Last Date for Submission of Application is on 08th March, 2022.
No.of Posts and Vacancies :-
Assistant - 950 Posts
Job Location - Across India
Education Qualification :
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) invites applications from eligible candidates for 950 posts of ‘Assistant’ - 2021 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)
1. Post Name: Assistant
2. No of Posts: 950
3. Educational Qualifications (as on 01.02.2022):
i) At least a Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline with a minimum of 50% marks (pass class for SC/ST/PwBD candidates) in the aggregate and the knowledge of word processing on PC.
ii) 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.
iii) 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.
4. Pay Scale:
a. Assirtants will draw a starting basic pay of ₹ 20,700/- per month in the scale of ₹ 20700 – 1200 (3) – 24300 – 1440 (4) - 30060 – 1920 (6) – 41580 – 2080 (2) – 45740 – 2370 (3) – 52850 – 2850 – 55700 (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 will be approximately 45,050/-.
b. House Allowance of 15% of Pay will be paid to employees additionally, if they are not staying in Bank’s accommodation.
Age Limit
Between 20 and 28 years. Candidates must have been born not earlier than 02/02/1994 and not later than 01/02/2002 (both days including) are only eligible to apply.
Application Fees
50/- for SC/ST/PwBD/EXS. (Intimation Charges), 450 /- for OBC/General/EWS candidates (Examination fees+ Intimation Charges), Staff candidates are exempted from payment of examination fee and intimation charges. Bank Transaction charges for Online Payment of examination fees/intimation charges will have to be borne by the candidate.
General Rules/ Instructions to candidates
(i) Candidates can apply for vacancy in one Office only and will have to opt for online test (preliminary as well as main) centre within the same state(s) the Office they have applied for. For example, candidate applying to Ahmedabad Office can opt for center only from state of Gujarat.
(ii) Candidates need not submit /send at any address, application printouts or any certificates or copies thereof at the time of online application. Their candidature will be considered on the strength of the information declared in the application. If at any stage, it is found that any information furnished in the online application is false/ incorrect or if according to RBI, the candidate does not satisfy the eligibility criteria, his/ her candidature/ appointment is liable to be cancelled/ terminated.
(iii) All educational qualifications should have been obtained from recognized universities/ institutions in India or abroad. If grades are awarded instead of marks, candidates should clearly indicate its numerical equivalent.
(iv) RBI shall not entertain requests from the candidates seeking advice about their eligibility to apply.
(v) Candidates will have to visit the RBI website www.rbi.org.in for downloading call letters for online test (preliminary as well as main). Intimation for downloading call letter will also be sent through email/SMS. Once the candidate clicks the relevant link, he/she can access the window for call letter download. The candidate is required to use
(i) Registration Number/Roll Number, (ii) Password/Date of Birth for downloading the call letter. Candidate needs to affix recent recognizable photograph on the call letter preferably the same as provided during registration and appear at the examination centre with (i) Call Letter (ii) Photo Identity Proof as stipulated in clause (xii) below and also specified in the call letter and photocopy of the same Photo Identity Proof as brought in original.
(vi) The candidates will have to appear for the exam (preliminary as well as main) at their own cost.
(vii) CANDIDATES REPORTING LATE i.e. after the reporting time specified on the call letter for Examination (preliminary as well as main) will not be permitted to take the examination. The reporting time mentioned on the call letter is prior to the Start time of the test.
a. Though the duration of the examination is 1 hour for preliminary and 2 hours and 15 minutes for main examination, candidates may be required to be at the venue for about 2 to 3 hours (approximately) including the time required for completion of various formalities such as verification and collection of various requisite documents, logging in, giving of instructions etc.
(viii) Documents relating to Age/Qualification/Category etc. will have to be submitted to the Bank at the time of document verification. Caste certificate submitted by candidate seeking reservation as SC/ST/OBC in the prescribed proforma from the competent authority should clearly indicate the candidate’s caste, the Act/Order under which the caste is recognized as SC/ST/OBC and the village/town the candidate is originally a resident of.
(ix) Candidates seeking age relaxation are required to submit copies of necessary certificate(s) at the time of document verification.
(x) A declaration is required to be submitted in the prescribed format by candidate seeking reservation as OBC, that he/she does not belong to the creamy layer as on date of document verification. The OBC certificate containing the non-creamy clause should have been issued after 01.02.2021.
(xi) All candidates working in Government Sector, Government owned industrial undertakings, Public Sector Undertakings/Financial Institutions/Banks, Public Enterprises or other similar organizations, whether in a permanent or temporary capacity or as work-charged employees other than casual or daily rated employees, are required to inform their employer (Head of Office/Department) in writing, about applying for this recruitment, prior to the submission of their application online to the Bank.
d. At the time of applying online, candidates working in such organizations, are required to submit an undertaking that they have informed in writing about applying for this recruitment to their Head of Office/ Department. Candidates should note that in case a communication is received at Bank from their employer, withholding permission to the candidate applying for this recruitment/ appearing at the examination, their application/candidature will be liable to be rejected/ cancelled.
At the time of joining, the recommended candidates will have to bring proper discharge certificates from their PSU/Government/Quasi-Government employer.
(xii) In the examination(preliminary as well as main) hall, the call letter along with a photocopy of the candidate’s currently valid photo identity such as Aadhar card with a photograph /PAN Card/ Passport/ Permanent Driving License / Voter’s Card/ Bank Passbook with photograph/
b. Photo identity proof issued by a Gazetted Officer on official letterhead/ Photo identity proof issued by a People’s Representative on official letterhead/ valid recent Identity Card issued by a recognized college/ university / Employee ID/ Bar Council Identity card with photograph should be submitted to the invigilator for verification. The candidate’s identity will be verified with respect to his/her details on the call letter, in the Attendance List and requisite documents submitted. If identity of the candidate is in doubt the candidate may not be allowed to appear for the Examination (preliminary as well as main & LPT).
Ration card & Learners Driving License will not be considered as valid Identity proof.
Note: Candidates have to produce in original the photo identity proof and submit photocopy of the photo identity proof along with Examination call letter while attending the online examinations, without which they will not be allowed to take up the examination. Candidates must note that the name as appearing on the call letter (provided during the process of registration) should exactly match the name as appearing on the photo identity proof.
c. Female candidates who have changed first/last/middle name post marriage must take special note of this. If there is any mismatch between the name indicated in the Call Letter and Photo Identity Proof the candidate will not be allowed to appear for the examination (preliminary as well as main).
(xiii) Candidates are advised in their own interest that they should not furnish any particulars that are false, tampered with or fabricated and should not suppress any material information while submitting online application.
At the time of examination (preliminary as well as main) or in a subsequent selection procedure, if a candidate is (or has been) found guilty of –
(a) using unfair means or
(b) impersonating or procuring impersonation by any person or
(c) misbehaving in the examination (preliminary as well as main) hall or disclosing, publishing, reproducing, transmitting, storing or facilitating transmission and storage of contents of the test(s) or any information therein in whole or part thereof in any form or by any means, verbal or written, electronically or mechanically for any purpose or
(d) resorting to any irregular or improper means in connection with his/ her candidature or
(e) obtaining support for his/ her candidature by unfair means, or
(f) carrying mobile phones or similar electronic devices of communication in the examination (preliminary as well as main) hall, such a candidate may, in addition to rendering himself/ herself liable to criminal prosecution, be liable:
(i) to be disqualified from the examination (preliminary as well as main) for which he/ she is a candidate
(ii) to be debarred either permanently or for a specified period from any examination conducted by RBI.
(iii) for termination of service, if he/ she has already joined the Bank.
(xiv) RBI would be analyzing the responses (answers) of individual candidates with those of other candidates to detect patterns of similarity of right and wrong answers. If in the analytical procedure adopted in this regard, it is inferred/ concluded that the responses have been shared and scores obtained are not genuine/ valid, RBI reserves right to cancel the candidature of the concerned candidates and the result of such candidates (disqualified) will be withheld.
(xv) Canvassing in any form will be a disqualification.
(xvi) In all correspondence with RBI, Registration number received on submission of application and Roll number indicated in ‘Call Letter’ must be quoted.
(xvii) In all matters regarding eligibility, conduct of examinations, LPT assessment, prescribing minimum qualifying standards in online examination & LPT, in relation to number of vacancies and communication of result, RBI’s decision shall be final and binding on the candidates and no correspondence shall be entertained in this regard.
(xviii) The possibility for occurrences of some problem in administration of the examination (preliminary as well as main) cannot be ruled out completely which may impact test delivery and/or result from being generated. In that event, every effort will be made to rectify the problem, which may include shifting the candidates to the other centres or to conduct another examination (preliminary as well as main) if considered necessary. Decision of RBI in this regard shall be final. Candidates not willing to accept such change shall lose his/her candidature for this exam (preliminary as well as main).
(xix) If the examination (preliminary as well as main) is held in more than one session, the scores across various sessions will be equated to adjust for slight differences in difficulty level of different test batteries used across sessions. More than one session are required if the nodes capacity is less or some technical disruption takes place at any centre or for any candidate.
(xx) Mobile phones or any other communication devices are not allowed inside the premises, where the examination (preliminary as well as main) is being conducted. Any infringement of these instructions shall entail disqualification including ban from future examinations.
(xxi) Candidates are not permitted to use or have in possession of calculators in examination premises.
(xxii) Candidates are advised in their own interest not to bring any of the banned item including mobile phones to the venue of the examination (preliminary as well as main), as arrangement for safekeeping cannot be assured.
(xxiii) RBI will not furnish the mark-sheet to candidates. However, the online examination (preliminary as well as main) marks may be available on RBI website after the declaration of the final result.
(xxiv) The post is also open to the employees of RBI (staff candidates) who satisfy the eligibility criteria.
(xxv) Any legal proceedings in respect of any matter of claim or dispute arising out of this advertisement and / or an application in response thereto can be instituted only in Mumbai and courts/ tribunals/ forums at Mumbai only shall have sole and exclusive jurisdiction to try any cause / dispute.
Selection Procedure
I. Preliminary Examination (Multiple Choice)
II. Main Examination (Multiple Choice)
III. Language Proficiency Test (LPT):
The candidates provisionally shortlisted 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 as detailed below. Candidate not proficient in the Official / Local Language shall be disqualified.
i) The above online test/s except the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi.
ii) Candidates will have to pass in each of the objective tests of the online examinations.
iii) A candidate has to qualify in Preliminary Examination for appearing in Main Examination.
iv) There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests (Preliminary and Main examination).1/4th marks will be deducted for each wrong answer.
v) 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 letter for examination from the RBI website.
vi) Roll Number of the candidates successful in preliminary online examination will be made available on RBI website in April 2022. The Roll Number of candidates successful in main online examination will be made available on RBI website in May/June 2022. The successful candidates from the main on-line examination will be intimated on Bank’s website for submission of requisite documents to the Regional Office, within a period of fifteen days and no email/ sms in this regard will be sent to them.
vii) Only such number of candidates will be called for Language Proficiency Test who stand sufficiently high in merit based on the aggregate marks of the Main on-line examination. Such merit will be decided by the Bank in relation to the number of notified vacancies to be filled in.
viii) LPT is mandatory. No exemption of any sort will be given to any candidate from appearing in LPT, which will be conducted at respective Offices of the Bank. Final Selection will depend, on the performance in online test, qualifying in LPT, Medical fitness, verification of certificates, etc. to the Bank’s satisfaction. Decision of the Bank in this regard, shall be final. LPT is qualifying in nature and the final selection will be based only on performance in the Main on-line examination.
ix) Appointment of selected candidate will be subject to his/her being declared medically fit as per the rules of the Bank.
How to Apply
1. Candidates may go to the RBI website www.rbi.org.in and click on the option "Recruitment for the post of Assistant" which will open a new screen.
2. To register application, choose the tab "Click here for New Registration" and enter Name, Contact details and Email-id. A Provisional Registration Number and Password will be generated by the system and displayed on the screen. Candidate should note down the Provisional Registration Number and Password. An Email & SMS indicating the Provisional Registration number and Password will also be sent.
3. In case the candidate is unable to complete the application form in one go, he / she can save the data already entered by choosing "SAVE AND NEXT" tab. Prior to submission of the online application candidates are advised to use the "SAVE AND NEXT" facility to verify the details in the online application form and modify the same if required. Visually Impaired candidates should fill the application form carefully and verify/ get the details verified to ensure that the same are correct prior to final submission.
4. Candidates are advised to carefully fill and verify the details filled in the online application themselves as no change will be possible/ entertained after clicking the FINAL SUBMIT BUTTON.
5. The Name of the candidate or his /her Father/ Husband etc. should be spelt correctly in the application as it appears in the Certificates/ Mark sheets/Identity proof. Any change/alteration found may disqualify the candidature.
6. Validate your details and Save your application by clicking the 'Validate your details' and 'Save and Next' button.
7. Candidates can proceed to upload Photo & Signature as per the specifications given in the Guidelines for Scanning and Upload of Photograph and Signature.
8. Candidates can proceed to fill other details of the Application Form.
9. Click on the Preview Tab to preview and verify the entire application form before FINAL SUBMIT.
10. Modify details, if required, and click on 'FINAL SUBMIT' ONLY after verifying and ensuring that the photograph, signature uploaded and other details filled by you are correct.
11. Click on 'Payment' Tab and proceed for payment.
12. Click on 'Submit' button.
13. Important Dates
a. Website Link Open: 17.02.2022 to 08.03.2022
b. Payment of Examination Fees (Online): 17.02.2022 to 08.03.2022
c. Schedule of Online Preliminary Test (Tentative): March 26 & 27, 2022
d. Schedule of Online Main Test (Tentative): May 2022