What is the Full Form of NTPC

1. Full Form of NTPC

NTPC has two different abbreviations, One NTPC stands for National Thermal Power Cooperation which is related to the Thermal Power Department and another is Non-Technical Popular Category for the Railway Board. To  unwind the confusion of NTPC  Full Form, let us dive more into their meaning

• NTPC  in Thermal Power Department : 

The Thermal Power Department was incorporated by the Public Sector Corporation of India in 1975 from Delhi as its headquarters. Since then the NTPC  National Thermal Power Corporation has been working on and on for the growth of the Indian Thermal Power Department. Today if we consider the output capacity in generating energy, NTPC is one of the largest thermal power company in India. In addition, NTPC is engrossed in Power Distribution, Equipment Manufacturing, Coal Mining, and Renewable energy. The regional headquarters of NTPS is located in Lucknow, Secunderabad, Patna, Bhubaneshwar, Mumbai and  Raipur. Below is the table of the individual power stations of NTPC : 

2. RRB NTPC Full Form

NTPC  in  Railway Recruitment Board

On the other hand, NTPC in the Railway board is referred to as the Railway Recruitment for Non-Technical Popular Category. Every candidate preparing for govt exams will be waiting for the RRB  NTPL exam notification. They are a golden opportunity for students who are dreaming of Government Jobs in the Indian Railway. Also, this recruitment is especially for graduates who are qualified from recognized universities. The posts in Non-Technical Popular Categories in various Zonal Railways are 

• Accounts Clerk cum Typist
• Junior Clerk cum Typist
• Junior Time Keeper
• Trains Clerk 
• Commercial cum Ticket Clerk
• Traffic Assistant 
• Goods Guard 
• Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk 
• Senior Clerk cum Typist 
• Junior Account Assistant cum Typist
•  Senior Time Keeper
• Commercial Apprentice
• Station Master.

3. A Brief History of RRB NTPC

Railway Recruitment Board also known as RRB, it is the government agency that recruits candidates for Group-C and Group-D posts. The Ministry of Railways had established the RRB recruitment board in the year 1998 in New Delhi. This organization is responsible for Staff selection and Recruitment of Civil Service and Engineering departments.

Certainly, the foundation for RRB recruitment was laid by the Service Commission in 1942. It was formed to recruit subordinate staff members in North Western Railway. Later in 1945, a commission was established in Bombay, Calcutta, Lucknow and Madras. And was reviewed in the year 1948 but due to economic constraints it was banned in  1949. But from 1956 to 1984, the constitution of the Railway Service Commission approved all the estimated commissions laid by the Recruitment Board of Railway Service. 

In addition, the Railway Service Commission was renamed as Railway Recruitment Board in 1985. Presently in India, 21 railway recruitment boards work under the Government of India to manage and onboard new employees in the Railway Department. Below is the list of overall  regional offices of RRB in India

• Ahmedabad
• Ajmer
• Allahabad
• Bangalore
• Bhopal
• Bhubaneswar
• Bilaspur
• Chandigarh
• Chennai
• Gorakhpur
• Guwahati
• Jammu and Kashmir
• Kolkata
• Malda
• Mumbai
• Muzaffarpur
• Patna
• Ranchi
• Secunderabad
• Siliguri
• Thiruvananthapuram