Indian Railways Recruitment January 2017 :Upcoming 20000 vacancy

Indian Railways will soon announce 20000 Fresh vacancies for popular category of Jobs with Single Online Examination.

If you are are looking for Jobs in Indian Railways in 2017, the we have an awesome news for you. Indian Railways will soon announce 20,000 New Jobs in popular categories with one single Online Examination. The Notification may come this month and Online Registration, will start from January 2017.


If you remember in our previous post, we shared the Details of, Upcoming 60000 Indian Railways Jobs in 2017. This 20000 Jobs is Indian Railways a part of that 60,000 hiring plan in 2017. So gear yourself up. for the Upcoming Indian Railways Recruitment in 2017. The best part about this Recruitment is that, there will be only single Online Examination for all posts, same as we have for SSC CGL Exams


In this post, we will discuss about the Upcoming Railway Jobs, the Expected date of RRB Notification 2017 and various posts that will be advertised. Applicants willing to apply for Railway Jobs in 2017, must read this post till end to know the details of the upcoming Advertisement.

Indian Railways Recruitment : 20000 New Jobs

Well, the news of 20000 new jobs in India, is sure to give your goosebumps, as this is the bumper Railways Recruitment, with single online Examination, No Group discussion, No Personal Interview, No skill test.


The information regarding the Upcoming 20000 Jobs in Railways in 2017 is given by Mr R.K Jain, chairman of Ajmer Railway Board and the news item is published in Rajasthan Patrika Dated 2nd Dec, 2016.


Now, the next thing, you would like to know is the expected date of Notification.


Here is the most expected time line for announcement of Indian Railways Notification 2016 

In the Year of 2017 Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) is all set to release Bumper 20000+ Vacancies so those candidates who are seeking for Railway Jobs so candidates with the help of this page you all are going to view all updates regarding RRB Jobs 2017.


1) Release of Notification: Dec, 2016


2) Online Applications starts from : January, 2017

Which Posts will be Announced ?

After you know the dates, the next thing, you would like to know is the category of posts to be advertised,


Indian Railways will announce the popular category of posts falling under Group C and Group D posts. If you would like to know about various posts in Indian Railways, then Read our post on How to apply for Jobs in Indian Railways


Here is the Complete list of various posts to be advertised by Indian Railways


1) Assistant Station Master
2) Goods Guard
3) Senior Clerk
4) Traffic Apprentice
5) Commercial Apprentice etc


These are just a few posts and the exact RRB wise vacancies will be known only in the Indian Railways Centralised Recruitment Notification.

What is the Eligibility Criteria ?

If you are wiling to apply for any of these posts, Or other posts, that will be advertised, then you should meet the below mentioned Eligibility conditions


1) Age Limit: Applicants willing to apply for Jobs in Railways must be aged between 18 years to 32 years ( Actual upper age limit may vary post by post).


2) Educational Qualification : Applicants should have either 10th Or 12th as Education Qualifications for this post. However the actual Qualification criteria, many vary according to the post and will be known, only when the Official Notification will be announced.


Other Eligibility conditions, like Technical Qualification , Computer Knowledge, will be only only when the Railways will announce the Official Notification.


For a complete overview of Eligibility for various jobs in Indian Railway, applicants must read our previous post on Eligibility Criteria for RRB Recruitment 2017

Updates ?

We will update this page, when the Indian Railways, will announce the Official Indian Railways Notification 2017. If you have any Queries related to upcoming Jobs in Indian Railways, ask us through the comments section below.


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