Union cabinet approves introduction of Common Eligibility Test for recruitment to non-gazetted posts in govt jobs

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved setting up of 'National Recruitment Agency' to conduct Common Eligibility Test for recruitment to non-gazetted posts in govt jobs, public sector banks . 

"This decision will benefit job seeking youth of the country," Union Minister Prakash Javdekar said.

The proposal aims to replace multiple examinations conducted by different recruiting agencies for selection to government jobs advertised each year, with single online common eligibility test (CET).

National Recruitment Agency will conduct the CET examination while the test scores to be valid for three years.

CET merit list may be made available to the states by NRA on cost-sharing basis, for undertaking recruitment to state government jobs.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the proposal in her Union budget speech on February 1 this year.

For now, aspirants have to appear for different examinations conducted by various agencies to apply for government jobs demanding similar eligibility criteria which cost the government a lot of time, expenditure.