IBPS RRB Eligibility Criteria 2023: Age Limit & Reservation

IBPS RRB Prelims 2023: A Complete Guide to Eligibility Criteria on Age Limit, and Reservation Details & Get Everything You Need to Know About All Important Highlights Of Notification 2023...#Blog-206

3 June 2023, Created By Careericons Team,

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The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts the Regional Rural Banks (RRB) Prelims exam every year for the recruitment of officers and office assistants in various regional rural banks across the country. It's a highly competitive exam, and it's crucial to have a clear understanding of the eligibility criteria, age limit, and reservation details before applying.

In this article, I'll provide you with a comprehensive guide on all the important details you need to know about the "Eligibility criteria, Age limit, Age relaxation, and Reservation for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities, EWS & ESXM in detail" to ace the IBPS RRB Prelims 2023. So, sit back, relax, and get ready to boost your chances of success in this highly competitive exam!

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

IBPS RRB 2023 Exam Notification Released
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Eeligibility Criteria - Age Limit & Reservation

Prospective Candidates should ensure that they fulfil the specified eligibility criteria before applying for the CRP: Candidates may please note that the eligibility criteria specified is the basic criteria for appointment to the aforesaid posts in the Regional Rural Banks. However merely applying for, qualifying in the CRP and getting provisionally allotted in one of the RRBs does not imply that a candidate will necessarily be eligible for employment in any of the Regional Rural Banks. It is expressly clarified that the ultimate authority for recruitment is the Regional Rural Bank itself. The RRB concerned may, in its sole discretion, reject the candidature of anyone provisionally allotted to it through the CRP.

Please note that the eligibility criteria specified herein is the basic criteria for applying for the post. Candidates must necessarily produce the relevant documents in original and a photocopy in support of their identity and eligibility - pertaining to category, nationality, age, educational qualifications etc. as indicated in the online application form at the time of interview / document verification, as the case maybe. Please note that no change of category will be permitted at any stage after registration of the online application and the result will be processed considering the category which has been indicated in the online application, subject to guidelines of the Government of India in this regard. Merely applying for CRP/ appearing for and being shortlisted in the Online Examination (Preliminary and Main) and/or in the subsequent interview and/or provisionally allotted and/or subsequent processes does not imply that a candidate will necessarily be offered employment in any of the Regional Rural Banks. No request for considering the candidature under any category other than the one in which one has applied will be entertained.

I. Eeligibility Criteria - Nationality / Citizenship

A candidate must be either -

1. a Citizen of India or
2. a subject of Nepal or
3. a subject of Bhutan or
4. a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
5. a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India, provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

II. Eeligibility Criteria - Age (As on 01.06.2023)

For Officer Scale- III (Senior Manager) - Above 21 years - Below 40 years i.e. candidatesshould not have been born earlier than 03.06.1983 and later than 31.05.2002 (both dates inclusive)

For Officer Scale- II (Manager) - Above 21 years - Below 32 years i.e. candidatesshould not have been born earlier than 03.06.1991 and later than 31.05.2002 (both dates inclusive)

For Officer Scale- I (Assistant Manager) - Above 18 years - Below 30 years i.e. candidates should not have been born earlier than 03.06.1993 and later than 31.05.2005 (both dates inclusive)

For Office Assistant (Multipurpose) - Between 18 years and 28 years i.e. candidates should not have been born earlier than 02.06.1995 and later than 01.06.2005 (both dates inclusive)

The maximum age limit specified above is applicable to General Category candidates and EWS category candidates only. For other categories the following relaxations would apply:

Important Note:

i. The relaxation in upper age limit to SC/ST/OBC candidates is allowed on cumulative basis together with only one of the remaining categories for which age relaxation is permitted as mentioned above at Sr. Nos. 3 to 6 in the above Table.

ii. Candidates applying for the posts of Officers Scale I, II and III, seeking age relaxation, will be required to submit copies of necessary certificate(s) at the time of Interview co-ordinated by the Nodal RRB with the help of NABARD and IBPS in consultation with appropriate authority, if shortlisted for interview. Candidates applying for the post of Office Assistant (Multipurpose) must produce the above mentioned documents at the time of verification of documents on the day of / before the day of joining the allotted RRB, if provisionally allotted. Caste / Category Certificate issued by competent authority in the prescribed format as stipulated by Government of India in case of SC / ST / OBC/ PwBD category candidates. In case of candidates belonging to OBC category, certificate should specifically contain a clause that the candidate does not belong to creamy layer section excluded from the benefits of reservation for Other Backward Classes in Civil post & services under Government of India. Candidates belonging to OBC category but coming under creamy layer are not entitled to OBC reservation. They should indicate their category as General in the online application form. The candidate should possess a valid OBC certificate with a Non-creamy layer clause as per the Government of India guidelines, from time to time.

iii. Ex-Servicemen candidates who have already secured employment under the Central Government in Group ‘C’ & ‘D’ will be permitted the benefit of age relaxation as prescribed for Ex-Servicemen for securing another employment in a higher grade or cadre in Group ‘C’/ ‘D’ under the Central Government. However, such candidates will not be eligible for the benefit of reservation on second occasion for Ex-Servicemen in Central Government jobs.

iv. If an ex-serviceman applies for various vacancies before joining any civil employment, he/she can avail the benefit of reservation as ex-serviceman for any subsequent employment. However, to avail this benefit, an ex-serviceman as soon as he/she joins any civil employment, should give self-declaration/ undertaking to the concerned employer about date-wise details of application for various vacancies for which he/she had applied for before joining the initial civil employment. Further, this benefit would be available only in respect of vacancies which are filled on direct recruitment and wherever reservation is applicable to the ex-serviceman.

v. The persons serving in the Armed Forces of the Union, who on retirement from service, would come under the category of ‘ex-servicemen’ may apply for re-employment one year before the completion of the specified term of engagement (from the last date of application) and avail themselves of all concessions available to ex-servicemen but shall not be permitted to leave the uniform until they complete the specified term of engagement in the Armed Forces of the Union.

III. Reservation for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities:

Under section 34 of “The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016”, persons with benchmark disabilities are eligible for Reservation. The post is identified suitable for the Persons under categories of disabilities as defined in the Schedule of RPWD Act 2016 and notified by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) from time to time.

A. “OC” category:

A person's inability to execute distinctive activities associated with movement of self and objects resulting from affliction of musculoskeletal or nervous system or both, including Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, Muscular Dystrophy, Acid Attack Victims, Spinal Deformity (SD) and Spinal Injury (SI) without any associated neurological / limb dysfunction. Orthopedically challenged persons are covered under locomotor disability:

a. "Leprosy cured person" means a person who has been cured of leprosy but is suffering from:

1. Loss of sensation in hands or feet as well as loss of sensation and paresis in the eye and eye-lid but with no manifest deformity;
2. Manifest deformity and paresis but having sufficient mobility in their hands and feet to enable them to engage in normal economic activity;
3. extreme physical deformity as well as advanced age which prevents him/her from undertaking any gainful occupation, and the expression "leprosy cured" shall be construed accordingly;

b. “Cerebral palsy" means a Group of non-progressive neurological conditions affecting body movements and muscle coordination, caused by damage to one or more specific areas of the brain, usually occurring before, during or shortly after birth;

c. "Dwarfism" means a medical or genetic condition resulting in an adult height of 4 feet 10 inches (147 centimetres) or less;

d. "Muscular dystrophy" means a group of hereditary genetic muscle disease that weakens the muscles that move the human body and persons with multiple dystrophy have incorrect and missing information in their genes, which prevents them from making the proteins they need for healthy muscles. It is characterised by progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in muscle proteins, and the death of muscle cells and tissue;

e. "Acid attack victims" means a person disfigured due to violent assaults by throwing of acid or similar corrosive substance.

B. Visual Impairment (“VI” Category):

Only those Visually Impaired (VI) persons who suffer from any one of the following conditions, after best correction, are eligible to apply.

a. Blindness:

1. Total absence of sight; OR
2. Visual acuity less than 3/60 or less than 10/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with best possible correction; OR
3. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than 10 degree. OR

b. Low Vision:

1. Visual acuity not exceeding 6/18 or less than 20/60 upto 3/60 or upto 10/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with best possible corrections; OR
2. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than 40 degree up to 10 degree.

C. Hearing Impaired (“HI” Category):

a. Deaf: means person having 70 DB hearing loss in speech frequencies in both ears.

b. Hard of Hearing: means person having 60 DB to 70 DB hearing loss in speech frequencies in both ears.

D. “ID” Category:

Only those persons, who suffer from any one of the following types of disabilities, are eligible to apply under this category:

1. Intellectual disability.

a. “Autism Spectrum Disorder” (ASD) means a neuro-developmental condition typically appearing in the first three years of life that significantly affects a person's ability to communicate, understand relationships and relate to others, and is frequently associated with unusual or stereotypical rituals or behaviours.

b. “Specific Learning Disability” (SLD) means a heterogeneous group of conditions wherein there is a deficit in processing language, spoken or written, that may manifest itself as a difficulty to comprehend, speak, read, write, spell, or to do mathematical calculations and includes such conditions as perceptual disabilities, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia and developmental aphasia.

c. “Mental Illness” (MI) means a substantial disorder of thinking, mood, perception, orientation or memory that grossly impairs judgment, behaviour, capacity to recognise reality or ability to meet the ordinary demands of life, but does not include retardation which is a condition of arrested or incomplete development of mind of a person, specially characterised by sub normality of intelligence.

2. “Multiple Disabilities” means multiple disabilities amongst clause “A”; “B”; “C”; “D (1)”.

The allocation of reserved vacancies for the persons with benchmark disabilities will be as prescribed in the “The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016” and as per actual vacancies reported to IBPS by the RRBs.

(i) Guidelines for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities/ Specified disabilities using a Scribe:

The scribe will be allowed to be used as per the guidelines issued vide Office Memorandum F. No. 16-110/2003-DD.III dated February 26, 2013 of Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Department of Disability Affairs, New Delhi and clarification issued by Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services vide letter F. No. 3/2/2013-Welfare dated 26.04.2013 and F. No. 29-6/2019-DD-III dated 10.08.2022. In all such cases where a scribe is used, the following rules will apply:

• The candidate will have to arrange his / her own scribe at his/her own cost.

• For candidates availing scribe in accordance with OM - F. No. 29-6/2019-DD-III dated 10.08.2022, shall be allowed scribe facility subject to production of a certificate at the time of online examination to the effect that person concerned has limitation to write and that scribe is essential to write examination on his/her behalf from competent medical authority of a Government healthcare institution as per proforma attached as Appendix I. Such candidates shall also, upload their certificate while filling the application form.

• The scribe may be from any academic stream. However for Specialist Officers’ posts the scribe should be from an academic stream different from that stipulated for the post.

• Both the candidate as well as scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking confirming that the scribe fulfils all the stipulated eligibility criteria for a scribe mentioned above. Further in case it later transpires that he/she did not fulfil any laid down eligibility criteria or suppressed material facts the candidature of the applicant will stand cancelled, irrespective of the result of the CRP.

• Wrong information about the candidate/ scribe in declaration form submitted at the time of online application or at the time of examination or at any stage would render the candidate and scribe being debarred either permanently or for a specified period of time for CRP examinations.

• Those candidates who are eligible to use scribe shall be eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes or otherwise advised for every hour of the examination.

• In view of the importance of the time element, the examination being of a competitive nature, the candidate must fully satisfy the Medical Officer of the Bank that there was necessity for use of a scribe as he/ she has physical limitation to write including that of speed by the disabilities as mentioned in guidelines regarding Persons with Benchmark/specified Disabilities using the services of a scribe.

• The scribe arranged by the candidate should not be a candidate for the online examination under CRP RRB XII. If violation of the above is detected at any stage of the process, candidature for CRP of both the candidate and the scribe will be cancelled. Candidates eligible for and who wish to use the services of a scribe in the examination should invariably carefully indicate the same in the online application form. Any subsequent request may not be favourably entertained.

• Only candidates registered for compensatory time (at the time of online application) will be allowed such concessions since compensatory time given to candidates shall be system based, it shall not be possible for the test conducting agency to allow such time if he / she is not registered for the same. Candidates not registered for compensatory time shall not be allowed such concessions. During the exam, at any stage, if it is found that scribe is independently answering the questions, the exam session will be terminated and candidate’s candidature will be cancelled. The candidature of such candidates using the services of a scribe will also be cancelled if it is reported after the examination by the test administrator personnel that the scribe independently answered the questions. In such cases, the candidate and the scribe may also be debarred either permanently or for a specified period from all CRP examinations. IBPS reserves the right to share the list of debarred candidates/scribes to other Recruiting agencies for their information.

(ii) Guidelines for Candidates with locomotor disability and cerebral palsy

• A compensatory time of twenty minutes per hour or otherwise advised shall be permitted for the candidates with locomotor disability and cerebral palsy wher

(iii) Guidelines for Visually Impaired candidates

• Visually Impaired candidates (who suffer from not less than 40% of disability) may opt to view the contents of the test in magnified font and all such candidates will be eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes for every hour or otherwise advised of examination.

• The facility of viewing the contents of the test in magnifying font will not be available to Visually Impaired candidates who use the services of a Scribe for the examination.

(iv) Guidelines for Candidates with Intellectual Disability (ID)

• A Compensatory time of twenty minutes per hour of examination, either availing the services of a scribe or not, shall be permitted to the candidates with more than 40% Intellectual Disability (autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness).

(v) Guidelines for persons with specified disability having less than 40 % disability and having difficulty in writing.

• Compensatory time not less than 20 minutes per hour of the examination shall be allowed for persons who are eligible for getting scribe. In case the duration of the examination is less than an hour, then the duration of the compensatory time shall be allowed on pro-rata basis.

Important Note:

1. These guidelines are subject to change in terms of GOI guidelines/ clarifications, if any, from time to time.
2. IBPS reserves the right to conduct re-exam if there is doubt about the genuineness/validity of candidate’s score/ performance.

IV. Definition of EX-Servicemen (EXSM)

(Applicable for the post of Office Assistant (Multipurpose)

i. Ex-Servicemen (EXSM):

Only those candidates shall be treated as Ex-Servicemen who fulfil the revised definition as laid down in Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms Notification No.36034/5/85/ Estt (SCT) dated 27.10.1986 as amended from time to time.

ii. Disabled Ex-Servicemen (DISXS) :

Ex-Servicemen who while serving in Armed Forces of the Union were disabled during war or in peace time but their disability being attributable to Military service, shall be treated as Disabled Ex-Servicemen.

iii. Dependents of Servicemen killed in Action (DXS) :

Servicemen killed in the following operations would be deemed to have been killed in action attributable to Military Service

1. war
2. warlike operations or border skirmishes either with Pakistan on cease fire line or any other country
3. Fighting against armed hostiles in a counter insurgency environment viz. Nagaland, Mizoram, etc.
4. Serving with peace-keeping mission abroad
5. Laying or clearance of mines including enemy mines as also mine sweeping operation between one month before and three months after conclusion of an operation
6. Frost-bite during actual operations or during the period specified by the Government
7. Dealing with agitating Para- Military forces personnel
8. IPKF personnel killed during the operations in Sri Lanka. For the purpose of availing the concession of reservation for Dependents of Servicemen killed in action, the member of the family would include his widow, son and daughter or his near relations who agree to support his family and an affidavit stating that the relaxation is availed by one dependent of Ex-servicemen or not availed by any dependent of Servicemen killed in action will have to be submitted at the time of joining. The relaxation in upper age and educational qualifications available to Ex-servicemen will not be available to dependents of Servicemen killed in action.

Important Note:

1) (i) Candidates, who are released/retired from Armed Forces are required to submit a certificate as per Proforma ‘A' attached to this advertisement if they do not possess discharge certificate/booklet, (ii) The candidates, who are still serving in Armed Forces and desirous of applying under ExServicemen category will be required to submit a certificate (Proforma ‘B’) from the competent authority showing his/her date of completion of the specific period of engagement (SPE) along with declaration (Proforma ‘C’). Such candidates whose SPE is completed on or before 20.06.2024 only are eligible to apply under this recruitment. They will also be required to submit the release letter along with a self-declaration at the time of joining the Bank that he/she is entitled to the benefits admissible to Ex-Servicemen in terms of Govt. of India rules, (iii) Those candidates, who have already completed their initial period of engagement and are on extended assignment, are required to submit certificate as per Proforma ‘D'. If selected, such candidates mentioned in (ii) and (iii) above, should get released and join the Bank on or before 20.06.2024. These certificates are required to be submitted at the time of joining invariably.

2) The Territorial Army Personnel will be treated as Ex-Servicemen w.e.f. 15.11.1986.

3) An Ex-Serviceman who has once joined a Government job on the civil side after availing of the benefits given to him as an Ex-Serviceman for his reemployment, his Ex-Serviceman status will be governed in terms of OM No.36034/1/2014-Estt.(Res.) dated 14.08.2014.

Important: - Govt. Guidelines regarding Definitions, relaxation etc. are subject to change from time to time. It is expressly clarified that any person who is employed by any branch of the armed services at the time of submission of his/her application form cannot be considered as an ExServiceman unless he/she fulfils the prescribed conditions mentioned in the Advertisement.

V. EWS (Economically Weaker Section)

1. Persons who are not covered under the existing scheme of reservations to the Scheduled Castes, the Schedule Tribes and the Other Backward Classes and whose family has gross annual income below Rs.8.00 lakh (Rupees eight lakh only) are to be identified as EWSs for benefit of reservation. The income shall include income from all sources i.e. salary, agriculture, business, profession etc. and it will be income for the financial year prior to the year of application. Also persons whose family owns or possesses any of the following assets shall be excluded from being identified as EWSs, irrespective of the family income:

1. 5 acres of Agricultural Land and above;
2. Residential flat of 1000 sq. ft. and above;
3. Residential plot of 100 sq. yards and above in notified municipalities;
4. Residential plot of 200 sq. yards and above in areas other than the notified municipalities.

2. The property held by a "Family" in different locations or different places / cities would be clubbed while applying the land or property holding test to determine EWS status.

3. The benefit of reservation under EWS can be availed upon production of an Income and Asset Certificate issued by a Competent Authority. The Income and Asset Certificate issued by any one of the Authorities as notified by the Government of India in the prescribed format shall only be accepted as proof of candidate's claim as belonging to EWS. The candidates shortlisted for document verification/interview shall be required to bring the requisite certificate as specified by the Government of India at the time of appearing for the process of document verification/interview.

4. The term "Family" for this purpose will include the person who seeks benefit of reservation, his/her parents and siblings below the age of 18 years as also his/her spouse and children below the age of 18 years.

5. The instructions issued by the Government of India in this regard from time to time shall be adhered to.

Disclaimer: “EWS vacancies are tentative and subject to further directives of Government of India and outcome of any litigation”.

Note: These guidelines are subject to change in terms of GOI guidelines/ clarifications, if any, from time to time.

Source: Official IBPS RRB Notification 2023.

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