RPF SI Notification 2024: Check Vacancies & Other All Details

Railway Protection Force Sub-Inspectors Exam Notification

There’s good news for Railway Protection Force Aspirants. The Indian Railway has recently released the notification for the RPF SI Exam 2024 (Railway Protection Force Sub Inspector). The organization has invited applications from candidates for the post of Sub-Inspectors in various offices. The total number of vacancies for this position is 452. Those who wish to apply for the position of RPF SI can apply online from 15 April, 2024 to 14 May, 2024. If candidates have any corrections to be made to the said application, they can do so from 15 May, 2024 to 24 May, 2024. Candidates also need to check the notification for the RPF SI Eligibility Criteria to ensure they qualify for the written exam. The notification will also include RPF SI Exam Pattern and Syllabus so that candidates can begin their preparation for the exam diligently. If you qualify for Candidates who are interested can apply online for RPF SI on before the due date.

How to Appy

Steps to submit ONLINE Application - Click on the ONLINE application link for the recruitment of Sub-Inspector and carry out the following:

• Confirm that you have read and understood the instructions clearly by clicking the check box.
• Enter your name, Date of Birth and Father’s name, Mother’s name, Aadhaar number(optional), State/UT, Category, Education Board, 10th/Matric Roll number, year of passing 10th/Matric, mobile number and email-id and then submit for registration.
• Before submitting for registration, ensure and confirm that all the information are correct as the details furnished for registration cannot be changed later.
• On submitting the registration form, the registration number and password will be displayed to the candidate. Also, OTPs (One Time Password) shall be sent to the registered mobile number and email along with the registration details. The candidate should retrieve the OTPs from email and mobile and then login to proceed with the filling up of application and to make payment.
• Candidates should note and preserve their registration number for later reference during the recruitment process. The Central Recruitment Committee will not entertain any request seeking registration number.
• The online format of application will have the fields for Educational qualification, Gender, Religion, ESM, and Minority, Economically backward class, Age relaxation eligibility category as applicable and other details.
• On completion of application details as above, the candidate will be directed to the payment page to choose payment mode i.e. Bank (online-net banking/credit card/debit card & offline-Other Modes-bank Branch for Challan) or Post Office Challan and complete the payment process.
• Please note the last date and time specified for each mode of payment and submit the application well in time.
• In case of online payment, the candidate will be automatically directed to Part II of application for filling up additional details. Those paying through Bank-offline mode, the payment confirmation may take about an hour, so they must login after 60 minutes and look for confirmation of payment status. The time period for payment confirmation shall vary from 24 hrs to 48 hrs in case of Post Office payment.
• On getting the confirmation status, the candidate can start filling remaining part (part III) of the application. Candidates should provide the details of beneficiary account, in which they would like to receive the refund viz. Beneficiary name, bank name, Account Number and IFSC code in the online application. Part III of application will have following fields: Details of Educational Qualification, choice of Group and preference of Zone/RPSF, choice of exam language for CBT etc:-
  • Choice of Zone/RPSF: Candidate shall opt for a Group and shall further indicate his/her preference of Zonal Railways falling in that Group (except for Group E & F). Candidates opting for Group E and F shall only have the option of N.F.Rly. and RPSF respectively. Once Group is opted candidates will be considered against the vacancies of that particular Group only.
  • Choice of Exam Language for CBT: Candidates shall have following language options for Computer Based Test ( CBT) out of which they shall have to opt for any one: - Hindi, English, Urdu, Tamil, Telugu, Konkani, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarat, Bengali, Odia, Punjabi, Assamese and Manipuri.
  • Uploading of Photograph: Select the Upload Photo tab and upload your recent colour photograph.
    • Candidates belonging to SC/ST have to upload scanned copy of their SC/ST certificates (JPG/JPEG format, 50kb – 100kb) also for availing the facility of free travel authority (Second Class Railway Pass).
    • In the end, candidates have to confirm the declaration “I hereby declare that I have gone through the eligibility criteria for the post applied for and meet all the requirements therein, that all the details furnished by me in the application are true and complete to the best of my knowledge & belief and nothing has been concealed or suppressed. I also understand that in case, any of the details furnished is found untrue during any stage of recruitment or thereafter Railway Administration shall disqualify me for the post applied for and /or I shall be liable for any other action under the extant rules”.
    • After confirming the above declaration and submission of the application the entire application will be displayed for confirmation once again and on confirmation, the candidate may proceed to the next step which is payment of the application fees. After confirming the above declaration and submission of the application the entire application will be displayed for confirmation once again and on confirmation, the candidate may proceed to the next step which is payment of the application fees.

General Instructions

• Computer Based Test (CBT) shall be held simultaneously for all Zonal Railways and RPSF.
• Admission to all stages of the recruitment process shall be purely provisional, subject to the candidates satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions.
• Mere issue of e-call letter to the candidates will NOT imply that their candidature has been finally accepted by the CRC.
• CRC may reject the candidature of any applicant at any stage of recruitment process in case the candidate is found to be not fulfilling the requisite criteria and if appointed, such candidate shall be removed from service summarily.
• Before applying for the post notified in this notification, candidate should satisfy himself/herself that he/she fulfils all the eligibility norms including age, height, chest, educational qualification, physical and medical standards.
• Candidate should ensure that he/she has requisite qualification from recognized University/Board /Institute as on the date of Closure for submission of the application for this Employment Notice. Those awaiting results of the final examinations for the prescribed qualification are not eligible and hence NEED NOT apply.
• Candidates submitting more than one application with different particulars like name/Father’s name/Category/educational qualification will be summarily rejected.
• Candidates should enter their Name, Father’s Name and Date of Birth as recorded in 10th/Matriculation certificate only. In cases of name change, candidates shall indicate their changed Name only in the ONLINE application.
• However, other details shall match with the Matriculation or Equivalent certificate. Date of such change (or) application for such change shall be prior to the last date of submission of ONLINE application. Gazette Notification or any other legal document as applicable for such cases shall have to be submitted at the time of Document Verification (DV).
• In case candidate has changed his name, then gazette notification or any other legal document as applicable should be submitted at the time of document verification. Such candidates should indicate their changed name in the application. However other details should match with the Matriculation or equivalent certificate. Date of such change should be prior to the date of application.
• Signatures of the candidates on all documents should be identical and must be in running hand writing and not in block/capital or disjointed letters. Signatures in different style or language at the time of CBT, PET/PMT and DV etc. may result in cancellation of Candidature.
• Signature and digital impression of both thumbs of all candidates appearing for the PET & PMT will be obtained.
• Dates of Examinations will also be published on the official websites of Indian Railways. Thereafter, e-call letters for the CBT, PET, PMT and DV (as applicable) should be downloaded ONLY from websites of the Indian Railways. The examination centre, date and shift indicated in the call letter shall be final.
• Vacancies indicated in the Employment Notification are provisional and may increase or decrease or even may become NIL in total or in specific communities/posts/units at a later stage depending upon the actual need of the Railway Administration. Also, additional posts if required by the railway may also be included at the later stage. CRC reserves the right to introduce additional CBT, PET, PMT, DV etc without assigning any reason.
• The Railway Administration also reserves the right to cancel the notified vacancies at its discretion and such decision will be final and binding on all. In the event of cancellation of notified vacancies, the examination fee paid by the candidates will not be refunded.
• Application shall be filled by the candidate only in English.
• The onus shall be upon the candidates to prove that all the information filled in/submitted by him/her in the application is true.
• Free sleeper Class Railway Pass admissible to SC/ST candidates will be part of e-call letter when they are called for various stages of selection viz. CBT/PET/PMT/DV (as applicable) as per the details of the valid Caste certificate furnished in ONLINE application.
• At the time of obtaining reservation and during journey, the Reservation clerk and/or Ticket Checking staff will ask for the original SC/ST category certificate for verification of genuineness of the candidate. Any attempt to misuse this travelling authority shall lead to rejection of candidature at any stage of the selection process including debarment for future recruitments.
• CRC reserves the right to incorporate any subsequent changes/ modification/additions in the terms & conditions of recruitment under the Employment Notice as necessitated and applicable.
• To avoid last minutes rush, candidates are advised in their own interest to submit ONLINE application much before the closing date since there may be a possibility of inability/failure to log on to the website of Indian Railways on account of heavy load on the internet or website during last days. CRC shall not accept any responsibility for the candidates not being able to submit their application within the last day on account of aforesaid reasons or any other reason.
• Selected candidates will have to undergo initial training.

RPF SI Application Fee

A candidate filling the application of RPF SI has to pay the fee through online mode only. The application fee for RPF SI varies for general and reserved category. The fees paid for the RPF SI will be refunded to the candidates once they appear for the computer based online exam of RPF SI. For further details of the RPF SI application fee refer to the table below-

Mode of Payment of Fee

• ONLINE fee payment through internet baking or debit/credit cards.
• OFFLINE fee payment through
• SBI Bank Challan payment mode in any branch of SBI.
• Post office Challan Payment Mode in any branch of computerized Post Office. The online payment will be allowed till 23.59 hrs of 02.07.2018 and offline payment will be allowed till 23.59 hrs of 05.07.2018 for candidates who register themselves till 23.59 hrs of 30.06.2018. However, registration will be confirmed only on payment of the fee.
• All applicable service charges shall be borne by the candidates. If the fee is paid through offline mode viz (II) a) & b) above, the receipt should be preserved. The same should be produced on demand at the time of Document Verification (DV).
• Minorities include Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Zoroastrians (Parsis) subject to revision/deletion/inclusion, if any, received till the closing date of notification. Minority candidates claiming waiver of examination fee will be required to furnish, at the time of DV, “Minority Category Declaration” affidavit on non-judicial stamp paper that they belong to any of the above minority communities, failing which their candidature will be rejected.
• Economically Backward Class (EBC) candidates are those whose annual family income is less than Rs. 50,000/-. Such Candidates should have valid Income Certificate in the prescribed format or on the letterhead of the Issuing Authority to this effect. The certificate details should be filled in the online application and same should be submitted at the time of DV.
• Candidates having BPL card also eligible for fee concession under EBC and all these candidates seeking fee concession should fill in the relevant details in the ONLINE application.
• Candidates who appear in CBT will be eligible for fee refund. For exam fee refund (amount as applicable), they should provide details of beneficiary account viz. Beneficiary name, Bank name, and Account Number and IFSC code.
• Applications not accompanied with examination fee, wherever applicable, will be summarily rejected.

RPF SI Vacancy

Since the release of the official notification of RPF SI , the vacancies for this post stands at 452 candidates. A total of 4460 vacancies have been released for the complete RPF Recruitment 2024. 4208 vacancies are for the RPF Constable and 452 Vacancies are for RPF SI posts. The vacancies are released for both male and female candidates. As per government norms, 15% of the total vacancy is reserved for women. With the notification out, it is only a matter of time before the exam preparation will begin for the candidates. Take a look at the table below for more details on the RPF SI Vacancy:

RPF SI Admit Card

All candidates should download their call letter from Railway official website by entering his/her details i.e. Registration Number/Roll Number and Password/Date of Birth. No hard copy of the RPF SI admit card will be sent by post or courier to any candidate. All candidates should bring this admit card print out along with an original id proof and its photocopy. Without this admit card no candidate will be allowed to give the RPF SI online exam.

RPF SI Exam Result

After the completion of the online exam of RPF SI, all the candidates are always eager to know the dates for the final result. The final result for RPF SI can be downloaded from the official website of the Railways. The exact date for the declaration of the RPF SI will be mentioned in the official notification of RPF SI once it is out.