Railway Recruitment Board announces 2024 drive for 11,558 NTPC vacancies. Check details, eligibility criteria & more

The Railway Recruitment Board (RRBs) has announced 11,558 vacancies for NTPC positions in Indian Railways for 2024, including 8,113 graduate posts and 3,445 undergraduate posts.

Livemint, Written By Jocelyn Fernandes
Updated3 Sep 2024, 12:42 PM IST
The RRB NTPC 2024 notification lists as many as 8,113 graduate posts and 3,445 undergraduate posts for recruitment.
The RRB NTPC 2024 notification lists as many as 8,113 graduate posts and 3,445 undergraduate posts for recruitment.

The Railway Recruitment Board (RRBs) has announced its 2024 recruitment drive for 11,558 vacancies in Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) positions within Indian Railways, Moneycontrol reported.

The RRB NTPC 2024 notification lists as many as 8,113 graduate posts and 3,445 undergraduate posts for recruitment, as per the report.

The Ministry of Railways in its notice stated, “Recruitment of the Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) Graduate & Undergraduate Posts Applications are invited from eligible candidates for the posts below. Completed applications must be submitted only online.”

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What is the Educational Qualification?

There are 3,445 undergraduate posts and 8,113 graduate posts.

Undergraduate candidates would be required to provide a 12th pass certificate or equivalent from a recognized board.

Graduate post candidates would be required to have a Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university.

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What is the Age Limit for Candidates?

Undergraduate posts: Candidates must be between 18 to 33 years of age.

Graduate posts: Candidates must be between 18 to 36 years of age.

Notably, the upper age limit includes a relaxation of three years in age beyond the prescribed age limit as a one-time measure due to Covid-19 pandemic, the notice stated.

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What is the Deadline?

For graduate posts, the opening date of application is September 14 (14.09.2024), and closing date for submission of application is 11.59 pm on October 13 (13.10.2024 by 23:59 hours).

For undergraduate posts, the opening date of application is September 21 (21.09.2024), and the closing date for submission of application is 11.59 pm on October 20 (20.10.2024 by 23:59 hours)

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Graduate Job Vacancies

Vacancies for Graduate posts
Name of the PostPay Level as per 7th CPCInitial Pay (Rs.)Medical StandardAge as on 01.01.2025Total Vacancies (All RRBs)
Chief Commercial cum Ticket Supervisor635400B218-361736
Station Master635400A218-36994
Goods Train Manager529200A218-363144
Junior Account Assistant cum Typist529200C218-361507
Senior Clerk cum Typist529200C218-36732
     Grand Total: 8113

Undergraduate Job Vacancies

Vacancies for Undergraduate posts
Name of the PostPay Level as per 7th CPCInitial Pay (Rs.)Medical StandardAge as on 01.01.2025Total Vacancies (All RRBs)
Commercial Cum Ticket Clerk321700B218-332022
Accounts Clerk Cum Typist219900C218-33361
Junior Clerk Cum Typist219900C218-33990
Trains Clerk219900A318-3372
     Grand Total: 3445

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