<span style="color: black;">The National Recruitment Agency will conduct a Common Eligibility Test to screen and shortlist candidates for the Group B and C (non-technical) posts.<br />'' <br />''NRA will have representatives of Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Finance, SSC, RRB and IBPS.<br />'' <br />''Special focus on creating examination infrastructure in the 117 Aspirational Districts would go a long way in affording access to candidates at a place nearer to where they reside.<br />'' <br />''The CET score of the candidate shall be valid for a period of three years from the date of declaration of the result.<br />'' <br />''The best of the valid scores shall be deemed to be the current score of the candidate.<br />'' <br />''There shall be no restriction on the number of attempts to be taken by a candidate to appear in the CET subject to the upper age limit.<br />'' <br />''Relaxation in the upper age limit shall be given to candidates of SC/ST/OBC and other categories as per the extant policy of the Government. Candidates would have the facility of registering on a common portal and give a choice of Centres.<br />'' <br />''Government has sanctioned a sum of 1517.57 crore rupees for the National Recruitment Agency.<br />'' <br />''The expenditure will be undertaken over a period of three years. National Recruitment Agency will ensure transparency and ease in recruitment process, both for the candidate and the recruiting organisation.<br />'' <br />''CET scores can be shared with Central and State Governments, PSUs, private sector thus reducing recruitment costs of these organisations. Initially the NRA will conduct CET twice a year.</span><br />