BANGALORE: If we try to look back, even an era before, a government job was the ultimate achievement for a young job seeker. With time, though private sector firms are dominating the market for jobs, yet a large crowd is still aiming for government sectors. Mostly middle class and low middle class Indians, aim for government jobs for its lifelong job and social security, lucrative pension plans, health care privileges and long vacations.

With Surejobs.com, we list the top five well paying government jobs. If you are aspiring to be a government employee, here goes your crown choice.

# National Thermal Power Corporation(NTPC)
One of the market leaders in electricity generation, NTPC with an employee base of more than 25000, has always placed its employee policy at first priority. With a big salary to start with, it has endless list of facilities and perks for its employees. However getting placed in NTPC is a long and difficult process. After clearing GATE, the candidate needs to clear an ET exam. Among 1, 50,000 applicants, 500-600 secure a job at NTPC. Both the exams being pretty difficult, one needs to prepare extensively to get in NTPC.

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