The RBI (reserve Bank of India) conducts the exams RBI Assistant for the posts of Clerical and Assistant cadre, while RBI Grade B is conducted for the recruitment of candidates for the various posts including
- Direct Recruitment(DR) General Cadre
- Department of Economic Policy and Research(DEPR)
- Department of Statistics and Information Management(DISM)
Number of vacancies announced for RBI Assistant in 2020 were 926, and those for RBI Grade B were 322 in 2021.
The RBI (reserve Bank of India) conducts the exams RBI Assistant for the posts of Clerical and Assistant cadre, while RBI Grade B is conducted for the recruitment of candidates for the various posts including
- Direct Recruitment(DR) General Cadre
- Department of Economic Policy and Research(DEPR)
- Department of Statistics and Information Management(DISM)
Number of vacancies announced for RBI Assistant in 2020 were 926, and those for RBI Grade B were 322 in 2021.
| Basic Salary (per month) | Gross Emoluments (per month) | |
| RBI Assistant | Rs.14,650 | Rs.32,528 |
| RBI Grade B Office | Rs.35,150 | Rs.77,208 |
| Age Limit | The age of candidates should be between 21 and 30 years. For MPhil and PhD, the upper age limit will be 32 and 34, respectively. Relaxation in the upper age limit will be provided to candidates belonging to the reserved categories |
| Educational Qualifications | Grade B General: Graduation with 60 per cent (50 per cent in case of SC/ST/PwD) DEPR/DSIM: Master’s Degree with 55 per cent and 50 per cent for SC, ST and PwD candidates |
| Number of Attempts | There is also capping in the number of attempts. General category candidates who had appeared for six times in the Phase I exam are not eligible to apply. There are no restrictions for SC/ST/OBC/PwD/EWS candidates |
| Age Limit | The age of candidates should be between 20 and 28 years |
| Educational Qualifications | Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree in any discipline with a minimum of 50 per cent |
These tests are conducted whenever there is an optimal number of vacant posts in the organization. However, the tentative months in the last few years are given below for you:
| Tentative Dates | ||
| Online Application | October | |
| Exam date | Prelims | November |
| Mains | December | |
| Event | RBI Grade B Exam Date |
| Exam Notification | January |
| Phase I | March |
| Phase II | March to April |
| Interview | April |
The RBI Assistant exam has three stages:
- Online Prelims exam
- Online Mains exam
- Language Proficiency Test (LPT)
The RBI Grade B exam has three stages:
- Phase – I (Written test)
- Phase – II (Written test)
- Interview
There will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each incorrect answer, no deduction for unanswered questions (for both Prelims and Mains).
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.
| Area | Language for LPT |
| Ahmedabad | Gujarati |
| Bengaluru | Kannada |
| Bhopal | Hindi |
| Bhubaneswar | Oriya |
| Chandigarh | Punjabi / Hindi |
| Chennai | Tamil |
| Guwahati | Assamese / Bengali / Khasi / Manipuri / Bodo / Mizo |
| Hyderabad | Telugu |
| Jaipur | Hindi |
| Jammu | Urdu / Hindi / Kashmiri |
| Kanpur & Lucknow | Hindi |
| Kolkata | Bengali / Nepali |
| Mumbai | Marathi / Konkani |
| Nagpur | Marathi / Hindi |
| New Delhi | Hindi |
| Patna | Hindi / Maithili |
| Thiruvananthapuram | Malayalam |
| Area | Language for LPT |
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