NEW DELHI, October 16 — The Railway Recruitment Cells (RRCs), under the aegis of the Ministry of Railways, on Friday released Centralised Employment Notice CEN RRC-01/2026 announcing a massive nationwide recruitment drive for 22,000 Level-1 (formerly Group 'D') posts, primarily encompassing Track Maintainer Grade-IV, Pointsman, and technical assistant cadres.
As per the official recruitment prospectus, candidates possessing a 10th-standard matriculation certificate or a National Apprenticeship Certificate (NAC) / ITI diploma recognized by NCVT/SCVT are eligible to submit applications online across zonal railway portals between October 16 and November 15, 2026. The prescribed age criterion is 18 to 33 years, subject to standard statutory category relaxations.
The selection protocol comprises a single-stage Computer Based Test (CBT), followed by a mandatory Physical Efficiency Test (PET), document scrutiny, and rigorous railway medical standard assessments. The 90-minute CBT paper includes 100 objective questions covering General Science (25 marks), Mathematics (25 marks), General Intelligence (30 marks), and Current Affairs (20 marks).
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