The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has released notification for Non Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) Recruitment Exam on 13 September 2024. Before applying for recruitment, candidates must know about the eligibility requirement.
The Board has assessed the eligibility based on 4 factors :- 1. Age Limit 2. Educational Qualification 3. Nationality and 4. Medical Fitness. Candidates must meet with the above factors before applying for the exam.
This recruitment drive aims to fill a total 11558 vacancies for graduate and Undergraduate level posts under the Indian Railway. These vacancies cover the different post like Chief Commercial Cum Ticket Supervisor, Station Master, Goods Train Manager, Junior Account Assistant Cum Typist etc. The complete information regarding the RRB NTPC Recruitment is available here : – RRB NTPC 2024 Notification
RRB NTPC Eligibility Criteria 2024 Overview :-
The exam is conducted for Non-Technical Popular Category (NTPC) within Indian Zonal Railway and Production Unit. The overview for eligibility criteria is given below in the table : –
| Recruitment Name | RRB Non Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) 2024 |
| Exam Conducting Authority | Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) |
| Post Name | Under Graduate Posts- Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Accounts Clerk cum Typist, Junior Clerk Cum Typist, Trains Clerk Graduate Posts- Chief Commercial cum Ticket Supervisor, Station Master, Goods Train Manager, Junior Accountant Assistant cum Typist, Senior Clerk cum Typist |
| Eligibility Criteria | Age Limit Educational Qualification Nationality Medical Fitness |
| Official website | indianrailways.gov.in |
RRB NTPC 2024 Eligibility Criteria : –
- Age Limit : –
- For graduate level post :- 18 to 36 years (as of 01 January 2024)
- For undergraduate level post :- 18 to 33 years (as of 01 January 2024)
There is also age relaxation provided by the Indian Railway for reserved category candidates and railways employees as per the government rules.
| Category or Community | Upper age relaxation |
| OBC-Non Creamy Layer (NCL) | 3 Years |
| SC/ST | 5 Years |
| Ex-Servicemen | UR & EWS :- 3 Years (After deduction of length of service from age) OBC-NCL :- 6 Years (After deduction of length of service from age) SC/ST :-8 Years (After deduction of length of service from age) |
| PwBD (UR & EWS) | UR & EWS :-10 Years OBC-NCL :- 13 Years SC/ST :- 15 Years |
| Candidates who are serving Group ‘C’ and erstwhile Group ‘D’ Railway Staff, with minimum 3 years service as well as Substitute with minimum 3 years service in continuous or in broken spells in Railway | UR & EWS :-40 Years of age OBC-NCL :- 43 Years of age SC/ST :- 45 Years of age |
| Candidates who are working in Quasi-Administrative offices of the Railway organization such as Railway Canteens, Cooperative Societies and Institutes. (UR & EWS, OBC-NCL, SC/ST) | Up to the length of service rendered or 5 years, whichever is less. |
| Women candidates, who are widowed, divorced or judicially separated from husband but not remarried. | UR & EWS :-35 Years of age OBC-NCL :- 38 Years of age SC/ST :- 40 Years of age |
- Educational Qualification (For Graduate Level ): –
To apply for RRB NTPC Recruitment 2024, candidates must have completed the graduation degree for a recognised university in any stream. The post wise educational qualification is given below in the table : –
| Name of the Post | Educational Qualification |
| Chief Commercial cum Ticket Supervisor | College degree from a recognised Institute or Board |
| Station Master | |
| Goods Train Manager | |
| Senior Clerk cum Typist | College degree from a recognised iInstitute or BoardTyping Proficiency in Hindi/English language is necessary. (On Computer) |
| Junior Account Assistant cum Typist |
- RRB NTPC 2024 Nationality : –
To apply for this recruitment, RRB also specify the nationality of candidates. Candidates must need to belongs to any condition given below
- a citizen of India, or
- a subject of Nepal,
- a subject of Bhutan, or
- Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India,
- a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
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- Medical Fitness :-
The RRB NTPC recruitment 2024 has also set the medical standards for candidates. They need to show their medical standards as per given below in the table : –
| Name of the Post | Medical Standard |
| Chief Commercial cum Ticket Supervisor | B2 |
| Goods Train Manager | A2 |
| Station Master | A2 |
| Senior Clerk cum Typist | C2 |
| Junior Account Assistant cum Typist | C2 |
RRB NTPC Eye Standard:-
Candidates need to follow the direction for eye standard which is set by the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB).The eye standards follows as : –
| Medical Standards | Visual acuity |
| A-2 | Distant Vision: 6/9, 6/9 without glasses (No fogging test). Near Vision: Sn 0.6, 0.6 without glasses. Must pass tests for Colour Vision, Binocular Vision, Night Vision and Myopic vision. |
| A-3 | Distant Vision: 6/9, 6/9 with or without glasses (power of lenses not to exceed 2D). Near Vision: Sn 0.6, 0.6 with or without glasses. Must pass tests for Colour Vision, Binocular Vision, Night Vision and Myopic vision. |
| B-2 | Distance Vision: 6/9, 6/12 with or without glasses (Power of lenses not to exceed 4D). Near Vision: Sn 0.6, 0.6 with or without glasses when reading or close work is required. Must pass a test for Field of Vision (Binocular Vision) etc. |
| C-2 | Distant Vision: 6/12, nil with or without glasses. Near Vision: Sn 0.6 combined with or without glasses where reading or close work is required. |
RRB NTPC Eligibility Experience : –
There is no prior experience needed to apply for RRB NTPC Recruitment. But candidates must meet these eligibility criteria to apply for the recruitment. Candidates are requested to keep their documents ready well in advance for verification in the various stages of the selection. For more information visit the official website of Indian Railway.