NATIONAL BANK FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(Wholly owned by Govt. of India)
Advertisement No. 08 /DA/2025-26
Recruitment to the post of Development Assistant / Development Assistant (Hindi)

For complete details: https://www.nabard.org/auth/writereaddata/CareerNotices/1701261858Final%...
Last date:  February 3, 2026

Applications are invited from eligible Indian citizens for the post of Development Assistant/ Development Assistant (Hindi) in National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). Candidates can apply only ONLINE on NABARD website www.nabard.org between 17 January 2026 and 03 February 2026. NABARD is an all India Apex Organization, wholly owned by Government of India and is equal opportunity employer.

Posts:
1. Development Assistant
No. of posts: 159, out of which 07 for Persons with Disabilities
Visually Impaired can apply

Candidates can apply for vacancies in one State only. The Bank reserves the right to increase / reduce the number of vacancies or not to fill up any or all of the vacancies or cancel the recruitment process.

. Formats of various certificates required during recruitment process are available for guidance of candidates at our website www.nabard.org - Career Notices.

Definitions of disabilities applicable to various categories of disabilities as provided in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPD) Act 2016 will be followed.

Persons with permanent disability certificate and temporary disability certificate are entitled for PWBD reservation.

Disability conditions i.e. "progressive, non-progressive or not likely to improve" under temporary disability category, are eligible for reservation.

Disability conditions falling under the category "likely to improve" under temporary disability category, are not eligible for reservation

Visual Impairment (VI): Only those Visually Impaired (VI) persons who suffer from any one of the following conditions, after best correction, are eligible to apply. (i) Blindness (B) : a) Total absence of sight; OR b) Visual acuity less than 3/60 or less than 10/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with best possible correction; OR c) Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than 10 degree. OR (ii) Low Vision (LV): a) 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 b) Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than 40 degree up to 10 degree.

Guidelines for PWBD candidates using Scribe In terms of DEPwD O.M. F.No. 34-02/2015-DD-III dated 29.08.2018, The facility of Scribe should be allowed to any person with benchmark disability as defined under section 2(r) of the RPwD Act, 2016 and has limitation in writing including that of speed if so desired by him/her. In case of persons with benchmark disabilities in the category of blindness, locomotor disabilities (both arm affected - BA) and cerebral palsy, the facility of scribe shall be given, if so desired by the person.

In case of other category of persons with benchmark disabilities, the provision of scribe can be allowed on production of a certificate to the effect that the person concerned has physical limitation to write, and scribe is essential to write examination on his behalf, from the Chief Medical Officer/Civil Surgeon/Medical Superintendent of a Government health care institution as per proforma at APPENDIX-I.

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.

The qualification of the scribe should be one step below the qualification of the candidate taking examination. An undertaking in this regard may be brought by candidates as per proforma at APPENDIX-II.

The scribe arranged by the candidate should not be a candidate for the same examination. If violation of the above is detected at any stage of the process, candidature 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 entertained

A person acting as a scribe for one candidate cannot be a scribe for another candidate.

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 online examination. Pro-forma of undertaking is available on NABARD website www.nabard.org

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

Only candidates registered for compensatory time 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.

The candidate should opt for using scribe/ compensatory time only if they are eligible for availing these services/concessions as per the rules and guidelines of Government of India under RPWD Act, 2016 in this regard

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 addition to instructions applicable to PWBD candidates (who have disability of 40% or more), In terms of DEPwD O.M. F. No. 29-6/2019-DD-III dated 10.08.2022, following rules will apply for persons with specified disabilities covered under the definition of Section 2(s) of the RPWD Act, 2016 but not covered under the definition of Section 2(r) of the said Act, i.e. persons having less than 40% disability and having difficulty in writing.

The facility of scribe and/or compensatory time shall be granted solely to those having difficulty in writing subject to production of a certificate to the effect that person concerned has limitation to write and that scribe is essential to write examination on his/her behalf from the competent medical authority of a Government healthcare institution as per proforma at APPENDIX-V.

The qualification of a scribe should be one step below the qualification of the candidate taking examination. The person opting for own scribe should submit details of the own scribe as per proforma at APPENDIX-VI

Guidelines for Visually Impaired candidates a) 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. b) 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.

Note: Only those persons with benchmark disabilities would be eligible for reservation. “Benchmark disability” means a person with not less than 40% of a specified disability where specified disability has not been defined in measurable terms and includes the persons with certifying authority. A person who wants to avail benefit of reservation will have to submit a disability certificate issued by a Competent Authority as per Government of India guidelines (Appendix III / Appendix IV). Such certificate will be subject to verification/ re-verification as may be decided by the competent authority

Age (as on 01 January 2026):: 21-35 years

Candidates born not earlier than 02 January 1991 and not later than 01 January 2005 (both days inclusive) are eligible to apply.

Age Relaxaton: 10 years for PwD canddates

Educational Qualification (as on 01 January 2026):: 
i) Bachelor's Degree in any discipline with a minimum of 50% marks (pass class for SC/ST/PWBD and Ex-Servicemen candidates) in aggregate or possess equivalent qualification from a recognised University / Institution incorporated by an Act of Central or State Legislature in India or any other Educational Institution established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as University under Section-3 of UGC Act, 1956. ii) Knowledge of word processing on PC

All educational qualifications should have been obtained from Universities / Institutions incorporated by an Act of Central or State legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section – 3 of UGC Act 1956.

Language Proficiency Test for both posts: Those who qualify for selection and have passed the 10th or 12th standard with the declared language as one of the subjects will not be subjected to Language Proficiency Test, however they have to submit valid proof for the same (i.e. marksheet for class 10th /12th with the specified Language as Subject. In case of others (qualified for selection), the language proficiency test will be conducted after the declaration of result of Main examination at the Regional Office of concerned State. The language proficiency test will be conducted in the official language of the State concerned. Candidates not found to be proficient in official language would be disqualified, i.e. candidates who fail to qualify this test will not be offered appointment.

The details of Language Proficiency Test to be conducted, would be available on NABARD website after the main examination. The Selected candidates/Waitlisted candidates would require to undergo the LPT. The LPT will be qualifying in nature. However, candidates not qualifying the test would not be eligible for appointment. In this connection, a list of language/s specified for the LPT of concerned State/s is provided in Annexure I.

The preliminary and main online tests except English/Hindi language, will be available bilingually, i.e. in English and Hindi

The Preliminary Examination is only qualifying in nature and is meant to serve as a screening test. Only those candidates who score sufficiently high in both, individual tests & in aggregate, shall be shortlisted for Main Examination in the calling ratio of maximum 1:25 based on the cut off arrived on performance of the candidates in the examination. Similarly, only such candidates who score the minimum cut off marks (in the individual tests & total score) or above in the Main Examination will be shortlisted for selection.

Selection Process:

State wise merit list will be prepared for final selection. The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) will not be added for preparing the final merit list for selection. Only the marks obtained in Main Examination (Phase-II), both in the Objective Test and the Descriptive Test, will be added for preparing the final merit list.

The Preliminary Examination will be conducted online at various venues across the states as indicated in Annexure – II(A). Candidates will have to opt for online test (preliminary as well as main) centre within the same state(s) the Office they have applied for. For example, candidate applying to Madhya Pradesh Regional Office can opt for center only from state of Madhya Pradesh.

The Main Exam will be held at venues across the states as indicated in Annexure – II(B). However, in case of any unforeseen infrastructural issues, centres would be shifted /combined/merged elsewhere.

Candidate will appear for the examination at an Examination Centre at his/ her own risks and expenses and NABARD will not be responsible for any injury or losses etc. of any nature, whatsoever

Choice of Centre once exercised by the candidate will be final.

No request for change of centre / venue / date / session of Examination shall be entertained.

APPLICATION FEE (NON-REFUNDABLE): 
Intimation charges etc.: Rs. 100/-

Pay Scale:: basic pay of ₹23,100/- -55700/-

How to Apply: Eligible applicants are required to apply online through website www.nabard.org.

No other means/ mode of application will be accepted.

Payment can be made by using Debit Cards (Rupay/Vias/Master Card/Maestro), Credit Cards or Internet Banking, IMPS, Cash cards/Mobile Wallets by providing information as asked on the screen.

On successful completion of the transaction, an e-Receipt will be generated.

Candidates are required to take a printout of the e-Receipt and online Application Form. Please note that if the same cannot be generated, online transaction may not have been successful.

Candidates will have to visit the NABARD's website for downloading call letters for online test (Phase I & II). Intimation for downloading call letter will also be sent through email/SMS. Once the candidate clicks the relevant link, he/she can access the window for call letter download.

The candidate is required to use (i) Registration Number/Roll Number, (ii) Password/Date of Birth for downloading the call letter. Candidate needs to affix recent recognizable photograph on the call letter preferably the same as provided during registration and appear at the examination centre with (i) Call Letter (ii) Photo Identity Proof as stipulated in clause 3 below and also specified in the call letter and photocopy of the same Photo Identity Proof as brought in original.