Railway Recruitment Cell 

North Central Railway Nawab Yusuf Road, Balmiki Chauraha, Civil Lines, Prayagraj- 211001 

ENGAGEMENT OF ACT APPRENTICES Zonal Notification No. RRC/NCR/01/2021 Dated 27/07/2021

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS: – 

The Applicants should have already passed the B) prescribed Qualification on the date of issue of this Notification i.e. 27/07/2021 as under:- i) EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:- Matriculate or 10th Class in 10+2 examination system with minimum 50% marks in aggregate from recognized Board. ii) However, for Trade Welder (Gas & Electric), Wireman and Carpenter the minimum educational qualification is 8th Class Pass from recognized School and the National Trade Certificate/ ITI Certificate in the notified trade issue by NCVT/ SCVT. iii) TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS:-ITI certificate/ National Trade Certificate affiliated to NCVT / SCVT is compulsory in relevant trade as under:-

2.2 Sc/ST/OBC- Upper age limit is relax able by 05 years in case of SC/ST applicants and 03 years in case of OBC Applicants. 2.3 Persons with Disability (PWD):- Upper age limit is relaxed by 10 years. 2.4 Ex-servicemen- Upper age limit is relaxed up to additional 10 years for ex- servicemen to the extent of service rendered in Defence Forces plus 03 years provided they have put in a minimum of 6 months service at a stretch, except Ex- servicemen who have already joined the Govt. service on Civil side after availing the Ex-service men status for the purpose of their engagement. Ex-Servicemen:- An Ex-servicemen Applicants selected under the reservation provided for them will be placed in the appropriate category viz. UR/SC/ST/OBC to which he belongs. 1. II. Ex-servicemen, their children and children of Armed Force personnel will be engaged for Apprenticeship as per details mentioned below :- 

a) Children of deceased/disabled Ex-servicemen Including those killed / disabled during peace time. b) Children of Ex-servicemen. c) Children of Serving Men. d) Children of Serving Officer. e) Ex-Servicemen 2.5 Accordingly for different communities, the eligible Date of Birth range shall be as under:-

NOTE:- 1. The Applicants whose SSC / ITI results are awaited as on the Date of Notification i.e. 27/07/2021 are not eligible to apply. 2. The Applicants failed in ITI should not apply, in case any failed Applicants is engaged inadvertently, he/she will be terminated summarily from apprenticeship training without any further notice and stipend will be recovered with interest. 3. Engineering Graduates and Diploma holders are not eligible to apply for Apprenticeship in response to this notification as they are governed by a separate scheme of Apprenticeship 

3. TRADE WISE SLOTS: The details of Trade wise and Division/ Workshop wise, number of Applicants to be engaged for training as Act Apprentices along with the break-up of reservation for applicants belonging to SC/ST/OBC/EWS categories and for PWD’s/Ex- Servicemen are furnished in Annexure “A”. NOTE: 3.1 The number of training slots shown in this Notification are provisional and the same are liable to increase or decrease depending upon the actual needs of the Administration at the time of finalization of selection. 3.2 There will be a reservation to the extent of 4% for Persons with Disabilities (PWBD) and 3% for Ex-Servicemen. The quota slots in the said categories are included in the overall slots and hence are not to be filled up outside the notified slots. 3.3 The Applicants who want to avail the benefit of reservation of Ex-servicemen and Armed Forces Personnel and in case of children of Ex-servicemen and children of Armed Forces Personnel, they must upload Discharge certificate or Armed Forces Serving Certificate respectively (as the case may be) of his/her parents at the time of online application. 3.4 For SC slots, when the prescribed numbers of persons belonging to the SC are not available, it will be filled by ST Applicants. For ST slots, in case ST Applicants are not available, they will be filled by SC Applicants. If the prescribed training slots for SC/ST Applicants cannot be filled even in the above given manner, then the training slots so lying unfilled will be filled by persons not belonging to the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes i.e. Unreserved Applicants. Similarly, the seats remaining unfilled by OBC Applicants will be filled by Applicants of unreserved category. 3.5 The Applicants who want to avail the benefit of reservation of SC/ST, must upload his/her Caste certificate on Central Government format only issued by appropriate authority according to Annexure – “B” at the time of online application. 3.6 OBC Applicants are required upload OBC Caste Certificate with Non-Creamy layer certificate valid for the current year 2020-2021 in Central Government format (as per Annexure – “C”) issued on after 01/04/2020 by the Competent Authority. Certificates should indicate Caste, Date of Issue etc. and bear the Seal of the Issuing Authority. They are also required to invariably fill and upload the Self-declaration form regarding current status of Non-Creamy Layer as per Annexure – “D” However, they are advised to apply for latest OBC certificate with Non-Creamy Layer certificate valid for the current year 2021-2022 so that it can be available for submission at the time of Document Verification. 3.7 Reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) Candidates who are not covered under the scheme of reservation for SC/ST/OBC- NCL and whose family has gross annual income below Rs. 8.00 Lakh (Rupees Eight Lakhs Only) are to be identified as EWS for benefit of reservation for EWS. The