Railways completes recruitment for 1.27 lakh posts, 2.4 crore applied

A total of around 2.4 crore candidates applied for RRB ALP Technician and RRB group D notifications, making it the largest recruitment exercise, the railways said.

Over 4.75 lakh applied for the ALP technician jobs while 1.9 crore applied for group D posts. (Representational image)

The Railways successfully conducted one of the ‘world’s largest recruitment exercises’ wherein 2.4 crore application were received for 1.27 lakh vacancies on critical safety and operational posts, the national transporter said Thursday.

Two recruitment notifications — one for Assistant Loco Pilots (ALP) and technician and the other for Level-I (erstwhile group D) posts — were released in 2018 for filling up about 1.27 lakh vacancies.  Total Posts of Assistant Loco Pilots (ALPs) and technicians were 64,371 and about 47.45 lakhs candidates applied for these posts. Vacancies for Level-I posts (erstwhile group D) were 63,202 and around 1.9 crore candidates applied for these posts.

A total of around 2.4 crore candidates applied, making it the largest recruitment exercise, the railways said.