(CRP PO / MT – XIII for vacancies of 2024 – 25 )

The online examination (Preliminary and Main) for the next Common Recruitment Process for selection of personnel for Probationary Officer/ Management Trainee posts in the Participating Banks is tentatively scheduled in September-October 2023 / November 2023.

Selection Process :

Any eligible candidate is required to register for the Common Recruitment Process (CRP- PO/MT-XIII). The examination will be two tier i.e. the online examination will be held in two phases, Online Preliminary and Online Main. Candidates who will qualify in Online Preliminary examination and shortlisted will have to appear for Online Main examination and shortlisted candidates in the Online Main examination will subsequently be called for a Common Interview

PARTICIPATING BANKS :

1. Bank of Baroda Bank of India
2. Bank of Maharashtra
3. Canara Bank
4. Central Bank of India
5. Indian Bank
6. Indian Overseas Bank
7. Punjab National Bank
8. Punjab & Sind Bank
9. UCO Bank
10. Union Bank of India

Activity	Tentative Dates
On-line registration including Edit/Modification of Application by candidates	01.08.2023 to 21.08.2023
Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online)	01.08.2023 to 21.08.2023
Download of call letters for Online examination – Preliminary	September 2023
Online Examination – Preliminary	September/ October 2023
Result of Online exam – Preliminary	October 2023
Download of Call letter for Online exam – Main	October/ November 2023
Online Examination – Main	November 2023
Declaration of Result – Main	December 2023
Download of call letters for interview	January/ February 2024
Conduct of interview	January/February 2024
Provisional Allotment	April 2024

Candidates are advised to regularly keep in touch with the authorised IBPS website www.ibps.in for details and updates. 

APPLICATION FEES & INTIMATION CHARGES  

Application Fees/ Intimation Charges [Payable from 01.08.2023 to 21.08.2023 (Only online payment), both dates inclusive] shall be as follows:

• Rs. 175/- (inclusive of GST) for SC/ST/PwBD candidates.
  • Rs. 850 /- (inclusive of GST) for all others. 
• STRUCTURE OF EXAMINATION

 The structure of the Examinations which will be conducted online are as follows:

• Preliminary Examination

Sr. No.	Name of Tests	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Time allotted for each test  (Separately timed)
1	English Language	30	30	English	20 minutes
2	Quantitative Aptitude	35	35	English and Hindi	20 minutes
3	Reasoning Ability	35	35	English and Hindi	20 minutes
	Total	100	100

Main Examination

Sr. No	Name of Tests  (NOT BY SEQUENCE)	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Time allotted for each test  (Separately timed)
1	Reasoning & Computer Aptitude	45	60	English & Hindi	60 minutes
2	General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness	40	40	English & Hindi	35 minutes
3	English Language	35	40	English	40 minutes
4	Data Analysis & Interpretation	35	60	English & Hindi	45 minutes
	TOTAL::::	155	200		3 hours
5	English Language (Letter Writing & Essay)	2	25	English	30 minutes

PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS (Applicable to both – Online Preliminary and Online Main Examination)

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.

CUT-OFF SCORE (Online Main Examination)

Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test of Online Main examination and also a minimum total score to be considered to be shortlisted for interview. Depending on the number of vacancies available, cut-offs will be decided and candidates will be shortlisted for interview. Prior to the completion of the interview process, scores obtained in the Online Main examination will not be shared with the candidates shortlisted for interview. 

Decision of IBPS in shortlisting and calling number of candidates for common interviews/ provisional allotment shall be final.

MARKS OBTAINED IN THE ONLINE MAIN EXAMINATION ONLY WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR SHORTLISTING FOR INTERVIEW AND ALSO FOR FINAL MERIT LISTING

INTERVIEW :

Candidates who have been shortlisted in the Online Main examination  will subsequently be called for an Interview to be conducted by the Participating Banks and coordinated by the Nodal Bank in each State/ UT with the help of IBPS. Interviews will be conducted at select centres . The total marks allotted for Interview are 100. The minimum qualifying marks in interview will not be less than 40% (35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWBD candidates). The weightage (ratio) of Online Main Exam and interview will be 80:20 respectively. The combined final score of candidates shall be arrived at on the basis of scores obtained by the candidates in the Online Main Examination of CRP- PO/MT-XIII and Interview. Interview score of the candidates failing to secure minimum qualifying marks or otherwise barred from the interview or further process shall not be disclosed.

A candidate should qualify both in the Online Main Exam and interview and be sufficiently high in the merit to be shortlisted for subsequent provisional allotment process, details of which will be made available subsequently on authorised IBPS website. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

All further announcements/ details pertaining to this process will only be published/ provided on IBPS authorised website www.ibps.in from time to time.

EXAMINATION CENTRES – Preliminary and Main Examination (Tentative List)

State Code	State /UT / NCR	Preliminary Examination Centre	Main  Examination Center
11	Andaman & Nicobar	Port Blair	Port Blair
12	Andhra Pradesh	Anantapur, Chirala, Chittoor, Eluru, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram	Guntur, Kurnool,  Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam
13	Arunachal Pradesh	Naharlagun	Naharlagun
14	Assam	Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat,  Silchar, Tezpur	Guwahati, Silchar
15	Bihar	Arrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea	Bhagalpur,  Darbhanga, Muzzafarpur, Patna,
16	Chandigarh	Chandigarh/Mohali	Chandigarh/Mohali
17	Chhattisgarh	Bhilai Nagar, Bilaspur, Raipur	Raipur
18	Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu	Surat, Jamnagar	Surat
19	Delhi	Delhi/New Delhi/Delhi NCR, Faridabad, Ghaziabad,	Delhi/New Delhi/Delhi NCR, Faridabad, Ghaziabad
20	Goa	Panaji	Panaji
21	Gujarat	Ahmedabad- Gandhinagar, Anand, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara	Ahmedabad- Gandhinagar,  Vadodra
22	Haryana	Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram	Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram
23	Himachal Pradesh	Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Mandi, Kangra, Kullu, Shimla, Solan	Bilaspur, Hamirpur,  Shimla, Solan
24	Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu, Samba, Srinagar	Jammu,  Srinagar
25	Jharkhand	Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi	Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi
26	Karnataka	Bengaluru, Belagavi (Belgaum), Bidar, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga), Hubballi (Hubli)-Dharwad, Mangaluru (Mangalore), Mysuru (Mysore), Shivamogga (Shimoga), Udupi	Bengaluru,  Hubballi (Hubli)-Dharwad, Mangaluru (Mangalore)
27	Kerala	Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad,Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur	Kochi, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram
28	Ladakh	Leh	Leh
29	Lakshadweep	Kavarrati	Kavaratti
30	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain	Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior
31	Maharashtra	Ahmednagar, Akola, Ambajogai,  Amravati, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad), Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai/ MMR, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Raigad, Sangli, Satara, Solapur	Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad), Mumbai/ Thane/  Navi Mumbai/ MMR, Nagpur, Pune
32	Manipur	Imphal	Imphal
33	Meghalaya	Shillong	Shillong
34	Mizoram	Aizawl	Aizawl
35	Nagaland	Kohima	Kohima
36	Odisha	Balasore, Berhampur(Ganjam), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur	Bhubaneswar
37	Puducherry	Puducherry	Puducherry
38	Punjab	Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala	Jalandhar,  Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala
39	Rajasthan	Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur	Jaipur, Jodhpur,Udaipur
40	Sikkim	Bardang/ Gangtok	Bardang/ Gangtok
41	Tamil Nadu	Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Erode, Karur, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Nagercoil, Perambalur, Pudukkottai, Ramanathapuram, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelvelli, Vellore, Virudhunagar	Chennai,  Madurai,  Tirunelveli
42	Telangana	Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal	Hyderabad, Karimnagar
43	Tripura	Agartala	Agartala
44	Uttar Pradesh	Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Faizabad, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida/ Greater Noida,  Prayagraj(Allahabad), Sitapur, Varanasi	Ghaziabad,  Noida/ Greater Noida, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Prayagraj(Allahabad), Varanasi
45	Uttarakhand	Dehradun, Haldwani,  Roorkee	Dehradun
46	West Bengal	Asansol,        Burdwan,       Durgapur,       Greater          Kolkata,  Hooghly, Howrah, Kalyani, Siliguri	Asansol, Greater Kolkata, Kalyani, Siliguri

Click here for the detailed notification of CRP PO / MT – X111

https://www.ibps.in/wp-content/uploads/Detailed_Notification_CRP_PO_XIII.pdf

Click here to Apply for CRP PO/MT- XIII

https://ibpsonline.ibps.in/crppo13jun23/

BANK OF MAHARASHTRA, a leading listed Public Sector Bank, having its Head Office in Pone and more than 2207 network of branches invites online application from candidates for recruitment of Officers in Scale Il & Ill to be posted at various verticals at Head Office or any other office, branch as per Bank’s requirement.

Number of Posts / Vancancies :

Post/s	Scale	Age		No. of vacancies						PwBD
			SC	ST	OBC	EWS	UR	Total	OC	VI	HI	ID
Officers in Scale Ill	MMGS Ill	25-38*	15	7		10	41	100	1	1	1	1
Officers in Scale Il	MMGS	25-35*	45	22	81	30	122	300	3	3	3	3

*Age Relaxation to reserved category is applicable as per Government guidelines. Abbreviations: SC: Scheduled Caste, ST: Scheduled Tribe, OBC: Other Backward Classes, EWS: Economically Weaker Section, UR: Unreserved, PwBD: Persons with Benchmark Disabilities, OC: Orthopedically Challenged, VI: Visual Impairment, HI: Hearing Impairment, ID: Intellectual / Multiple Disabilities.

Eligiblity Criteria :

Post	Officers in Scale Il		Officers in Scale Ill
No. of Posts	300 Three Hundred Only		100 One Hundred Only
Qualification	Bachelor’s degree in any discipline with minimum 60% marks in the aggregate of all semesters / years (55% for SC / ST / OBC / PwBD) from a University / Institute recognized by Government of India or its Regulatory Bodies. Passing of JAIIB & CAIIB is desirable OR Professional qualification like CA / CMA / CFA from a recognized University/ Institution/ Board recognized by Govt. of India / approved by Govt. Regulatory bodies.		Bachelor’s degree in any discipline with minimum 60% marks in the aggregate of all semesters / years (55% for SC / ST / OBC / PwBD) from a University / Institute recognized by Government of India or its Regulatory Bodies. Passing of JAIIB & CAIIB is desirable OR Professional qualification like CA / CMA / CFA from a recognized University/ Institution/ Board recognized by Govt. of India / approved by Govt. Regulatory bodies.
Experience	Post qualification Work Experience of 3 years as an officer in any Scheduled Commercial Bank. Experience in Credit related areas / Branch Head / In-charge is preferable.		Post qualification Work Experience of 5 years as an officer in any Scheduled Commercial Bank. The candidate should have minimum one-year experience as Branch Manager / Head out of five years. Experience in Credit related areas / In charge of Specialized Verticals is preferable. Branch Manager is an incumbent who is responsible for overseeing all functions of branch such as Deposit, Advances, Operations, Monitoring, Inspection, Recovery, etc. Branch Manager has also overseen the performance of employees.

Age	Minimum 25 years and Maximum 35 (Relaxation   for reserved categories will be applicable as per Government guidelines .	Minimum 25 years and Maximum 38 years (Relaxation for categories will be applicable as per Government guidelines .
Bond Period	Two years from the date of Joining the Bank	Two years from the date of Joining the Bank
Probation Period	Six months from the date of joining	Six months from the date of joining

   Emoluments:

Presently, the starting basic pay applicable is as under:

01	Scale of Pay : Scale Ill	Rs. 63840 – 1990/5 – 73790 – 2220/2 – 78230
02	Scale of Pay : Scale Il	Rs. 48170- 1 740/1 -49910- 1990/10- 69810

The official will also be eligible for D.A. H.R.A / Lease rental, C.C.A, Medical and other allowances etc. in a Metropolitan center & perquisites as per rules in force from time to time. Allowances may vary depending upon the place of posting.

Probation Period & Bond:

The selected candidates will be on probation for the under-mentioned period from the date of joining the Bank. There is mandatory provision of executing a service bond by selected candidates.

Scale	Probation Period	Bond
		Amount Rs.	Minimum Service Period
Scale Ill	6 Months	02.00 Lakh	2 Years
Scale Il	6 Months	02.00 Lakh	2 Years

Selection Procedure:

1. The candidates shall be required to appear for online examination to be conducted through recruitment agency. The Successful candidates shall be called for interview in the proportion of I :4 based on their ranking. The allocation of marks for online examination and Interview is 150 & 100 which will be converted into 75:25 (Online Examination: Interview).
   1. The minimum cut off marks for online examination, interview and final selection shall be 50% for UR / EWS and 45% for SC / ST / OBC / PwBD respectively
   1. The combined final score of candidates shall be arrived at on the basis of scores obtained by the candidates in the Online Examination and Interview and accordingly a merit list shall be prepared for selection of candidates
   1. Merit list for selection will be prepared in descending order on the basis of combined scores obtained, in case more than one candidate score the cut-off marks (common marks at cut-off point), such candidates will be ranked according to their age in descending order, in the merit.

Examination Pattern:

Examination consisting of objective test which will be conducted online through recruitment agency. The test will have following sections (with separate timings for each section) as follows

Sr	Name of Test	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
01	English Language	20	Total Maximum Marks 150	20 Minutes
02	Quantitative Aptitude	20		20 Minutes
03	Reasoning Ability	20		20 Minutes
04	Professional Knowledge	90		60 minutes
	Total	150		02 Hours

The test of Professional Knowledge may consist of Banking related questions. There is no negative marking in online examination

Examination Centers:

The examinations will be conducted online at venues across various centers in India. No request for change of Examination Centre shall be entertained.

The centers for the online Examination will be limited. The examination may be held at the following centres and the address of the venue will be advised in the call letters. Bank of Maharashtra, however, reserves the right to cancel any of the Examination Centres and / or add some other Centres, at its discretion, depending upon the response, administrative feasibility, etc. Bank of Maharashtra also reserves the right to allot the candidate to any centre.

Sr	State	Center/s	Sr	State	Center/s
1	Bihar	Patna	I l	Maharashtra	Aurangabad Maharashtra
2	Chandigarh	Chandigarh Mohali, Bathinda	12	Maharashtra	Mumbai / Thane / Navi Mumbai / MMR Region
3	Chhattisgarh	Raipur	13	Maharashtra	Nagpur
4	Delhi NCR	Delhi NCR (All NCR cities)	14	Maharashtra	Pune
5	Goa	Panjim	15	Odisha	Bhubaneshwar
6	Gujarat	Ahmedabad — Gandhinagar, Surat	16	Rajasthan	Jaipur
7	Jharkhand	Ranchi	17	Tamilnadu	Chennai
8	Karnataka	Bengaluru	18	Telangana	Hyderabad
9	Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram,	19	Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow
10	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal	20 21	West Bengal Assam	Kolkata Guwahati

Application Fees/ Intimation Charges (Non-Refundable):

Sr	Category	Application Fee / Intimation Char es	CST	Total
01	UR / EWS /	1000	180	180
02	SC / ST /PwBD	100	18	118

Application procedure:

Candidates are advised to go to the Bank’s website www.bankofmaharashtra.in and click on the ‘Careers Recruitment Process -5 Current Openings to open the link “Online application for recruitment of “Recruitment of Officers in Il & Ill Project 2023-24” and then click on the option “APPLY ONLINE” which will open a new screen

Important Dates :

Candidates are requested to apply on-line between 13th July 2023 and 25^th July 2023

Particulars	Date
Commencement date of on-line application	13th July 2023
Last Date of online application	25th July 2023
Date of Online Examination	Will be informed separately
Date of GD / Interview	Will be informed separately

Announcements

AIl further announcements/ details pertaining to this process will be published/ provided only on https://bankofmaharashtra.in from time to time. No separate advertisement will be issued in this regard

Detailed Notification :

For detailed notification on Bank of Maharashtra Recruitment of Officers in Scale II & III – Project 2023-24,  please click on the link below

https://bankofmaharashtra.in/writereaddata/documentlibrary/0069b591-be72-4327-9d6f-6ab1a597164b.pdf

IBPS has notified the Common Recruitment Process (CRP) for Recruitment of Clerks (CRP – Clerks XIII) on 1^st July 2023

Key Information :

• The CRP – Clerk XIII for recruitment of Clerks will be conducted as Online Exams
• The examination will be two tier i.e. the online examination will be held in two phases,

Online Preliminary and Online Main. Candidates who will qualify in Online Preliminary Examination and shortlisted will have to appear for Online Main Examination.

• The Exam will be conducted by IBPS in August/ September 2023 & October 2023

Participating Banks :

Bank of Baroda	Canara Bank	Indian Overseas Bank	UCO Bank
Bank of India	Central Bank of India	Punjab National Bank	Union Bank of India
Bank of Maharashtra	Indian Bank	Punjab & Sind Bank

Tentative Schedule :

Activity	Tentative Date
On-line registration including Edit/Modification of Application by candidates	01.07.2023 to 21.07.2023
Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online)	01.07.2023 to 21.07.2023
Download of call letters for Online examination – Preliminary	August 2023
Online Examination – Preliminary	August/ September 2023
Result of Online exam – Preliminary	September/ October 2023
Download of Call letter for Online exam – Main	September/ October 2023
Online Examination – Main	October 2023
Provisional Allotment	April 2024

Candidates are advised to regularly keep in touch with the authorised IBPS website www.ibps.in for details and updates.

State/UT wise recruitment :

Since recruitment in clerical cadre in Public Sector Banks is done on State/UT-wise basis, candidates can apply for vacancies in any one State/ UT only. Consequently, a candidate would be required to appear for Online Examination in any one of the centres in that particular State/UT. However, depending upon the response, administrative feasibility etc. candidates may be allotted to a centre of examination outside the chosen State/UT for which vacancies he/she is applying

Please find the Bankwise / Category wise vacany in Annexure I

Application Fees & Intimation Charges :

Application Fees/ Intimation Charges [Payable from 01.07.2023 to 21.07.2023 (Only online payment), both dates inclusive] shall be as follows: –

 Rs. 175/- (inclusive of GST) for SC/ST/PwBD/EXSM candidates. –

Rs. 850 /- (inclusive of GST) for all others

STRUCTURE OF EXAMINATION

I. The structure of the Examinations which will be conducted online are as follows:

a. Preliminary Examination

Sr No	Name of Test	Medium of Exam	No of Questions	Maximum Marks	Test allotted for each test (Separately timed)
1.	English Language	English	30	30	20 Minutes
2.	Numerical Ability	*	35	35	20 Minutes
3.	Reasoning Ability	*	35	35	20 Minutes
	Total		100	100	60 Minutes

Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS. Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main examination.

b. Main Examination

Sr No	Name of Tests (NOT BY SEQUENCE)	Medium of Exam	No of Questions	Maximum Marks	Time allotted for each test (Separately Timed)
1.	General Awareness	*	50	50	35 Minutes
2.	General English	English	40	40	35 Minutes
3.	Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude	*	50	60	45 Minutes
4.	Quantitative Aptitude	*	50	50	45 Minutes
	Total		190	200	160 Minutes

Any change in the structure of the examination will be intimated through authorised IBPS website www.ibps.in. Other detailed information regarding the examination will be given in an Information Handout, which will be made available for the candidates to download along with the call letters from the authorised IBPS website www.ibps.in

* List of Version of tests (Medium of examination) for CRP CLERKS XIII according to State Applied for

Sr No	Name of State	Version of Tests (Medium of Examination)
1	Andaman & Nicobar	English , Hindi
2	Andhra Pradesh	English, Hindi and Telugu
3	Arunachal Pradesh	English and Hindi
4	Assam	English, Hindi and Assamese
5	Bihar	English and Hindi
6	Chandigarh	English and Hindi
7	Chhattisgarh	English and Hindi
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu	English , Hindi , Gujarati , Marathi and Konkani
9	Delhi (NCT)	English and Hindi
10	Goa	English, Hindi and Konkani
11	Gujarat	English, Hindi and Gujarati
12	Haryana	English and Hindi
13	Himachal Pradesh	English and Hindi
14	Jammu & Kashmir	English, Hindi and Urdu
15	Jharkhand	English and Hindi
16	Karnataka	English, Hindi, Kannada and Konkani
17	Kerala	English, Hindi and Malayalam
18	Ladakh	English and Hindi
19	Lakshwadeep	English, Hindi and Malayalam
20	Madhya Pradesh	English and Hindi
21	Maharashtra	English, Hindi, Marathi and Konkani
22	Manipur	English, Hindi and Manipuri
23	Meghalaya	English and Hindi
24	Mizoram	English and Hindi
25	Nagaland	English and Hindi
26	Odisha	English, Hindi and Odia
27	Puducherry	English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam
28	Punjab	English, Hindi and Punjabi
29	Rajasthan	English and Hindi
30	Sikkim	English and Hindi
31	Tamil Nadu	English, Hindi and Tamil
32	Telangana	English, Hindi, Telugu and Urdu
33	Tripura	English, Hindi and Bengali
34	Uttar Pradesh	English, Hindi and Urdu
35	Uttarakhand	English and Hindi
36	West Bengal	English, Hindi and Bengali

In the Online Application, candidates will be provided the option to indicate the Version of Tests (Medium of Examination) as applicable above. Candidates should be careful in exercising this option of indicating the Medium of Examination

Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Online Preliminary and Online Main Examination)

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.

Cut-off Score (Online Main examination)

Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test of Online Main Examination and also a minimum total score to be considered for further process. Depending on number of the State/ UT wise vacancies available, cut-offs will be decided and candidates will be considered for provisional allotment. Prior to the completion of provisional allotment process scores obtained in the Online Main Examination will not be shared with the candidates. Decision of IBPS in shortlisting and provisional allotment shall be final.

MARKS OBTAINED IN THE ONLINE MAIN EXAMINATION ONLY WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR FINAL MERIT LISTING.

HOW TO APPLY

Candidates can apply online only from 01.07.2023 to 21.07.2023 and no other mode of application will be accepted.

Pre-Requisites for Applying Online Before applying online, candidates should—

• scan their : – photograph (4.5cm × 3.5cm) –
• signature –
• left thumb impression (If a candidate is not having left thumb, he/she may use his/ her right thumb. If both thumbs are missing, the impression of one of the fingers of the left hand starting from the forefinger should be taken. If there are no fingers on the left hand, the impression of one of the fingers of the right hand starting from the forefinger should be taken. If no fingers are available, the impression of left toe may be taken. In all such cases where left thumb impression is not uploaded, the candidate should specify in the uploaded document the name of finger and the specification of left/right hand or toe).
• a hand written declaration (text given below) { In case of candidates who cannot write may get the text of declaration typed and put their left hand thumb impression (if not able to sign also) below the typed declaration and upload the document as per specifications}. ensuring that the all these scanned documents adhere to the required specifications as given in Annexure III to this Notification.
• Signature in CAPITAL LETTERS will NOT be accepted
• The photograph/ signature/left thumb impression/ handwritten declaration/certificate as mentioned in Clause J (viii) (if applicable) should be properly scanned and should not be smudged/ blurred.
• (iv) The text for the hand written declaration is as follows – “I, _______ (Name of the candidate), hereby declare that all the information submitted by me in the application form is correct, true and valid. I will present the supporting documents as and when required.” (v) The above mentioned hand written declaration has to be in the candidate’s hand writing and in English only and should NOT BE IN CAPITAL LETTERS. If it is written by anybody else or in any other language, the application will be considered as invalid. (vi) Keep the necessary details/documents ready to make Online Payment of the requisite application fee/ intimation charges (vii) have a valid personal email ID, which should be kept active till the completion of this round of Common Recruitment Process. IBPS may send intimation regarding call letters for the Examination etc. through the registered e-mail ID. Under no circumstances, a candidate should share with/mention e-mail ID to / of any other person. In case a candidate does not have a valid personal e-mail ID, he/she should create his/her new email ID before applying on-line and must maintain that email accoun

ANNOUNCEMENTS  :

All further announcements/ details pertaining to this process will only be published/ provided on IBPS authorised website www.ibps.in from time to time

Annexure I

VACANCIES UNDER CRP-CLERKS-XIII INDENT FOR THE YEAR 2024-25 (INDICATIVE)

FOR  BANKWISE / CATEGORYWISE VACANCY, PLEASE CHECK THE DETAILED NOTIFICATION ISSUED BY IBPS

Sr No	Name of State	No. of Vacancies
1	Andaman & Nicobar	1
2	Andhra Pradesh	77
3	Arunachal Pradesh	7
4	Assam	79
5	Bihar	210
6	Chandigarh	6
7	Chhattisgarh	91
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu	8
9	Delhi (NCT)	250
10	Goa	42
11	Gujarat	247
12	Haryana	187
13	Himachal Pradesh	82
14	Jammu & Kashmir	15
15	Jharkhand	52
16	Karnataka	253
17	Kerala	52
18	Ladakh	0
19	Lakshadweep	1
20	Madhya Pradesh	410
21	Maharashtra	530
22	Manipur	10
23	Meghalaya	1
24	Mizoram	1
25	Nagaland	3
26	Odisha	67
27	Puducherry	1
28	Punjab	331
29	Rajasthan	176
30	Sikkim	1
31	Tamil Nadu	291
32	Telangana	27
33	Tripura	15
34	Uttar Pradesh	752
35	Uttarakhand	28
36	West Bengal	241

IBPS has notified the Common Recruitment Process (CRP) for Recruitment of Officers (Scale I , II and III ) and Office Assistants (Multipurpose) in Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)  – CRP RRBs XII on 1^st June 2023

Key Information :

• The CRP RRB XII will be conducted as an Online Exam
• The Exam will be conducted by IBPS in August – September 2023

Selection Process for Officer Scale I :

• For the posts of Officers Scale I , the examination will be two tier i.e. the Online Examination will be held in two phases, Preliminary and Main
• For the post of Officers Scale I, Only candidates who qualify in Preliminary Examination and shortlisted will have to appear for Main Examination
• Candidates shortlisted after the Main Examination will subsequently be called for a Common Interview to be coordinated by the Nodal Regional Rural Banks with the help of NABARD and IBPS in consultation with appropriate authority tentatively in the month of November 2023
• FOR THE POST OF OFFICERS SCALE I – MARKS OBTAINED ONLY IN THE ONLINE MAIN EXAMINATION WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR SHORTLISTING FOR INTERVIEW AND FINAL MERIT LISTING.

Preliminary Examination (Objective Type ) **

** Candidates have to qualify in both the Preliminary and Main tests by securing minimum cutoff marks. Adequate number of candidates in each category, depending upon requirements, will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination.

Sr No	Name of Test	Medium of Exam	No of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning	Pls check appendix 1	40	40	Composite time of 45 Minutes
2	Numerical Ability	Pls check appendix 1	40	40
	Total		80	80

Main Examination (Objective Type)

Sr No	Name of tests	Medium of Exam	No of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning	Pls check appendix 1	40	50	Composite time of 2 hours
2	Computer Knowledge	Pls check appendix 1	40	20
3	General Awareness	Pls check appendix 1	40	40
4 a *	English Language	English	40	40
4 b *	Hindi Language	Hindi	40	40
5	Numerical Ability	Pls check appendix 1	40	50
	TOTAL		200	200

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

Selection Process for Officer Scale II and III (Generalist and Specialists):

• For the post of Officers Scale II (Generalist and Specialists) and Scale III, candidates will appear for Single Online Examination (There will be no Preliminary and Main Exam . It’s a single Exam )
• Shortlisted candidates in the Single Online Examination will subsequently be called for a Common Interview to be coordinated by the Nodal Regional Rural Banks with the help of NABARD and IBPS in consultation with appropriate authority tentatively in the month of November 2023
• FOR THE POST OF OFFICERS SCALE II (GENERALIST AND SPECIALIST) AND SCALE III – MARKS OBTAINED IN THE SINGLE LEVEL ONLINE EXAMINATION WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR SHORTLISTING FOR INTERVIEW AND FINAL MERIT LISTING.

Single Level Examination (Objective Type) for General Banking Officer

Sr No	Name of tests	Medium of Exam	No of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning	Hindi / English	40	50	Composite time of 2 hours
2	Computer Knowledge	Hindi / English	40	20
3	General Awareness	Hindi / English	40	40
4 a *	English Language	English	40	40
4 b *	Hindi Language	Hindi	40	40
5	Quantitative Aptitude and Data Interpretation	Hindi / English	40	50
	TOTAL		200	200

Candidates can opt either 4 a or 4 b.

Single Level Examination (Objective Type) for Specialist Officer

Sr No	Name of tests	Medium of Exam	No of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	Professional Knowledge	Hindi / English	40	40	Composite time of 2 hours and 30 Minutes
2	Reasoning	Hindi / English	40	40
3	Financial Awareness	Hindi / English	40	40
4 a *	English Language	English	40	40
4 b *	Hindi Language	Hindi	40	40
5	Computer Knowledge	Hindi / English	40	20
6	Quantitative Aptitude and Data Interpretation	Hindi / English	40	50
	TOTAL		240	200

Candidates can opt either 4 a or 4 b.

Selection Process for Office Assistant (Multipurpose) :

• For the posts of Office Assistant (Multipurpose)  , the examination will be two tier i.e. the Online Examination will be held in two phases, Preliminary and Main
• For the post of Officers Scale I, only candidates who qualify in Preliminary Examination and shortlisted will have to appear for Main Examination
• Candidates shortlisted after the Main Examination 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.
• FOR THE POST OF OFFICE ASSISTANT (MULTIPURPOSE) – MARKS OBTAINED ONLY IN THE ONLINE MAIN EXAMINATION WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR FINAL MERIT LISTING

Preliminary Examination (Objective Type)

Sr No	Name of Test	Medium of Exam	No of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning	Pls check appendix 1	40	40	Composite time of 45 Minutes
2	Numerical Ability	Pls check appendix 1	40	40
	Total		80	80

Main Examination (Objective Type)

Sr No	Name of tests	Medium of Exam	No of Questions	Maximum Marks	Duration
1	Reasoning	Pls check appendix 1	40	50	Composite time of 2 hours
2	Computer Knowledge	Pls check appendix 1	40	20
3	General Awareness	Pls check appendix 1	40	40
4 a *	English Language	English	40	40
4 b *	Hindi Language	Hindi	40	40
5	Numerical Ability	Pls check appendix 1	40	50
	TOTAL		200	200

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

Any change in the structure of the examination will be intimated through authorised IBPS website www.ibps.in. Other detailed information regarding the online examination will be given in Information Handout, on authorised IBPS website www.ibps.in which will be made available for the candidates to download along with the call letter.

PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS (APPLICABLE TO ALL – PRELIMINARY, MAIN AND SINGLE LEVEL 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.

CUTOFF SCORE

For Office Assistant (Multipurpose)

 Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test of Online Main examination to be considered to be shortlisted for provisional allotment. Depending on the number of vacancies available in each state, candidates will be shortlisted for provisional allotment.

For Officers Scale I

Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test of Online Main Examination to be considered to be shortlisted for interview. Depending on the number of vacancies available, adequate number of candidates in each category not exceeding three times of the declared vacancies in each state shall be called for interview, subject to availability. Prior to the completion of the interview process, scores obtained in the Online Main Examination will not be shared with the candidates shortlisted for interview.

For Officers Scale II and III

Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test of Online Single Examination to be considered to be shortlisted for interview. Depending on the number of vacancies available, adequate number of candidates in each category not exceeding three times of the declared vacancies shall be called for interview, subject to availability. Prior to the completion of the interview process, scores obtained in the Online Main Examination will not be shared with the candidates shortlisted for interview.

Mere passing in individual tests may not be sufficient as candidates should also score sufficiently high on Total score in order of merit to be called for Common Interview / Provisional Allotment. Decision of IBPS in short-listing and calling numbers of candidates for Common Interview / Provisional Allotment shall be Final.

APPLICATION FEE/ INTIMATION CHARGES

Application Fees/ Intimation Charges (Online payment from 01.06.2023 to 21.06.2023 both dates inclusive)

Officer (Scale I, II & III)

– Rs.175/- (Inclusive of GST) for SC/ST/PWBD candidates. 

– Rs.850/- (Inclusive of GST) for all others

Office Assistant (Multipurpose)

 – Rs.175/- (Inclusive of GST) for SC/ST/PWBD/EXSM candidates.

– Rs.850/- (Inclusive of GST) for all others

Bank Transaction charges for Online Payment of fees/ intimation charges will have to be borne by the candidate

IMPORTANT DATES

All further announcements/ details pertaining to this process will only be published/ provided on IBPS authorised website www.ibps.in from time to time. The tentative schedule of events is as follows:

Activity	Tentative Dates
On-line registration including Edit/Modification of Application by candidates	01.06.2023 to 21.06.2023
Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online)	01.06.2023 to 21.06.2023
Download of call letters for online examination – Preliminary	July/ August, 2023
Online Examination – Preliminary	August, 2023
Result of Online exam – Preliminary	September 2023
Download of Call letter for Online exam – Main / Single	September 2023
Online Examination – Main / Single	September 2023
Declaration of Result – Main/ Single (For Officers Scale I, II and III)	October 2023
Download of call letters for interview (For Officers Scale I, II and III)	October/November 2023
Conduct of interview (For Officers Scale I, II and III)	October/November 2023
Provisional Allotment (For Officers Scale I, II and III & Office Assistant. (Multipurpose))	January 2024

Appendix : I

* List of Version of tests (Medium of examination) for CRP RRB XII for posts of Office Assistants (Multipurpose) and Officer Scale I

Sr No	Name of State	Version of Tests (Medium of Examination)
1	Andhra Pradesh	English, Hindi and Telugu
2	Arunachal Pradesh	English and Hindi
3	Assam	English, Hindi and Assamese
4	Bihar	English and Hindi
5	Chhattisgarh	English and Hindi
6	Gujarat	English, Hindi and Gujarati
7	Haryana	English and Hindi
8	Himachal Pradesh	English and Hindi
9	Jammu & Kashmir	English, Hindi and Urdu
10	Jharkhand	English and Hindi
11	Karnataka	English, Hindi, Kannada and Konkani
12	Kerala	English, Hindi and Malayalam
13	Madhya Pradesh	English and Hindi
14	Maharashtra	English, Hindi, Marathi and Konkani
15	Manipur	English, Hindi and Manipuri
16	Meghalaya	English and Hindi
17	Mizoram	English and Hindi
18	Nagaland	English and Hindi
19	Odisha	English, Hindi and Odia
20	Puducherry	English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam
21	Punjab	English, Hindi and Punjabi
22	Rajasthan	English and Hindi
23	Tamil Nadu	English, Hindi and Tamil
24	Telangana	English, Hindi, Telugu and Urdu
25	Tripura	English, Hindi and Bengali
26	Uttar Pradesh	English, Hindi and Urdu
27	Uttarakhand	English and Hindi
28	West Bengal	English, Hindi and Bengali

FOR DETAILED CRP- RRB – XII NOTIFICATION PLEASE CLICK HERE