Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)
CRP PO/MT -XVI

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The last date to apply online is: 21.07.2026

COMMON RECRUITMENT PROCESS (CRP) FOR
RECRUITMENT OF PROBATIONARY OFFICERS/MANAGEMENT TRAINEES IN
PARTICIPATING BANKS
(Vacancies of 2027-28)
Official Website: www.ibps.in
In case of queries / complaints please log in to http://cgrs.ibps.in

The online examination (Preliminary and Main) for the upcoming Common Recruitment Process (CRP) for Recruitment and Selection of Personnel for Probationary Officers/
Management Trainees (PO/MT) post in the Participating Public Sector Banks will be conducted
by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) as per the tentative schedule provided below:

Applications are invited from eligible and interested candidates aspiring to join as a Probationary
Officer/ Management Trainee in any of the Participating Public Sector Banks listed at (A) for the
Common Recruitment Process (CRP- PO/MT-XVI) for vacancies of 2027-2028.

Post: Probationary Officer/ Management Trainee
No. of posts: 6715, out of which 67 for Visually Impaired
Participating Bank:
BANK OF BARODA:  19
BANK OF INDIA: 05
BANK OF MAHARASHTRA: 11
CANARA BANK: 15
CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA: 05
INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK: 06
PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK: 05
PUNJAB & SIND BANK: 01

Total Posts : 67 for Visually Impaired

SCALE OF PAY: Basic: ₹ 48480-2000/7-62480-2340/2-67160-2680/7-85920/-
Age:  20-30 years
A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.07.1996 and not later than 01.07.2006 (both dates inclusive)
Relaxation of Upper age limit: 10 years

Candidates must produce Caste / Category Certificate issued by competent authority in the prescribed format as stipulated by Government of India in case of SC / ST / OBC
(NCL)/ PwBD category.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (As on 21.07.2026): 
A Degree (Graduation) in any discipline from a University recognised by the Govt. Of India or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government.
The candidate must possess valid Mark-sheet / Degree Certificate that he/ she is a graduate on the day he / she registers and indicate the percentage of marks obtained in
Graduation while registering online.

All the educational qualifications mentioned should be from a University/ Institution/Board recognised by Govt. Of India/ approved by Govt. Regulatory Bodies and the final
result should have been declared on or before 21.07.2026.

Visual Impairment (“VI” Category):

Only those Visually Impaired (VI) persons who suffer from any one of the following conditions, after best correction, are eligible to apply.

Guidelines for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities/ Specified Disabilities using a Scribe.

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 by Government of
India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Department of Disability Affairs, New Delhi and clarification issued by Government of India, Ministry of Finance,
Department of Financial Services vide letter F. No. 3/2/2013- Welfare dated 26.04.2013 and Office Memorandum F. No. 29-6/2019-DD-III dated 10.08.2022 issued by
Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan). 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.

For candidates availing scribe in accordance with OM – F. No. 29-6/2019-DD-III dated 10.08.2022, shall be allowed scribe facility subject to production of a certificate at the time of online examination to the effect that person concerned has limitation to write and that scribe is essential to write examination on his/her behalf from competent medical authority of a Government healthcare institution as per proforma attached as Appendix I. Such candidates shall also, upload their certificate while filling the application form. Also, the qualification of the scribe should be one step below the qualification of the candidate taking examination. Letter of undertaking as per Appendix II should be submitted by such candidates at the time of examination. 

The scribe may be from any academic stream.

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 CRP. 

Deliberate wrong information about the candidate/ scribe in declaration form submitted at the time of online application or at the time of examination or at any stage would render the candidate and scribe being debarred either permanently or for specified periods of time for CRP examinations

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

In view of the importance of time element, the examination being of a competitive nature, the candidate must fully satisfy the Independent Medical Officer/ Medical Board of the Bank that there was necessity for use of a scribe as he/she has physical limitation to write including that of speed by the disabilities as mentioned in the guidelines regarding Persons with Benchmark Disabilities/ Specified Disabilities using the services of a scribe

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 favourably entertained. 

The scribe arranged by the candidate should not be a candidate himself/herself for the online examination under (CRP-PO/MT-XVI). If violation of the above is detected at any stage of the selection process, candidature for CRP of both the candidate and the scribe will be cancelled

A scribe can act as Scribe only for one candidate for CRP- PO/MT XVI process. If violation of the same is detected at any stage of the selection process, candidature of the candidates for CRP will be cancelled and scribe will be debarred from future CRP examinations

Please ensure that the scribe that you select should not have appeared as a scribe with a candidate who was debarred in CRP Examinations

Only candidates registered for compensatory time (at the time of online registration) 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.

During the exam, at any stage, if it is found that scribe is independently answering the questions or prompting answers in any direct/ indirect manner, 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 or prompted the answers in any direct/ indirect manner. In such cases, the Candidate and scribe may also be debarred either permanently or for specified periods from all CRP – examinations.

Those candidates who have been debarred from appearing in CRP examinations for specified periods in terms of communication made to that effect by IBPS, may act accordingly. 

Guidelines for Visually Impaired (VI) candidates.

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 or otherwise advised of examination

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.

Application Fees/ Intimation Charges [Payable from 01.07.2026 to 21.07.2026 (Only online payment), both dates inclusive] shall be as follows:

Rs. 175/- (inclusive of GST) for SC/ST/PwBD candidates. 

Bank Transaction charges for Online Payment of application fees/ intimation charges will have to be borne by the candidate.

The examination will be conducted online in venues across many centres in India. The tentative list of Examination centres for the Online Preliminary examination and those for Online Main examination is available in Annexure II

No request for change of centre for Examination shall be entertained.

Candidate will appear for the examination at the Examination Centre at his/her own risk and expenses and IBPS will not be responsible for any injury or losses etc. of any nature.

Candidates are required to download their interview call letters from official IBPS website: www.ibps.in.

On completion of the interview process, depending on the vacancies to be filled in during the financial
year 2027-28 based on the business needs of the Participating Banks and as reported to IBPS, candidates
shortlisted will be provisionally allotted to one of the Participating Banks, based on merit-cumpreference keeping in view the spirit of Govt. Guidelines on reservation policy, various guidelines issued by Govt. of India/Others from time to time, administrative exigency, etc. Vacancies given in this notification are indicative. Provisional allotment shall be done on the basis of actual vacancies to be reported by the Participating Banks. Candidates should not claim indicative vacancies as final for provisional allotment. No  change/modification/correction in the data already registered by the candidate in the online application form is possible after the expiry of ‘Edit Window for Candidates to Modify/Correct Application form’. Candidates are advised to take note of the fields which cannot be edited during the ‘Edit Window.’

Candidates will have to appear for the interview at their own expense. However, eligible outstation SC/ST/Persons with Benchmark Disabilities category candidates called for interview will be paid II class to & fro railway/ bus fare or actual expenses incurred, whichever is less, by shortest route on production of proof of travel (rail/ bus ticket etc.). The above concession will not be admissible to SC/ST/Persons with Benchmark Disabilities category candidates who are already in service in Central / State Government, Corporations, Public Undertakings / Local Government, Institutions and Panchayats etc. 

Intimations will be sent by email and/ SMS to the email ID and mobile number registered in the online application form for CRP-PO/MT-XVI. IBPS/ Participating Banks will not take responsibility for late receipt / non-receipt of any communication e-mailed/ sent via SMS to the candidate due to change in the mobile number, email address, technical fault or otherwise beyond the control of IBPS/ Participating Banks. Candidates are hence advised to regularly visit the official IBPS website www.ibps.in for details, updates and any information which may be posted for further guidance as well as to check their registered e-mail account from time to time during the recruitment process.