Railways, IBPS and SSC to have Common Eligibility Test: Online exams to start from THIS month

The National Recruitment Agency (NRA) would start conducting online test for a select category of government jobs from September, Union minister Jitendra Singh had said on Wednesday in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. "It is expected that NRA would start conducting CET from September 2021 onwards," Singh said.

"NRA will conduct only preliminary screening of candidates. The final recruitment will be done through domain-specific examinations/tests to be conducted by respective agencies viz. SSC, RRBs and IBPS. Based on the score obtained in CET conducted by NRA, candidates may appear in domain-specific exam/tests to be conducted by respective recruitment agencies," the minister added.

"The NRA would identify language experts to translate the question bank/paper in all regional languages included in the 8th schedule of the Constitution, as per requirement and subject to an adequate number of candidates opting to take test in the regional language," the minister said.

The National Recruitment Agency was set up to streamline the recruitment process in India. The new agency will conduct a Common Eligibility Test (CET) to select candidates for non-gazetted posts in the central government and public sector banks. 

There will be a common entrance test for Staff Selection Commission (SSC) and the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) and Railway Recruitment Board (RRB).