RRB NTPC Undergraduate Recruitment 2026: 1,688 Posts, Apply by 13 November 2026

The Railway Recruitment Boards have opened online applications for 1,688 Non-Technical Popular Categories (Undergraduate) posts under Centralised Employment Notification (CEN) No. 07/2026, and the window closes on 13 November 2026 at 11:59 pm. RRB NTPC Undergraduate Recruitment 2026 is open to candidates who have passed Class 12, and applications are accepted online only through rrbapply.gov.in. The posts are spread across 21 Railway Recruitment Boards, and each applicant may apply to only one board, so the choice of board matters as much as the choice of post.

The four posts are Commercial cum Ticket Clerk (700), Junior Clerk cum Typist (600), Accounts Clerk cum Typist (200) and Trains Clerk (188). The detailed notice, published on 15 October 2026, runs to 57 pages and sets out the post-wise and board-wise vacancies, the fee rules and the examination pattern, and the boards said the vacancy figures are provisional.

At a glance

Conducting body	Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs), Ministry of Railways
Notification	CEN No. 07/2026, NTPC (Undergraduate)
Total posts	1,688 (provisional, across 21 RRBs)
Application window	15 October 2026 to 13 November 2026 (11:59 pm)
Fee payment last date	15 November 2026 (for a submitted application)
Correction window	16 to 25 November 2026 (Rs 250 per correction)
Qualification	Class 12 pass with 50% marks (exceptions below)
Age limit	18 to 30 years as on 1 January 2027
Pay	Level 2 (Rs 19,900) and Level 3 (Rs 21,700), 7th CPC
Selection	CBT 1, CBT 2, document verification, medical examination
Apply at	rrbapply.gov.in

RRB NTPC Undergraduate Recruitment 2026: vacancy break-up

Post	Pay level	Starting basic pay	Medical standard	Posts
Commercial cum Ticket Clerk	Level 3	Rs 21,700	B2	700
Junior Clerk cum Typist	Level 2	Rs 19,900	C2	600
Accounts Clerk cum Typist	Level 2	Rs 19,900	C2	200
Trains Clerk	Level 2	Rs 19,900	A3	188
Total				1,688

The category break-up is 686 unreserved, 414 OBC-NCL, 258 Scheduled Caste, 167 Scheduled Tribe and 163 EWS posts, with 162 posts reserved for ex-servicemen within those figures. Kolkata has the most posts at 329 and Muzaffarpur only 7, all Commercial cum Ticket Clerk. Not every board has all four posts, so read Annexure B of the detailed notice for your board before choosing.

Who can apply: qualification, age and medical standards

All four posts need Class 12 (10+2) or equivalent with at least 50% marks in aggregate, and the result must be in hand by 13 November 2026. The 50% rule does not apply to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, PwBD and ex-servicemen candidates, or to candidates holding a higher qualification such as a degree. Graduates may apply under this notification and the separate graduate notification, CEN 06/2026.

The age limit is 18 to 30 years as on 1 January 2027. For unreserved and EWS candidates that means a date of birth between 2 January 1997 and 1 January 2009. OBC-NCL candidates get three extra years, Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates get five, with further relaxations for PwBD candidates, ex-servicemen, widowed, divorced or judicially separated women who have not remarried, and serving railway staff. Check the nationality and other eligibility conditions in the detailed notice before applying.

Medical standards differ by post and can decide the outcome after the written stages. Trains Clerk needs A3, the strictest of the three standards, covering distant, colour, binocular, night and myopic vision tests, and the boards said a candidate who fails the medical for the opted post will not be offered another post. Commercial cum Ticket Clerk needs B2 and the two clerk-cum-typist posts need C2. Trains Clerk applicants who have had LASIK surgery must give a separate self-declaration.

Fee, refund and correction window

The fee is Rs 500 for General, OBC and EWS candidates, of which Rs 400 is refunded after appearing in CBT 1. Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, women, ex-servicemen, PwBD, transgender, minority and EBC candidates pay Rs 250, refunded in full after CBT 1 minus bank charges, and only to candidates who actually sit CBT 1. The fee for a submitted application is payable until 15 November 2026, and a correction window runs from 16 to 25 November 2026 at Rs 250 per correction, though account details and the chosen board cannot be changed.

Exam pattern and selection

Selection runs through CBT 1, CBT 2, document verification and a medical examination. CBT 1 screens candidates with 100 questions in 90 minutes: 40 on general awareness, 30 on mathematics and 30 on general intelligence and reasoning. CBT 2 carries 120 questions in 90 minutes: 50 on general awareness, 35 on mathematics and 35 on reasoning. Both papers deduct one-third of a mark per wrong answer. CBT 1 shortlists 15 times the vacancies, category-wise per board, and the CBT 2 score decides the rank, with candidates equal to the number of vacancies going to document verification. Minimum qualifying marks are 40% for unreserved and EWS candidates, 30% for OBC and Scheduled Caste, and 25% for Scheduled Tribe.

One change from the last undergraduate cycle: CEN 07/2026 has dispensed with the typing skill test for the two clerk-cum-typist posts. The boards said typing proficiency will still be checked after joining, and weak typing can delay confirmation. The CBT 1 date has not been announced yet; the boards said dates will be posted on the official RRB websites, with exam city intimation about 10 days beforehand and the e-call letter about 4 days before.

How to apply

First, fix the Aadhaar record: the name and date of birth in Aadhaar must match the Class 10 certificate exactly; corrections can take a week or more. Second, go to rrbapply.gov.in, create an account or log in with an earlier RRB account, and verify identity with Aadhaar or DigiLocker. Third, choose one board and rank the posts and zones, leaving out no post of interest: an omitted post counts as not interested, and preferences cannot be changed later. Fourth, take the live photograph, upload the scanned documents, pay the fee online by 15 November 2026, and save the confirmation page.

Two warnings matter. Never submit more than one form: multiple applications, even to the same board, lead to all of them being rejected and can lead to debarment from future RRB examinations. And no agent can secure a post: selection runs through the two computer-based tests, document verification and the medical examination, so any demand for money beyond the official fee is a scam flag. Apply only through rrbapply.gov.in, and never hand original certificates to a stranger.

Why this drive matters

With 1,688 posts for Class 12 pass candidates and a fee mostly refunded after CBT 1, RRB NTPC Undergraduate Recruitment 2026 is one of the most accessible railway recruitments of the year, but competition will be hard: the last undergraduate cycle had 3,445 posts, more than double this one, and some boards hold only a handful of seats in a given category. For readers tracking other large Indian drives, the RRB NTPC graduate recruitment for 3,548 posts closes on 6 November 2026, and the DPSA Circular 39 vacancies remain a separate option, each with its own deadline and eligibility rules.

Sources: Railway Recruitment Boards, Centralised Employment Notification CEN 07/2026 (detailed notice, 15 October 2026), applications via rrbapply.gov.in and the unified official RRB website rrb.indianrailways.gov.in, as reported by Dishalu and Sahi Sarkari Jobs.