Recruitment of Officers in Grade ‘B’ (General) - DR – Batch Year 2015

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Applications(App.) are invited for the post mentioned below in Reserve Bank of India (RBI/Bank) from Indian citizens, citizens of Nepal and subjects of Bhutan, persons of Indian origin who have migrated from Myanmar and Sri Lanka with the intention of permanently settling in India and in whose favour Eligibility Certificates have been issued by Government of India.

Post	Number of Vacancies
	Unreserved i.e., General (GEN/UR)	Scheduled Castes (SC)	Scheduled Tribes (ST)	Other Backward Classes (OBC)#	TOTAL
Officers in Grade 'B'(General) Direct Recruitment - (DR)	67	15	13	39	134 *

IMPORTANT DATES
Event		Important     Dates
Website Link Open –For On-Line Registration of Applications and Payment of Fees/Intimation Charges	October 5 to 23, 2015
Phase-I Online Examination		November 21 & 22, 2015$
Phase-II Online Examination		December 7, 2015£
* The Board reserves the right to make any change in these dates. $ Candidate will have to appear in only one shift of Phase-I online examination on any one of these days. £ Candidate will have to appear in all the shifts of Phase-II online examination.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

a. Age (as on 01/10/2015): Between 21 and 30 years (candidates must have been born not earlier than 02/10/1985 and not later than 01/10/1994). For candidates possessing M.Phil. and Ph.D. qualification, upper age limit will be 32 and 34years respectively. For candidates having experience as an officer in Commercial Bank/Financial Institution in Public Sector as also prior experience in Reserve Bank of India, upper age limit is relaxed to the extent of number of years of such experience subject to a maximum of three years. For such candidates, upper age limit should not exceed 33 years including experience. For experience, probationary period will not be reckoned. Refer item 8 below for relaxation in upper age limit for specified categories.

b. Educational Qualifications (as on 01/10/2015) : 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 and 10th standard examinations. The minimum qualifying percentage or an equivalent grade for the Bachelor's Degree will be in aggregate for all semesters / years.

SCHEME OF SELECTION: Selection will be through ON-LINE Examinations and interview. Examinations will be held in two phases as described in following paragraphs.

(I) Phase-I online Examination (Objective Type) : This Paper for 200 marks will be held on November 21/22, 2015. Depending on the number of candidates, the examination may be held on some other days also. A candidate, however, has to appear for examination in only one shift on any day. The date, time and venue on which a candidate has to appear for examination will be specified in the Admission Letter (AL) to be downloaded by the candidate. The ‘corrected-scores’ obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using equipercentile method. The Paper consists tests of (i) General Awareness (ii) English Language (iii) Quantitative Aptitude and (iv)Reasoning, with composite time of 120 minutes. 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 Admission letter for examination from the RBI website.

Candidates have to secure minimum marks separately for each test as well as aggregate, as prescribed by the Board. Candidates, who secure minimum marks separately for each Test, as prescribed, will be shortlisted for Phase-II of the examination based on the aggregate marks obtained in Phase-I. The minimum aggregate cut-off marks for being shortlisted for Phase-II of the examination will be decided by the Board in relation to the number of vacancies. Roll No. of the candidates shortlisted for Phase-II examination will be published on RBI web-site, tentatively within a week after Phase-I examination.

(II) Phase-II online Examination: The Phase-II online Examination will be conducted on December 7, 2015, only for the candidates who are shortlisted on the basis of results of Phase-I. The Phase-II examination will be in shifts. Candidates are required to appear for all shifts. Separate Admission Letters will be issued for each shift. The time-table for Phase-II will be intimated to the candidates concerned along with Admission Letter for Phase-II. Phase–II online examination will consist of three papers as under:

(III) Interview: Candidates will be shortlisted for the interview, based on aggregate of marks obtained in Phase-II (Paper-I +Paper-II +Paper-III). The minimum aggregate cut off marks for being shortlisted for Interview will be decided by the Board in relation to the number of vacancies. Roll No. of the candidates shortlisted for interview will be published on RBI website at appropriate time and interview call letters will be sent on registered email ID. Interview will be of 50 marks. Candidate may opt for interview either in Hindi or English. Final Selection will be through merit list which will be prepared by adding marks secured by candidates in Phase-II examination and interview.

 

SYLLABI (Phase-II)- 

Paper-I - Economic and social Issues:

Paper II: English (Writing Skills)

Paper-III: (Optional)
Finance and Management or Economics or Statistics

APPLICATION FEE AND INTIMATION CHARGES: (Non Refundable)

Sr.          No.	Category	Charges	Amount *
1.	SC/ST/PWD	Intimation Charges only	Rs.100/-
2.	GEN/OBC	App. Fee including intimation charges	Rs.850/-
3.	STAFF@	Nil	Nil