RRB Group D Eligibility 2025, Check Age Limit & Education Qualification

RRB Group D Eligibility 2025 consisting of Age Limit, Educational Qualification and Physical Standards are discussed on this page. For a total of 32438 vacancy, huge number of job seekers shall submit the application. Thus, fulfilling the eligibility conditions of RRB Group D Recruitment 2025 will let the aspirants participate in the selection process. Here in this page, we have covered the Railway Group D Eligibility 2025 which shall be a useful piece of information for the intenders.

Update: Here is the complete eligibility criteria which the aspirants need to comply with to submit the application for Group D or Level 1 vacancies of Indian Railways.

RRB Group D Eligibility 2025 Importance

Railway Recruitment Board undertakes the recruitment of Group D Recruitment 2025 in a large scale. In fact this is a mammoth recruitment exercise that has been taken care of by RRB. To accept the application, RRB adopts the online mode. Candidates at this point should note that the application submitted based on the eligibility of the aspirants is accepted provisionally by the Railway Recruitment Board. This means, that the RRB does not verify the eligibility of the candidates at the start. It is only at the time of document verification stage, the board undertakes the RRB Group D Eligibility verification and the candidates who fail to meet the eligibility will be disqualified from the selection process. Thus, every aspirants should ensure to have met the eligibility norms as on cut off date to apply for RRB Group D Recruitment 2025.

Recruitment BodyRailway Recruitment Board
Employment NotificationCEN 08/2024
Notification forLevel 1 or Group D Posts
Vacancy32438 Posts
Notification Release23rd January 2025
Application Start Date23rd January 2025
Application Last Date22nd February 2025
Job TypeRailway Jobs
Place of PostingAll Over India
Application ModeOnline
Official Websiterrbapply.gov.in
RRB Group D Eligibility 2025 consisting of Age Limit, Educational Qualification and Physical Standards are discussed on this page

RRB Group D Nationality/Citizenship

 As per the RRB Group D eligibility, with regard to nationality, a candidate must be either:

  1. A citizen of India, or
  2. A subject of Nepal, or
  3. A subject of Bhutan, or
  4. A Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
  5. A person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

Note- The candidates belonging to categories (2), (3), (4), and (5) above shall be a person in whose favor a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India. 

RRB Group D Eligibility 2025 – Age Limit Criteria

An aspirant who desire to apply for the RRB Group D Recruitment 2025 must have to fulfill the following age limit criteria as per the CEN 08/2024.

Minimum Age Limit as on 01.01.202518 Years
Maximum Age Limit as on 01.01.202536 Years

RRB Group D Age Relaxation

Furthermore, the maximum or upper age limit is relaxed for the reserved category of candidates. As per the RRB Group D Notification 2025, the category wise age relaxation is as follows –

Sl. No.Community / CategoriesRelaxation in Upper Age Limit or Maximum Upper Age
1OBC-Non Creamy Layer(NCL)3 Years
2SC/ST5 Years
    3Ex-servicemen with at least 6 months service after attestationUR & EWS3 years (after deduction of length of service from age)
OBC-NCL6 years (after deduction of length of service from age)
SC/ST8 years (after deduction of length of service from age)
4Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD)UR & EWS10 Years
OBC-NCL13 Years
SC/ST15 Years
5Candidates who are serving Group ‘C’ and erstwhile Group ‘D’ Railway Staff, Casual Labour and Substitutes and have put in minimum 3 years of service (continuous or in broken spells).UR & EWS40 Years of age
OBC-NCL43 Years of age
SC/ST45 Years of age
6Candidates who are working in Quasi- Admi Candidates who are working in Quasi- Administrative offices of the Railway organization such as Railway Canteens, Co- operative Societies and Institutes.Up to the length of service rendered or 5 years whichever is less
7Course Completed Act Apprentices applying for the posts for which minimum qualification is ITI/ Course Completed Act Apprenticeship.UR & EWSShall be relaxed to the extent of Apprentice Training undergone by them under the Apprentice Act 1961. (Maximum 3 years)
OBC-NCLShall be relaxed to the extent of Apprentice Training undergone by them under the Apprentice Act 1961. (Maximum 6 years inclusive of age relaxation for OBC-NCL category)
  SC/STShall be relaxed to the extent of Apprentice Training undergone by them under the Apprentice Act 1961. (Maximum 8 years inclusive of age relaxation for SC/ST category)
8Candidates (canteen staff of MB Division NR) for compliance of Hon’ble Supreme Court order dated: – 12.07.2016 in Review Petition (Civil) Nos. 1954-1955 of 2016 in Civil Appeal Nos. 5874-5875 of 2015 titled as Mohan Singh & others V/s Chairman, Railway Board& others, Judgement dated 03.08.2015 passed by Hon’ble Supreme Court, New Delhi.5years (After deduction of length of service from age) Maximum age up to 60 years

RRB Group D Educational Qualification

In order to apply for RRB Group D Recruitment 2025, the interested candidates should have passed 10th pass or ITI or equivalent or National Apprenticeship Certificate (NAC) granted by NCVT.

RRB Group D Physical Efficiency Test Details

Indian Railway undertakes the Physical efficiency test of the candidates to finalise the selection list of candidates for the Group D vacancies. Actually, every aspirants shall have to clear the following physical efficiency test in order to be eligible for the Level 1 vacancies.

For Male CandidatesMale Candidates should be able to lift and carry 35 kg of weight for a distance of 100 meters in 2 minutes in one chance without putting the weight down & also they should be able to run for a distance of 1000 meters in 4 minutes and 15 seconds in one chance.
For Female CandidatesFemale Candidates should be able to lift and carry 20 kg of weight for a distance of 100 meters in 2 minutes in one chance without putting the weight down & they should be able to run for a distance of 1000 meters in 5 minutes and 40 seconds in one chance

RRB Group D Medical Standards

Indian Railway being the National Transporter has set the medical standards for the vacancy notification it releases. For the RRB Group D Vacancy 2025, the medical standard falls in to the following categories as under –

Medical StandardGeneral FitnessVisual Acuity
A-2Physically Fit in all respectsDistant Vision: 6/9, 6/9 without glasses (No fogging test)
Near Vision: Sn. 0.6,0.6 without glasses and must pass tests for Colour Vision, Binocular Vision, Night Vision, Mesopic Vision etc.
B-1Physically Fit in all respectsDistant Vision: 6/9, 6/12 with or without glasses (power of lenses not to exceed 4D)
Near Vision: Sn. 0.6, 0.6 with or without glasses when reading or close work is required and must pass test for Colour Vision, Binocular Vision, Night Vision, Mesopic Vision etc
B-2Physically Fit in all respectsDistant Vision: 6/9, 6/12 with or without glasses (power of lenses not to exceed 4D).
Near Vision: Sn. 0.6, 0.6 with or without glasses when reading or close work is required and must pass test for Binocular Vision etc
C-1Physically Fit in all respectsDistant Vision: 6/12, 6/18 with or without glasses.
Near Vision: Sn. 0.6, 0.6 with or without glasses when reading or close work is required.

RRB Group D Post Parameters

Apart from the above mentioned RRB Group eligibility criteria, the candidates may go through the following post wise parameters which shall make then eligible for the Group D posts.

Cat No.Name of the PostDepartmentSub DeptMedical StandardSuitability for Persons with Benchmark Disability
VIHILDMD
1Assistant (S and T)S and TProduction UnitC1LVD, HHOL, LC, DW, AAV, SD (Without N/LDf), SI (Without N/L Df)Yes
SignalB1LVD, HHOL, LC, DW, AAV, SD (Without N/ LDf), SI (Without N/L Df)Yes
WorkshopC1LVD,HHOL, LC, DW, AAV, SD (Without N/LDf), SI (Without N/L Df)Yes
2Assistant (Workshop)MechanicalWorkhsopC1B, LVD, HHOL, LC, DW, AAV, SD (Without N/ LDf),SI (Without N/L Df)Yes
3Assistant BridgeEngineeringBridgeB1NoNoNoNo
4Assistant Carriage and WagonMechanicalCarriage and WagonB1NoD, HHOL, LC, DW, AAV, SD (Without N/LDf), SI (Without N/L Df)Yes
5Assistant Loco Shed (Diesel)MechanicalDiesel ShedB1LVD, HHOL, LC, DW, AAV, SD (Without N/LDf), SI (Without N/L Df)Yes
6Assistant Loco Shed (Electrical)ElectricalDiesel ShedB1LVD, HHOL, LC, DW, AAV, SD (Without N/LDf), SI (Without N/L Df)Yes
Electrical ShedB1LVD, HHOL, LC, DW, AAV, SD (Without N/LDf), SI (Without N/L Df)Yes
7Assistant Operations (Electrical)ElectricalGeneral ServicesB1LVD, HHOL, LC, DW, AAV, SD (Without N/LDf), SI (Without N/L Df)Yes
Production UnitC1LVD, HHOL, LC, DW, AAV, SD (Without N/LDf), SI (Without N/L Df)Yes
WorkshopC1LVD,HHOL, LC, DW, AAV, SD (Without N/ LDf),SI (Without N/L Df)Yes
8Assistant P. WayEngineeringPWayB1NoNoNoNo
9Assistant TL & AC ( Workshop)ElectricalGeneral ServicesC1B,LVD,HHOL, LC, DW, AAV, SD (Without N/ LDf), SI (Without N/L Df)Yes
10  Assistant TL & AC  Electrical  
General Services
  B1  LV  D,HHOL, LC, DW, AAV, SD (Without N/ LDf), SI (Without N/L Df)  Yes
Production UnitC1B,LVD,HHOL, LC, DW, AAV, SD (Without N/ LDf), SI (Without N/L Df)Yes
11Assistant Track MachineEngineeringTrack MachineA3NoD,HHOL, LC, DW, AAV, SD (Without N/ LDf), SI (Without N/L Df)Yes
12Assistant TRDElectricalTRDB1NoD, HHOL, LC, DW, AAV, SD (Without N/ LDf), SI (Without N/L Df)Yes
13Pointsman BTrafficTrafficA2NoNoNoNo
14Track Maintainer IVEngineeringP WayB1NoNoNoNo

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