IRTS Recruitment 2024: Notification(Soon), Eligibility, Application, Pattern

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) of India conducts the Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS), a civil service or competitive test in India. The exam is for recruitment to the Indian Railways Department.

The Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) is a Government of India-run Group ‘A’ service. The Indian Railways’ Transportation Operations and Commercial branches are both managed by the central service.

Candidates must apply online through the official website, and selection will be based on a prelims and mains exam, as well as an interview. Before applying for IRTS Recruitment 2024, candidates should review the eligibility requirements.

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IRTS Recruitment Exam Notification 2024

The notification is an important document that contains important information pertaining to the Indian Railway Traffic Service. This information includes the dates of the exam, the exam pattern, and the syllabus. Additionally, the notification contains important information regarding the Indian Railway Traffic Service.

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IRTS Recruitment Highlights 2024

Particulars	Details
Exam Name	Indian Railway Traffic Service Recruitment 2024
Organising Body	UPSC
Exam Level	National Level
Exam Stages	Preliminary Mains
IRTS Branches	Operation Commercial
Exam Frequency	Once a year
Exam Mode	Offline/Online
Official Website	www.indianrailways.gov.in

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IRTS Recruitment Important Dates 2024

Events	Dates
Preliminary Exam Official Notification Release	February 2024
Start of Online Application Process	February 2024
Last Date of Online Application Process (Till 6:00 PM)	February 2024
Preliminary Exam Admit Card Issue	May 2024
Prelims Exam Date	June 2024
Mains Exam Date	September 2024
Answer Key Release	To be announced
Result Announcement	To be announced

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IRTS Recruitment Eligibility Criteria 2024

In order to be considered for the exam, candidates must meet the qualifying requirements. The following are the requirements:

Nationality:

• (a) an Indian citizen, or
• (b) a Nepalese subject, or
• (c) a Bhutanese subject, or
• (d) a Tibetan refugee who came to India before 1 January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
• (e) 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
• A candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d), and (e) must be a person in whose favour the Government of India has issued a certificate of eligibility.

Educational Qualification:

Candidates must meet the following conditions in order to be considered for the exam:

• A Bachelor’s Degree from one of the recognised universities is required.
• Candidates who have taken or are planning to take the qualifying examination and are awaiting results are also eligible to take the preliminary exam. Along with the application for the Main Examination, such candidates must provide documentation of passing the aforementioned examination.
• Candidates with government-recognized professional and technical qualifications or equivalents are also eligible to apply.
• Candidates who have finished their final year of MBBS or any other medical examination but have not yet completed their internship can also take the Main Exam. They must, however, present a certificate from the involved university stating that they passed the final professional medical examination together with their Main Examination application.

Age Limit :

The candidate must be at least 21 years old and not more than 32 years old.

For candidates who fall within the following categories, the upper age limit can be relaxed:

• SC/ST – 5 years
• Other Backward Classes – 3 years
• If a candidate was habitually resident in the state of Jammu & Kashmir from January 1, 1980, to December 31, 1989, the time limit was extended to five years.
• 3 years as a member of the Defense Services
• 5 years for ex-servicemen, including Commissioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs, who have served in the military for at least five years as of August 1, 2015.
• In the case of ECOs/SSCOs, the age relaxation is five years.
• Blind, deaf-mute, and orthopedically handicapped people extended to 10 years.

Number of attempts:

From the 1984 examination, the maximum number of attempts restriction is in effect. If there are any further eligibility requirements:

• 6 attempts for general candidates.
• Candidates from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are not restricted.
• 9 attempts at other backward classes.
• Physically challenged people have nine attempts in general and OBC, but they have no restrictions on the number of attempts in SC/ST.

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IRTS Recruitment Application Form 2024

To fill out the application form on the official website, candidates must follow the steps below:

1. Download the application form from the official website.
2. Only one application form is required for candidates.
3. Candidates must clearly state where they prefer to take their exam while filling out the form.
4. Candidates should complete the form with the requested information and upload any relevant documents, pay the application fee, and submit the form within the specified time frame, along with a printout of the same.

Application Fee

Aspirants who want to apply for the job must pay INR 500 as an application fee. SC/ST candidates would be required to pay an additional INR 250.

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IRTS Recruitment Admit Card 2024

Candidates must obtain their admit cards or hall tickets from the official website in order to appear in the IRTS test 2024, which will be held in the first week of June 2024. The following are the steps for downloading the admission card:

1. Candidates are required to go to the official website.
2. Look for the admission card link or button.
3. Fill in the login information.
4. The admission card is available for download.
5. Take a printout of your admissions card.

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IRTS Recruitment Exam Pattern 2024

Prelims and mains are the two parts of the IRTS Recruitment test. The interview is the final stage.

Prelims Exam Pattern

• Each of the prelims’ papers is worth 200 points.
• Both question papers are objective in nature (multiple choice questions) and are one hour long.
• The exam will have question papers in both Hindi and English. The questions relating to English comprehension skills will be in English.
• Candidates with visual impairments will be granted an additional twenty minutes.

Name of the Paper	Nature of the Paper	Duration of the Exam	Questions	Marks
IAS Exam Paper – I: General Studies	Merit Ranking Nature	2 hours	100	200
IAS Exam Paper – II: General Studies (CSAT)	Qualifying Nature	2 hours	80	200

Mains Exam Pattern

The applicants who have demonstrated sufficient knowledge to pass the preliminary examinations will proceed to the mains examination.

IAS Exam Paper	Name of the Paper	Nature of the Paper	Duration of the Exam	Marks
Paper A	Compulsory Indian Language	Qualifying Nature	3 hours	300 marks
Paper B	English	Qualifying Nature	3 hours	300 marks
Paper I	Essay	Merit Ranking Nature	3 hours	250 marks
Paper-II	General Studies I	Merit Ranking Nature	3 hours	250 marks
Paper III	General Studies II	Merit Ranking Nature	3 hours	250 marks
Paper-IV	General Studies III	Merit Ranking Nature	3 hours	250 marks
Paper V	General Studies IV	Merit Ranking Nature	3 hours	250 marks
Paper VI	Optional Paper I	Merit Ranking Nature	3 hours	250 marks
Paper VII	Optional Paper-II	Merit Ranking Nature	3 hours	250 marks

The final exam consists of 1750 possible points in total. There is a total of 275 points up for grabs for either the interview or the personality test. The maximum marks one can obtain is 2025.

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IRTS Recruitment Syllabus 2024

The IRTS Recruitment exam syllabus is organised into two primary areas. They really are.

• Preliminary Syllabus.
• Mains Syllabus.

Preliminary Exam Syllabus

The preliminary exam is the first step in the selection process. The candidates will take two exams, one on General Studies and the other on Civil Services. Candidates should remember that the General Studies Paper-II is also known as the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) and is a qualifying paper with a minimum qualifying score of 33%.

The following is the syllabus:

• General issues on the ecology of the environment, biodiversity, and climate change that do not need the subject pertaining to the specialization of General Science.
• Geography of India and the world – physical, social-economic geography of India and the world.
• Current events that are of national and international significance.
• Social and Economic Development – Sustainable development, poverty, inclusion, demographics, social sector initiatives, etc.
• Indian Polity and Governance – Constitution, Panchayati Raj, political system, public policy, issue of rights, etc.
• History of India and the Indian National Movement.

Mains Exam Syllabus

The commission will announce a list of candidates who have been selected for the IRTS Mains exam based on merit and reservation. There are nine traditional or descriptive papers on this test, two of which are qualifying. The following is the syllabus:

Paper A

• Interpersonal skills which include communication skills
• Logical reasoning and analytical ability
• Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Level of class X), Data Interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency, etc. – level of class X)
• Making decisions and solving problems
• General mental ability
• Comprehension

Paper B

• Vocabulary and usage
• Writing of press
• Comprehension of the passages that will be given
• Short essay

Paper – I: Essay (250 marks)

• Candidates will be asked to write an essay on a given topic.
• The choice of subjects will be given.
• To be written in the medium or language as per the preference of the candidate.
• Credit will be given for precision.

Paper-II: General Studies – I (250 Marks)

• The modern history of India from about the middle of the 18th century until the current significant events, issues, and personalities.
• Important geophysical phenomena like earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic activity, cyclones, etc, and changes in location in critical geographical features which include
• Paper – III: General Studies – II (250 marks)
• Paper – VII: Optional Paper-II
• Salient features of the world’s physical geography.
• Paper – V: General Studies – IV (250 marks)
• Paper – IV: General Studies – III (250 marks)
• Distribution of key resources across the world which includes the Indian subcontinent and South-East Asia; factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the world which include India.
• Role of women and the organization of women, population and issues pertaining to the same, poverty and issues in development, urbanization, its drawbacks, and remedies.
• Effects globalization has had on Indian society.
• Social empowerment, communalism, secularism, regionalism.
• Salient features of the Diversity of India and Indian Society.
• Paper – VI: Optional Paper – I
• Consolidation after Independence and reorganization within the country include events from the 18th century such as the Industrial Revolution, World Wars, redrawing of the national boundaries, colonization, decolonization, political philosophies such as communism, capitalism, socialism, etc. – their forms and the effect it had on the society.
• ice-caps and water bodies. Change in flora and fauna is also there.
• Salient aspects of art forms, literature, and architecture from ancient to modern times are covered by Indian Culture.
• The Freedom Struggle – its various stages and important contributors/contributions from different parts of the country.

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IRTS Recruitment Selection Process 2024

The selection process for the IRTS Recruitment 2024 will include three stages:

• Preliminary Examination,
• Main Examination, and
• Interview.

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IRTS Recruitment Answer Key 2024

The IRTS recruiting exam answer key is published 10 days after the exam is completed. They are available for download on the IRTS official website. During the time allotted, candidates can express their concerns.

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IRTS Recruitment Result 2024

Following the release of the answer key, the IRTS recruiting exam result is announced. They are available for download on the IRTS official website. The results for the Preliminary Exam and the Main Exam will be released separately. As a result, the merit will be determined.

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IRTS Recruitment Cut-Off 2024

Cut-off marks are the minimum qualifying marks a candidate must achieve in order to pass the exam. To pass the IRTS Exam, candidates must get the minimum cut-off score. Candidates can see the cut-off list from the year 2019 until then.

Category	Prelims Cut-off	Mains Cut-off	Final Cut-off
General	98	751	961
OBC	95.34	718	925
SC	82.00	706	989
ST	77.34	699	893

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IRTS Recruitment Salary 2024

Within the Group “A” Civil Service, there are a total of seven distinct grade levels. The following table provides a comprehensive overview of the pay scale in detail:

Grade	Designation in Field (Commercial)	Designation in Field (Operations)	Designation in Railways	Scale of Pay
Junior Time Scale	Assistant Commercial Manager	Assistant Operations Manager	–	INR 15,600 – 39,100 (Grade Pay: INR 5,400)
Senior Time Scale	Divisional Commercial Manager	Divisional Operations Manager	–	INR 15,600 – 39,100 (Grade Pay: INR 6,600)
Junior Administrative Grade	Senior Divisional Commercial Manager	Senior Divisional Operations Manager	–	INR 15,600 – 39,100 (Grade Pay: INR 7,600)
Selection Grade	Senior Divisional Commercial Manager/ Deputy Chief Commercial Manager	Senior Divisional Operations Manager/ Deputy Chief Operations Manager	–	Rs.37,400 – 67,000 (Grade Pay Rs.8,700)
Senior Administrative Grade	Chief Commercial Manager/ Chief Claims Officer	Chief Operations Manager/ Chief Freight Transportation Manager/ Chief Passenger Transportation Manager/ Chief Traffic Planning Manager	Executive Director	Rs.37,400-67,000 (Grade Pay Rs.10,000)
Higher Administrative Grade	Chief Commercial Manager	Chief Operations Manager	Additional Member/ Additional Advisor	67000-3%-79000
Higher Administrative Grade	–	–	Member (Traffic)	80,000

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