New Government Jobs Digest: 31 October 2026 - RRB Station Master (1,265 Posts) and Kerala PSC Notifications

Lead item: RRB Station Master, CEN 08/2026 - 1,265 posts. Eligibility: a graduate degree (any graduate can apply, per the Ministry of Railways). Last date to apply online: 25 November 2026.

Indian Railways has opened online applications for Station Master recruitment under Centralised Employment Notice (CEN) No. 08/2026. This is the first standalone Station Master notification: the Railway Board has decided that from 2026 onwards, Station Master recruitment will be notified separately.

Freshness note: the lead item is verified against the Ministry of Railways' official PIB release of 27 October 2026. The detailed CEN could not be opened on the railway server at the time of writing, so notification-level details are marked as reported; confirm them in the detailed CEN before applying. The Kerala PSC item is verified against its official gazette page.

RRB Station Master - CEN 08/2026 (1,265 vacancies)

• Vacancies: 1,265 across Railway Recruitment Boards; RRB Mumbai notifies the highest number (177), followed by Jammu-Srinagar (122) and Chennai (119).
• Eligibility: any graduate can apply, per the Ministry of Railways. Media reports of the detailed notification put the age limit at 20-33 years as on 01.01.2027, with applicable category relaxations - confirm in the detailed CEN.
• Application window: opened 27 October 2026 and closes on 25 November 2026, online only at rrbapply.gov.in.
• Pay and selection: media reports place the post at Level 6 of the 7th Central Pay Commission with a Computer Based Test followed by an aptitude test, document verification and medical examination - confirm the stages and medical standard in the detailed CEN before applying.

Kerala PSC Extraordinary Gazette, 30 October 2026 (Cat. Nos. 162/2026 to 173/2026)

• Last date: 2 December 2026. Applications through Kerala PSC's one-time registration portal at keralapsc.gov.in.
• Posts notified include Laboratory Assistant (Dairy/CFP) in Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (Part-I general and Part-II society quota), Attender (SR for ST only) in Travancore-Cochin Chemicals, Assistant Professors (Cardiology, Pathology, Cardio Vascular and Thoracic Surgery - NCA vacancies) under Medical Education, CSR Technician Gr.II / Sterilisation Technician Gr.II, Police Constable (Trainee) in the Armed Police Battalion (SR for LC/AI), and L D Typist/Clerk Typist (Ex-Servicemen only) under NCC/Sainik Welfare.
• Eligibility varies by post; several are NCA special-recruitment vacancies open only to the notified communities. Read the gazette notification for the community and qualification conditions before applying.

Apply smart

• Use only the official portals: rrbapply.gov.in for RRB and keralapsc.gov.in for Kerala PSC. Avoid lookalike job portals and paid "guaranteed selection" offers.
• The RRB application portal was showing a scheduled-maintenance page when checked on the morning of 31 October - if it is still down, wait and retry; the window runs till 25 November. Read the detailed CEN on rrb.indianrailways.gov.in before paying any fee.

Sources: Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Railways (27 October 2026) (https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=2329071&lang=1®=1); detailed notification CEN 08/2026 on rrb.indianrailways.gov.in; applications on rrbapply.gov.in. Kerala PSC extraordinary gazette dated 30/10/2026 (https://www.keralapsc.gov.in/extra-ordinary-gazette-date-30102026). Reported notification-level details: India Today, 29 October 2026 (indiatoday.in report of CEN 08/2026). Candidates should rely only on the official notifications for eligibility and dates.