NPS Grade B Exam Eligibility Criteria 2025- Check Age Limit, Educational Qualification

    NPS Trust Officer (Grade B) Eligibility Criteria

    The NPS Trust officer exam notification 2025 has finally been released. Along with the preparation, you should also have proper knowledge about the eligibility criteria this exam possesses. The NPS Trust Officer recruitment notification 2025 for Grade B comprises all the details related to the eligibility criteria, NPS Grade B syllabus and exam pattern, salary structure and more. You need to possess all the mentioned qualifications as of the date mentioned in the official notification to avoid cancellation of your candidature at a later stage. Besides that, you must lie within the NPS Trust Officer Grade B age limit bracket to be eligible to apply. For more details on the NPS Trust Officer 2025 eligibility criteria for Grade B, please check below.

    NPS Trust Officer (Grade B) Educational Criteria

    NPS Trust Officer (Grade B) required you to possess certain educational qualifications in order to apply to the exam. You must check the educational criteria carefully before applying to the NPS Trust Officer (Grade B) 2025 exam. Complete NPS Trust Officer (Grade B) educational criteria according to the previous recruitment drive is mentioned in the table below.

    Name of the PostStreamEducational CriteriaExperience
    NPS Trust Officer Grade B (Manager) General Full time Post-Graduation in any discipline / CA/ CFA/ CS/ FRM (or equivalent)/ CMA/ MBA / PGDBA /PGPM/ PGDM/ from an Indian University/ Institute recognized by AICTE/UGC/Government Minimum 4 years of postqualification experience in officer cadre in areas relating to pension / financial sector/ special knowledge/ experience in law, finance, economics, accountancy, statistics, Administration or any other discipline considered useful to the Trust
    Human Resource

    Full time MBA /Master's degree/ Post Graduate degree/ Diploma (at least for 02 years full time) in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations or Human Resource Management and equivalent.

    The educational qualifications shall be from Institutes recognized by AICTE/UGC/Government.

    		 Candidates should possess minimum 4 years post qualification experience in officer cadre in handling various activities and functions of HR, preferably in Government/ Public Sector.
    Risk Management

    Full time Post Graduate Degree in Finance / Commerce / Economics / Statistics /Econometrics / Mathematics / Mathematical Statistics / CA/ CFA/ FRM (or equivalent)/ CMA/ MBA / PGDBA /PGPM / PGDM/ from an Indian University/ Institute recognized by AICTE/UGC/Government.

    Desirable:

    Diploma in Data Science, Data Analytics or Data Statistics, Business Analytics

    		 Minimum 4 years of postqualification experience in officer cadre in areas relating to pension/ financial sector, special knowledge/experience in Investment Management /Treasury Management /Risk Management.

    NPS Trust Officer (Grade B) Age Criteria 

    NPS Trust Manager (Grade B) will be a great opportunity to enjoy your career journey in the government sector. You must check the age limit criteria as prescribed in the NPS Trust Officer (Grade B) recruitment 2025 notification as and when released before applying for the same. In order to apply for the NPS Trust Officer (Grade B) exam, you must not exceed an age limit of 33 years. Further details on the NPS Trust Grade B Officer age limit are mentioned below.

    Name of the PostAge Criteria
    NPS Trust Officer Grade B (Manager) 25 to 33 years

    NPS Trust Officer (Grade B) Age Relaxation

    Upper age relaxation will be provided to the candidates belonging to reserved categories. As per the government norms, an upper age relaxation of 5 years belonging to SC/ST and 3 years to those belonging to OBC Categories will be provided. You can refer to the table below for the detailed NPS Trust Officer (Grade B) age relaxation information.

    CategoryUpper Age Limit  Relaxation
    Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe 5 years
    Other Backward Classes (OBC) 3 years
    Person with Disabilities (PwD)
    • General : 10 years
    • OBC : 13 years
    • SC / ST : 15 Years
    Ex-Servicemen 5 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on closing date of receipt of online application

    Persons with Benchmark Disabilities Reservation

    NPST Grade B recruitment has provision for reservation for persons with Benchmark Disabilities. These disabilities are described below-

    • Blindness and Low Vision
    • Deaf and Hard of Hearing
    • Locomotor Disability including Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Dwarfisim, Acid Attack Victim and Muscular Dystrophy
    • Autisim, Intellectual Disaility, Specific Learning Disability and Mental Illness
    • Multiple Disabilities and
    • Other Disabilities (as per Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016)

    Important Notes

    • NPS Trust can choose to change the number of posts, fill them or not, or even stop the recruitment process. If this happens, applicants won't have the right to continue in the selection process or make any claims about it.
    • Candidates should be computer literate and familiar with MS–Office (Word and Excel) applications.
    • Eligible candidates can apply for different posts in multiple streams as per their eligibility in terms of age, educational qualifications, experience etc.
    • Eligible candidates interested in applying for both Grade A and B will have to fill separate applications and pay the requisite fees separately.
    • More than one application for a particular stream should not be submitted by any candidate. In case of multiple applications for the same stream, only the last completed application will be considered valid and retained. The application fee/ intimation charges paid for the other or earlier registration(s) will stand forfeited.
    • The recruited officers may be posted to various departments of NPS Trust, irrespective of their streams as per need and requirement of the NPS Trust.
    • The posts advertised are for NPS Trust only and have no linkage with PFRDA. The selected applicants will have to work for NPS Trust and cannot make claim on any post or any form of employment in PFRDA.

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    Nps Trust Grade B Officer Eligibility Criteria FAQs

    Yes, depending upon the post for which you are applying for, you need to possess certain years of experience.
    No, if you belong to OBC category but comes under 'Creamy Layer' you are not entitled to any relaxation and should indicate your category as General.
    No, if you belong to OBC category but comes under 'Creamy Layer' you are not entitled to any relaxation and should indicate your category as General.
    No, there is no such age relaxation for the candidates belonging to the EWS category.
    The NPS Trust Grade B salary is very handsome and currently, it amounts to Rs. 55200/- per month. The pay scale of a NPS Trust Grade B officer is Rs. 55200-2850(9)-80850-EB-2850(2)-86550-3300(4)-99750 (16 years). Presently, the total CTC of a Grade B Officer in NPST is approx. Rs 27 Lakh / annum
    Yes, in order to apply for the NPS Trust Grade B exam, you must possess the required educational qualification and experience as laid out in the NPS Trust Grade B notification. There are no minimum percentile criteria., specified as per the notification.
    As per the recently released notification, you can not apply for the NPS Trust Grade B Exam. The maximum age to apply for the NPS Grade B exam is 33 years. However, any changes or revisions in the eligibility criteria will be known only after the release of the 2025 notification.
    The upper age limit for a person belonging to the SC category is 38 years.
    The maximum age to apply for the NPS Trust Grade B exam is 33 years. However, the upper age limit will be relaxed for those candidates who belong to the reserved categories.

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