RESERVE BANK OF INDIA

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit: www.rbi.org.in 

Last date for Registration & Submission of Online application : 08.03.2022 

RECRUITMENT FOR THE POST OF ASSISTANT

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) invites applications from eligible candidates for 950posts of ‘Assistant’- 2021in  various  Offices  of  the  Bank.

Applications  will  be  accepted  Online  only through  the  Bank’s websitewww.rbi.org.in.  No  other  mode  for  submission of application is available

Post: Assistant
No. of posts: 950, out of which 15 and 6 (backlog) for Visually Impaired
Office wise vacancies: 
Ahmedabad: 01
Bangalore: 1 (1 Backlog)
Chandigarh: 01
Chennai: 01
Hyderabad: 01
Jammu : 01 (1 backlog)
Kanpur &Lucknow: 02 (1 backlog)
Mumbai: 04 (2 backlog)
Nagpur : 01(1 backlog)
New Delhi: 02

Age: 20-28 years

Age Relaxation: 10 years for Persons with Disabilities.

Qualification: At least a Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline with a minimum of 50% marks(pass class for SC/ST/PwBD candidates) in the aggregate and the knowledge of word processing on PC..

 Pay Scale: Rs. 20,700 – 55700/-

Persons with Benchmark Disabilities:(i) Persons with Locomotor disability are those who are unable to execute distinctive activities associated with movement of self  and  objects  resulting  from  affliction  of  musculoskeletal  or  nervous  system  or  both  including  leprosy  cured  persons,  persons suffering from cerebral palsy, dwarfism, muscular dystrophy and acid attack victims. The degree of disability should be minimum 40% in these cases.

iii) For being considered as a Visually Impaired candidate, the candidate should fulfill either of the following conditions:(a) Total absence of sight.(b) With visual acuity less than 3/60 or less than 10/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with best possible correction.(c) With limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than 10 degrees. (d) Low vision means a condition where a person has visual acuity not exceeding 6/18or less than 20/60up to 3/60or up to 10/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with best possible corrections Or limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than 40 degree up to 10 degree.
(iv) The Persons with Benchmark Disability (PwBD) candidates should possess a latest Certificate to this effect issued by Competent Authority. Such certificate in the event of selection of such person for any post, will be subject to such verification/re-verification as may be decided by the competent authority.

Reservation for PwBD is horizontal and within the overall vacancies for the post. 
B. GUIDELINES FOR PERSONS WITH BENCHMARK DISABILITIES USING A SCRIBE

The facility of Scribe shall be allowed to a candidate 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.   Candidates  with  benchmark  disabilities in the category of blindness, locomotor disability (both arm affected-BA) and cerebral palsy, the facility of scribe may be availed, if so desired by him/her. In case of other category of persons with benchmark disabilities, the provision of scribe  shall  be  allowed  on  production  of  a  certificate  (issued  in  terms  of  Office  Memorandum  dated  August  29,  2018  of  Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan)) to the effect that the person concerned has physical limitation to write, and scribe is essential to write examination on his/herbehalf. In  all such cases where a scribe is used, the following rules will apply.

Please ensure that you are eligible to use a scribe as per the Government of India rules governing the recruitment of Persons with Disabilities.

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

Such  candidate  who  uses  a  scribe  shall  be  eligible  for  compensatory  time  of  20  minutes  for  every  hour  of  theexamination. (Blind/Low Vision candidates and other candidates whose writing speed is affected permanently for any reason,  whether  availing  the  facility  of  scribe  or  not  shall  be  allowed  compensatory  time  of  20  minutes  and/ or  part  thereof for every hour of the examination.)

The candidate will have to give a suitable undertaking along with call letter at the time of examination 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 examination. Proforma of undertaking is available on RBI web site

The same scribe cannot be used by more than one candidate. In addition, the scribe arranged by the Candidate should not  be  a  candidate  for  the  examination.Candidates  eligible  for  and  who  wish  to  use  the  services  of  a  scribe  in  the  examination  should  carefully  indicate  the  same  in  the  online  application  form.  Any  subsequent  request  will not  be  favorably entertained

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

Only candidates registered for compensatory time will be allowed such concessions since compensatory timegiven 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 above guidelines are subject to change in terms of Govt. of India guidelines/clarifications, if any, from time to time.Violation of all or any of the said instructions or suppression of material facts by the candidate at any stage of the process shall entail cancellation of his/her candidature, in addition to any other action that the Bank may deem fit against the candidate and the scribe.

Language Proficiency Test (LPT) - The candidates provisionally shortlisted from the main on-line examination will have to undergo a language proficiency test (LPT). The language proficiency test will be conducted in the Official / Local Language of the State concerned as detailed below. Candidate not proficient in the Official / Local Language shall be disqualified.

The Office wise local language/s is/are as follows: 

Ahmedabad – Gujarati
Bengaluru – Kannada
Chandigarh – Punjabi / Hindi
Chennai – Tamil
Hyderabad – Telugu
Jammu – Urdu / Hindi / Kashmiri
Kanpur & Lucknow – Hindi
Mumbai – Marathi / Konkan
Nagpur – Marathi / Hindi
New Delhi – Hindi

The above online test/s except the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi.
Candidates will have to pass in each of the objective tests of the online examinations.
A candidate has to qualify in Preliminary Examination for appearing in Main Examination

There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests (Preliminary and Main examination).1/4th marks will be deducted for each wrong answer.

Other detailed information regarding the examination will be given in an Information Handout, which will be made available for the candidates to download along with the call letter for examination from the RBI website

 Roll Number of the candidates successful in preliminary online examination will be made available on RBI website in April 2022. The Roll Number of candidates successful in main online examination will be made available on RBI website in May/June 2022. The successful candidates from the main on-line examination will be intimated on Bank’s website for submission of requisite documents to the Regional Office, within a period of fifteen days and no email/ sms in this regard will be sent to them. 

Only such number of candidates will be called for Language Proficiency Test who stand sufficiently high in merit based on the aggregate marks of the Main on-line examination. Such merit will be decided by the Bank in relation to the number of notified vacancies to be filled in.

LPT is mandatory. No exemption of any sort will be given to any candidate from appearing in LPT, which will be conducted at respective Offices of the Bank. Final Selection will depend, on the performance in online test, qualifying in LPT, Medical fitness, verification of certificates, etc. to the Bank’s satisfaction. Decision of the Bank in this regard, shall be final. LPT is qualifying in nature and the final selection will be based only on performance in the Main on-line examination.

Candidates may go to the RBI website www.rbi.org.in and click on the option "Recruitment for the post of
Assistant" which will open a new screen.

Candidates may go to the RBI website www.rbi.org.in and click on the option "Recruitment for the post of
Assistant" which will open a new screen.

To register application, choose the tab "Click here for New Registration" and enter Name, Contact details
and Email-id. A Provisional Registration Number and Password will be generated by the system and displayed
on the screen. Candidate should note down the Provisional Registration Number and Password. An Email &
SMS indicating the Provisional Registration number and Password will also be sent.

Examination fees/ Intimation Charges (Non- Refundable) 
₹ 50/- for SC/ST/PwBD/EXS. (Intimation Charges)

GUIDELINES FOR SCANNING THE PHOTOGRAPH & SIGNATURE:

Before applying online a candidate will be required to have a scanned (digital) image of his/her photograph
and signature as per the specifications given below.
(i) PHOTOGRAPH IMAGE :
• Photograph must be a recent passport style colour picture.
• The picture should be in colour, against a light-colored, preferably white background.
• Look straight at the camera with a relaxed face
• If the picture is taken on a sunny day, have the sun behind you, or place yourself in the shade,
so that you are not squinting and there are no harsh shadows
• If you have to use flash, ensure there’s no “red-eye”
• If you wear glasses make sure that there are no reflections and your eyes can be clearly seen.
• Caps, hats and dark glasses are not acceptable. Religious head wear is allowed but it must not
cover your face.
• Dimensions 200 x 230 pixels (preferred)
• Size of file should be between 20KB–50 KB
• Ensure that the size of the scanned image is not more than 50KB. If the size of the file is more than 50 KB, then adjust the settings of the scanner such as the DPI resolution, no. of colours etc., during the process of scanning.

(ii) SIGNATURE IMAGE:
• The applicant has to sign on white paper with Black Ink pen.
• The signature must be signed only by the applicant and not by any other person.
• The signature will be used to put on the Hall Ticket and wherever necessary.
• The Applicant’s signature obtained on the call letter and attendance sheet at the time of the examination should match the uploaded signature. In case of mismatch, the candidate may be disqualified.
• Dimensions 140 x 60 pixels (preferred)
• Size of file should be between 10 KB – 20 KB
• Ensure that the size of the scanned image is not more than 20KB