NRA CET Delayed Due to Lack of IT, Physical Infrastructure; Says Minister

NRA CET Delayed Due to Lack of IT, Physical Infrastructure; Says Minister

NRA CET also known as National Recruitment Agency Common Eligibility Test is yet to be conducted by the government even after three years of its announcement. In a reply to the question asked by Randeep Singh Surejwala, Congress Rajya Sabha MP from Haryana, Union Minister of State (MoS) for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Jitendra Singh, said that CET for group B and C posts is a major shift which requires availability of reliable IT and physical infrastructure, apart from norms and guidelines for various stages of CET, pan India.

The Minister further added CET can be implemented only after IT and physical structure have been put in place and norms and guidelines for various stages for the same have been evolved.

In March, Jitendra Singh said that NRA is in the final stages of designing the CBT. A chairman and three officers have been appointed in the NRA. The Minister had also informed that the expert panel is framing the syllabus for NRA CET.

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What is NRA CET?

The National Recruitment Agency (NRA) will conduct Common Eligibility Test (CET) for various non-gazetted posts in Central Government departments. The setting up of NRA was announced in the 2020-21 budget. Through NRA CET candidates will be screened/shortlisted for certain categories of posts in Central Government for which the recruitment is carried out through Staff Selection Commission (SSC), Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) and Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS). On the basis of CET scores, candidates will be considered for the further rounds of selection. The final selection will be done through separate exams, to be conducted by the respective recruitment agencies. NRA CET will be held twice a year and the score will be valid for three years.