NEW DELHI: In the world's largest recruitment exercise in which Indian railways s offered jobs nearly 90,000, as per reports over 2.8 crore people will take the online examination.

 In fact, the number of applicants for the limited government jobs may lift up further before the deadline comes to an end today. Around 20,000 more positions are expected to be offered by the railways next month so it is taking the total number of jobs to 1.1 lakh.

The country's largest public sector employer Indian Railways with its around 13 lakh employees, has invited applications for 26,502 posts of assistant loco pilots (train divers), technicians, carpenters and crane drivers among others in Level 2 of the 7th Pay Commission as TOI reported. The transporter also advertised 62,907 vacancies for gangmen, switchmen, trackmen, cabinmen, welders, helpers and porters in Level 1 of the 7th pay panel.

The move to offer jobs to about one lakh youths - high school graduates or those having an Industrial Training Institute (ITI) or equivalent certificate - was required because the railways could not speedily fill up vacancies, which take place in the last couple of years due to its center of attention on cost cutting and a spiky jump in wage bill because of the 7th Pay Commission.