination has to appear in a CBT (computer-based test), aptitude test followed by document verification. Only those candidates who qualify CBT will get a chance to appear in the aptitude test.
- Examination name : RRB ASM Recruitment 2021
- Post name : Assistant station manager
- Number of vacancies : 5000 (Expected)
- Age limit : 18 to 32 years
- Relaxation : SC/ST- 5 years, OBC- 3 years & PwD- 10 years
- Minimum education qualifications : Graduation in any discipline
- Exam date : June 2021 (expected)
- Official website : http://rrb.gov.in/
RRB JE Recruitment 2021
RRB JE 2021 recruitment notification will be released to recruit approx. 13487 JE vacancies. Candidates having degree or diploma in fields like Instrumentation, Drawing, electronics, planning, mechanical, electrical, computer, information technology, civil etc are eligible to apply for RRB JE 2021 recruitment.
- Examination name : RRB JE 2021 recruitment
- Post name : Junior Engineer
- Pay Scale : Rs 9300-34500 (PB) + 4200 (GP) (after 7th pay commission)
- Number of vacancies : 13487 (expected)
- Age : 18 to 32 years
- Age Relaxation : SC/ST- 5 years, OBC- 3 years & PwD- 10 years
- Minimum education qualifications : Degree or diploma in engineering
- Exam date : August 2021 (expected)
- Official website : http://rrb.gov.in/
Railway Group D Recruitment 2021
Railway Group D 2021 recruitment has been started at zonal levels. Eligible candidates can go to concerned railway recruitment cell’s official website to apply for any group D post. It is cleared that nearly one lakh group D posts will be filled by all zones and every RRC releases a separate notification. Region-wise group D vacancies are given in the below table.
- Examination Name : Railway Group D Recruitment 2021 (RRC)
- Post name: Group D (Points-man, Key-man, Shunter, Lever-man, Gang man, Trackman, Cabin man, Switchman, Welder, Fitter, etc.)
- Pay Scale: Rs 18000/- (Level 1 of 7th CPC Pay Matrix)+Admissible Allowances
- Number of vacancies: 62,907 (Expected)
- Age: 18 to 33 years
- Age Relaxation: SC/ST- 5 years, OBC- 3 years & PwD- 10 years
- Minimum education qualifications: 10th Class/ITI
- Exam date: April/May 2021 (expected)
- Official website: http://rrb.gov.in/
| S.No. | RRC name | Number Of Vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Western Railway (NWR) – Jaipur | 917 |
| 2 | South East Central Railway (SECR) –Bilaspur | 1206 |
| 3 | Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) – Guwahati | 1230 |
| 4 | North Eastern Railway (NER) – Gorakhpur | 1442 |
| 5 | East Coast Railway (ECoR) – Bhubaneswar | 1626 |
| 6 | South Central Railway (SCR) – Secunderabad | 2801 |
| 7 | Eastern Railway (ER) –Kolkata | 2830 |
| 8 | South East Railway (SER) –Kolkata | 3136 |
| 9 | Central railway (CR) –Mumbai | 3840 |
| 10 | West Central Railway (WCR) – Jabalpur | 4517 |
| 11 | East Central Railway (ECR) – Patna | 4655 |
| 12 | Southern Railway (SR) – Chennai | 5450 |
| 13 | Northern Region (RRB NR) – Delhi | 5679 |
| 14 | Western Railway (WR)- Mumbai | 5775 |
RRB Goods Guard Recruitment 2021
RRB will fill nearly 7500 goods guard vacancies through RRB Goods Guard Recruitment 2021 examination. RRB Goods Guard Recruitment 2021 official notification will be out soon. Candidates having a bachelor’s degree in any stream are eligible to apply for RRB Goods Guard Recruitment 2021.
However, at the time of submitting the online application, they should be at least 18 years old but not more than 32 years. Relaxation in maximum age limit will be given to candidates of special categories such as SC/ST, OBC, PwD etc.
RRB Goods Guard 2021 examination will be a CBT (computer based test) having 100 MCQs to be done in 90 minutes. There will be three sections – General Awareness, Arithmetic, General Intelligence & Reasoning. The question paper will be set in Hindi, English, Urdu & local languages.
- Examination name: RRB Goods Guard Recruitment 2021
- Post name: Goods Guard
- Pay Scale: Rs 5200-20210 (PB) + 2800 (GP) (after 7th pay commission)
- Number of vacancies: 7500 (expected)
- Age: 18 to 32 years
- Age Relaxation: SC/ST- 5 years, OBC- 3 years & PwD- 10 years
- Minimum education qualifications: Graduation
- Exam date: September 2021 (expected)
- Official website: http://rrb.gov.in/
Finally guys, we just want to say that the time has come to work for world’s largest railways i.e., Indian Railways. All you need to do is to push the paddle of hard-work with maximum efforts to qualify in any of the above-mentioned upcoming recruitment examinations.