RBI Recruitment 2023 for 450 RBI Assistants : Applications are invited from eligible candidates for the 450 posts of ‘Assistant-2023’ in the Reserve Bank of India, hereinafter referred to as 'Bank’. Selection for the post will be through a country-wide competitive examination in two phases i.e., Preliminary and Main examination followed by a Language Proficiency Test (LPT). Please note that Corrigendum, if any, issued on the above advertisement, will be published only on the Bank’s website - www.rbi.org.in. |
RBI Assistant Recruitment 2023 | |
Organisation | Reserve Bank of India (RBI) |
Post | Assistants |
Exam Level | National |
Vacancies | 450 |
Application Mode | Online |
Category | Bank Jobs |
Exam Mode | Online |
Registration Dates | 13th September to 4th October 2023 |
Recruitment Process | Prelims, Main Exams, Language Proficiency Test |
Education Qualification | Graduates or relevant degree |
Age Limit | 20 years to 28 years |
RBI Assistant Salary | Rs. 45,050/- |
RBI Official Website | www.rbi.org.in |
RBI Assistant Exam is conducted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to fill the vacancies for the posts of Assistants in various branches of the RBI across India. RBI Assistant is responsible for maintaining records/files, document verification, ensuring financial stability, issuing & circulating new currency, day-to-day transactions, attending Government Treasury Work, replying to emails and more. Reserve Bank of India has released the RBI Assistant Notification 2023 for the Recruitment for the Post of Assistant – PY 2023 on 13th September 2023 on its official website along with complete details for the exam. RBI Assistant 2023 Apply Online has been started from 13th September 2023 onwards at www.rbi.org.in.
RBI Recruitment 2023 for 450 RBI Assistants Mode of APPLICATION
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 Para 8 of the detailed notice.
Candidates may click on the link below for filling in the online application form.
RBI Assistant 2023 Recruitment Important Dates
RBI Assistant Notification 2023 with complete details has been released on 13th September 2023 on the official website. The online registration process for RBI Assistant Recruitment 2023 has begun today 13th September 2023 and will continue till 3rd October 2023. All important dates for the RBI Assistant 2023 exam are updated in the table below as the dates are announced with the RBI Assistant 2023 Notification. “Recruitment for the post of Assistant - 2023”Website Link Open | September 13, 2023 – October 04, 2023 |
Payment of Examination Fees (Online) | September 13, 2023 – October 04, 2023 |
Schedule of Online Preliminary Test (Tentative) | October 21, 2023 & October 23, 2023 |
Schedule of Online Main Test (Tentative) | December 02, 2023 |
*RBI reserves the right to change the dates of examination.
RBI Assistants Recruitment 2023 Help Facility:
In case of any problem in filling up the form, payment of examination fee or receipt of call letter, queries may be made through the link - http://cgrs.ibps.in/. Do not forget to mention Recruitment of Assistant- 2023’ in the subject box of the email.Use of MOBILE PHONES and other electronic devices BANNED:
a) Mobile phones or any other communication devices are not allowed inside the premises, where the examination is being conducted. Any infringement of these instructions shall entail disqualification including ban from future examinations.
b) Candidates are not permitted to use or be in possession of calculators in examination premises.
c) Candidates are advised in their own interest not to bring any of the banned items including mobile phones to the venue of the examination, as arrangement for safekeeping cannot be assured.
RBI Assistants Recruitment 2023 Vacancies
Vacancies: The Reserve Bank of India invites applications from eligible candidates for the posts mentioned below:Office | Reserved Vacancies* | |||||
SC | ST | OBC$ | EWS@ | GEN | Total | |
Ahmedabad | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
Bengaluru | 11(2) | 1 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 58 |
Bhopal | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
Bhubaneswar | 2 | 8(6) | 2 | 1 | 6 | 19 |
Chandigarh | 5 | 1(1) | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 |
Chennai | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
Guwahati | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 26 |
Hyderabad | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
Jaipur | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Jammu | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 18 |
Kanpur & Lucknow | 12 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 55 |
Kolkata | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 22 |
Mumbai | 0 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 76 | 101 |
Nagpur | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 19 |
New Delhi | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 28 |
Patna | 1(1) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
Thiruvananthapuram & Kochi | 0 | 1(1) | 4 | 1 | 10 | 16 |
Total | 45(3) | 56(8) | 71 | 37 | 241 |
450 (11) |
Vacancies in brackets () indicate backlog.
* The Bank reserves the right to increase/ decrease the number of vacancies as per the requirement; or not to fill up the vacancies.
Abbreviations stand for: SC – Scheduled Caste, ST – Scheduled Tribe, OBC – Other Backward Classes, EWS- Economically Weaker Section, GEN/UR – General/ Unreserved, PwBD – Persons with Benchmark Disabilities, EXS – Ex-Servicemen, EX-1 - Disabled Ex-servicemen/ Dependents of servicemen killed in action, EX-2 - Ex-servicemen (Normal).
RBI Assistant Recruitment 2023 Eligibility Criteria:
Nationality: a candidate must be either:a citizen of India, or
a subject of Nepal, or
a subject of Bhutan, or
a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) 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.
RBI Assistants Recruitment 2023 Age Limit
Age (as on 01‐09‐2023):Between 20 and 28 years. Candidates born not earlier than 02/09/1995 and not later than 01/09/2003 (both days inclusive) are only eligible to apply.
Relaxation in the Upper Age Limit: Upper age limit will be relaxed as under:
Sr. No | Category | Relaxation in Age |
(i) | Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe (SC / ST) | By 5 years, i.e., up to 33 years |
(ii) | Other Backward Classes (OBC) | By 3 years, i.e., up to 31 years |
(iii) | Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) | By 10 years (GEN/EWS), 13 years (OBC) & 15 years (SC/ST) |
(iv) | Ex-Servicemen | To the extent of service rendered by them in Armed Forces plus an additional period of 3 years subject to maximum of 50 years. |
(v) | Widows/divorced women/ women judicially separated who are not re-married | Upto 35 years (40 years for SC/ST) |
(vi) | Candidates having work experience in Reserve Bank of India | To the extent of number of years of such experience, subject to maximum of 3 years. |
NOTE: Cumulative Age Relaxation will not be available either under the above items or in combination with any other items.
RBI Recruitment 2023 Educational Qualifications
Educational Qualifications (as on 01‐09‐2023):- 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.
- A candidate belonging to Ex-servicemen category (except dependents of ex-servicemen) should either be a graduate from a recognized University or should have passed the matriculation or its equivalent examination of the Armed Forces and rendered at least 15 years of defence service.
- Candidates applying for post in a particular recruiting Office should be proficient in the language (i.e., know to read, write, speak and understand the language) of the state/ any of the states falling under the recruiting Office.
(1) The date of passing eligibility will be the date appearing on the mark sheet or provisional certificate issued by the University/ Institute. In case the result of a particular examination is posted on the website of the University/ Institute, a certificate issued by the appropriate authority of the University/ Institute indicating the date on which the result was posted on the website will be taken as the date of passing.
(2) Calculation of Percentage: The percentage marks shall be arrived at by dividing the total marks obtained by the candidate in all the subjects in all the semester(s)/year(s) by aggregating maximum marks in all the subjects irrespective of honors / optional / additional optional subject, if any. This will be applicable for those Universities also where Class/Grade is decided on the basis of Honors marks only. The fraction of percentage so arrived will be ignored i.e., 49.99% will be treated as less than 50%.
RBI Assistant 2023 Selection Process
RBI Assistant 2023 exam is going to be conducted in three phases [Prelims + Mains + Language Proficiency Test (LPT)].The preliminary examination has three sections: Reasoning Ability, Numerical Ability and English Language.
- 1. The mains exam has five different sections: Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, English Language, Computer Knowledge and General Awareness.
- 2. There is a negative marking of 0.25 marks for the wrong answers attempted by the candidate. No marks will be deducted if the question is left unanswered or blank.
- 3. Check the RBI Assistant exam pattern for Prelims & Mains as mentioned in the previous year Notification PDF, any change/up-gradation in RBI Assistant 2023 Notification will be updated here.
Scheme of Selection:
Selection will be through Preliminary examination, Main examination and Language Proficiency Test (LPT).
I. Preliminary Examination (Multiple Choice):
Sr. No. | Name of Tests (Objective) | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Total Time |
1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
2 | Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
3 | Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
Total | 100 | 100 | 60 minutes |
II. Main Examination (Multiple Choice):
Sr. No. | Name of Tests (Objective) | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
1 | Test of Reasoning | 40 | 40 | 30 minutes |
2 | Test of English Language | 40 | 40 | 30 minutes |
3 | Test of Numerical Ability | 40 | 40 | 30 minutes |
4 | Test of General Awareness | 40 | 40 | 25 minutes |
5 | Test of Computer Knowledge | 40 | 40 | 20 minutes |
Total | 200 | 200 | 135 minutes |
III. 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/s of the State concerned as detailed in Annex-IV. Candidate not proficient in the Official / Local Language shall be disqualified.
Note:
- i. The above online test/s except the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e., in English and Hindi.
- ii. A candidate has to qualify in each part of the Objective test separately.
- iii. A candidate has to qualify in Preliminary Examination for appearing in Main Examination.
- iv. There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests (Preliminary and Main).1/4th marks will be deducted for each wrong answer.
RBI Assistant 2023 Salary
The Basic Pay for an RBI Assistant is Rs. 20,700/- every month per month in the scale of Rs. 20700 – 1200 (3) – 24300 – 1440 (4) - 30060 – 1920 (6) – 41580 – 2080 (2) – 45740 – 2370 (3) – 52850 – 2850 – 55700 (20 years) and other allowances.In addition to the Basic Pay, Dearness Allowance, House Rent Allowance, City Compensatory Allowance, Transport Allowance etc. are also granted to the RBI Assistant. Thus, the Gross Salary of an RBI Assistant ranges to approximately Rs. 45,050/- every month.
Selected Candidates will draw a starting basic pay of ₹20,700/- per month in the scale of ₹20700 – 1200 (3) – 24300 – 1440 (4) - 30060 – 1920 (6) – 41580 – 2080 (2) – 45740 – 2370 (3) – 52850 – 2850 (1) – 55700 and other allowances, as admissible from time to time. At present, initial Monthly Gross Emoluments (without HRA) for Assistant will be approximately ₹47,849/-.
**House Rent Allowance of 15% of Pay will be paid to them, additionally, if they are not staying in Bank’s accommodation.
RBI Assistant 2023 Application Fee
Candidates are required to pay Rs. 450 (for General and OBC Candidate) or Rs. 50 (for Candidates belonging to SC/ST/PWD) as their Application Fee for RBI Assistant 2023 Exam. He/She can pay the application fee online using net banking or by any credit/debit card.7. Examination fees/ Intimation Charges (Non- Refundable): Payable from Online Payment
Sr. No. | Category | Charges | Amount* |
1 | SC/ST/PwBD/EXS | Intimation charges only | ₹50/- plus 18% GST |
2 | GEN/OBC/EWS | Application fee including intimation charges | ₹450/- plus 18% GST |
3 | Staff@ | Nil | Nil |
RBI Recruitment for 450 Assistants Online Application Procedure
a) Candidates satisfying the conditions of eligibility as on September 01, 2023 are first required to visit the URL " CLICK Here for Online Recruitment for the post of Assistant - 2023" in the advertisement page for filling the ‘Online Application’. It redirects the candidates to the online registration page.
b) Candidates will have to enter their basic details and upload the photograph, signature, left thumb impression and a hand-written declaration in the online application form as per the specifications given.
c) 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.
d) In case the candidate is unable to complete the application form in one go, he / she can save the data already entered by choosing "SAVE AND NEXT" tab. Prior to submission of the online application, candidates are advised to use the "SAVE AND NEXT" facility to verify the details in the online application form and modify the same if required. Visually Impaired candidates should get the application form filled carefully and verify/get the details verified to ensure that the same are correct prior to final submission.
e) Candidates are advised to carefully fill and verify the details filled in the online application themselves as no change will be possible/entertained after clicking the COMPLETE REGISTRATION BUTTON.
f) The Name of the candidate or his /her Father/ Husband etc. should be spelt correctly in the application as it appears in the Photo identity proof / Certificates/ Mark sheets. Any change/alteration found may disqualify the candidature.
g) Validate your details and Save your application by clicking the 'Validate your details' and 'Save & Next' button.
h) Proceed to upload Photo & Signature as per the specifications given in the Guidelines for Scanning and Upload of Photograph and Signature
i) Proceed to fill other details of the Application Form.
j) Click on the Preview Tab to preview and verify the entire application form before COMPLETE REGISTRATION.
k) Modify details, if required, and click on ‘COMPLETE REGISTRATION’ ONLY after verifying and ensuring that the photograph, signature uploaded, and other details filled by you are correct.
l) Click on 'Payment' Tab and proceed for payment.
m) Click on 'Submit' button.
RBI Assistant 2023 Admit Card & Call Letter
Candidates are required to download the RBI Assistant 2023 exam admit card from its official website as the admit card won’t be sent to candidates via post. To login to the official website, a candidate will require the following:• Registration No./Roll No.• Date of Birth/Password
The admit card/call letter will be issued to candidates in three phases:Online Preliminary Examination
Online Mains Examination
Language Proficiency Test (LPT)
RBI Assistant 2023 Result
Reserve Bank of India releases the result of the RBI Assistant 2023 exam within 1-2 weeks after the examination is over. Candidates who appeared for the RBI Assistant exam can check the result & Score Card at the official website. The result is released separately for each stage and the RBI Assistant final merit list will be prepared on the basis of the Mains exam and Language Proficiency Test.
RBI Assistant 2023 Admit Card & Call Letter
Candidates are required to download the RBI Assistant 2023 exam admit card from its official website as the admit card won’t be sent to candidates via post. To login to the official website, a candidate will require the following:• Registration No./Roll No.• Date of Birth/Password
The admit card/call letter will be issued to candidates in three phases:Online Preliminary Examination
Online Mains Examination
Language Proficiency Test (LPT)
RBI Assistant 2023 Result
Reserve Bank of India releases the result of the RBI Assistant 2023 exam within 1-2 weeks after the examination is over. Candidates who appeared for the RBI Assistant exam can check the result & Score Card at the official website. The result is released separately for each stage and the RBI Assistant final merit list will be prepared on the basis of the Mains exam and Language Proficiency Test
RBI Assistant 2023: FAQs
Q1. Is RBI Assistant Notification 2023 released?Ans. Yes, the official notification RBI Assistant Notification 2023 exam has been released today 13th September 2023 with all details.
Q2. What is the selection criteria for RBI Assistant?
Ans. The candidates will be shortlisted for RBI Assistant Posts through Prelims & Mains.
Q3. What is the Application Fee for RBI Assistant Exam?
Ans. Rs. 450/- is the application fee for the General and OBC categories. Rs. 50/- for candidates belonging to SC/ST/PWD category.
Q4. What is the salary of RBI Assistant?
The Basic Pay for an RBI Assistant is Rs. 14,650/- every month and the Gross Salary of an RBI Assistant ranges to approximately Rs. 36,091/- every month.
Q5. Does RBI Assistant have the negative marking?
There will be negative marks for wrong answers. 1/4th (0.25 marks) will be deducted as a negative marking system for each wrong answer in both the RBI Assistant Preliminary and Mains examination.
Q6. How many vacancies are released through RBI Assistant 2023?
RBI has announced 450 Vacancies for Assistant posts through RBI Assistant Notification 2023.