AAI Recruitment 2018: 186 job vacancies for junior and senior assistant

Domicile of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, Pondicherry and Lakshadweep can only apply for the AAI's job vacancies

Airport Authority of India (AAI) has invited job applications for 186 Junior Assistant (Fire Service) & Senior Assistant (Electronics) posts in the southern region. The date for the online registration is June 16 and the deadline for the online registration process is July 15 till 11.59pm. The candidates can apply through AAI Recruitment 2018 Notifications or from the official website www.aai.aero.

Candidates who are domicile of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, Pondicherry and Lakshadweep can apply for the above-mentioned posts at various airports in these states.

No. of vacancies:

Junior Assistant (Fire service)- 146

Senior Assistan (electronics)-39

Category-wise vacancies:

Junior Assistant (Fire service)

General: 92

OBC: 11

SC: 23

ST: 21

Senior Assistant (electronics)

General: 23

OBC: 08

SC:5

ST:3

IMPORTANT DATES:

Commencement of online registration of application: June 16, 2018

Closure of online registration of application: July 15, 2018 Sunday

Online remittance of application fee: From June 16, 2018 to July 15, 2018

Eligibility criteria:

• The candidates’ Age shall be 18 to 30 years as on 31.03.2017. And the maximum age limit for Widows, divorced women and women judicially separated from their husbands and who are not remarried. Upto the age of 35 years (upto 40 years for member of SC/ST and 38 years for OBC).
• For the Junior Assistant, the Candidates should be 10th pass with 3 years' approved regular Diploma in Mechanical/Automobile/ Fire with minimum 50% marks. Or 12th pass with 50 per cent marks.
• For the Senior Assistant, the candidate must have a Diploma in Electronics / Tele Communication / Radio Engineering (03 years Course) from a recognized institution and two years of work experience in the concerned discipline.

SELECTION PROCESS:

Junior Assistant (Fire service):

• The candidates will have to appear for a two hour written exam which will be a computer-based test. Minimum pass marks will be 50 out of 100 for UR /OBC candidates and 40 out of 100 for SC/ST candidates.
• On passing the online written exam, the shortlisted candidates shall be subjected certificates/ document verification followed by medical examination.
• Further, those cleared in the medical examination will be allowed for driving test.
• Only on passing the driving test, the candidate will be allowed for endurance test. Read more

Long queues again? ATMs go dry as many states face cash crunch: Top updates

Several states are facing a cash shortage despite currency flows in the economy at the pre-demonetisation level

A cash crunch has been reported in several states of India -- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana. People are facing a huge monetary crisis, with a majority of automated teller machines (ATMs) running out of cash. In Bihar's Patna several ATMs have gone 'out of service' causing inconvenience to the locals.

Taking stock of the situation, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said: "We have reviewed the currency situation in the country; there is more than adequate currency circulation and it is available with the banks... a temporary shortage caused by the sudden and unusual increase in some areas is being tackled.

Here are the top developments in the crisis caused by a sudden shortage of cash across several states and what the government is saying:1. Life gets miserable for many Indians, especially traders: Despite the currency flow in the economy going back to the pre-demonetisation level, ATMs are going dry making life miserable for many residents, especially traders. Many are running from one ATM to another in search of currency notes.

ALSO READ: Demonetisation redux? ATMs again running dry across states amid cash crunch

2. Some ATMs not dispensing more than Rs 5,000: Only one ATM at State Bank of India’s branch had cash, but the machine was dispensing only up to Rs 5000 cash and that too only in the form of Rs 100 currency notes, according to The Times of India report.

The people in Delhi, on the other hand, said that most of the ATMs are dispensing only Rs 500 notes.

3.Hyderabad, Varanasi office-goers face troubles: In Hyderabad, office goers have told news agency ANI, that they have been unable to withdraw cash from ATMs in several parts of the city since yesterday. There are reports from Varanasi as well of people saying there is no cash at ATMs since yesterday, said TOI report.

However, people in Madhya Pradesh claimed that they have been facing a cash crunch for the last two weeks.

4. Govt's meeting with RBI on cash shortage across states: The finance ministry held a meeting with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), banks, and state government officials on Thursday to take stock of cash availability after receiving complaints of the dearth of money in some states. The non-release of funds by the Centre is being cited as one reason for the cash crunch.