Railway Jobs: More than 1.87 crore people applied for recruitment in 64,197 posts of Railways..

Indian Railway Jobs: Indian youth have always been attracted to Indian Railway jobs. Something similar has happened in the year 2024 as well. According to the data provided by the Indian Railways, 1.87 crore candidates have applied from January to December 2024. These candidates had applied for recruitment in a total of 64,197 posts.

Let us know how many posts are to be recruited in the Indian Railways. 1.87 crore applications have been received for how many categories of posts in the year 2024? What is the whole matter?

Most applications for the RPF constable post
Indian Railways has received record applications for recruitment in 2024. According to the data available from the Indian Railways, more than 45 lakh applications have been received for the post of 4208 RPF constables. Information about the three posts with more applications can be seen below.

Post Vacancies Applications received
ALP 18,799 18,40,347
Technician 14,298 26,99,892
RPF Constable 4,208 45,30,288

1,076 applications for one post of constable
According to the information available from the Indian Railways, 1.87 crore candidates had applied for recruitment to a total of 64,197 posts in the year 2024. In this way, 1,076 applications have been received for one post of constable. Similarly, 189 applications were received for one post of technician, and 98 applications were received for one post of assistant loco pilot. According to the information provided by the Railways, the process was started for recruitment to 64,197 posts in a total of 7 categories in the year 2024, in which a large applications have been received.

Why are there so many recruitments in the Indian Railways
Indian Railways has said that the number of posts has increased due to many reasons in the last 4-5 years. This includes retirement of employees, electrification, new security systems, mechanized operations, and implementation of digital technologies.

Recruitment to be done for 60 posts by March 2026
Indian Railways has issued 12 notifications for recruitment from 2024 till now, under which recruitment is to be done on a total of 1,08,324 posts. Out of this, examinations have been conducted for recruitment to more than 50 thousand posts. So, examinations are to be conducted for recruitment to 60,000 posts by March 2026. THE RRB NTPC UG level exam is to be held from 7 August to 8 September 2025.

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