Reserve Bank of India [RBI]
Recruitment of Officers in Grade B- DR (General), DEPR/DSIM-2019

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES

→ Candidates to Ensure their Eligibility for the Posts:

Before applying, candidates should ensure that they fulfil the eligibility criteria for the advertised posts. Reserve Bank of India Services Board, hereinafter referred to as 'Board’, would admit to the Examinations all the candidates applying for the post with the requisite fee/intimation charges (wherever applicable) based on the information furnished in the ONLINE application and shall determine their eligibility only at the final stage i.e. interview stage. If at that stage, it is found that any information furnished in the ONLINE application is false/ incorrect or if according to the Board, the candidate does not satisfy the eligibility criteria for the post, his/ her candidature will be cancelled and he/she will not be allowed to appear for interview and can be removed from service without notice, if he/she has already joined the Bank.

→ Mode of Application:

Candidates are required to apply ONLINE only through the Bank's website www.rbi.org.in. No other mode for submission of application is available.
Brief Instructions for filling up the "Online Application Form" are given in Appendix-I:

→ Online Applications for Gr B – (DR) – GENERAL/DEPR/DSIM - 2019

→ Important Dates:

Events		Important Dates**
Website Link Open For Online Registration of Applications and Payment of Fees/Intimation Charges		21th September - 11th October, 2019
1. Officers in Gr B (DR) - General	Phase-I – Online Examination	9th November, 2019 $
	Phase-II – Paper I, II & III Online Examination	1st December, 2019
2. Officers in Gr B (DR) – DEPR*	Phase I - Paper - I - Online Examination	9th November, 2019
	Phase II - Paper - II & III Online/Written Examination	2nd December, 2019 £ (To be confirmed in Admit cards)
3. Officers in Gr B (DR) - DSIM@	Phase I - Paper - I - Online Examination	9th November, 2019
	Phase II - Paper - II & III Online/Written Examination	2nd December, 2019 £ (To be confirmed in Admit cards)
*Department of Economic and Policy Research @ Department of Statistics and Information Management ** The Board reserves the right to make any change in these dates. $ Candidate will have to appear in only one shift of Phase-I examination. £ Candidate will have to appear in all the shifts of Phase ll / Paper II & Ill examination.

→ Help Facility:

In case of any problem in filling up the form, payment of fee/intimation charges, or in downloading of Admission Letter, queries may be made through the link http://cgrs.ibps.in
Do not forget to mention 'RBI Officers in Grade 'B'-' DR' General or DEPR or DSIM, as the case may be, in the subject of the email.

→ Use of MOBILE PHONES and other electronic devices BANNED:

• The use of any mobile phone (even in switched off mode), pager or any electronic equipment or programmable device or storage media like pen drive, smart watches etc. or camera or blue tooth devices or any other equipment or related accessories either in working or switched off mode capable of being used as a communication device during the examination is strictly prohibited. Any infringement of these instructions shall entail disciplinary action, including ban from future examinations.
• Candidates are advised in their own interest not to bring any of the banned items including mobile phones/pagers to the venue of the examination, as arrangement for safe-keeping cannot be assured.
• Candidates are advised not to bring any valuable/costly items to the Examination Halls, as safe-keeping of the same cannot be assured. The Board will not be responsible for any loss in this regard.
• Use of calculators is not permitted in Phase I for Gr B DR General and Paper I for DEPR /DSIM of this examinations. However, non-programmable electronic calculator is permitted for only paper II of DSIM. Such calculator will be made available online on the screen for Paper II DSIM candidates only.

→ Corrigendum:

Please note that Corrigendum, if any, issued on the above advertisement, will be published only on the Bank's website www.rbi.org.in.

Reserve Bank of India Services Board
invites applications from eligible candidates

→ Note for Persons with Benchmark Disability (PwBD) candidates:

• The Bank has identified the following posts as suitable for each category of PwBD along with the Physical Requirements and Functional Classifications. Only following categories of PwBD candidates are, therefore, eligible to apply for the posts.

• PwBD candidates should possess a latest disability certificate issued by a Competent Authority as prescribed vide The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPWD Act, 2016). Such certificate shall be subject to verification/re-verification, as may be decided by the Board/ Competent Authority.
• Within the overall notified total vacancies, PwBD candidates belonging to any category of disability will be considered for selection, subject to their suitability, over and above the vacancies notified for PwBD in this advertisement, to clear backlog of PwBD vacancies, if any.
• Backlog vacancies reserved for PwBD would be filled by a person with benchmark disability in the respective category. If no suitable person from that category is available such backlog vacancies would be filled up by interchange among other eligible PwBD candidates subject to the posts having been identified suitable for such disabilities.
• Use of Scribe & Compensatory time: At the time of online/written examination, only those PwBD candidates (who have disability of 40% or more) who have physical limitation in typing/writing, including that of speed would be allowed the facility to use the service of a scribe. In all such cases where a scribe is used, the following rules will apply:
  • The candidate will have to arrange his/her own scribe/writer at his/her own cost.
  • Both the candidate as well as the scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking, in the prescribed format with passport size photograph of the scribe at the time of examination.
  • PwBD candidates who have physical limitation to type/write including that of speed shall be allowed compensatory time of 20 minutes per hour of the examination whether availing the facility of scribe or not.
  • Any candidate who is using scribe should ensure that he/she is eligible to use scribe in the examination as per the above guidelines. Any candidate using scribe in violation of the above guidelines shall stand disqualified and can be removed from service without notice, if he/she has already joined the Bank.
• Detailed instructions for PwBD candidates regarding availing services of scribe and allotment of extra/compensatory time will be made available on the Bank's website www.rbi.org.in at the time of uploading of Admission Letters for examinations.

Reserve Bank of India Services Board
ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS

• Nationality: a candidate must be either:­
• The candidate will have to arrange his/her own scribe/writer at his/her own cost.
• Both the candidate as well as the scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking, in the prescribed format with passport size photograph of the scribe at the time of examination.
• PwBD candidates who have physical limitation to type/write including that of speed shall be allowed compensatory time of 20 minutes per hour of the examination whether availing the facility of scribe or not.
• Any candidate who is using scribe should ensure that he/she is eligible to use scribe in the examination as per the above guidelines. Any candidate using scribe in violation of the above guidelines shall stand disqualified and can be removed from service without notice, if he/she has already joined the Bank.
• Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
• A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the examination, but the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate is issued to him/her by the Government of India.

• Age Limits:
• A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on the 1st of September 2019 i.e., he/she must have been born not earlier than 2nd September 1989 and not later than 1st September 1998. For candidates possessing M.Phil. and Ph.D. qualification, upper age limit will be 32 and 34 years respectively.
• The upper age-limit prescribed above will be relaxed:
• up to a maximum of five years for candidates belonging to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe if the posts are reserved for them;
• up to a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates if the posts are reserved for them;
• up to a maximum of five years for ex-employees of banking institutions whose services had to be terminated for reasons of economy or because of bank going into liquidation and personnel retrenched from Government Offices after at least one year's service and currently registered with Employment Exchange;
• up to a maximum of five years if a candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh during the period from 1st January, 1980 to 31st December,1989;
• up to a maximum of five years in the case of ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on 1st September 2019 and have been released;
• on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from 1st September, 2019) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency; or
• on account of physical disability attributable to Military Service; or
• on invalidment.
• up to a maximum of five years in the case of ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of five years of Military Service as on 1st September 2019 and whose assignment has been extended beyond five years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues a certificate that they can apply for civil employment and that they will be released on three months' notice on selection from the date of receipt of offer of appointment.
• For Gen/EWSs up to a maximum of 10 years in the case of PwBD. For SC/ST/ PwBD up to a maximum of 15 years and for OBC PwBD up to a maximum of 13 years, subject to reservation of vacancies under the respective post. Relaxation in upper age limit for PwBD will be subject to the posts having been identified suitable for such disabilities.
• For candidates having experience as an officer in Commercial Bank/Financial Institution in Public Sector as also prior experience in Reserve Bank of India, upper age limit is relaxed to the extent of number of completed years of such experience subject to a maximum of three years. For such candidates, upper age limit should not exceed 33 years including experience. For experience, probationary period will not be reckoned.
• For eligible staff candidates, the relaxation in age limit is according to RBI circular CO. HRMD. No. G-75/ 5599/ 05.01.01/ 2013-2014 dated December 20, 2013.
• For recruitment to the post of Gr. B (DR)-DEPR/DSIM candidates having Master's Degree with Research/Teaching experience at a recognised Indian/Foreign University/Institute will be eligible for relaxation in upper age to the extent of number of years of such experience subject to a maximum of three years. For experience, probationary period will not be reckoned.

• Note I: - Candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes and the Other Backward Classes who are also covered under clauses of Para 3 II (b) iv, v, vi, vii above, viz. those coming under the category of Ex-servicemen, PwBD, persons domiciled in the Union Territory of J & K/Union Territory of Ladakh will be eligible for grant of cumulative age-relaxation under both the categories.
• Note II: -The term Ex-servicemen will apply to the persons who are defined as Ex-servicemen in the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Civil Services and Posts) Rules, 1979, as amended from time to time.
• Note III: - The age concession under Para 3 II (b) (v) and (vi) will not be admissible to Ex-servicemen and Commissioned Officers including ECOs/SSCOs, who are released on own request.
• Note IV: - Notwithstanding the provision of age relaxation under Para 3 II (b) (vii) above, a PwBD will be considered to be eligible for appointment only if he/she (after such physical examination as the Bank may prescribe) is found to satisfy the requirements of physical and medical standards for the concerned Services/Posts to be allocated to the PwBD candidates by the Bank.

Reserve Bank of India Services Board
Minimum Educational Qualifications

• Minimum Educational Qualifications: The following minimum educational qualifications are prescribed for the posts:

Posts	Minimum Educational Qualifications (as on 01-09-2019):
1. Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) - (General)	• A minimum of 60% marks (50% in case of SC/ST/PwBD) or an equivalent grade in Bachelor's degree as well as in 12th (or Diploma or equivalent) and 10th Standard examinations. • The minimum qualifying percentage or an equivalent grade for the Bachelor’s degree will be in aggregate for all semesters / years
2. Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) - DEPR	Essential: A Master's Degree in Economics / Econometrics / Quantitative Economics / Mathematical Economics / Integrated Economics Course/ Finance, with a minimum of 55% marks or an equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters /years from a recognised Indian or Foreign University /Institute; OR PGDM/ MBA Finance with a minimum of 55% marks or an equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters /years from a recognised Indian or Foreign University /Institute; OR Master’s Degree in Economics in any of the sub-categories of economics i.e. agricultural/ business/ developmental/ applied, etc., with a minimum of 55% marks or an equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters /years from a recognised Indian or Foreign University /Institute. Note: SC, ST and PwBD candidates having second class with a minimum of 50% marks or equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters / years in Master's Degree examination or equivalent recognized qualifications are eligible to apply. Desirable: A Doctorate Degree in Economics or research or teaching experience in Economics or publications in standard journals would be considered as an additional qualification. Candidates having M.Phil. Degree and Doctorate Degree from a recognized Indian/Foreign University/Institute in the specified subjects will be eligible for relaxation in the upper age limit by 2 years and 4 years respectively. d. (i) Candidates having Master's Degree with Research/Teaching experience at a recognized Indian/Foreign University/ Institute will be eligible for relaxation in upper age limit to the extent of number of years of such experience subject to a maximum of three years. For experience, probationary period will not be reckoned. (ii) The above age relaxations will not be cumulatively available with age relaxations available to various categories as mentioned in Para 3 II (b) above.
3. Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) - DSIM	Essential: A Master's Degree in Statistics/ Mathematical Statistics/ Mathematical Economics/ Econometrics/ Statistics & Informatics from IIT-Kharagpur/ Applied Statistics & Informatics from IIT-Bombay with a minimum of 55% marks or equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters / years; OR Master's Degree in Mathematics with a minimum of 55% marks or an equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters / years and one year post graduate diploma in Statistics or related subjects from an Institute of repute; OR M. Stat. Degree of Indian Statistical Institute with a minimum of 55% marks in aggregate of all semesters / years; OR Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics (PGDBA) jointly offered by ISI Kolkata, IIT Kharagpur and IIM Calcutta with a minimum of 55% marks or equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters/years. Note: For SC, ST and PwBD candidates, the minimum marks required in Master’s Degree as in items (a), (b), (c) and (d) above is 50% or an equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters/ years. Desirable: (i) Candidates with a Doctorate in topics related to above subjects will be given preference. (ii) Research or teaching experience and publication in standard journals will be considered as an additional qualification. Note: (i) Candidates possessing M.Phil. and Ph.D qualification in the specified subjects will be eligible for relaxation in upper age limit by 2 years and 4 years respectively. (ii) Candidates with research / teaching experience at a recognized Indian / Foreign University/Institute will be eligible for relaxation in upper age limit to the extent of number of years of such experience subject to a maximum of three years. For experience, probationary period will not be reckoned. (iii) The above age relaxations will not be cumulatively available with age relaxations available to various categories as mentioned in Para 3 II (b) above.

• Note I: - The candidate must hold a degree of any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section-3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification from a Foreign University recognized by the Association of Indian Universities.
• Note II: - Some Universities/Institutes/Boards do not award Class or percentage of marks and allot Aggregate Grade Points (e.g. CGPA/OGPA/CPI, etc.). In case University/Institute/Board defines criteria for conversion of Aggregate Grade Point into percentage of marks, the same will be accepted. However, where the University/Institute/ Board does not define criteria for conversion of Aggregate Grade Point into percentage of marks, in the degree/passing certificates, the undefined parameter(s) would be worked out as under:

Equivalent CGPA/OGPA/CPI or similar terminologies allotted on a 10-point scale	Aggregate Percentage of Marks
6.75	60%
6.25	55%
5.75	50%

• Note III: - Aggregate Grade Point or percentage of marks where awarded would mean aggregate over the entire duration of the course.
• Note IV: - Where the Aggregate Grade Point (CGPA/OGPA/CPI, etc.) is awarded out of a number other than 10, it will be normalized out of 10 and computed as per Note II above.
• Note V: - The relaxation in minimum educational qualifications for SC/ST/PwBD candidates mentioned above is subject to reservation of vacancies under the respective post and category and identification of posts for PwBD as notified above.
• Note VI: - Candidates belonging to unreserved i.e. General Category, who have already appeared Six times for Phase-I Examination for this post/s in the past, are not eligible to apply. No such restriction applies to candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/PwBD/EWSs, if the posts are reserved for them.

Reserve Bank of India Services Board
SCHEME OF SELECTION

scheme of selection is given at Appendix - II (Gr. B(DR)-General) / Appendix - Ill (Gr. B(DR)-DEPR) and Gr. B(DR)-DSIM) which are available on the Bank's website www.rbi.org.in. The Centres where the examinations will be held are given below:

Online Examination Centres for Phase I (Gr B (DR)-General) / Paper I (DEPR/DSIM)

Centres for Phase II Gr B- (DR) (General) / Paper II &III (DEPR/DSIM)

Reserve Bank of India Services Board
APPLICATION FEE AND INTIMATION CHARGES

Sr. No.	Category	Charges	Amount*
1.	SC/ST/PwBD	Intimation Charges only	₹ 100/-
2.	GEN/OBC/EWSs	Application fee including intimation charges	₹ 850/-
3.	STAFF@	Nil	Nil
*Bank/Transaction charges are to be borne by the candidate. @ Fee/Intimation charges waiver is only for those employees of RBI (staff candidates) who satisfy the eligibility criteria separately stipulated by the Bank vide its circular CO. HRMD. No. G-75/ 5599/ 05.01.01/ 2013-2014 dated December 20, 2013. Their status as staff candidate will be verified at the time of interview. In case they are not eligible to be treated as staff candidates (in terms of above referred HRMD circular), they are advised to indicate themselves as non-staff candidates and pay fees/ intimation charges as applicable to non-staff candidates.

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