Railway opens door to boost young talent; extends age bar by 2 years for recruitment
New Delhi, February 20: In a new revised attempt made for the ongoing recruitment drive process, the Department of Railway has decided to extend the age limit by two years in all categories. The National Transporter has started the mega bonanza offer of recruiting around 89000 candidates for Group C and D for the first time.
The Ministry of Railways has decided to extend the age limit to almost two years for these categories. The officials have also extended the date for online submission after this decision. The age limit has also been extended for reserved categories.
It has also been decided that the questions in regional languages like Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Odiya, Telugu, Bangla and others will be available for candidates to take the exam.
Online applications have been invited for posts like assistant loco pilots, technicians, track maintainer, points man, helper, gateman and porters. This recruitment drive is open for candidates who have passed Class Xth and ITI for Group C posts and Class Xth and ITI or diploma in engineering or a graduation in engineering for Group C level II posts like assistant loco pilots and technicians.
For Assistant Loco Pilot and Technician the upper age limit will be 30 years for General candidates, 33 for OBC, 35 each for SC and ST candidates. Earlier, the upper age limit was 28 for general categories, 31 for OBC, 33 each for SC and ST candidates.
However, for Group C Level-1 post like Track maintainer, Pointsman, Helper, Gateman, Porter, the upper age limit will be 33 years for General candidates, 36 for OBC, 38 each for SC and ST candidates.