RRB NTPC 2020 Latest Updates: check admit card & exam dates

The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) will conduct the exam for RRB NTPC for the posts of Clerk cum Typist, Accounts Clerk cum Typist, Time Keeper, Trains Clerk, Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Traffic Assistant, Goods Guard, Commercial Apprentice, Station Master, etc. RRB NTPC exam dates 2020 for CBT 1 will be announced soon. The exam dates are expected to announced in July or August. The pre-bid conference for Exam Conducting Agency (ECA) will be done on July 3. Over 1.26 crore applications were received for the recruitment exam. For the ease of candidates, we have created RRB NTPC 2020 latest updates page. Here, candidates will get all the latest updates related to exam dates, admit card, vacancies, etc.

RRB NTPC 2020 Latest Updates

July 8- Indian Railways will surrender 50%  non-safety category vacant posts so that new safety posts can be created. Read More

July 2 - RRB NTPC 2020 exam conducting agency is expected to be finalised this month. Once the exam conducting is finalised, RRBs will announce the exam dates.

June 30 - An official notice released by the Indian Railways reads, "The examination preparation process of RRB NTPC was at an advance stage when COVID-19 pandemic hit the country and a nation-wide lockdown was announced. Indian Railways is formulating a viable strategy to conduct a massive examination of 1.25 crore applicants and scheduling of all the processes, etc while observing all norms in COVID-19 scenario."

June 29 - RRB NTPC 2020 admit card will be released four days before the scheduled exam date. 

June 26 - RRB NTPC 2020 exam will be conducted in 15 languages. The exam will be held in Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

June 25 - RRB NTPC 2020 exam dates will be announced in July or August because the pre-bid conference will be held on July 3.

June 24 – Once the exam dates are announced, registered candidates will be issued RRB NTPC admit card 2020 will be released online by the RRBs. Candidates can download the admit card by logging with the required details.

June 23-The Railway Recruitment Boards will conduct the pre-conference bid for ECA on July 3, 2020. The ECA is responsible for conducting the entire recruitment process.

June 23- A large number of candidates had applied for RRB NTPC recruitment. Indian Railways had received 1.26 crore application forms. As the number of applicants is large, the competition is going to be high.

June 19 – Indian Railways had published an official notice regarding RRB NTPC 2020 exam. In the statement, it was mentioned that the Railways will speed up the recruitment process once the lockdown is lifted.

June 19 - The authorities had published certain guidelines that will be followed on the exam day to control the spread of COVID-19. As per the guidelines, candidates will have to wear masks, sanitization of RRB NTPC exam centres will be done after each shift, social distancing norms will be followed.

RRB NTPC 2020 Notification

RRB NTPC 2020 notification was published on February 28. The online RRB NTPC application form was available from March 1 to 31. Initially, the exam was scheduled to be conducted between June and September. However, it was postponed due to the non-finalisation of exam conducting agency. Read More

RRB NTPC 2020 Exam Dates

The table below contains the exam dates of RRB NTPC.

RRB NTPC events	RRB NTPC dates
Release of notification	28-Feb-2019
Release of application form	01-Mar-2019
Last date to apply	31-Mar-2019
Fee payment	5-Apr-2019
Final submission of applications	12-Apr-2019
Exam dates CBT 1	August-September 2020

RRB NTPC 2020 Vacancies

A total of 35, 208 vacancies were announced for RRB NTPC recruitment. The post-wise vacancies for RRB NTPC is given below.

Undergraduate Posts

Name of the post	Total vacancies
Junior Clerk cum Typist	4,300
Accounts Clerk cum Typist	760
Junior Time Keeper	11
Trains Clerk	592
Commercial cum Ticket Clerk	4,940
Total	10,603

Graduate Posts

Name of the post	Total vacancies
Traffic Assistant	88
Goods Guard	5,748
Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk	5,638
Senior Clerk cum Typist	2,854
Junior Account Assistant cum Typist	3,147
Senior Time Keeper	6
Commercial Apprentice	259
Station Master	6,865
Total	24,605

RRB NTPC 2020 Selection Process

The recruitment process includes CBT 1, CBT 2, Typing Skill Test/Computer Based Aptitude Test (as applicable), and Document Verification/Medical Examination. On the basis of merit, candidates will be selected for an appointment. The stages of recruitment for various stages are given below.

Station Master and Traffic Assistant – First stage CBT, second stage CBT and Computer Based Aptitude Test (CBAT). There will be document verification and medical examination.

Junior Clerk cum Typist, Junior Time Keeper, Accounts Clerk cum Typist, Senior Clerk cum Typist, Junior Account Assistant cum Typist and Senior Time Keeper - First stage CBT, Second stage CBT and Typing Skill Test is conducted. After clearing these stages, candidates will have to appear for document verification and medical exam.

Trains Clerk, Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Goods Guard, Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Commercial Apprentice – There will be two-stage CBT followed by document verification and medical exam.

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