Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Upper age is relaxable by five years.
Candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes
Upper age is relaxable by three years
Ex-servicemen who have put in a minimum
Service of 6 months after attestation
Upper age is relaxable to the extent of Service plus three years. This is however subject to a maximum of 40 years in apprentice categories.
Course completed Act Apprentices
Upper age is retaxable upto 35 years in categories where apprenticeship is one of the qualifications, provided the apprenticeship training commenced before the candidate attained 25 years of age.
Serving Railway employees who have put in a minimum of 3 years continuous service
Upper age relaxable up to 40, 43and 45 years UR, OBC and SC/ST candidates respectively.
Widows, divorced and judicially separated women
Upper age is relaxable by two years over and above the maximum age prescribed for the communities to which they belong.
Persons with Disabilities
(Physically Handicapped)
By ten years (15 years for SCs/STs and
13 years for OBCs).
Age concessions to other specified categories, wherever available, are indicated in the Employment Notifications issued by the Railway Recruitment Board.
The age concessions are liable to be modified as per the general policy of the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board).
Relaxations in upper age for candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Class candidates is permissible only when posts reserved for them are available. However, they can compete for unreserved posts also under the normal age restrictions.
CONCESSIONS IN EXAMINATION FEES.
Candidates belonging to SCHEDULED CASTES, SCHEDULED TRIBES, ALLEX-SERVICEMEN AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED are fully exempted from payment of the prescribed examination fees.
