IBPS RRB Notification 2018 – with Official Notification and Apply Link

IBPS RRB Notification 2018

IBPS has released the official notification for the RRB recruitment. IBPS conducts this exam of IBPS RRB every year for the requirement for the posts of Assistants and Officers in regional rural banks, across the country.

This year also the IBPS RRB notification for both of these exams has been officially released by the IBPS on 6th of June, 2018, on their official website. The link to the website is given below.

Link to official website – click here

IBPS RRB Notification

As per the official notification, the starting date of the registration is 8th of June, 2018 and the registration can be done still 2nd of July. The preliminary exam for both the officer scale as well as for the office assistant scale will take place in the month of August 2018.

The link to the official recruitment notification has been provided down below. Along with the notification, the direct link to apply for any of these posts has been provided.

Link to notification – click here

Link to apply for Office Assistant – click here

Link to apply for Officer Scale – I – click here

Link to apply for Officer Scale – II and III – click here

IBPS RRB Important Dates

S. No. Events Date
1 Notification Release 6th, June 2018
2 Starting Date for Registration 8th, June 2018
3 Closing Date for Registration 2nd, July 2018
4 Preliminary Examination for Officer Scale – I 11th, 12th, and 18th August 2018
5 Preliminary Examination for Office Assistant 19th and 25th August 2018 and 1st September 2018
6 Single Examination for Officer Scale – II and III 30th September 2018
7 Mains Examination for Officer Scale – I 30th September 2018
8 Mains Examination for Office Assistant 7th October 2018
9 Interview for Officer Scale – I, II and III To be announced later
10 Provisional Allotment January 2019

IBPS RRB Vacancies

The total number of vacancies according to the official notification released by IBPS are as follows –

S. No. Name of the Post No. of Vacancies
1 Office Assistant 5249
2 Officer Grade – I 3312

IBPS RRB Posts

The IBPS has released various posts in their recruitment notification for the year 2018. These posts are mentioned below –

  1. Officer Scale – I
  2. Law Officer (Grade – II)
  3. Officer (Grade – III)
  4. IT Officer (Grade – II)
  5. Law Officer (Grade – II)
  6. Banking Officer (Scale – II)
  7. Agriculture Officer (Grade – II)
  8. Chartered Accountant (Grade – II)
  9. Marketing Manager
  10. Treasury Manager
  11. Office Assistant

IBPS RRB Participating Banks

The list of all the participating banks in IBPS RRB 2018 has been given below –

S. No. Name of the RRB Bank State / UT
1 Allahabad UP Gramin Bank Uttar Pradesh
2 Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank Telangana
3 Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank Andhra Pradesh
4 Arunachal Pradesh Rural Bank Arunachal Pradesh
5 Assam Gramin Vikash Bank Assam
6 Bangiya Gramin Vikash Bank West Bengal
7 Barodra Gujrat Gramin Bank Gujrat
8 Baroda Rajasthan Kshetriya Gramin Bank Rajsthan
9 Barodra UP Gramin Bank Uttar Pradesh
10 Bihar Gramin Bank Bihar
11 Central Madhya Pradesh Gramin Bank Madhya Pradesh
12 Chaitanya Godavari Grameena Bank Andhra Pradesh
13 Chhattisgarh Rajya Gramin Bank Chhattisgarh
14 Dena Gujrat Gramin Bank Gujrat
15 Ellaquai Dehati Bank Jammu & Kashmir
16 Gramin Bank of Aryavart Uttar Pradesh
17 Himachal Pradesh Gramin Bank Himachal Pradesh
18 J & K Grameen Bank Jammu & Kashmir
19 Jharkhand Gramin Bank Jharkhand
20 Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank Karnataka
21 KashiGomtiSamyut Gramin Bank Uttar Pradesh
22 Kaveri Grameena Bank Karnataka
23 Kerala Gramin Bank Kerala
24 Langpi Dehangi Rural Bank Assam
25 Madhya Bihar Gramin Bank Bihar
26 Madhyanchal Gramin Bank Madhya Pradesh
27 Maharashtra Gramin Bank Maharashtra
28 Malwa Gramin Bank Punjab
29 Manipur Rural Bank Manipur
30 Meghalaya Rural Bank Meghalaya
31 Mizoram Rural Bank Mizoram
32 Nagaland Rural Bank Nagaland
33 Narmda Jhabua Gramin Bank Madhya Pradesh
34 Odisha Gramya Bank Odisha
35 Pallavan Grama Bank Tamil Nadu
36 Pandyan Grama Bank Tamil Nadu
37 Paschim Banga Gramin Bank West Bengal
38 Pragathi Krishna Gramin Bank Karnataka
39 Prathama Bank Uttar Pradesh
40 Puduvai Bharthiar Grama Bank Puducherry
41 Punjab Gramin Bank Punjab
42 Purvanchal Bank Uttar Pradesh
43 Rajasthan Marudhara Gramin Bank Rajasthan
44 Saptagiri Grameena Bank Andhra Pradesh
45 Sarva Haryana Gramin Bank Haryana
46 Sarva UP Gramin Bank Uttar Pradesh
47 Saurashtra Gramin Bank Gujrat
48 Sutlej Gramin Bank Punjab
49 Telangana Grameena Bank Telangana
50 Tripura Gramin Bank Tripura
51 UtkalGrameen Bank Odisha
52 Uttarbanga Kshetriya Gramin Bank West Bengal
53 Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank Bihar
54 Uttarakhand Gramin Bank Uttarakhand
55 Vananchal Gramin Bank Jharkhand
56 Vidharbha Maharashtra

IBPS RRB Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria for this exam are same as before, no changes has been observed. The eligibility criteria involve nationality eligibility, age limit eligibility and educational qualification eligibility. You have to check the eligibility criteria before applying for the exam. In case you fill the form without checking the eligibility, and then found to be not eligible for the exam, then IBPS has rights to disqualify your application.

Nationality

  1. Candidates having certificate of citizen of India are eligible.
  2. Candidates, who are citizen of either Bhutan or Nepal or Bangladesh, are eligible only when they have valid certificate stating that they have permanent intention to settle in India.

Age Limit

S.No. Name of the Post Age Limit
1. Officer Scale – III (Senior Manager) 21 – 40 years
2. Officer Scale – II (Manager) 21 – 32 years
3. Officer Scale – I (Assistant Manager) 18 – 30 years
4. Office Assistant (Multipurpose) 18 – 28

Educational Qualification

S.No. Name of the Post Educational Qualification Experience
1 Office Assistant (Multipurpose) 1.       Bachelor’s degree

2.       Proficiency in local language

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2 Officer Scale – I (Assistant Manager) 1.       Bachelor’s degree in related discipline

2.       Proficiency in local language

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3 Officer Scale – II General Banking Officer (Manager) 1.       Bachelor’s degree in any discipline with minimum 50% marks in aggregate Two years as a financial institution or an officer in bank
4 Officer Scale – II Specialist Officers (Information Technology) 1.       Bachelor’s degree in Electronics/ Communication/ Computer Science/ Information Technology with minimum 50% marks in aggregate. One year
5 Officer Scale – II Specialist Officers (Chartered Accountant) 1.       CA from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India One year
6 Officer Scale – II Specialist Officers (Law Officer) 1.       Degree in Law with minimum 50% marks in aggregate Two years
7 Officer Scale – II Specialist Officers (Treasury Manager) 1.       CA or MBA in Finance One year
8 Officer Scale – II Specialist Officers (Marketing Officer) 1.       MBA in Marketing One year
9 Officer Scale – II Specialist Officers (Agricultural Officer) 1.       Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture/ Horticulture/ Dairy/ Animal Husbandry/ Forestry/ Veterinary Science/ Agricultural Engineering/ Pisciculture with minimum 50% marks in aggregate Two years
10 Officer Scale – III (Senior Manager) 1.       Bachelor’s degree in relevant field Five years

IBPS RRB Application Fee

The application fee or charges can be paid online from 08th, June 2018 to 02nd, July 2018.

Officer Scale – I, II and III

  1. For SC/ ST/ PWD candidates – Rs. 100/-
  2. For others – Rs. 600/-

Office Assistant (Multipurpose)

  1. For SC/ ST/ PWD candidates – Rs. 100/-
  2. For others – Rs. 600/-

IBPS RRB Selection Procedure

Office Assistant (Multipurpose)

The selection procedure for the post of office assistants includes two online examinations namely the preliminary examination and the mains examination. There will be no interview for this post. For detailed examination structure, selection procedure and syllabus, you can go to the link given below.

Office Assistant (Multipurpose) Preliminary Examination

S. No. Name of the Subject Medium of Exam No. of Questions Maximum Marks Time Duration
1 Reasoning Hindi/ English 40 40
2 Numerical Ability Hindi/ English 40 40
Total 80 80 45 minutes

Link to exam structure and syllabus

Officer Scale – I

If you are applying for the post of Officer scale – I, then you will have to go through three stages for getting this job. The first one is the preliminary examination, which will be an online computer based objective test. The second one is the mains examination, this will be again an online computer test and then in the end, there will be an interview.

Officer Scale – I Preliminary Examination

S. No. Name of the Subject Medium of Exam No. of Questions Maximum Marks Time Duration
1 Reasoning Hindi/ English 40 40
2 Numerical Ability Hindi/ English 40 40
Total 80 80 45 minutes

Officer Scale – II and III

For the post of officer scale – II and III, you will only have to go through one single online objective test and the interview. The online test will be related to the post that you have applied for. You will be required to answer the questions from your respective fields.

How to apply for IBPS RRB

The steps to apply for IBPS RRB are given below.

  1. Visit the official apply link by clicking here.
  2. Select the post you need to apply for. It could be either office assistant (multipurpose) or officer scale – I, II, III or both. You can apply for both the posts as well, but one at a time.
  3. Click on the “click here to registration” button in yellow color. Fill the basic details required and submit the application. Do check the filled in details before submitting.
  4. You will be taken to a new page now, where you can see your registration number and password. You will also receive a message on your registered number regarding the registration getting done and will also get an e – mail for the same.
  5. Do save this registration number and password.
  6. Now, go the apply link and with the help of your registration number and password you can now login into your account and can fill in all the remaining details.
  7. Please do read the instructions carefully before filling the form. Also, check the size and extension of the photograph file and signature file, that you need to upload.
  8. After you are done with filling your form, you will be required to make the payment.
  9. You can go to the payment option and can make payment using wallets, net banking, debit cards, credit cards, etc.
  10. Once done, you will need to take a print out of the application form as well as of the invoice.

IBPS RRB Admit Cards

The date for the release of admit cards will be announced later. We will update the dates as they will get announced and also the link to download your admit cards will be provided.

IBPS RRB Results

IBPS has not released the results date by now. But, the final allotment is tentative to take place in the month of January 2019.