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The Ministry of Railways has issued a letter to all Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) concerning the RRB Exam Calendar for 2025. This calendar details the anticipated timeline for various activities, including deadlines for vacancy assessments, the initial vacancy assessment in OIRMS, identifying vacancies in OIRMS, proposing the draft centralized employment notification (CEN), and the expected timeframe for releasing official notifications. The RRB Annual Calendar 2025 covers various posts including Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP), Technicians, Non-Technical Popular Categories (Graduate & Under Graduate), Paramedical Categories, Ministerial & Isolated Categories, Junior Engineer, Depot Material Superintendent, and Chemical & Metallurgical Assistant.
RRB Exam Calendar 2025 Out
The ministry has asked the Zonal Railways and Production Units to assess their vacancies as per the schedule. Railway Recruitment Boards (RRB) is held responsible for following the released Annual Calendar for the year 2025 for recruitments. The RRB Exam Calendar 2025 which the Ministry of Railway has approved is as follows-
Exams/Posts | Assessment of vacancies in OIRMS | Indenting of vacancies in OIRMS after approval | Proposal for draft CEN | Period of Releasing Notifications | Vacancies Assessment upto |
Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP) | November 2024 | December 2024 | January 2025 | January-March 2025 | 30th June 2026 |
Technician | January-February 2025 | February-March 2025 | March 2025 | April-June 2025 | 30th June 2026 |
Non-Technical Popular Categories | April-May 2025 | May-June 2025 | June 2025 | July-September 2025 | 30th September 2026 |
Junior Engineer, Depot Material Superintendent and Chemical & Metallurgical Assistant | April-May 2025 | May-June 2025 | June 2025 | July-September 2025 | 30th September 2026 |
Paramedical Categories | April-May 2025 | May-June 2025 | June 2025 | July-September 2025 | 30th September 2026 |
Ministerial & Isolated Categories | July 2025 | August 2025 | September 2025 | October- December 2025 | 31st December 2026 |
The above table depicts the schedule for upcoming railway exams as such-
- Firstly Zonal Railways and Production Units will assess the vacancies in their respective departments after deducting the vacancies which are already intended in the recruitment year 2024.
- Afterwards, the approval will be granted to the assessed vacancies.
- Then a proposal for draft centralized employment notification (CEN) will be released.
- The final notification will be released to the candidates with complete details about the recruitment process including changes from the previous year (if any).
- The ministry also proposes the date before which the vacancy-filling process is to be completed through the RRB Exam Calendar 2025.
RRB Calendar 2025 PDF
The Ministry of Railways has released the RRB Exam Calendar 2025 for the Zonal Railways/Production Units to assess the number of vacancies to be filled for the next year. You can also download the proposed RRB Exam Calendar 2025 pdf to check all the details that the Railway Recruitment Board mentioned regarding various exams to be conducted in the financial year 2025-26.
RRB Exams in 2025
For the coming year 2025, the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has released a tentative RRB Exam Calendar 2025 depicting which exams are to be held. The calendar includes details for Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP), Technicians, Non-Technical Popular Categories (Graduate & Under Graduate), Paramedical Categories, Ministerial & Isolated Categories, Junior Engineer, Depot Material Superintendent, and Chemical & Metallurgical Assistant posts. Following are the exams and their brief which are scheduled for the financial year 2025-26.
RRB ALP 2025- For the post of Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP), the candidates will be selected through CBT 1, CBT 2, CBAT and Document Verification. For the year 2025, the notification can be expected in January-March 2025 with a huge number of vacancies and great opportunities for candidates with matriculation degrees.
RRB Technician 2025- The selection will be based on the candidate’s performance in a computer-based Test after which Document verification and medical examination will be carried out for final selection. The official notification with complete details will be released in April-June 2025.
RRB NTPC 2025- The exam for Railway Non-Technical Popular Categories consists of the vacancies for Graduate & Under Graduate level candidates. The board has announced to release the RRB NTPC Notification 2025 in the month of July-September 2025.
RRB Paramedical 2025- Railways will also be releasing vacancies for various posts falling in the category of Paramedical Staff in the year 2025. As per the RRB Calendar 2025, the notification with the application form and other details will be released in July-September 2025 and selection will be done through a computer-based Test followed by document verification and medical examination.