What is IBPS RRB Exam?
RRB Common Written Exam (CWE) is one of the many bank exams conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS). It is conducted for recruitment to Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) or Gramin Banks.
IBPS organizes the RRB CWE exam every year for the recruitment of Officers & Office Assistants (Multipurpose) in various Regional Rural Banks. The exam is going to be conducted online.
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is fully responsible for conducting RRB Common Written Exam (CWE). For the post of Officers Scale I and Office Assistant (Multipurpose) the examination will be two-tier i.e. the online examination will be held in two phases, preliminary and mains.
In recent years, the level of competition for bank exams has spurt exponentially. Graduates from any field of study can attempt this exam. We provide you details necessary for all preparation tips, syllabi, reference books, study material, exam pattern, etc..
IBPS RRB Exam 2021
| Exam | Regional Rural Banks |
| Organiser | Institute of Banking Personnel Selection |
| Posts | Officers Scale (I, II and III) Office Assistants (Multipurpose) |
| Vacancies | 10,493 |
| Exam Mode | Online |
| Frequency | Once a year |
| Selection Process | Prelims, Mains exam and Interview |
| Participating Banks | 43 |
| Application Mode | Online |
| Official Website | www.ibps.in |
IBPS CRP RRB X Officer Scale I II III Results
IBPS has released IBPS CRP X Officer Scale I II III Scores for IBPS RRB X Officer Scale I (Main Exam) and IBPS RRB X Officer Scale II and III (Single Exam) respectively. The IBPS CRP RRB X Officer Scale I II III results can be viewed from October 20, 2021 till November 19, 2021.
Candidates who are shortlisted based on their IBPS RRB X Officer Scale I (Main Exam) Scores and IBPS RRB X Officer Scale II and III (Single Exam) Scores respectively will be issued interview call letters shortly for the viva voce for the final round of selection before the appointment, which is likey to be held in October/November 2021.
IBPS RRB Notification 2021
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has released Common Recruitment Process (CRP) Regional Rural Banks (RRB) notification 2021. It has released the notification for filling Ten Thousand Four Ninety-Three (10,493) vacancies to the post of Group A- Officers (Scale-I, II & III) and Group B – Office Assistant (Multipurpose) to be posted across India on a full-time basis.
Download IBPS RRB Notification 2021
IBPS RRB PO/ Clerk Vacancies 2021
| Post | No of Vacancies |
| Office Assistant | 5,076 |
| Officer Scale I | 4,201 |
| Officer Scale II | 1,060 |
| Officer Scale III | 156 |
| Total | 10,493 |
IBPS RRB 2021 Registration Process
Interested candidates who satisfy the prerequisite conditions set by the IBPS will be eligible to apply online for the RRB Officer and Assistant posts. Candidates must apply online on the official IBPS website from June 8, 2021, onwards and submit their applications on or before June 28, 2021, as mentioned in IBPS CRP RRB notification 2021.
The job profile, roles and responsibilities and salary package of RRB officers are as follows:
Group A Officer Post:
The Group A division has 3 cadres officers, which are Officer Scale I, Scale II and Scale III.
Officer Scale I:
- The post held by Officer Scale I is a Manager Trainee post in RRBs or Gramin Bank.
- After completion of two years’ probation period successfully, the PO will get the rank of Assistant Manager.
- The salary of the newly appointed Officer scale I around Rs. 29,000.
Officer Scale-II:
- The post held by Officer Scale-II is a manager level post.
- This post requires experience and professional aptitudes.
- Specialist recruited candidate to RRB can take this post.
- The post holder of officer scale – II post has to go through two years of successful probation period and will get a starting salary of around Rs.39300 approx.
Officer Scale-III:
- The post held by Officer Scale III is a senior manager level post.
- This post requires a minimum of 5 years of experience in the banking sector or relevant industry experience.
- The starting salary of Officer Scale – III post is above Rs.50,000.
Group ‘B’ Office Assistant (Multipurpose) Post:
Office Assistant:
- This post similar to clerical cadre in other nationalized banks.
- The post holder may have distinctive roles on an appointment which involves account opening, cash collection, cheque verification etc.
- The training period for RRB Office Assistant is of 1 year and the starting salary is of Rs. 16250 approx.
IBPS RRB Exam Centers:
| State | Preliminary Exam Centre | Main Exam Centre |
| Andhra Pradesh | Ananthapur, Chirala, Chittoor, Guntur, Hyderabad, Kakinada, Kadapa, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Puttur, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram | Guntur, Kurnool, Vijaywada |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar, Naharlagun | Itanagar |
| Assam | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Kokrajhar, Silchar, Tezpur | Guwahati, Silchar |
| Bihar | Arrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Bihar Sharif, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzzafarpur, Patna, Purnea, Samastipur, Siwan | Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Gaya, Muzzafarpur, Patna, Purnea, Samastipur |
| Chhattisgarh | Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur | Raipur |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad, Anand, Bhavnagar, Gandhinagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara | Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar |
| Haryana | Ambala, Bahadurgarh, Gurgaon, Hissar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Palwal, Yamuna Nagar | Ambala, Karnal, Kuruksehtra |
| Himachal Pradesh | Baddi, Bilaspur, Dharamshala, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Sirmaur, Solan, Una | Baddi, Hamirpur, Shimla, Solan |
| Jamm & Kashmir | Baramula, Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Srinagar | Jammu, Srinagar |
| Jharkhand | Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi, Bokaro | Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi |
| Karnataka | Bengaluru, Belagavi, Ballari, Bidar, Davangere, Dharwad, Kalaburagi, Hubballi, Mandya, Mangaluru, Mysuru, Shivamogga, Udupi | Bengaluru, Belagavi, Ballari, Davangere, Dharwad, Kalaburagi, Hubballi, Mandya, Mysuru, Shivamogga, Udupi |
| Kerala | Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthpuram, Thrichur | Kochi, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthpuram |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain | Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur |
| Maharashtra | Amaravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/Thane/Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara | Aurangabad, Mumbai/Thane/Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune |
| Manipur | Imphal | Imphal |
| Meghalaya | Ri-Bhoi, Shillong | Shillong |
| Mizoram | Aizawl | Aizawl |
| Nagaland | Kohima | Kohima |
| Odisha | Angul, Balasore, Bargarh, Baripada, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Sambalpur | Bhubaneshwar, Rourkela, Sambalpur |
| Puducherry | Puducherry | Puducherry |
| Punjab | Amritsar, Bhatinda, Fategarh Sahib, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala, Phagwara, Sangrur | Jalandhar, Mohali, Patiala |
| Rajasthan | Ajmer, Alwar, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur | Ajmer, Jaipur, Jodhpur |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai, Coimbatore, Dindigul, Kanchipuram, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Nagercoil, Namakkal, Perambalur, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Thiruvallur, Thoothukodi, Tirunelvelli, Vellore, Virudhunagar | Chennai, Dindigul, Kanchipuram, Madhurai, Thiruvallur, Thiruchirapalli, Virudhunagar |
| Telangana | Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal | Hyderabad, Khammam |
| Tripura | Agartala | Agartala |
| Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Banda, Bareilly, Bulandhshaher, Faizabad, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Varanasi | Allahabad, Kanpur, Lucknow |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar, Roorkee | Dehradun |
| West Bengal | Asansol, Bardhaman, Berhampur, Durgapur, Hooghly, Howrah, Kalyani, Greater Kolkata, Siliguri | Greater Kolkata, Siliguri |
Note:
The examination may be held at the above centres and the detailed address of the centre will be mentioned in the call letters. IBPS reserves the proper right to cancel any of the Examination Centres and or add some other Centres under any circumstances. The board also reserves the right to allot the candidate to any centre other than the one he/she has opted for.
IBPS RRB Eligibility Criteria
IBPS conducts CWE for Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) every year. Candidates aspiring to take up this examination have to satisfy the following criteria to be eligible to apply for Officers Scale I, II & III Scale vacancies.Nationality
Candidate must be either: (i) a Citizen of India or (ii) a subject of Nepal or (iii) a subject of Bhutan or (iv) a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or (v) 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.Age Limit:
The age limit for the candidates as on June 1, 2021, should be as follows: For Officer Scale-III (Senior Manager): Above 21 years – Below 40 years. For Officer Scale-II (Manager): Above 21 years – Below 32 years. For Officer Scale-I (Assistant Manager): Above 18 years – Below 30 years, i.e., Candidates should not have been born earlier than 03.06.1988 and later than 31.05.2000 (both dates inclusive) For Office Assistant (Multipurpose): Between 18 years – 28 years. The maximum age limit specified above is applicable to General Category candidates only. For other categories the following relaxations would apply:Age Relaxation:
The age relaxation limit for various categories are as follows:- SC/ST: 5 years
- OBC: 3 years
- PWD: 10 years
- In the case of Ex-servicemen commissioned officers, including ECOs/ SSCOs, who have rendered at least 5 years military service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within the next one year from the last date for receipt of application) other than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or on account of physical disability attributable to military service or on invalidment, subject to ceiling as per Government guidelines: 5 years
- Persons ordinarily domiciled in the Kashmir Division of the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 1-1-80 to 31-12-89: 5 years
- Persons affected by 1984 riots: 5 years
- Widows, Divorced women and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried (only for the post of Office Assistants): 9 years
- Ex-Servicemen/ Disabled Ex-Servicemen (for the post of Office Assistants) actual period of service rendered in the defense forces + 3 years (8 years for Disabled Ex-Servicemen belonging to SC/ST) subject to a maximum age limit of 50 years
IBPS RRB Apply Online
How to Apply
Every year, Institute releases the IBPS RRB notification for the posts of Officer Scale I and Office Assistant. Interested candidates who satisfy the eligibility conditions set by the IBPS can visit the official website to register online. Candidates can register online for the IBPS RRB 2021 between June 8 and 28, 2021.
- Candidates can apply online only from June 8 to 28, 2021, and no other mode of application will be accepted
- Candidates should log on to the official website of IBPS www.ibps.in
- Click on the “CWE – RRBs” link
- Click on Common Recruitment Process – Regional Rural Bank
- Submit all the required details of the application
Note:
- After the complete application process, candidates must take a printout of the application form
- Please note that all the particulars mentioned in the online application including Name of the Candidate, Category, Date of Birth, Post Applied for, Address, Mobile Number, Email ID, Center of Examination, registration of preferences for Participating Organisations etc will be considered as final after the last date
- No change/modifications will be allowed after submission of the IBPS RRB Recruitment application form
IBPS RRB 2021 – Application Fees
The application fee is Rs. 850/- for the candidates belonging to General Category for both the posts as IBPS RRR Assistant 2021 and IBPS RRB OFFICER 2021. For SC / ST / PWD Category Candidates the application fee is 175/-.
| Post Name | Category | Fee |
| Officer Scale (I, II & III) | SC / ST / PWD | Rs. 175 |
| Officer Scale (I, II & III) | All others | Rs. 850 |
| Office Assistant (Multipurpose) | SC / ST / PWD / EXSM | Rs. 175 |
| Office Assistant (Multipurpose) | All Others | Rs. 850 |