Hii sir, I Wants to give the UPSC SCRA Exam I wants to Know After Clearing the Exam What Post I may Appointed ?

Special Class Railway Apprentice (SCRA) is a programme by which candidates are selected by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) India, to train in the undergraduate program in mechanical engineering at the Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Jamalpur.



* The SCRA Exam is conducted every year by the Union Public Service Commission(UPSC).

The Eligibility Criteria for this exam are :

a) You must have passed your 12th with a minimum of 55% marks from any recognized board.

b) Your age must lie in between 17-21 years.

c) Age relaxation is also for students from reserved categories.

Now , After Passing the exam , you will be called for the interview.


Job Profile And Career Scope

On completion of the probation in SCRA, one is posted as an officer in the junior scale. Promotion to the senior scale takes place after about two years of service in working post.

After six to seven years of service, the officer is promoted to the Junior Administrative Grade, which has two levels.

One can be serving in various assignments at the Junior Administrative Grade for 8–10 years. This is followed by the Selection Grade.

The next in seniority is the Senior Administrative Grade, equivalent to the Joint Secretary, Government of India which is obtained after 16–18 years of service.

Officers of this grade may be posted as heads of various workshops in the field, as heads of a department functioning at the Headquarters office

, as Addition Divisional Railway Manager or as the Executive Director in the Railway Board.