NATIONAL BANK FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(Fully owned by Govt. of India)
Advertisement No.03 /Office Attendant/2024-25

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details::https://www.nabard.org/auth/writereaddata/CareerNotices/0210241136Advert...
Last date/time for Online Registration:: 21.10.2024

Recruitment to the post of Office Attendant in Subordinate Service

Applications are invited from Indian citizens for the post of Office Attendant in Group 'C' in the
Subordinate Service in National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).
Candidates can apply only ON-LINE on NABARD website www.nabard.org between 02
October 2024 and 21 October 2024. NABARD is an all India Apex Organization, wholly owned
by Government of India and is equal opportunity employer. 

Post: – Office Attendant (OA)
No. of post: 108, out of which 01 for  Visually Impaired
Qualifications: A candidate should have passed 10th Standard (S.S.C./Matriculation) from the concerned
State/UT coming under the State/Regional Office to which he/she is applying. Such
qualification should be from a recognized board. 
In addition to the above, the candidate should be a domicile of the State/UT
coming under the Regional Jurisdiction of the Regional Office to which he/she
is applying for. Bank reserves the right to call for any valid document in
support of domicile status of the candidate.

The candidate should be an undergraduate as on 01.10.2024. Candidates
possessing Graduation and higher qualification are not eligible to apply. The
applicants will be required to give self-declaration in this regard in online application/at
the time of appointment and/or as demanded by the Bank during the recruitment process. 

Age: 18-30 years

Age Relaxation: 10 years 

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
disability, where disability has been defined in a measurable term, as certified by the certifying
authority

A person who wants to avail benefit of reservation will have to submit a latest disability certificate,
in the prescribed format, issued by Medical Authority or any other notified Competent Authority
(Certifying Authority) in the district of applicants’ residence as mentioned in the proof of residence
in the application. Such certificate will be subject to verification/ re-verification as may be decided
by the competent authority. The certificate should be dated on or before last date of
registration of application.

Guidelines for PwBD candidates using 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 conditions as in (i) and (ii) below. In all such cases where a scribe is used, the following
rules will apply: 

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 candidate will have to arrange his/her own scribe at his/her own cost.

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 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

The scribe may be from any academic stream.

During the exam, at any stage, 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 the scribe, will also be
cancelled if it is reported after the examination by the Test Administrator Personnel that the
scribe independently answered the questions.

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

In addition to instructions applicable to PwBD candidates (who have disability of 40% or
more), following rule 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-I

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-II.

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 twenty minutes for every hour 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.
A. 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.
 (a) Blindness (B):
i. Total absence of sight; OR
ii. Visual acuity less than 3/60 or less than 10/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with
best possible correction; OR
iii. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than 10 degree or worse.
(b) Low Vision:
i. Visual acuity not exceeding 6/18 or less than 20/60 up to 3/60 or up to 10/200
(Snellen) in the better eye with best possible corrections
ii. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than 40 degrees up to 10
degrees.

Application fee: Rs. 50/-

Pay Scale: Selected candidates will draw a starting basic pay of Rs.10940/- p.m. in the scale
of Rs.17270-590(4)-19630-690(3)-21700-840(3)-24220-1125(2)-26470-1400(4)-32070-
1900(3)-37770 (20 Years) applicable to Office Attendants in Group 'C' and they will be eligible
for Dearness Allowance, Local Compensatory Allowance, House Rent Allowance, and Grade
Allowance as per rules in force from time to time. At present, initial monthly gross emoluments
are approximately Rs. 35,000/-

Download of Call Letter
Candidates will have to visit NABARD website for downloading call letters for online test.
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 the same photograph as provided during registration and
appear at the examination centre with (i) Call Letter (ii) Photo Identity Proof as stipulated in clause
(iii) below and also specified in the call letter and photocopy of the original Photo Identity Proof.

The examination will be conducted online in venues given in the respective call letters.

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

Eligible applicants are required to apply online through website www.nabard.org. No other
means/ mode of application will be accepted. The application form should be filled in English only.
Option for the use of Hindi language will be available for the Online Examination. 

Candidates to go to the Bank’s website www.nabard.org/career, click on the option "APPLY
ONLINE" 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 be sent at the given email ID and mobile number. 

Apply online: https://ibpsonline.ibps.in/nabardsep24/