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Govt to set up National Recruitment Agency to hold common govt job exam

Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Today Govt approved the proposal to set up a National Recruitment Agency (NRA) to conduct a common examination for jobs in the government and state-owned banks. This “historic decision" was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” said, Information & Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar. This Common Eligibility Test will help "youngsters of the country find jobs easily”, said Javadekar, explaining that this will remove the hassle of multiple tests for various government jobs and make the process smoother and simpler. “Candidates for government jobs appear for multiple examinations and pay repetitive fees. The NRA will remove these pain points with a common test for multiple government jobs.” Read more