Aadhaar Card Compulsory for Applying RRB Online Application, Aadhaar is mandatory for Railway Jobs, who have to apply on online application format.
In a Public Notice,RRB, Secunderabad has announced that all the Railway Recruitment Boards have decided to make it compulsory for the applicants to furnish his/her 12 digit Aadhaar number or 28 digit Aadhaar registration receipt at the time of filling up the application.
It has also been decided that through a bio metric attendance system, to collect the fingerprints of the candidates and matched the same with the ones stored with the UIDAI server.
Aadhaar Card Mandatory for all RRB Jobs
This is seen as a move to prevent attempts of impersonation and to have fair conduct of RRB’s examinations. Using Aadhaar is also viewed as a hassle free and convenient mode of identity verification.
Therefore, RRB, Secunderabad has advised all the eligible candidates, desiring to apply for the posts of RRB’s in future, to get enrolled for Aadhaar.
Further, RRB, Secunderabad has made it clear that the provision for Aadhaar is made applicable in all states except Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya and Assam.
Applicants from these 3 states will be required to enter valid passport number, Voter-ID No., Driving license No. or any other valid Government identity card No. in the online application form.