NATIONAL BANK FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (NBARD)
(Fully owned by Govt. of India)
Advertisement No 2/Grade A/2021-22

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit  https://www.nabard.org 
or refer to the Employment News dated 31  July 2021, page no. 8

Online Application Registration: 7th August 2021

Applications are invited from Indian citizens for the post of Assistant Manager in Grade ‘A’ in the Rural Development Banking Service (RDBS) / (Rajbhasha Service) in National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).

Post: Assistant Manager in Grade ‘A’ (RDBS)
No. of post: 148, out of which 01 for Visually Impaired
Discipline : General, Agriculture, Agriculture Engineering, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Forestry, 
Plantation/Horticulture, Land Development/Soil Science, Water Resources, Finance, 
Computer/Information Technology.

Educational Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree in a particular discipline means that the candidate must
have studied that discipline as main subject in respective degree course and it must be mentioned in the Degree Certificate issued by the University/Institute. 

Age: 21-30 years

Age Relaxation: 10 years for PWBD (General); 13 years for PWBD (OBC) and 15 years for PWBD
(SC/ST) applicants..

Note for PWBD:

1. Visually Challenged (VC): Only those Visually Challenged persons who suffer from any
one of the following conditions is eligible to apply.
i. Total absence of sight.
ii. Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with correcting lenses.
iii. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degrees or worse Applicants having low vision as defined under the Schedule - Specified Disability of RPWD Act 2016.

Guidelines for Persons with Disabilities using a Scribe

The visually impaired candidates and candidates whose writing speed is adversely affected permanently for any reason can use their own scribe at their cost during the online examination, subject to limits as in (ii) and (iii) below. In all such cases where a scribe is used,
the following rules will apply:
i. The candidate will have to arrange his/her own scribe at his/her own cost.
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 will not be entertained.
iii. A person acting as a scribe for one candidate cannot be a scribe for another candidate.
iv. The scribe may be from any academic stream. However for posts in disciplines other than "General", the scribe should be from an academic stream different from that prescribed for the post. 
v. 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 and interview / final result.
vi. 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.
vii. 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. 
viii. 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 the Government of India under RPWD Act, 2016 in this regard.
ix. The scribe will be allowed to be used as per the guidelines issued vide Office Memorandum F.No.16-110/2003-DDIII dated February 26, 2013, of Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Department of Disability Affairs, New Delhi.

The pre-examination training would be held prior to Preliminary Examination in the following centres. The exact date, time and venue would be informed to the candidates in advance on their email given in the application. 

APPLICATION FEE (NON-REFUNDABLE): For SC/ ST/ PWBD: Intimation charges etc Rs. 150/-
HOW TO APPLY:

Eligible applicants are required to apply online through the website www.nabard.org.

Help Facility: In case of any problem in filling up the form, payment of fee/intimation charges, or downloading of Call Letter, complaints may be made at “Candidate Grievance Lodging and Redressal Mechanism” at http://cgrs.ibps.in/.

Call Letters for the online Examination for Phase-I & Phase-II should be downloaded by the candidates from the link provided in the Bank’s website i.e. www.nabard.org at an appropriate time. Candidates will not be admitted to the examinations without the Call Letters.