**Executive Summary**
This document announces the progress of the recruitment process for 1,43,086 non-gazetted vacancies in Indian Railways as per the Annual Calendar 2024 and 2025. It details the completion of the first stage/single-stage Computer Based Tests (CBTs) for 59,678 posts and the finalization of panels for more than 31,000 candidates. Physical Efficiency Test (PET) for 4,208 Constable (RPF) vacancies was completed on 06.12.2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Overall Recruitment:**
* Recruitment is underway for 1,43,086 non-gazetted vacancies.
* Ten Centralized Employment Notifications (CENs) for 92,116 vacancies were notified between January and December 2024.
* **Completed Examinations:**
* First Stage/Single Stage CBTs have been completed for 59,678 posts.
* Second stage CBTs for ALP, JE/DMS/CMA, and Non-Technical Popular Categories (Graduate & Under-Graduate) are completed.
* Computer Based Aptitude Tests (CBAT) for ALP and Non-Technical Popular Categories (Graduate) are completed. Computer-based Skill Tests for Non-Technical Popular Categories (Graduate-level) and Ministerial & Isolated Categories are completed.
* **Details of CBT Candidates, Cities, and Languages:**
* Provides a breakdown of candidates, cities, and languages for various CBTs, including those for ALP, Technicians, JE/DMS/CMA, RPF-SI/Constable, Paramedical Categories, and Non-Technical Popular Categories.
* **Level-1 Categories:**
* CBT for 32,438 vacancies for Level-1 categories commenced from 27.11.2025 in 140 cities and 15 languages.
* PET for Constable (RPF) vacancies completed on 06.12.2025.
* **Finalized Panels:**
* Panels have been finalized for more than 31,000 candidates for various posts, including Technicians, Junior Engineers, Paramedical Categories, Sub-Inspectors (RPF), and Assistant Loco Pilots.
* **Additional Notifications:**
* Nine Centralized Employment Notifications (CENs) for 50970 vacancies have been issued as per the Annual Calendar for the year 2025.
**Impact Analysis**
**Job Aspirants**
* **Impact:** Provides an update on the progress of the recruitment process for various non-gazetted posts in Indian Railways. It provides specific details about the number of vacancies, candidates, cities, and languages involved in the recruitment.
* **Action Required:** Candidates should be aware of the progress of the recruitment process and may need to prepare for subsequent stages of the examination.
Key Entities Referenced
Indian Railways: The recruiting entity for the 1,43,086 non-gazetted vacancies.
Centralized Employment Notifications (CENs): Notifications used by Indian Railways for filling up various posts.
Assistant Loco Pilots (ALPs): A specific post being recruited for by Indian Railways.
Railway Protection Force (RPF): Organization within Indian Railways, recruiting for Sub-Inspectors and Constables.
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 15CBT 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) 58,41,774 141 15
(8,113 vacancies)
1st Stage CBT for Non-Technical Popular Categories (Under 63,27,473 157 15
Graduate) (3,445 vacancies)
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 2,66,363 112 15
(18,799 vacancies)
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) 1,21,931 129 15
(8,113 vacancies)
2nd Stage CBT for Non-Technical Popular Categories (Under- 51,978 79 15
Graduate) (3445 vacancies)
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 1,233 8 2
CategoriesCBAT for the post of Non-Technical Popular 13,616 38 2
Categories (Graduate)
Computer Based Typing Skill Test (CBTST) for the 30,341 58 2
post of Non-Technical Popular Categories (Graduate-
level)
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.
nzmdks. 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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