RRB NTPC Recruitment: Big decision taken, 20 times candidates to be shortlisted

The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) on Thursday said that 20 times unique candidates will be shortlisted for 2nd Stage Computer Based Test (CBT) for Non technical Popular Categories (NTPC) CEN 01/2019

The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) on Thursday said that 20 times unique candidates will be shortlisted for 2nd Stage Computer Based Test (CBT) for Non technical Popular Categories (NTPC) CEN 01/2019. The board further said that candidates who have already been announced qualified will continue to remain qualified. The board has informed this through a notification issued on Thursday.

These decisions have been taken after the Ministry of Railways had on January 26 informed about constitution of a Committee to examine the concerns of candidates of CEN 01/2019 (Non technical Popular Categories) and CEN RRC-01/2019 (Level-1). Protests had erupted in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand last year over the RRB NTPC CBT 1 results.

Some of the other important decisions taken by RRB, which have been informed through the notification issued on Thursday are:

* The additional candidates shortlisted will be notified at each Pay Level.

* CEN RRC-01/2019 (Level-1) will be a single stage examination. Second stage CBT will not be conducted.

* Percentile based normalization will be used wherever the number of shifts involved are more than one.

* Any available Income and Asset Certificate for candidates, who have applied under Economically Weaker Sections, will be considered as Valid.

Tentative schedule of CEN 01/2019 (NTPC) and CEN RRC-01/2019 (Level-1)

*The revised results of all Pay Levels will be released by the first week of April, 2022.

* The 2nd stage CBT for Pay Level 6 will be held in May, 2022. The 2nd Stage CBT for other Pay Levels will be conducted after giving a reasonable gap.

*Revised methodology with special conditions will be used for conduct of CBT for Level-1 due to elimination of 2nd stage CBT. Efforts will be made to have the exam conducting agency (ECA) on board to conduct the CBT for Level-1 as early as possible.

The CBT for Level-1 is planned to be held tentatively from July 2022 onwards.