UPSC SCRA exam

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UPSC SCRA 2013 notification has been released. The examination for SCRA (Special Class Railway Apprentices) will be held on 20^th January 2013 at the various centers across the country.
Special Class Railway Apprentices (SCRA) of mechanical department of Indian Railways is highly coveted among the candidates who wish to join the Indian Railway as a mechanical engineer.
Educational Qualification
Minimum educational qualification for the SCAR Examination as per notification is intermediate (10+2) or equivalent examination.
Age Limit:
As SCRA 2013 notification reads that the minimum age is 17 years but the candidates must not have attained the age of 21 years. The age relaxation is applicable according to the norms.

New Examination Pattern for Admissions to IITs/NITs/IIITs

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Introduction and Scheme of Examination

It has been decided to hold a Joint Entrance Examination from the year 2013 for admission to the undergraduate programmes in Engineering in two parts, JEE-MAIN and JEE-ADVANCED. Only the top 150000 candidates (including all categories) based on performance in JEE MAIN will qualify to appear in the JEE ADVANCED examination. Admissions to IITs will be based only on category-wise All India Rank (AIR) in JEE ADVANCED, subject to condition that such candidates are in the top 20 percentile categories. Admission to NITs will be based on 40 % weightage for performance in Class XII board marks (normalized) and the remainder 60 % weightage would be given to performance in JEE Main and a combined All India Rank (AIR) would be decided accordingly. The policy could also be adopted by other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs) and participating Institutions. In case any State opts to admit students in the engineering Colleges affiliated to state Universities where States require separate merit list to be provided based on relative weightages adopted by the states, then the merit list shall be prepared with such relative weightages as may be indicated by States.