RRB NTPC 2020 Recruitment: Tender invited for Exam Conducting Agency

There is good news for railway aspirants who have applied for RRB NTPC exam because the Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) have invited tenders on behalf of the President of India for Exam Conducting Agency (ECA). The agency will conduct the Computer Based Test (CBT) of RRB NTPC exam. Besides, the agency will also be responsible for other exam related activities like processing of results and panels.

RRB NTPC 2020 notification issued regarding this reads, “Only e-tenders will be accepted by the RRBs. The document for the tender can be downloaded from IREPS portal, ireps.gov.in. The cost of tender document and Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) will be deposited through online payment gateway.”

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Important dates related to the tender

Candidates can check below the important dates related to the tender.

Events	Dates
Issue of tender notice	02-Mar-2020
Date of pre-bid conference	23-Mar-2020
Last of online submission of tender	16-Apr-2020
Date of opening of Technical bids	16-Apr-2020

Click here for notice inviting e-tender

Expected Exam Dates 

RRB NTPC exam dates will be announced after the tenders for examination authority is finalized. RRBs are likely to announce RRB NTPC and RRB Group D exam dates after April 16. Though RRBs have not announced the dates yet, however, it is expected because the result of tender will be released on April 16. RRB Group D admit Card & RRB NTPC admit card will be released four days before the scheduled date of CBT. 

Earlier, RRBs had released an official notification regarding meeting with Exam Conducting Agency (ECA) for conducting the Computer Based Tests (CBT) on September 18, 2019. However, no update on the same is available yet.

Due to the delay in the exam dates, several candidates had filed RTI to the RRBs. In the RTI reply, RRBs had mentioned that the exam schedule is not finalized.

Number of applications received 

The combined applications for the two examinations are over 2.4 crores.  A total of 1,15,67,248 candidates had registered for Group D Exam and 1,26,30,885 candidates had registered for RRB NTPC. The total number of vacancies announced for RRB NTPC is 35,208 while it is 1,03,769 for RRB Group D. 

Read More:

• RRB Group D vacancies 
• RRB NTPC Vacancies 

RRB NTPC & Group D Selection Process 

RRB NTPC selection process comprises, 1st Stage Computer Based Test (CBT), 2^nd Stage Computer Based Test (CBT), Typing Skill Test/Computer Based Aptitude Test (as applicable) and Document Verification/Medical Examination.

Candidates under Group D recruitment will be selected based on Computer Based Test, Document Verification and Medical Examination. 

Also Read:

RRB Group D Exam Pattern & Syllabus 

RRB NTPC Exam Pattern & Syllabus 

What is RRB NTPC and Group D Recruitment?

RRB NTPC is conducted for recruitment to the posts such as Junior Clerk cum Typist, Accounts Clerk cum Typist, Junior Time Keeper, Trains Clerk, Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Traffic Assistant, Goods Guard, Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Senior Clerk cum Typist, Junior Account Assistant cum Typist, Senior Time Keeper, Commercial Apprentice and Station Master in various Zonal Railways and Production Units of Indian Railways.

RRB Group D is carried out for recruitment to the various posts such as Track Maintainer Grade-IV, Helper/Assistant Pointsman in Level 1 of 7th CPC Pay Matrix in various departments of Indian Railways.

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