The Eligibility Criteria - Nationality, Educational Qualification, Age limit and No. of chances for RBI Grade B Examination, is mentioned below:
A minimum of 60% marks (50% in case of SC/ST/PWD) or an equivalent grade in Bachelor's degree as well as in 12th (or Diploma or equivalent) and 10th Standard examinations are required to be eligible for the post of RBI Grade B Officer. The minimum qualifying percentage or an equivalent grade for the Bachelor's Degree will be considered as in aggregate for all semesters/years.
Educational Qualification
Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) - (General)
A minimum of 60% marks (50% in case of SC/ST/PWD) or an equivalent grade in Bachelor’s degree as well as in 12th (or Diploma or equivalent) and 10th Standard examinations.
Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) - DEPR
A Master's Degree in Economics / Econometrics / Quantitative Economics / Mathematical Economics / Integrated Economics Course/ Finance, with a minimum of 55% marks or an equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters /years from a recognized Indian or Foreign University /Institute.
Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) - DSIM
A Master's Degree in Statistics/ Mathematical Statistics/ Mathematical Economics/ Econometrics/ Statistics & Informatics from IIT-Kharagpur/ Applied Statistics & Informatics from IIT-Bombay with a minimum of 55% marks or equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters/years; OR
Master's Degree in Mathematics with a minimum of 55% marks or an equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters/years and one-year postgraduate diploma in Statistics or related subjects from an institute of repute; OR
M. Stat. The degree of Indian Statistical Institute with a minimum of 55% marks in aggregate of all semesters/years OR
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics (PGDBA) jointly offered by ISI Kolkata, IIT Kharagpur and IIM Calcutta with a minimum of 55% marks or equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters/years
A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on the 1st of July, 2019 i.e., he/she must have been born not earlier than 2nd July, 1987 and not later than 1st July, 1996. For candidates possessing M.Phil. and PhD qualification, the upper age limit will be 32 and 34 years respectively.
Like all other organizations, RBI also proposes a relaxation in age for certain categories of candidates. The criteria of relaxation varies according to the categories, as indicated below:
Category
Age in Years
Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in Kashmir Division of the State of Jammu and Kashmir between 1st January, 1980 and 31st December, 1989
5 years
Emergency Commissioned Officers/Short Service Commissioned Officers who have completed their initial period of assignment of five years of Military Service but whose assignment has been extended beyond five years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues certificates that they would be released on selection within three months from the date of receipt of offer of appointment
Ex-servicemen (including Emergency Commissioned Officers/Short Service Commissioned Officers) provided applicants have rendered at least five years continuous Military Service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or on account of physical disability or have been released on account of physical disability attributable to Military Service or on invalidment
Ex-employees of banking institutions whose services had to be terminated for reasons of economy or as a result of bank going into liquidation and personnel retrenched from Government Offices after at least one year’s service and currently registered with Employment Exchange
PWD(OBC)
13 years
PWD (GENERAL)
10 years
PWD(SC/ST)
15 years
OBC
3 years
SC/ST
There is a limit on the number of times a candidate can appear for the RBI Grade B Mains Examination, according to the various categories, as described below.
Number of Attempts
General
6 attempts
SC/ST/PWD/EXSM
No limit
Candidates who have already appeared for the maximum number of chances permissible are not eligible to apply again for the RBI Grade B Examination. Appearing in Phase I: Preliminary Examination will also be counted as a chance.
Nationality
A candidate applying for the RBI Grade B 2018 Examination must be either:
Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the examination but the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him/her by the Government of India.
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