Recruitment for the 623 Posts of Assistant in Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

The Reserve Bank of India invites applications from eligible candidates for 623 posts of “Assistant” in various offices of the Bank. Selection for the post will be through a country-wide competitive examination in two phases i.e. Preliminary and Main examination followed by a Language Proficiency Test (LPT). Please note that Corrigendum, if any, issued on the above advertisement, will be published only on the Bank’s website www.rbi.org.in.

 

The full text of the advertisement is available on the Banks’ website www.rbi.org.in and is also being published in the Employment News/ Rojgar Samachar.

 

Applications will be accepted only Online through the Bank’s website www.rbi.org.in. No other mode for submission of application is available.

Important Dates

Website Link Open	18.10.2017 to 10.11.2017
Payment of Examination Fees (Online)	18.10.2017 to 10.11.2017
Schedule of Online Preliminary Test (Tentative)	November 27 & 28, 2017. However RBI reserves the right to change the dates of examination.
Schedule of Online Main Test (Tentative)	December 20, 2017. However RBI reserves the right to change the dates of examination.

Click on the link below for filling in the online application form of RBI Assistant post recruitment.
“Recruitment for the post of Assistant”

Vacancies

Office	Vacancies*					PWD #			EXS #
	SC	ST	OBC$	GEN	Total	VI	HI	OH	EX-1	EX-2
Ahmedabad	0	7(4)	4	8	19	0	0	0	1	2
Bengaluru	6	2	4	13	25	0	0	0	1	3
Bhopal	1	12(5)	0	12	25	1	0	0	1	3
Bhubaneswar	5(2)	3	1	8	17	0	0	0	1	2
Chandigarh	4	1	1	7	13	0	0	0	1	1
Chennai	3	0	4	8	15	1	0	0	1	2
Guwahati	3	9	6	18	36	0	1	0	2	4
Hyderabad	4(1)	1	3	8	16	0	0	1	1	2
Jaipur	2	3(1)	2	6	13	0	0	0	1	1
Jammu	2	4(1)	6	11	23	0	0	0	1	2
Kanpur & Lucknow	9	1	12	22	44	1	0	0	2	4
Kolkata	9	0	2	12	23	0	0	1	1	2
Mumbai	26	31(7)	78	129	264	3	2	3	12	26
Nagpur	0	4	3	8	15	0	0	1	1	2
New Delhi	9	0	14	24	47	0	1	1	2	5
Patna	7(2)	1	0	7	15	0	0	1	1	2
Thiruvananthapuram & Kochi	2	0	4	7	13	0	1	0	1	1
Total	92	79	144	308	623	6	5	8	31	64

• The vacancies in brackets() indicate backlog

Eligibility Criteria :

(a) Age (as on 01.10.2017)

Between 20 and 28 years. Candidates must have been born not earlier than 02/10/1989 and not later than 01/10/1997 (both days including) are only eligible to apply.
Relaxation in the Upper Age Limit:
Upper age limit will be relaxed as under :

Sr. No	Category	Relaxation in Age
(i)	Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe (SC / ST)	By 5 years, i.e. up to 33 years
(ii)	Other Backward Classes (OBC)	By 3 years, i.e. up to 31 years
(iii)	Persons with Disabilities (PWD)	By 10 years (GEN) 13 years (OBC) & 15 years (SC/ST)
(iv)	Ex-Servicemen	To the extent of service rendered by them in Armed Forces plus an additional period of 3 years subject to maximum of 50 years.
(v)	Widows/divorced women/ women judicially separated who are not re-married	By 10 years
(vi)	Candidates domiciled in the state of Jammu and Kashmir during the period from 1st January, 1980 to 31st December, 1989.	By 5 years
(vii)	Candidates having work experience in Reserve Bank of India	To the extent of number of years of such experience, subject to maximum of 3 years.

(b) Educational Qualifications (as on 01.10.2017) :

1. At least a Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline with a minimum of 50% marks (pass class for SC/ST/PWD candidates) in the aggregate and the knowledge of word processing on PC.
2. A candidate belonging to Ex-servicemen category (except dependents of ex-servicemen) should either be a graduate from a recognized University or should have passed the matriculation or its equivalent examination of the Armed Forces and rendered at least 15 years of defence service.
3. Candidates applying for post in a particular recruiting office should be proficient in the language (i.e. know to read, write, speak and understand the language) of the state/ any of the states falling under the recruiting office.

(c) Scheme of Selection:

1. Preliminary Examination:

Sr. No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Total Time
	(Objective)
1	English Language	30	30	Composite time of 1 Hour
2	Numerical Ability	35	35
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35
Total		100	100

2. Main Examination:

Sr. No.	Name of Tests	No of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
	(Objective)
1	Test of Reasoning	40	40	30 minutes
2	Test of English Language	40	40	30 minutes
3	Test of Numerical Ability	40	40	30 minutes
4	Test of General Awareness	40	40	25 minutes
5	Test of Computer Knowledge	40	40	20 minutes
Total		200	200

3. Language Proficiency Test (LPT) – The candidates provisionally selected from the main on-line examination will have to undergo a language proficiency test (LPT). The language proficiency test will be conducted in the Official / Local Language of the State concerned (Annex-IV). Candidate not proficient in the Official/Local Language would be disqualified.

Service Conditions / Career Prospects:

(i) Pay Scale:
Assistants will draw a starting basic pay of ₹ 14650/- per month (i.e. ₹ 13150 plus two advance increments admissible to graduates) in the scale of 13150-750 (3)-15400- 900(4) -19000-1200(6)-26200-1300 (2)-28800- 1480(3) – 33240 – 1750 (1)- 34990 (20 years) and other allowances , viz Dearness Allowance, House Rent Allowance, City Compensatory Allowance, Transport Allowance etc. as admissible from time to time. At present, initial monthly Gross emoluments for Assistants is approximately ₹ 32528/- including House Rent Allowance @ of 15%.

HOW TO APPLY

DETAILED GUIDELINES/PROCEDURES FOR
A. APPLICATION REGISTRATION
B. PAYMENT OF FEES
Candidates can apply online only from 18.10.2017 to 10.11.2017 and no other mode of application will be accepted.

Application Fees/ Intimation Charges (Non- Refundable)
Payable from 18.10.2017 to 10.11.2017 (Online payment)
– ₹ 50/- for SC/ST/PWD/EXS. (Intimation Charges)
– ₹ 450 /- for OBC/General candidates (Examination fee+ Intimation Charges)
Staff candidates are exempted from payment of examination fee and intimation charges.
Bank Transaction charges for Online Payment of application fees/intimation charges will have to be borne by the candidate.

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