RTR Exam Schedule 2023
RTR Exam Schedule 2023
RTR Exam Schedule 2023
Ministry of Communications
Department of Telecommunications
WPC Wing , COP Section
5th Floor, Sanchar Bhawan, 20 Ashoka Road
New Delhi - 110 001
No. P-11014/01/2018-COP Dated: i"1 -12-2022
NOTICE
2. The above examination dates are tentative, hence likely to be changed. Admitted
candidates shall, however, be intimated through Department of Telecom (DOT) website for
the correct dates and venue of the examination would be confirmed through Department of
Telecom (DOT) website. All the candidates, Examiners, Coordinators and other staff
associated with Examination are directed to follow the COVID-19 guidelines/SOPs issued
by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare from time to time, if required/mandatory at city/state
of examination centre. All concerned are also advised to follow the instructions issued by
Department of Telecom, Wireless Planning & Coordination Wing attached at Annexure-1.
3. This is a professional examination of International standard as per the Government
guidelines prescribed under the International Radio Regulations applicable to the
Aeronautical Mobile Service, and is not meant for filling of any vacancies or imparting
training . Those who qualify, by virtue of meeting requisite standard of performance, are
granted the certificate/ licence .
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5. For application form and relevant information, you may refer to this Ministry Gazette
Notification No. GSR 7(E) dated 06.10.2010, which is enclosed.
6. The examination fee for the Examination is Rs. 500 /-(Rupees Five Hundred only).
6.1 The candidate may pay examination Fees through NON TAX RECEIPT
PORTAL(NTRP) only and enclose a copy of the payment receipt as proof of payment with
completed application. Further details on payment through NTRP, are available at
http://bharatkosh.gov.in/static/UserGuide.aspx. It may also be noted that while making
payment through NTRP, due care must be taken to make payment to Department of
Telecommunications (DoT) only. In case of any assistance/problem in making payment
through NTRP, you may get help from help desk on HELP LINE No.011
23328280/23036242 and Email at support.pfms-dot@nic.in, at Room No. 1312, Sanchar
Bhawan, New Delhi. Payment made to any other Department/Ministry will not be taken into
consideration. Application form duly completed in all respects be sent to the "Assistant
Wireless Adviser to the Government of India of the respective Regional Licencing
Office(RLO), where the examination is scheduled, as given in Para 1 above, so as to reach
not later than the last date mentioned above for respective examination. Examination
centre wise details of payee are given below in the table:
TABLE-2
Licence Name of the payee Address of the RLO where application to be submitted
issued from under NTRP
RLO, New Controller of Assistant Wireless Adviser, WPC Wing Regional
Delhi Communication Licensing Office, Ministry of Communications, Northern
Accounts, New Delhi. Regional Wireless Monitoring HORS Campus, (PO)
PAO Code: 077177 Ghitorni, New Delhi-30.
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the admit card is issued, change of option and change of date of examination under no
circumstances would be entertained.
9. This Ministry DOES NOT RECOGNISE OR APPROVE any institute or flying club for
the purpose of training , tuition or coaching etc. The examination may, if necessary, be
held at an institute in which case the said institute will be merely the centre/venue of the
examination and this is NO WAY, WHATSOEVER CONFERS ANY PREFERENTIAL
TREATMENT I RECOGNITION/ APPROVAL I RECOMMENDATION OF ANY KIND BY
THIS MINISTRY TO ANY INSTITUTE OR FLYING CLUB.
10. Enquiry, if any, may be made at the respective Regional Licencing Office(RLOs)
contact detail is mentioned in Table-2 above or at this Ministry in person on any
Wednesday between 10.30 AM and 12.30 PM and on any Friday between 3 PM and
4.30PM, from Assistant Wireless Adviser to the Govt. of India or Engineer, WPC Wing,
COP Section, Department of Telecom, 5th Floor, Sanchar Bhawan, 20, Ashoka Road, New
Delhi- 110 001 or on Tel. Nos. 011-23359562, 23372081, 23036539.
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(4 ~ 1;;_~;<_0~%{,
(Onkar Nath)
Assistant Wireless Adviser
Ph: 01123036539/23372081
To,
1. DGCA for information. (with request to schedule their exam dates avoiding WPC Wing
scheduled exam dates)
2. JWA, RLO NR/WR/SR/ER,
3. Director, WMO
4. Sr.DWA (IT&SACFA), WPC Wing (with request to arrange to upload on DOT website).
Annexure-I
Department of Telecom,
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g) The examination center has to have a designated isolation room for isolating
any person who is found symptomatic at the time of screening or during
examination, till such time medical advice has to be sought.
h) Only asymptomatic staff and candidates shall be allowed inside the
examination hall. Candidates having fever, cough, cold or any symptom of
COVID-19 should not be allowed to appear in examination. Nearest COVID
hospital / health center along with State Government/Central Government
helpline numbers has to be immediately informed about the patient.
i) All staff and candidates to be allowed entry only if using face masks/ covers.
The face cover/mask has to be worn at all times inside the examination center
by all.
j) Specific markings have to be made by exam center with sufficient distance to
manage the queue and ensure social distancing in the premises. Maintain
physical distancing of a minimum of 6 feet, when queuing up for entry and inside
the center as far as possible.
k) Bags/books/mobiles by the candidates are not allowed in the examination
center.
l) Frisking of examinees, if needed, shall be undertaken after thermal screening
and direct contact may be avoided.
m) Staff at high risk like older and pregnant employee shall not be deployed for
conduct of exam.
n) Seating arrangement in the examination hall to be made in such a way that
adequate social distancing is maintained.
o) The examiner will sanitize his hand prior to distribution of question papers/
sheets. The candidate will also sanitize their hand before receiving such paper
and handing them back to examiners. The collection and packing of the answer
sheets, at every stage will involve sanitization of hand. The answer sheet/result
will preferably be opened after sanitization.
p) Sharing of personal belongings/ stationary shall not be allowed. Use of
spit/saliva for counting / distributing sheets shall not be allowed.
q) Examination hall and other common area shall be sanitized each time before
and after examination on daily basis.
r) Cleaning and regular disinfection of frequently touched surfaces like door
knobs, benches etc., to be made mandatory in all examination hall and other
common areas.
s) Examination question papers may not be reused. After each shift/slot/batch of
examination new set of papers has to be opened and distributed among the
candidates. Hence there is no need to make them to wait in the examination
room to maintain secrecy of question paper.
t) For other / revised/ latest guidelines/instructions candidates and associated
staff are advised to referrer detailed SOP on preventive measure to be followed
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while conducting examinations to contain spread of COVID-19 issued by
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
3. Instructions to be followed in case of a suspect case or person who
develops symptoms during the conduct of examination: -
a) Place the ill person in a room or area where they are isolated from others.
b) Immediately inform parents or guardians or relatives about his health and
inform the nearest medical facility (hospital/clinic) or call the state /central
government helpline numbers.
c) The person will remain isolated while wearing a mask/face cover till such time
he/she is examined by a doctor.
d) If symptoms deteriorate, inform the nearest medical facility (hospital/clinic) or
call the state or district helpline.
e) A risk assessment shall be undertaken by the designated public health authority
(district RRT/treating physician) and accordingly further action be initiated
regarding management of case, his/her contacts and need for disinfection.
f) Disinfection of the premises to be taken up if the person is found positive.
It may be noted that the SOP detailed above provides for minimum
precautions to be followed during planning and conduct of examinations.
Institutions/ Examination Conducting Authorities/ Examination centers may put
additional measures in place as per their local assessment and in line with
activities permitted by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) as per MHA orders
issued from time to time.
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·~ MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION rECHNOLOGY
(Department ofTelecommunication1)
'\:
N011F'ICATION
. New Delhi~ the 6th January, 2010
· In exercise· of the po~ers conferred by section 7 of the Indian
G.sA 7(E).-
Telegrapb. Act, .1885 (13 of 1885), th~ Central Government hereby makes th~ .
following·rutes fu.rther to amend lndiani Wireless Telegraphy (Commercial RadiO
. Operato.r.' s .Certificate of Proficiency an4 Licence to Operate Wi.r eless Telegrap~y)
Rules 1954, namely:- · ·
1. (1) These rules may be called the Indian Wireless Telegraphy (Commercial
(2) They shall come into for~ on the date of their publication in the .
Official Gazette. ·
(hereinafter referred to as the said rules},- for rule 7, th.e following rule shall be
·substituted, namely:- ·
I
"7. ~ee
for the examination. - A candfdate for· admission to an examination for
the grant of certificate specified under f.ule 3 shall pay examination fee of five
hundred .rupees per exam and the said ~xamination fee may be reviewed by the
3. In the said rules, after rule 8, the foJlowing rule shall be inserted, namely.
"8A Language . - The Language of the examinations conducted under these rules · ·
shall be English."
4. In the said rules, for rule 10, the .following rule shall be ~11bstituted, namely:
' 10.. _Licence fee and validity.- A ca11di.~ate for the ?rant of certificate and,licence
specified under the rule 3 shall pay fees 1tj the followmg sc~le, namely:- .
Explanation.- For the purposes of this ·ruJ.e, the expression "Life time" means till
the licence holder attains the age of eighty ·years ·subject to condition that after
attaining the age of 65 years the licence jhol,der shall intimate the licensor for every ·
five years about the use of the licence -: . . · . .·. ·
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A. of twenty years licence. - {or a further period of twenty year8, if the
lieence holder fulfils the foilowing conditions, ~amely that the licence
holder has:
B Life time licence ·.- On sp¢cific request of the licence holdet for ten
years at a time without ad~itional payment after attaining the age of
eighty years.
Provided further that if the ~oldet of a lieence, in the opinion of the Central
Government, has willfully or negligen~ly provided incorrect or false information
for the purpose of re-validation of the licence, th~ Central Government may·
endorse, suspend or cancel the licence: ·
Provided ·also that no order to SlJisperid or cancel the licence under this rule
shall be made unless the persons yoncemed has been given a reasonable
opportunity of making arepresentation ~gainst the action proposed to be taken . . ,
Explanation 1.- For the pwposes of this rule, ·the expression "experience,, means
the experience gained at a mobile ·stat on in the Aeronautica~ Mobile Service as
adequate for Radio Telephone operator or experience gained as an operator of
Radio Telephone station maintained on
ground for communication with mobile.
stations in Aeronautical Service
Explanation 2.- For .removal doubts, it is hereby declared that the .licenees existing .
on the day of coming into force of these Rules shall continue to be valid till their
expiry and the licence holders desirous of renewing their licences shall switch over
to these rules by applying for renewal for twenty years or life time'.
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S.. In the said rules, for rule lOA, the following rule .shaU be substitut~,
namely:- .
"lOA Late Fee.- The .Central GoveI'lllllent may consider renewal of licence upto a
. period of five years after the expiry ~f lk.eilce, if the licence holder pays late fee
of 2% ef licence. fee per month. subject to a minimum of two hundred and fifty
rupee$ and if the·delay is more than
la year, after the expiry, the late fee shall be,
compounded every year."
6. In the said rules, for rule 11, th~ following rule. shall be substituted, namely:
. "11. Issue of duplicate or replacement of certificates and licences.- (1) A licenee
holder whose certificate or licence under these rules ha~ been lost, mutilated or
destroyed shall immediately notify thpi loss to the. Central Government.
.
(2) A properly executed applicati+ for duplicate certificate shall be mad~ to the
Central Government embodying a st~tement of the circumstances involved in the
loss,. mutilation or des~ruction of thejcertific.~te or licence for which a dupl.icate is
·r eqmred. . . . · . . · · .
. .
(3) If the certificate or licence ~as been· lost, the applicant must state that,
reasonable search has been made · for it add further,. that in the event it be found,
either th~ original or the duplicate shWl be returned for cancellation. •
(1) If in the opjnion of the Central Government the holders of the ·certificate or
licence has willfully or negligently failed to eomply with the provisions of the.
convention,.or of these rules or of any regulations. laWfully applicable to him or her
·'
in respect of operation of Radio Apparatus the Central ·Government may endorse,
suspend .o r cancel the certificate. .
.(3) The CentraJ Govem~ent .m ay at any time require the holder of a certificate
of proficiency or licence to be re-examined in order to test his knowledge and
ability and ·may as a result of such examination, endorse, suspend or cancel the
certificate of proficiency or the liceuce and no fee shall · be· chargeable for such
examination.
Hi . 111EGA7EITEOFINDIA:EXTRAORDINARY (PARtll-Si:c. 3(1)1 :
of
{4) Every l1older. the certificate under these rules ~hall observe secrecy of.the
correspondence and a declaration to this effect shall be .made by ~uch holder·in the
application for admission to the examina~ion for such certificate-:
Provided that the Central Govem~ent may modify, vary, c~cel .o~ revoke
any of. the conditions .governing .the.i issue : of Radio Telephony Restricted
(Aeronautical) certificate under these. ru~es either by sending notice in writing to
the holder or by a general notice publish~d in the Official Gazette or·news paper in
New Delhi." ·
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COP-I
GOVERNM¥JT OF INDIA · · ·
~NISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONr & INFORMATiON TECHNOLOGY
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FORM OF i~LICATI~N
Govt. of India,
• I I •• I I I I• I • I I I ~ I I••• I • I I•• • • It I I I I I I I I • I I I I I I I I
I I I I• I I I••• I I I I It I I• I I It I I I• I t It I I I I It I• I I• I I It I ,:
Examinati~i
ln & Part. (Tick whichever applicable)
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(e) State, ifappe&ring in any other class of COP Examination, (Tick appropriate box)
No. 0 Yes. 0 Specify class if yes:- ,
s. Description of Applicant:
(a) Height Metres Centimeters
(b) Colour ofeyes
(c) Colour of hair
(d) Complexion
)
6. Date of Birth: (*Please attach attested
copy ofyour School Leaving Certificate or
Matriculation Certificate) (Applicant should be o~ 18 y~ars of age)
.. ;
DECLARATION.
1. I hereby solemnly declare that the foregoing facts are true and conect ~ nothing is false
therein and nothing material has been concealed there from. I also ~ .that in case any
information given by me herein before is found false at later date, the certifi~ and licence to
operate, if granted will be cancelled.
2. I further solemnly give an undertaking that I will not either directly or indirectly divulge
to any person, except when lawfully authorised or directed to do so, the purport or any message
which I may transmit or receive by means of any wireless apparatus operated by me or which
may come to my knowledge in connection with the operation of the said apparatils.
3. I have carefully read and understood the rules contained in the ·Indian Wireless
Telegraphy (Commercial Radio Operators Certificates of Proficiency and licence to operate
Wireless Telegraphy) Rules, 1954 and undertake to abide by them. ·
. Address: . Date :
Place:
Date :
Place: ·
Signatare ofapplicant
· Place: Signature.
ADMISSION CERTIFICATE
RTR(A)'
1. Candidates must carefully study the following instructions for strict compliance:
i) No candidate will be admitted to the Examination Hall after half an hour from the
commencement ofexamination
ii) C~didates should bring their own pen, ink, pencil, erasures and drawing
instruments.
iii) Candidates shall not be allowed the help of any scribe to write answers for them.
iii) No candidate shall be permitted to leave ~e Examination Hall unless half an hour
has elapsed after the comme~ement of the paper.
iv) Candidates are not allowed to take mobile phones/elec~onic gadgets to the
examination hall.
To
Shri .... ....................... .
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(Pleue use an exehaslvelseparate sheet for tbia pa1e
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
.. A1TENQANCE SHEET
(To be filled by·the Candidate, prefenbly typed and should be on a Hpante 111eet of paper)
ca. of Exam: Click tile rapeetive box. Paste recent ml 9'QCI USI QNLY
Photograph 3X4 cm '
......
Partlonly D · here. The
photograph should
Roll No: ...... ..- .......
1. Name ofthe Candidate in BLOCK LErrERS .... :.. .......... ...... .............. ~ ................
2. Postal address where tbe licence to be posted.
3. Father's name.
4. Date of birth.
1O.Complexion
11 .Mark(s) ofidentification
12. Particulars ofCertificate of Proficiency Licence, if any, already held by ·the applicant.
(a) Class ofLicence. (b) No. and date of Licence. (c) Issued by.
Part II
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l'HIGAZE'IT&QflNDIA: m1lA.ORDINARY . . .
GOVER,NMENT OF INDIA
1. Application. duly completed should reach the Atiistant Wireless Advt.er to Govt. of
. India, WPC Regional Licencing Omce of the reipecmre· region u mentloaed in die
without proper enclosures 11nd after the due date, will· s11ma~ly be reject•.
application• otherwise not iii order in any manner would abo be rejected smnmarlly
4. (i) The prescribed fee should be paid only by a crossed BANK DRAFT OF STATE BANK \.
.QF INDIA. The Bank Draft should be obtained from any branch of the STATE BANK
OF INDIA, and drawn in favor of PAO (HQ), .DOT, NEW DELW payable at STATE
BANK OF INDIA, Parliament Street," New Delhi. Service Branch (Code 7'87). In·case
ofpayment from Delhi, Banker's cheque from State Bank oflndi~ is also acceptable.
(ii) In no case, Bank Draft drawn on any other banks/Cheques will be accepted. Defaced or ·
mutilated Bank Drafts will also not be accepted. ·
(iii) Fees for the different classes of Certificates of Proficiency Examination is Rs. 500/- only.
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5. There is no minimum educational qualification prescribed for appearing fiv .these
examinations. It should however, be emphasized that the syllabus for these examinations
is such, as would- require a sound educati~nal qualification at least up to. Matriculation
standard with Mathematics and Physics as subject for a candidate efficiently study them.
Particular attention of intendina candidates is, therefore, drawn to the necessity f<>r. a
good· g~ ·eduoanon as a perqUisite for. attempting these examinations. It· is also
emphasiZ.ed that during the examination the proficiency ·in·Enilish liiiguaac also will be
considered.
7. No claim _fbr a reftmd of the eXammation (ees wili be entertahied, nor cm it-be held in
'" reserve for any subsequent Certificate ofProficiency Examination.
8. For detailed syllabus and form of Examination, candidates ~ advised to refer to the
pamphlet, "Indian Wireless Tel~graphy (Commercial Radio Operators, Certificate of
proficiency and Licence to Operate wireless Telegraphy) Rules 1954" available at the
. _~bed .cost from the Controller, Oovemment· of India Publication ·Biancb, New·
Delhi-11000 l or.any of its branches or authorised agents. ·. , ~,
10. Examination conducted.at various Centres during one particular session. if any, will be
considered as one and·the same examination. Application for the COP examination shall
. be considered for one centre only during a particular session.
11. Candidates are not allowed to take mobile phones/electronic gadgets to the examination
hall.
12. Failure to. comply with the above instructions will render the applications liable to be
rejected. No representations on rejected applications will be entertained, in any nianner
whatsoever. ·
Annexure 1-A
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13. Details of DD endosed :·( DD should ~drawn In the name of PAO (HQ), DOT·,
New Delhi from SBI and payable at New Delhi branch Code 7887) 't.•
(a) DD Amount. . (b) DD No. . (c) De.!.e.
(For 20 years Licence fee Is Rs. 5, 0001· and for Life time Rs: 1o, 000/·)
DECLARATION
1. I hereby solemnly declare that the foregoing facts are true and correct and nodiing is false
therein and nothing materiaJ has been concealed there from. I also agree that in cue any
information given by me herein before is found false at later date, the ~rtificate and licenc.e to
operate, if granted will be cancelled. ·
2. I further solemnly aive an undertaking that I will not either directly or indirectly divulge
to any person, except w.bcn lawfully authorized or directed to do so, the purport or any me·ssage
which I may transmit or .~ive by means of any wirele~ apparatus operated by me or which
may como to my knowledge in connection with the operation of the said apparatus.
3. · · I have carefully read and understood the rules contained in the Indian Wireless
Telegraphy (Commercial Radio Operators Certificates of Proficiency and licence to operate
Wireless Telegraphy) Rules, 1954 and undertake to abide by them.
Note: Enclose:·
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Note : The principal Rule was · published in the Gauttc of India vide notification No. WE·3/ l 5/S4 dated
6th January, 1954, and ·~ere last amended vi.._,e notification·No. G.S.R. 161 dat~~ 12_th ~~~h, 1988.
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