New Delhi:
Indian Railways will begin conducting the first stage of computer-based examinations from December 15, the chairman of the board of the national carrier, VK Yadav, said on Saturday. Mr. Yadav, while addressing a virtual briefing, reported that examinations will be carried out to fill around 1.40 lakh positions in three categories of vacancies.
The vacancies are of three types: popular non-technical categories (guards, secretaries, etc.), isolated and ministerial and level 1 (track maintainers, bodyguards, etc.).
Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal also announced the test dates on Twitter.
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– Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) September 5, 2020
The chairman of the railroad board said the examinations could not be conducted until now due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We invited recruitment applications in various categories for 1,40,640 positions. They were notified in the pre-COVID period. The scrutiny of these applications was completed, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a computer examination could not be completed.” . Mr Yadav said.
The Railways Recruitment Boards are committed to conducting computer testing for all reported vacancies and have been actively assessing the situation on the ground amid the pandemic, a Railroad statement said.
These are, 35,208 positions in popular non-technical categories (NTPC) such as guards, clerks, business employees and others, 1,663 positions for isolated and ministerial categories such as shorthand and teachers, and 1,03,769 for level one vacancies as a clue. maintainers and pointers.
(With PTI inputs)
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