RRB Allahabad – Recruitment, Vacancies, Complete Details

Railway RRB Allahabad or the Railway Recruitment Board-RRB Allahabad is now called the Railway Service Commissions since 1985 January. It conducts examinations discussed in detail below to various posts that fall vacant annually in its zonal production and other units. 

The most popular exams of the RRB are the

• NTPC posts or Non-Technical Popular Categories
• Level 1 posts
• Group-D posts
• JE (Junior Engineer) posts
• Ministerial And Isolated Categories posts
• ALP and Technicians
• DMS/CMA Posts

RRB Allahabad Recruitment: Overview

The RRB Allahabad exams in 2022 highlights are as follows.

Particulars	Details
Organization	Railway RRB Allahabad
Exam Frequency	Depends on the vacancies
Level of Exam	National and to fill vacancies in the Secunderabad region.
Posts Vacant	NTPC- Non-Technical Popular Categories Group-D Posts Level-1 Posts DMS/JE/CMA Posts MIC or Ministerial & Isolated Categories Technicians & ALP
Application Exam and Notification mode	Online
Fees for applying	General & OBC candidates INR 500ST/ SC/ PWD/ EWS/ Women/EWS INR 250
Exam Duration	General- 90 minutes. PWD candidates- 120 minutes
Languages for exam	Hindi, English, Bengali, Assamese, Gujarati, Konkani, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Manipuri, Odia, Tamil, Punjabi,  Urdu, and Telugu.
Official Website of RRB Allahabad	http://rrbald.gov.in/
Official Notifications 2021	Nos. CEN 01, 02, 03 of 2021 and RRC CEN 1of 2021 for 130,000 non-technical, 870 JE/CMA/DMS vacancies, and 9785 other posts.
Fee details	INR 500 for OBC and unreserved candidates and INR 250 for ST/SC/ Ex-servicemen etc.
Number of attempts allowed	No limit, and it depends on eligibility.

RRB Allahabad: Important Dates

For 2022, the RRB Allahabad NTPC Exam official notification is of 28th February 2019, and the table of the important dates is as follows.

Event details	Date
RRB official notification release- NTPC	28th February 2019
Applications commence online	1st March 2019
Last date for the online application	31st March 2019
Last date to pay fees and submit applications	23:59 of 5th April 2019
Release Date for admit card NTPC-2022	22nd March 2022
Exam dates RRB-NTPC-2022	1st to 8th April 2022 (Phase 6)
Announcement of results	It will be announced later
Official Notification Release for RRB ALP	Expected in August 2022
Applying Online start date	Expected in August 2022
Last Date	Expected in September 2022
2022 RRB ALP Examination	Expected in November 2022
Results Announcement for 2022 RRB ALP	It will be announced later
JE 2022 Admit Card Release Date	18th May 2022
2022 RRB JE Exam	22nd May 2022
2022 RRB JE Results Announcement	It will be announced later

RRB Allahabad Vacancy Details

Railway RRB Allahabad has 35,208 vacancies, including 4030 NTPC vacancies, posted on its official website.

NTPC Vacancies

Vacancy Name	Number of vacancies
Commercial Apprentice	66
Goods Guard	1406
Station Master	450
Senior Clerk Cum Typist	285
Typist cum Junior Accounts Assistant	187
Senior Time Keeper	08
Commercial Cum Ticket Clerk	269
Senior Ticket cum Commercial Clerk	745
Typist cum Accounts Clerk	28
Junior Time Keeper	06
Typist cum Junior Clerk Cum	566
Trains Clerk	83

CMA/DMS/JE Vacancies:

The technical category RRB Allahabad vacancy bifurcation has 1446 vacancies, of which there are 289 vacancies for JE-P-Way, 164 for JE-Track Machine, 205 for JE- Carriage and Wagon,  142 for JE- Mech Workshop, 109 for JE- TRD/Electrical, and the remaining in departments like Bridge/ Civil/ Diesel/ Mechanical/ Electrical/ Signal/ Telecommunication, etc. The CMA posts are 36, and DMS vacancies are 8 in number. 

ALP/Technicians Vacancies:

The 8211 Railway RRB Allahabad vacancies have a category-wise breakdown as below.

Category	Number of Vacancies
ST	514
SC	1124
OBC	1883
Unreserved	3958
Ex-Serviceman	671
VH	02
HH	44
OH	15

Group D Vacancies

The RRB Allahabad total of 4730 vacancies is apportioned as 2080 unreserved, 317 ST, 678 SC, 1175 OBC, and 480 EWS vacancies.

The Selection Process:

Appointments to the Railway RRB Allahabad’s production and zonal units are made by qualifying at the RRB exams. On average, at least 200 vacancies arise in Group-C posts. The RRB calls for applications from eligible persons through its official website http://rrbald.gov.in/ and the newspaper advertisement in “Employment News.” Those whose applications fulfil the requirements are called for a written screening examination held at Allahabad, Lucknow, etc., depending on the number of the exam aspirants. 

The RRB Allahabad Admit Cards can be downloaded, and the exam call letters are dispatched at least a month ahead of the scheduled exams. The entire selection process is merit-based, transparent, and subject to scrutiny and the norms of GOI, the Railway Board, etc. There are reservations available under the various categories directed to include OBC/ST/SC/ EX-servicemen etc.

A merit list is made for those who qualify. While no interview is mandated, candidates may be called for a viva voce, skill test for technical jobs, psychological tests for safety operators, medical assessment for persons with disabilities (PwD), etc. The original document scrutiny and a medical test, followed by counselling for the vacancies available follow.

Selection Process for RRB 2022 exam:

If you wish to pursue a job with the RRB Allahabad, then you must be prepared for the selection process through the RRB examinations.

 The exams have the following sections.

1. CBT-I is a computer-based exam used for screening applications and qualifying them for the CBT-2.
2. CBT-2 is also a computer-based exam with more difficult questions.
3. CBAT/Typing Skill Test is a test to assess the skills and aptitude for technical jobs.
4. Verification of documents and a mandatory Medical Examination is a must for all selected candidates.
5. Counselling is the final step wherein selected candidates are helped to choose the right vacancy available in Railway RRB Allahabad.

Eligibility Conditions:

The Railway RRB Allahabad eligibility criteria include age, nationality, and educational qualifications that need to be filled correctly in the online application. 

Nationality:

You must be at least one of the below.

• An Indian citizen.
• A Tibetan Refugee seeking permanent Indian settlement before 1st January 1962.
• A subject of Bhutan or Nepal.
• A PIO from Pakistan, Burma, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Zambia, Tanganyika/ Zanzibar, Malawi, Ethiopia, Vietnam, and Zaire permanently settling in India.

Age Limit:

• If applying for the Class XII or Undergraduate level posts of the RRB Allahabad, you should be between 18 and 30 years.
• Graduates must be between 18 and 33 years.

Age Relaxation:

The RRB offers age relaxation as set out below by the Government’s norm.OBC non-creamy layers get 3 years more while the SC/ST candidates get 5 years of age relaxation. PwD candidates and Group C or D employees get from 10 to 15 years relaxation, ex-servicemen up to 33 Years plus years in service plus 3 years, and divorced/separated women between 5 to 10 years depending on their category.

Minimum Qualifications:

The educational qualification for non-technical posts in Railway RRB Allahabad is that you should have passed the Class XII or Degree exams. For technical posts, the qualifications depend on the posts and are generally a Diploma in the relevant branch, post-graduation, or a BE degree depending on the post’s level and requirements. 

Exam Pattern: 

CBT-1:

• The CBT-1 RRB Allahabad is a Computer-Based Test to screen a large number of aspirants at the RRB exams.
• The exam lasts for 90 minutes for NTPC candidates, and for PwD candidates, the exam is for 120 minutes.
• Negative marking is awarded for each wrong answer, and every four wrong answers have a mark deducted.
• If you do not answer a question, you do not lose marks.

The CBT-1 exam has three sections for a total of 100 marks. Namely, 

• Mathematics (30 questions and marks)
• General Awareness (40 questions and marks)
• Reasoning & General Intelligence (30 questions and marks) 

CBT-2:

• The CBT-2 exam is for those candidates who get shortlisted in the CBT-1 is a computer-based test for 120 marks.
• The difficulty levels of these test questions are higher than the CBT-1 questions and are dependent on the various posts and skills required in them.
• The duration of CBT-2 is for 90 minutes, and every three wrong answers lose a mark.
• Marks will not be deducted for the unanswered queries.

There are three sections in the CBT-2 Railway RRB Allahabad exam for a total of 120 marks. These are 

• Mathematics (35 questions/ marks)
• CBAT or Aptitude and General Awareness (50 questions/marks)
• Reasoning & General Intelligence (35 questions/marks).

The technical cadre exam pattern is as below.

The technical CBT-1 of the Railway RRB Allahabad’s 90-minute screening exam has four sections for a total of 100 marks. Namely,

• Mathematics (30 questions)
• General Awareness (15 questions)
• Reasoning & General Intelligence (25 questions)
• General Science (30 questions). 

The 120-minute main CBT-2 exam for shortlisted candidates from CBT-1 has five sections for 220 marks. Namely,

• Physics and Chemistry (50 marks)
• General Awareness (50 marks)
• Basics of Environment Control & Pollution (10 marks)
• Basics of Computer Applications (10 marks). 
• Technical Ability (100 marks).

NTPC RRB Allahabad posts like the Senior Time Keeper, Junior Time Keeper, Junior Clerk cum Typist, Senior Clerk cum Typist, Junior Account Assistant cum Typist, Accounts Clerk cum Typist, etc., require you to take the typing test. Typists are required to score with at least a typing speed of 30 words/ minute in English or alternately 25 words/ minute typing in Hindi. Do keep in mind that the computer-based test in typing does not permit you to use the spell-check facility or any editing tools.

How to apply:

The application form for the RRB Allahabad recruitment exams in online mode is to be filled on the official website as below.

• Step 1: Visit the RRB Secunderabad official website and register with your Email ID, password, and mobile number.
• Step 2: Click on ‘Apply Now.
• Step 3: Fill in all details like address, name, age, etc.
• Step 4: Upload photographs and a good-quality signature copy.
• Step 5: Review and check for errors before submitting your Application Form.
• Step 6: Pay your fees online using the many online payment options provided.
• Step 8: Save your soft copy and receipt of fee payment for future reference.

Admit Card:

The admit card can be downloaded from the RRB Secunderabad official website. The process involved is to log in to the portal using your Regn ID and password and then click on the admit card tab. The admit card can be downloaded until the exam date. The card has details like your Name, Registration number, DOB, Exam Date, Centre, Reporting Time, Photograph and Signature, and Exam Instructions. In case of any errors, immediately raise them with the RRB officials.

RRB 2022 Cut off marks:

The Railway RRB Allahabad 2021 cut-off marks at the exam for NTPC posts can be taken to assess the cut-off scores required for selection in 2022. The CBAT Aptitude Scores for NTPC vacancies is 42 % to qualify for posts like the Station Master or Traffic Assistant.

The RRB Allahabad cut-off marks are expected to be as in the table below.   

Category	Cutoff
General merit and unreserved candidates	80 to 84 % score
OBC candidates	77 to 79 % score
SC	70 to 72 % score
ST	66 to 68 % score

Benefits and Salary:

The salary structure for the various vacancies in the RRB is as given below.

NTPC Salary:

The salary structure of the various undergraduate and graduate posts offered at the RRB NTPC is shown below.

Several vacancies are available for the undergraduates who normally start on a salary of INR 19900 to 21700 and Level-2 posts.  

• Graduates start with a higher Level4 or 5 jobs, and their basic salary can range from INR 25,500 to INR 35,400.
• The starting salary for various technical posts like the JE/CMA/DMS post is in the INR 35400 to 1,12,400 Pay Band with an INR 4,200 Grade Pay.

RRB employees also draw several benefits and allowances like 

• HRA – House Rent Allowance
• DA – Dearness Allowance
• Pension Scheme
• Transport Allowance
• Medical Reimbursements and other medical benefits like hospitalization in dedicated RRB hospitals
• Other Special Allowances like relocation allowances, children educational facilities, etc.

Conclusion:

The Railway RRB Allahabad vacancies arise around the year, and the present recruitments for 2022 are in the 6th phase of the 2019 notification.  Negative marking makes your practising the older question papers and skills in time management crucial. Try the result-oriented Oliveboard platform to train and practice for the RRB Allahabad exams. 

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