Recruitment examinations conducted by Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs): Rajya Sabha QA
Recruitment examinations conducted by Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) in the last one decade and details of examination fee collected: Rajya Sabha QA
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 455
ANSWERED ON 09.12.2022
RECRUITMENT EXAMINATIONS CONDUCTED BY RRBs
455# SHRI RAM NATH THAKUR:
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:
a) the number of posts for which recruitment examinations have been conducted by Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) in the last one decade;
b) the number of candidates appointed through these examinations;
c) whether it is a fact that many examinations conducted by RRBs have been cancelled due to various reasons;
d) the zone-wise details of such cancelled examinations during the last five years;
e) whether the RRBs have earned a huge sum of money from the candidates; and
f) the details of examination fee collected by RRBs from candidates in the last five years?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)
(a): The details of the number of vacancies notified by Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) during 2012-2022 are as under:
| Year | CEN No. | Name of Category | Vacancy Notified |
|
2012 |
01/2012 | Section Engineers (SE)/ Junior Engineers (JE) | 6541 |
| 02/2012 | Safety categories of Chemical and Metallurgical Assistant (CMA) | 249 | |
| 03/2012 | Non Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) Graduate (G) Categories, Assistant Station Master (ASM) | 6829 | |
| 04/2012 | Artisans (All categories.) | 12594 | |
| 05/2012 | Para Medical | 825 | |
| 2013 | No fresh CEN issued. | ||
| 2014 | 01/2014 | Assistant Loco Pilots (ALP) & Technicians | 26567 |
| 02/2014 | Senior Section Engineers (SSE), JE, Chief Depot Material Superintendent (CDMS), CMA etc. | 6118 | |
| 03/2014 | Ministerial & Isolated Categories | 1406 | |
| 04/2014 | Para Medical Categories | 951 | |
| 2015 | 01/2015 | SSE, JE, CDMS, CMA etc. | 3273 |
| 02/2015 | Special Recruitment Drive for Persons with Disabilities (PWD)- NTPC- Undergraduate (UG) | 651 | |
| 03/2015 | NTPC (G) | 14023 | |
| 2016 | No fresh CEN issued. | ||
| 2017 | No fresh CEN issued. | ||
|
2018 |
01/2018 | ALPs & Technicians | 64371 |
| 02/2018 | Various Posts in Level 1 | 63202 | |
| 03/2018 | JE, Depot Material Superintendent (DMS), CMA | 13538 | |
|
2019 |
01/2019 | NTPC (G & UG) | 35281 |
| 02/2019 | Para Medical Categories | 1923 | |
| 03/2019 | Ministerial & Isolated Categories | 1663 | |
| RRC 01/2019 | Various Posts in Level 1 | 103769 | |
(b): 481198 candidates have been empanelled by 21 RRBs & Railway Recruitment Cells (RRCs) during 2012-2013 to 2021-2022. This includes provisional figure of 4612 in 2021-2022.
(c): No, Sir.
(d): Does not arise.
(e) & (f): The details of examination fee collected by RRBs during last five years is as under:
| S. No. | Centralized Employment Notifications (CEN) | Total Fee received (₹ in crores) |
| 1 | 01/2018- Assistant Loco Pilots (ALPs) & Technicians | 186.86 |
| 2 | 02/2018- LEVEL -1 | 692.71 |
| 3 | 03/2018- Junior Engineers (JEs) / Depot Material Superintendent (DMS)/ Chemical and Metallurgical Assistant (CMA) | 97.17 |
| 4 | 01/2019- Non Technical Popular Categories (NTPC)- Graduate & Under Graduate level | 441.53 |
| 5 | 02/2019- Para-medical categories | 14.62 |
| 6 | 03/2019- Isolated & Ministerial categories | 3.73 |
| 7 | RRC-01/2019- Level-1 (erstwhile Group ‘D’) | 418.31 |
Only a nominal fee is taken from candidates and ₹ 400 out of nominal fee of ₹ 500 taken from male candidates belonging to Unreserved (UR) & Other Backward Classes (OBC) categories is refunded to those candidates who appear in the exam. In respect of other categories of candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC)/ Scheduled Tribe (ST)/ Ex-Servicemen/ Persons with Disabilities, Women, Minorities and Economic Backward Classes, the whole amount of nominal fee of ₹ 250 is refunded to those who appear in exam.
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Source: Rajya Sabha