RRB Group D Exam 2022: Board withdraws changes; issues new criteria for single exam
RRB Group D Exam 2022: The Railway board has now cancelled the amendments made and issued fresh changes for the Group D exam.
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Subscribe NowAnu Parthiban | April 10, 2022 | 10:59 AM IST
NEW DELHI: The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has decided to withdraw the changes introduced by the board RRB Group D 2022 exam. As per the new notification, the board has announced to hold only single-stage computer-based test (CBT) for RRB Group D exam 2022.
From increasing vacancies, normalization of marks to conducting two-stage CBT exam, the Railway board had on January 24 introduced major changes in this year’s RRB Group D exam. However, the board has now cancelled the amendments made and issued fresh changes for the Group D exam.
The designation of “Assistant Pointsman” in RRB Group D exam has been changed to “Pointsman”. As per reports, a total of 1,15,67,248 applications were received by the board at rrbcdg.gov.in for RRB Group D 2022.
RRB Group D 2022: Major Changes
The Railway Board has issued new RRB Group D recruitment criteria for single exam. Know the changes here.
RRB Group D criteria cancelled |
RRB Group D changes introduced |
To conduct exam in two stages |
Discontinued two-stage CBT. Single-stage CBT exam will only be conducted |
Candidates belonging to EWS category have to produce certificates issued before April 12, 2019. |
Now, candidates belonging to the EWS category will be able to submit the certificates issued even after date of notification will also be considered a valid document. |
The board introduced a new calculation of normalized marks for multi-session papers |
Normalization of marks will now be based on the percentile-based method. |
Based on the performance of candidates in CBT subject to their qualifying in PET, candidates 1.05 times (i.e. number of extra candidates to be called for document verification shall be 5% beyond the number of notified vacancies) the number of vacancies will be called for Document Verification as per their merit and options |
Based on the performance of candidates in CBT subject to their qualifying in PET, the number of candidates to be called for document verification shall henceforth be equal to the number of notified vacancies (i.e. in the ratio of 1:1). |
Additional candidates will, however, be considered for empanelment only if there is a shortfall in empanelment from the merit list or/and as replacement against the shortfall on account of not joining of recommended candidates in the working post or/and any other special requirements. |
In case of shortfall in empanelment of candidates or other exigencies, RRB/RRC reserves the right to utilize the candidates down the merit list if required, as per the merit and option of the candidates. This however will not confer any vested right on such candidates to be considered for appointment. |
In case of two or more candidates securing same marks, their merit position shall be determined by age criteria i.e., older person shall be placed at higher merit and in case age being same, then alphabetical order (A to Z) of the name shall be taken into account to break the tie |
In case of two or more candidates securing same normalized percentile score , their merit position shall be determined by age criteria i.e., older person shall be placed at higher merit and in case age being same, then alphabetical order (A to Z) of the name shall be taken into account to break the tie. |
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