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Railways to recruit over 1,900 paramedical staff, reservation for EWS

Railways to recruit over 1,900 paramedical staff, reservation for EWS

Indian Railways will conduct the largest recruitment drive for paramedical categories, including staff nurse and dietitians beginning Friday, the ministry said. The Computer Based Test (CBT) will be held for recruitment to 1,923 posts from July 19 to July 21, said a statement.
"In this recruitment drive, more than 4.39 lakh candidates will be taking the test which will be held in 345 test centres in 107 towns/cities across the country," it said. First railway recruitment drive where EWS reservation will be applicable

This is first recruitment by the railways in which reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) will be available to eligible candidates. Against 10 percent of the total vacancies earmarked for EWS candidates, 4,654 EWS candidates will be appearing in the tests.

The selected candidates will be appointed, inter alia, to the post of staff nurse, dietician, health and malaria inspector, pharmacist, optometrist, and radiographer. More than 50 percent of candidates are appearing for the post of staff nurse.

Females outnumber male candidates
The largest number of candidates who applied for this recruitment are from Uttar Pradesh (64,596) followed by Rajasthan (62,772), Maharashtra (38,097), Kerala (35,496).

The noticeable feature of this recruitment is that female candidates outnumber male candidates at 62 percent. Besides, there are also 28 transgender candidates in the fray.

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