RRB JE Recruitment 2019: Indian Railways seeks applications for 12,844 posts of JEs at rrbmumbai.gov.in

RRB JE Recruitment 2019: Indian Railways has invited applications to recruit as many as 12,844 junior engineers through a notification issued by the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB). Interested candidates should visit the official website, rrbmumbai.gov.in to check the details, as the online application process has started on Wednesday (Jan 2) and will continue till January 31, 2019. According to the notification, the board has also sough applications for posts of junior engineers in information technology (29); depot material superintendent (227); and chemical and metallurgical assistant (387). 

According to the notification, all these candidates after their selection will fall under the 7th Central Pay Commission Matrix and will be given an initial pay of Rs 35,400 per month, besides other allowances admissible at that time. 

Notably, the offline payment can be made till February 4, while candidates can make online payment till February 5. The last date to submit the complete online application form is February 7. 

The other details including last date of application, and the date for computer based test is given below.

The Railway board will conduct the stage 1 computer based test during April or May. The dates for CBTs of recruitment process will be intimated through the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) websites.

Age limit: Candidates applying for these railway posts should fall between 18 and 33 years (as on 01-01-2019).

Examination fee: Candidates belonging to general category will have to pay Rs 500, while those belonging to the SC/ST/ex-servicemen/PwBDs/trransgender/ minorities/economically backward class will have pay Rs 250. Female candidates will also have to pay the examination fee of Rs 250.

Salary: After clearing all the stages of the exams, candidates will be selected for the different posts of JE, JE IT, depot  material superintendant (DMS) and chemical & metallurgical assistant (CMA). They will fall under the 7th Central Pay Commission Matrix and will get an initial pay of Rs 35,400 per month, besides other allowances admissible at that time.

Examination: Candidates will two-stage computer based test (CBT). The short listing of 2nd stage CBT will be based on the merit of the candidates in 1st stage CBT. After the state 2 CBT, they will have to go through document verification and medical examination.

There will be negative marking for incorrect answers in CBTs. 1/3rd of the marks allotted for each question will be deducted for each wrong answer.