ibps rrb po prelims (2022) Recent Notification and Tentative Exam Dates

IBPS RRB "PO" Officers (Scale-I) 2022-23 Examination -
Prelims Notification Hightlights

Common Recruitment Process for Officers (Scale-I) in Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) - CRP RRBs XI

Activity & Tentative Dates, New & Old Vacancy List, Participating RRBs, Eligibility Criteria, Age Limits, Educational Qualification, Application Fee, Pre-Examination Training, Examination Centers:

Applicants who are willing to appear in this exam need to know and understand the latest IBPS RRB PO Notification completely. This will enhance their chance of qualifying for the IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2022-23 examination.

The online examination (Preliminary) for the next Common Recruitment Process for selection of personnel for Clerical cadre Posts in the Participating Banks is tentatively scheduled in September 2022 & October 2022.

This article will provide the top highlights & imoportant informations you have know befor and after appering the IBPS RRB PO 2022-23 Examination.

Depending on the vacancies as per the business needs of the Regional Rural Banks and as reported to IBPS, candidates shortlisted will be provisionally allotted to one of the Regional Rural Banks keeping in view the merit cum preference (state wise for Officers in Scale I, the spirit of Govt. Guidelines on reservation policy, administrative convenience, etc. The validity of CRP for RRBs- XI will automatically expire at the close of business on the day which is one year after the date of Provisional Allotment or until a fresh provisional allotment is made, whichever is earlier, with or without giving any notice.

This system of Common Recruitment Process- (Online examination, Common Interview and Provisional Allotment in Regional Rural Banks) has the approval of the appropriate authorities.

IBPS, an autonomous body, has received a mandate from the participating RRBs mentioned at (A) below, to conduct the recruitment process as mentioned above, once a year.

  1. IBPS will make arrangements for conducting Online Preliminary Examination for Officers Scale I declare result of Online Preliminary Examination.
  2. IBPS will inform the shortlisted candidates about the Online Main Examination. IBPS will declare the results of the Main / Single Examination and inform the shortlisted candidates about the interview in the case of Officers Scale I.
  3. Interviews will be coordinated by Nodal Regional Rural Banks with the help of NABARD and IBPS in consultation with appropriate authority. Prospective candidates will have to apply at authorized IBPS website after carefully reading the advertisement regarding the process of examinations, interview (wherever applicable) and
  4. Provisional allotment, eligibility criteria, online registration processes, payment of prescribed application fee / intimation charges, pattern of examination, issuance of call letters etc. and ensure that they fulfil the stipulated criteria and follow the prescribed processes.

IBPS RRB PO 2022-23 "Activity & Tentative Dates"

The tentative schedule of events is as follows:

List of Activity Respective Dates
IBPS RRB PO 2022 Notification Date 06/07/2022
IBPS RRB PO 2022 Application Starts On & Last Date 07/07/2022 & 27/07/2022
IBPS RRB 2022 Pre- Exam Training (PET) 18 July to 23 July 2022
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Admit Card 2022 22nd July 2022
IBPS RRB PO 2022 Online Examination – Preliminary 20th & 21st August 2022
Result of IBPS RRB PO 2022 Online exam – Preliminary September 2022
Download of Call letter for Online exam – Main September 2022
Online Examination IBPS RRB PO – Main 2022 24th September 2022
IBPS RRB Interview Dates October/November 2022
Final Result (Provisional Allotment) 01st January 2023

In case it is possible and safe to hold PET

Candidates are advised to regularly keep in touch with the authorised IBPS RRB website www.ibps.in for details and updates. Since recruitment in clerical cadre in Public Sector Banks is done on State/UT-wise basis, candidates can apply for vacancies in any one State/ UT only. Consequently, a candidate would be required to appear for Online Examination in any one of the centres in that particular State/UT. However, depending upon the response, administrative feasibility etc. candidates may be allotted to a centre of examination outside the chosen State/UT for which vacancies he/she is applying. Please note this reallocation is only for the conduct of examination and the candidate will be considered for vacancies in the State/UT applied for, as aforesaid.


IBPS RRB 2022-23 "New & Old Vacancy List"

Posts Vacancies (as on 06/06/2022) Vacancies (as on 21/06/2022)
IBPS CLERK: Office Assistants (Multipurpose) 4483 4567
IBPS PO: Officer Scale I 2676 2759
Officer Scale II (Agriculture Officer) 12 12
Officer Scale II (Marketing Officer) 06 06
Officer Scale II (Treasury Manager) 10 10
Officer Scale II (Law) 18 18
Officer Scale II (CA) 19 19
Officer Scale II (IT) 57 57
Officer Scale II (General Banking Officer) 745 759
Officer Scale III 80 81
Total Vacancies 8106 8285

PARTICIPATING RRBs IN IBPS RRB PO EXAM 2022 - 24

Sr. No. Name of RRBs Present Head Office State / UT Desired Local Language Proficiency as prescribed by the Participating RRBs
1 Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank Warangal Telangana Telugu
2 Andhra Pragathi Gramin Bank Kadapa Andhra Pradesh Telugu
3 Arunachal Pradesh Rural Bank Naharlagun (Papumpare) Arunachal Pradesh English
4 Aryavart Bank Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Hindi
5 Assam Gramin Vikash Bank Guwahati Assam Assamese, Bengali, Bodo
6 Bangiya Gramin Vikash Bank Murshidabad West Bengal Bengali
7 Baroda Gujarat Gramin Bank Vadodara Gujarat Gujarati
8 Baroda Rajasthan Kshetriya Gramin Bank Ajmer Rajasthan Hindi
9 Baroda U P Bank Gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit
10 Chaitanya Godavari Grameena Bank Guntur Andhra Pradesh Telugu
11 Chhattisgarh Rajya Gramin Bank Raipur Chhattisgarh Hindi
12 Dakshin Bihar Gramin Bank Patna Bihar Hindi
13 Ellaquai Dehati Bank Srinagar Jammu & Kashmir Dogri, Kashmiri, Punjabi, Urdu, Gojri, Pahari, Ladakhi, Balti (Palli), Dardi, Hindi
14 Himachal Pradesh Gramin Bank Mandi Himachal Pradesh Hindi
15 J & K Grameen Bank Jammu Jammu & Kashmir Dogri, Kashmiri, Pahari, Gojri, Punjabi, Ladakhi, Balti (Palli), Dardi, Urdu, Hindi
16 Jharkhand Rajya Gramin Bank Ranchi Jharkhand Hindi
17 Karnataka Gramin Bank Bellary Karnataka Kannada
18 Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank Dharwad Karnataka Kannada
19 Kerala Gramin Bank Mallapuram Kerala Malayalam
20 Madhya Pradesh Gramin Bank Indore Madhya Pradesh Hindi
21 Madhyanchal Gramin Bank Sagar Madhya Pradesh Hindi
22 Maharashtra Gramin Bank Aurangabad Maharashtra Marathi
23 Manipur Rural Bank Imphal Manipur Manipuri
24 Meghalaya Rural Bank Shillong Meghalaya Khasi, Garo
25 Mizoram Rural Bank Aizawl Mizoram Mizo
26 Nagaland Rural Bank Kohima Nagaland English
27 Odisha Gramya Bank Bhubaneshwar Odisha Odia
28 Paschim Banga Gramin Bank Howrah West Bengal Bengali
29 Prathama UP Gramin Bank Moradabad Uttar Pradesh Hindi
30 Puduvai Bharathiar Grama Bank Puducherry Puducherry Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu
31 Punjab Gramin Bank Kapurthala Punjab Punjabi
32 Rajasthan Marudhara Gramin Bank Jodhpur Rajasthan Hindi
33 Saptagiri Grameena Bank Chittor Andhra Pradesh Telugu
34 Sarva Haryana Gramin Bank Rohtak Haryana Hindi
35 Saurashtra Gramin Bank Rajkot Gujarat Gujarati
36 Tamil Nadu Grama Bank Salem Tamil Nadu Tamil
37 Telangana Grameena Bank Hyderabad Telangana Telugu, Urdu
38 Tripura Gramin Bank Agartala Tripura Bengali, Kokborak
39 Utkal Grameen Bank Bolangir Odisha Odia
40 Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank Muzaffarpur Bihar Hindi
41 Uttarakhand Gramin Bank Dehradun Uttarakhand Hindi, Sanskrit
42 Uttarbanga Kshetriya Gramin Bank Coochbehar West Bengal Bengali, Nepali
43 Vidharbha Konkan Gramin Bank Nagpur Maharashtra Marathi

Candidates are advised to regularly keep in touch with the authorised IBPS website www.ibps.in for details and updates.

A candidate can apply for the Post of Office Assistant (Multipurpose) and can also apply for the Post of Officer. However a candidate can apply for only one post in officer's cadre i.e. for Officer Scale-I or Scale-II or ScaleIII.

Candidates have to apply separately and pay fees / intimation charges separately for each post applied for.


IBPS RRB PO 2022-23 "ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA"

Let's start disscuss the key features of IBPS RRB PO Notifiaction 2022-23;

To be eligible for IBPS RRB PO 2022 Exam, a candidate is required to fulfill the given eligibility criteria:

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.

I. 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

IBPS RRB PO 2022-23 "Age Limits"(As on 01.06.2022)

Relaxation of Upper age limit

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:

Sr. No. Category Age Relaxation
1 Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe 5 years
2 Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer) 3 years
3 Persons With Benchmark Disabilities as defined under “The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016” 10 years
4 Persons affected by 1984 riots 5 years

NOTE:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE FOR IBPS RRB PO 2022-23 Examination
(as on the last date of Online Registration i.e. 27.06.2022)

IBPS RRB PO - Officer Scale-I (Assistant Manager):

  1. Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized University or its equivalent
  2. Preference will be given to the candidates having degree in Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Agricultural Marketing and Cooperation, Information Technology, Management, Law, Economics or Accountancy;
  3. Proficiency in local language as prescribed by the participating RRB/s* Desirable: working knowledge of Computer.

** NO Experience Needed for IBPS RRB PO Exam.

Note:

(1) All the educational qualifications mentioned should be from a University/ Institution/ Board recognised by Govt. Of India/ approved by Govt. Regulatory Bodies and the result should have been declared on or before 27.06.2022.

(2) Proper document from Board / University for having declared the result on or before 27.06.2022 has to be submitted at the time of interview for the posts of Officers (Scale I, II and III) and at the time of joining for the post of Office Assistant (Multipurpose). The date of passing the eligibility examination will be the date appearing on the mark-sheet or provisional certificate issued by University / Institute. In case the result of a particular examination is posted on the website of the University / Institute and web based certificate is issued then proper document/certificate in original issued and signed by the appropriate authority of the University / Institute indicating the date of passing properly mentioned thereon will be reckoned for verification and further process.

(3) Candidate should indicate the percentage obtained in Graduation calculated to the nearest two decimals in the online application. Where CGPA / OGPA is awarded, the same should be converted into percentage and indicated in online application. If called for interview, the candidate will have to produce a certificate issued by the appropriate authority inter alia stating that the norms of the University regarding conversion of grade into percentage and the percentage of marks scored by the candidate in terms of norms.

(4) Calculation of Percentage: The percentage marks shall be arrived at by dividing the total marks obtained by the candidate in all the subjects in all semester(s)/year(s) by aggregate maximum marks (in all the subjects irrespective of honours / optional / additional optional subject, if any) and multiplying by 100. This will be applicable for those Universities also where Class / Grade is decided on basis of Honours marks only. The fraction of percentage so arrived will be ignored i.e. 59.99% will be treated as less than 60% and 54.99% will be treated as less than 55%.

* Proficiency in local language – For recruitment of Officer Scale I & Office Assistant (Multipurpose), proficiency in local language as specified below shall be an essential qualification:-

  • Candidates who have already studied the language of the State in standard VIII or any level above standard VIII in Government recognized Boards of Education/ School or having any certificate to the effect for standard VIII or any level above standard VIII would be considered proficient in that local language.
  • Where the candidate does not meet the aforesaid requirement in local language at the time of selection, he will be given a time of six months from the date of joining to acquire the proficiency. This period can be extended by the Boards of RRBs within the framework of the rules and provided that such extension should not be beyond the probation period.

APPLICATION FEE/ INTIMATION CHARGES FOR IBPS RRB PO Examination 2022-23;
(Applicable GST will be borne by IBPS)

Application Fees/ Intimation Charges (Online payment from 07.06.2022 to 27.06.2022 both dates inclusive)

IBPS RRB PO 2022-23 - Officer (Scale I):

- Rs.175/- for SC/ST/PWBD candidates.

- Rs.850/- for all others

Bank Transaction charges for Online Payment of fees/ intimation charges will have to be borne by the candidate


PRE-EXAMINATION TRAINING for IBPS RRB PO Examination 2022-23; - (To be arranged by the RRBs)

Note- Due to COVID-19 pandemic, for the safety of the candidates, PET during this period may not be held.


EXAMINATION CENTRES
Preliminary and Main Examination (Tentative List)

The examination may be held at the following centers and the address of the venue will be advised in the call letters. IBPS, however, reserves the right to cancel any of the Examination Centres and/ or add some other Centres, at its discretion, depending upon the response, administrative feasibility, etc. IBPS also reserves the right to allot the candidate to any centre other than the one he/she has opted for.

State Code

State /UT /NCR

Preliminary Examination Centre

Single/Main Exam Center

1

Andhra Pradesh

Ananthapur, Chirala, Guntur, Hyderabad, Kakinada, Kadapa, Kurnool, Nellore, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram

Guntur, Kurnool, Vijaywada

2

Arunachal Pradesh

Naharlagun

Naharlagun

3

Assam

Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur

Guwahati, Silchar

4

Bihar

Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara

Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Gaya, Muzzafarpur, Patna, Purnea, Samastipur

5

Chhattisgarh

Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur

Raipur

6

Gujarat

Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara

Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar

7

Haryana

Ambala, Gurgaon, Hissar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Yamuna Nagar Ambala, Karnal, Kurukshetra
8

Himachal Pradesh

Baddi, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Solan, Una Baddi, Hamirpur, Shimla, Solan
9

Jammu & Kashmir

Jammu, Samba, Srinagar Jammu, Srinagar
10

Jharkhand

Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi, Bokaro Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi
11

Karnataka

Bangalore, Belgaum, Bidar, Davangere, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Hubli, Mandya, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi Bangalore, Belgaum, Davangere, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Hubli, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi
12

Kerala

Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthpuram, Thrichur Kochi, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthpuram
13

Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur
14

Maharashtra

Amaravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Pune, Ratnagiri Aurangabad Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai Nagpur, Pune
15

Manipur

Imphal Imphal
16

Meghalaya

Shillong Shillong
17

Mizoram

Aizawl Aizawl
18

Nagaland

Kohima Kohima
19

Odisha

Balasore, Berhampur(Ganjam), Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur Bhubaneshwar, Rourkela, Sambalpur
20

Puducherry

Puducherry Puducherry
21

Punjab

Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala, , Sangrur Jalandhar, Mohali, Patiala
22

Rajasthan

Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur Ajmer, Jaipur, Jodhpur
23

Tamil Nadu

Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Nagercoil, Namakkal, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelvelli, Vellore, Virudhunagar Chennai, Madurai, Thiruchirapalli, Coimbatore, Tirunelvelli
24

Telangana

Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal Hyderabad, Karimnagar
25

Tripura

Agartala Agartala
26

Uttar Pradesh

Agra, Aligarh, Prayagraj (Allahabad), Bareilly, Faizabad, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Varanasi Prayagraj (Allahabad), Kanpur, Lucknow
27

Uttarakhand

Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar, Roorkee Dehradun
28

West Bengal

Asansol, Bardhaman, Berhampur, Durgapur, Hooghly, Kalyani, Greater Kolkata, Siliguri Greater Kolkata, Siliguri

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