The online examinations for the upcoming Common Recruitment Process for RRBs Group “B”- Office Assistants (Multipurpose) will be conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)

The interviews for recruitment under the same process will be coordinated by the Nodal Regional Rural Banks with the assistance of NABARD and IBPS in consultation with the appropriate authority

Any eligible candidate, who aspires to join any of the Regional Rural Banks as Group “B”-Office Assistants (Multipurpose), must register for the Common Recruitment Process

For the post of Office Assistants (Multi-purpose), candidates who will qualify in Preliminary Examination and shortlisted will have to appear for Main Examination. They will be provisionally allotted on the basis of the marks obtained by them in the Main Examination and the actual vacancies reported by the RRBs

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA :

AGE :

Between 18 years and 28 years

The maximum age limit specified above is applicable to General Category candidates and EWS category candidates only. For other categories the following relaxations would apply:

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS :

*Proficiency in local language

For recruitment of Office Assistants (Multipurpose), proficiency in local language as specified below shall be an essential qualification:-

o Candidates who have already studied the language of the State in standard VIII or any level above standard VIII in Government recognized Boards of Education/ School or having any certificate to the effect for standard VIII or any level above standard VIII would be considered proficient in that local language.

 o Where the candidate does not meet the aforesaid requirement in local language at the time of selection, he will be given a time of six months from the date of joining to acquire the proficiency. This period can be extended by the Boards of RRBs within the framework of the rules and provided that such extension should not be beyond the probation period.

CREDIT HISTORY

• The candidate applying shall ensure that, they maintain a healthy Credit history at the time of joining of RRBs. The minimum credit score will be as per the policy of participating RRBs, amended from time to time.
• Those candidates whose CIBIL status has not been updated before the date of joining, have to either get the CIBIL status updated or produce the NOCs from lender to the effect that there is no outstanding with respect to the accounts adversely reflected in the CIBIL, failing which the letter of offer shall be withdrawn / cancelled.

ONLINE EXAMINATION STRUCTURE :

Preliminary Examination (objective type)

Main Examination (objective type)

Note : · Candidates can opt either 4 a or 4 b.

PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS (APPLICABLE TO ALL – PRELIMINARY, MAIN EXAMINATIONS)

There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate; there will be no penalty for that question.

For the post of Office Assistants (Multipurpose) – Marks obtained only in the online main examination will be considered for final merit listing.