Ministry of Railways
Recruitment Process On For 1,43,086 Non-Gazetted Vacancies as per Annual Calendar 2024 and 2025
First Stage/Single Stage Computer Based Tests (CBTs) for 59,678 Posts Completed
Panels for More than 31,000 Candidates for Various Posts Including Technicians, Junior Engineers, Paramedical Categories, Sub-Inspectors (RPF) and Assistant Loco Pilots Finalised
Posted On:
04 FEB 2026 4:58PM by PIB Delhi
Presently, recruitment against 143086 vacancies of non-gazetted personnel has been taken up on Indian Railways as per Annual Calendar 2024 and 2025.
During January to December 2024, ten Centralized Employment Notifications (CENs) for 92,116 vacancies (including 6927 vacancies for Southern Railway & 1395 vacancies for ICF) were notified for filling up of posts of Assistant Loco Pilots (ALPs), Technicians, Sub-Inspectors, Constables in Railway Protection Force (RPF), Junior Engineers (JEs)/ Depot Material Superintendent (DMS)/ Chemical & Metallurgical Assistant (CMA), Paramedical Categories, Non-Technical Popular Categories (Graduate), Non-
Technical Popular Categories (Under-Graduate), Ministerial & Isolated Categories and Level-1 categories such as Assistants, Track Maintainers and Pointsman.
First stage/Single stage Computer Based Tests (CBTs) for 59,678 posts has been completed. Details are as under:-
|
Exam
|
Candidates
|
Cities
|
Languages
|
|
1st Stage CBT for the post of ALP (18,799 vacancies)
|
18,40,347
|
156
|
15
|
|
CBT for the post of Technician (14,298 vacancies)
|
26,99,892
|
139
|
15
|
|
1st Stage CBT for the post of JE/DMS/CMA (7,951 vacancies)
|
11,01,266
|
146
|
15
|
|
CBT for the post of RPF-SI (452 vacancies)
|
15,35,635
|
143
|
15
|
|
CBT for the post of RPF-Constable (4,208 vacancies)
|
45,30,288
|
147
|
15
|
|
CBT for Paramedical Categories (1,376 vacancies)
|
7,08,321
|
143
|
15
|
|
1st Stage CBT for Non-Technical Popular Categories (Graduate) (8,113 vacancies)
|
58,41,774
|
141
|
15
|
|
1st Stage CBT for Non-Technical Popular Categories (Under Graduate) (3,445 vacancies)
|
63,27,473
|
157
|
15
|
|
CBT for Ministerial & Isolated categories (1,036 vacancies)
|
4,46,013
|
139
|
15
|
|
Total Candidates
|
2,50,31,009
|
|
|
2nd stage CBTs for the posts of ALP, JE/DMS/CMA and Non-Technical Popular Categories (Graduate & Under-Graduate) have also been completed. Details are as under: -
|
Exam
|
Candidates
|
Cities
|
Languages
|
|
2nd Stage CBT for the post of ALP
(18,799 vacancies)
|
2,66,363
|
112
|
15
|
|
2nd Stage CBT for the post of JE/DMS/CMA (7,951 vacancies)
|
1,17,339
|
118
|
15
|
|
2nd Stage CBT for Non-Technical Popular Categories (Graduate) (8,113 vacancies)
|
1,21,931
|
129
|
15
|
|
2nd Stage CBT for Non-Technical Popular Categories (Under-Graduate) (3445 vacancies)
|
51,978
|
79
|
15
|
|
Total Candidates
|
5,57,611
|
|
|
Computer Based Aptitude Test (CBAT) for the post of ALP and Non-Technical Popular Categories (Graduate) and Computer based Skill Test for the post of Non-Technical Popular Categories (Graduate-level) and Ministerial & Isolated Categories have also been completed. Details are as under:
|
Exam
|
Candidates
|
Cities
|
Languages
|
|
CBAT for the post of ALP (18,799 vacancies)
|
1,32,044
|
84
|
2
|
|
Translation Test for Ministerial and Isolated Categories
|
1,233
|
8
|
2
|
|
CBAT for the post of Non-Technical Popular Categories (Graduate)
|
13,616
|
38
|
2
|
|
Computer Based Typing Skill Test (CBTST) for the post of Non-Technical Popular Categories (Graduate-level)
|
30,341
|
58
|
2
|
|
Total Candidates
|
1,77,234
|
|
|
CBT for 32,438 vacancies for level -1 categories has commenced from 27.11.2025 in 140 cities in 15 languages. Physical efficiency Test (PET) for 4,208 vacancies of Constable (RPF) has been completed on 06.12.2025.
- for more than 31,000 candidates for various posts including the posts of Technicians, Junior Engineers, Paramedical Categories, Sub-Inspectors (RPF) and Assistant Loco Pilots have been finalised. Majority of them are in safety categories.
In addition, as per Annual Calendar for the year 2025, nine Centralized Employment Notifications (CENs) for 50970 vacancies (including 3412 vacancies for Southern Railway & 438 vacancies for ICF) have also been issued.
This information was provided by the Union Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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Dharmendra Tewari/ Dr. Nayan Solanki
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