IBPS RRB Notification 2022 [Out]: Apply Online for 8000+ vacancies!

The Institute of Banking and Personnel Selection (IBPS) has released the official IBPS RRB recruitment notification for the selection of Officers (Scale-I, II & III) and Office Assistants (Multipurpose) in Regional Rural Banks (RRBs). The notification was released on June 6, 2022, on its official website. Notably, the last date to apply for the recruitment was June 27, 2022. IBPS every year conducts a national level exam to recruit eligible and interested candidates to work in Regional Rural Banks. In this article, we have mentioned all the details regarding IBPS RRB recruitment 2022 including important dates, eligibility, exam pattern, vacancies, and more.

The selection is made for the post of:

Office Assistant	Marketing Manager	Treasury Manager
Officer Scale – I	Banking Officer Scale - II	Agriculture Officer (Grade – II)
Law Officer (Grade – II)	Law Officer (Grade – II)	Chartered Accountant (Grade II)
Officer (Grade III)	IT Officer (Grade II)

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Table of Contents

IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022: Important Dates
IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022: Vacancies
IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022: Eligibility
IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022: Selection Process
IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022: How to Apply
IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022: Exam Pattern
IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022: Syllabus
IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022: Cut-Off
IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022: Salary
IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022: Job Profile and Career Growth
IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022: Previous Year Paper Analysis
IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022: Previous Year Trends
IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022: Tips to Prepare

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IBPS RRB: What is IBPS RRB?

IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022: Overview

Organizing Body	Institute of Banking Personnel Selection
Official Website	Click Here
Post	Officers Scale I, II and III and Office Assistant (Multipurpose)
Groups	Group A and Group B
Exam Level	National
Frequency of Exam	Annually
Exam Stages	Officer Scale I: Preliminary Exam, Mains Exam and Interview Officer Scale II and III: Single Level Exam and Interview Office Assistant: Preliminary Exam and Mains Exam

 

IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022: Participating RRBs

IBPS RRB Exam is conducted to recruit candidates to various posts to work in Regional Rural Banks. The various RRBs participating in IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022 are as follows:

Name of RRBs	State / UT
Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank	Telangana
Andhra Pragathi Gramin Bank	Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh Rural Bank	Arunachal Pradesh
Aryavart Bank	Uttar Pradesh
Assam Gramin Vikash Bank	Assam
Bangiya Gramin Vikash Bank	West Bengal
Baroda Gujarat Gramin Bank	Gujarat
Baroda Rajasthan Kshetriya Gramin Bank	Rajasthan
Baroda U P Bank	Uttar Pradesh
Chaitanya Godavari Grameena Bank	Andhra Pradesh
Chhattisgarh Rajya Gramin Bank	Chhattisgarh
Dakshin Bihar Gramin Bank	Bihar
Ellaquai Dehati Bank	Jammu & Kashmir
Himachal Pradesh Gramin Bank	Himachal Pradesh
J & K Grameen Bank	Jammu & Kashmir
Jharkhand Rajya Gramin Bank	Jharkhand
Karnataka Gramin Bank	Karnataka
Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank	Karnataka
Kerala Gramin Bank	Kerala
Madhya Pradesh Gramin Bank	Madhya Pradesh
Madhyanchal Gramin Bank	Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra Gramin Bank	Maharashtra
Manipur Rural Bank	Manipur
Meghalaya Rural Bank	Meghalaya
Mizoram Rural Bank	Mizoram
Nagaland Rural Bank	Nagaland
Odisha Gramya Bank	Odisha
Paschim Banga Gramin Bank	West Bengal
Prathama UP Gramin Bank	Uttar Pradesh
Puduvai Bharathiar Grama Bank	Puducherry
Punjab Gramin Bank	Punjab
Rajasthan Marudhara Gramin Bank	Rajasthan
Saptagiri Grameena Bank	Andhra Pradesh
Sarva Haryana Gramin Bank	Haryana
Saurashtra Gramin Bank	Gujarat
Tamil Nadu Grama Bank	Tamil Nadu
Telangana Grameena Bank	Telangana
Tripura Gramin Bank	Tripura
Utkal Grameen Bank	Odisha
Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank	Bihar
Uttarakhand Gramin Bank	Uttarakhand
Uttarbanga Kshetriya Gramin Bank	West Bengal
Vidharbha Konkan Gramin Bank	Maharashtra

 

IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022: Important Dates

The important dates regarding IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022 highlight various events such as starting of application process, last date to apply, exam dates and more. The important dates for IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022 are as follows:

Event	Dates
IBPS RRB Notification 2022	06th June 2022
Online Application Begins  on	07th June 2022
Last date to apply	27th June 2022
Pre-Exam Training Schedule	18th August to 23rd August 2022
Call Letters for Prelims Exam	July 2022
IBPS RRB Preliminary Examination (Officer Scale-I & Office Assistant)	07th, 13th, 14th, 20th, 21st August 2022
Online Examination – Main / Single Officers (II & III)	24th September 2022
Officer Scale I Mains Exam	24th September 2022
Office Assistant Mains Exam	01st October 2022
Final Result (Provisional Allotment)	01st January 2023

 

 

IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022: Vacancy

There are a total of 8106 vacancies for Office Assistant (Clerk) and Officers Scale-I, II & III in different Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) across the country.  The detailed vacancies are as follows:

BPS RRB Vacancy 2022
Posts	Vacancies
Office Assistants (Multipurpose)	4483
Officer Scale I	2676
Officer Scale-II (Agriculture Officer)	12
Officer Scale-II (Marketing Officer)	06
Officer Scale-II (Treasury Manager)	10
Officer Scale-II (Law)	18
Officer Scale-II (CA)	19
Officer Scale-II (IT)	57
Officer Scale-II (General Banking Officer)	745
Officer Scale III	80
Total Vacancies	8106

 

IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022: Eligibility Criteria 

The eligibility criteria for IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022 comprises of all the eligibility criterias along nationality, age limit and educational criteria. The eligibility in terms of nationality is as follows:

Nationality

A candidate must be either - (i) a Citizen of India or (ii) a subject of Nepal or (iii) a subject of Bhutan or (iv) a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or (v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India, provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

 

Age Limit (As on June 1, 2022)

The age limit for IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022 is as follows:

Officer Scale-III (Senior Manager)	Candidate should be above 21 years and below 40 years of age
Officer Scale-II (Manager)	Candidate should be above 21 years and below 32 years of age
Officer Scale-I (Assistant Manager)	Candidate should be above 18 years and below 30 years of age
Office Assistant (Multipurpose)	Candidate should be above 18 years and below 28 years of age

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Age relaxation for candidates belonging to different categories is as follows:
 

Category	Age Relaxation
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe	5 years
Other Backward Classes	3 years
Persons With Benchmark Disability as defined under “The Rights of Persons With Disabilities Act, 2016”	10 years
Ex-Servicemen/ Disabled Ex-Servicemen	(for the post of Office Assistant (Multipurpose)) actual period of service rendered in the defence forces + 3 years (8 years for Disabled ExServicemen belonging to SC/ST) subject to a maximum age limit of 50 years
In the case of Ex- servicemen commissioned officers, including ECOs/ SSCOs, who have rendered at least 5 years military service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within the next one year from the last date for receipt of application) other 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, subject to ceiling as per Government guidelines	(for the post of Officers) 5 years
Widows, Divorced women and women legally separated from their husbands who have not remarried	[only for the post of Office Assistant (Multipurpose)] Age concession upto the age of 35 years for General/EWS, 38 years for OBC and 40 years SC/ST candidates
Persons affected by 1984 riots	5 years

 

Educational Qualifications:

The educational qualifications required to be eligible to apply for IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022 are as follows:

Post	Educational Qualification	Experience
Office Assistant (Multipurpose)	Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized University or its equivalent (a) Proficiency in local language as prescribed by the participating RRB/s* (b) Desirable: Working knowledge of Computer	-
Officer Scale-I (Assistant Manager)	Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized University or its equivalent. Preference will be given to the candidates having degree in Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry,Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Agricultural Marketing and Cooperation, Information Technology, Management, Law, Economics or Accountancy; Proficiency in local language as prescribed by the participating RRB/s* Desirable: working knowledge of Computer.	-
Officer Scale-II General Banking Officer (Manager)	Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized University or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate. Preference will be given to the candidates having degree in Banking, Finance, Marketing, Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Agricultural Marketing and Cooperation, Information Technology, Management, Law, Economics and Accountancy	Two years as an officer in a Bank or Financial Institution
Officer Scale-II Specialist Officers (IT)	Bachelor’s degree from a recognised University in Electronics / Communication / Computer Science / Information Technology or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate. Desirable: Certificate in ASP, PHP, C++, Java, VB, VC, OCP etc	One year (in the relevant field)
Officer Scale-II Specialist Officers (CA)	Certified Associate (CA) from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India	One Year as a Chartered Accountant
Officer Scale-II Specialist Officers (Law officer)	Degree from a recognised University in Law or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate.	Two years as an advocate or should have worked as Law Officer in Banks or Financial Institutions for a period of not less than two years
Officer Scale-II Specialist Officers (Treasury Manager)	Chartered Accountant or MBA in Finance from a recognized university/ institution	One Year (in the relevant field)
Officer Scale-II Specialist Officers (Marketing Officer)	MBA in Marketing from a recognized university	One Year (in the relevant field)
Officer Scale-II Specialist Officers (Agriculture Officer)	Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture/ Horticulture/ Dairy/ Animal Husbandry/ Forestry/ Veterinary Science/ Agricultural Engineering/ Pisciculture from a recognized university or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate	Two Years (in the relevant field)
Officer Scale-III (Senior Manager)	Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized University or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate. Preference will be given to the candidates having Degree/ Diploma in Banking, Finance, Marketing, Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Agricultural Marketing and Co-operation, Information Technology, Management, Law, Economics and Accountancy	Minimum 5 years’ experience as an Officer in a Bank or Financial Institutions

 

IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022: Selection Process

The selection process for IBPS RRB Recruitment comprises of different exams that candidates have to appear for after sumitting the application form. The selection process differs for different posts:

• Officer Scale I: For this post, candiates have to appear in a Preliminary Examination, followed by Mains Examination and Interview to be finally selected.
• Officer Scale II and III: Candidates have to appear in a Single Level Examination and Interview.
• Office Assisatant: Candidates have to appear in a Preliminary Examination followed by Mains Examination. 

 

IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022: How To Apply

Candidates can start applying for IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022 from June 7, 2022 onwards by visiting the official website of IBPS. The last date to apply is June 27, 2022.
The steps to apply for IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022 are as follows:
1.Candidates  must visit  IBPS’s official website ibps.in and then click on the Home Page to open the link “CRP for RRBs” 
2. Click on “CLICK HERE TO APPLY ONLINE FOR CRP- RRBsOFFICERS (Scale-I, II and III)” or “CLICK HERE TO APPLY ONLINE FOR CRP- RRBs- OFFICE ASSISTANT (Multipurpose)” ” to open up the On-Line Application Form.
3.The next step is to click on “CLICK HERE FOR NEW REGISTRATION” to register their application by entering their basic information in the online application form.
4.After sucessfully registering they will have to login using their credentials and start filling up the online application form.
5.After filling the form , upload your photograph , signature , hand written declaration etc
6.Check the entire form carefully as you can't edit it once submitted and then click on COMPLETE REGISTRATION Button
7. Pay the fee , submit the form and then take a printout of form for future purpose.

The application fee is as follows:

Category	Application Fee
SC/ ST/ PwD/ XS	Rs. 175/-
General/ OBC/ EWS	Rs. 850/-

 

IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022: Exam Pattern

The exam will be conducted online whose structure is as follows. 
IBPS RRB Clerk Selection will be on the basis of preliminary exam, mains exam and thereafter will be the provisional allotment.
IBPS RRB Po Selection will be on the basis of preliminary exam, mains exam, interview and thereafter will be the provisional allotment.

Preliminary Exam

Office Assistant (Mulltipurpose)
 

Test	No of Questions	Maximum Marks
Reasoning	40	40
Numerical Ability	40	40
Total	80	80

The duration of the exam is 45 minutes.


Officer Scale-I

Test	No of Questions	Maximum Marks
Reasoning	40	40
Quantitative Aptitude	40	40
Total	80	80

The duration of the exam is 45 minutes.

Mains Exam

Office Assistant (Mulltipurpose)

Subject	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks
Reasoning	40	40
Computer Knowledge	40	40
General Awareness	40	40
English Language	40	40
Hindi Language	40	40
Numerical Ability	40	40
Total	200	200

The duration of the exam is 2 hours. Candidates can opt for either english language or hindi language.

Officer Scale-I

Subject	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks
Reasoning	40	40
Computer Knowledge	40	40
General Awareness	40	40
English Language	40	40
Hindi Language	40	40
Quantitative Aptitude	40	40
Total	200	200

The duration of the exam is 2 hours. Candidates can apt for either english language or hindi language.

Single Level Examination

Officer Scale-II (General Banking Officer)

Subject	Medium of Exam	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks
Reasoning	Hindi/English	40	50
Computer Knowledge	Hindi/English	40	20
Financial Awareness	Hindi/English	40	40
English Language	English	40	40
Hindi Language	Hindi	40	40
Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation	Hindi/English	40	50
Total		200	200

The duration of the exam is 2 hours. Candidates can apt for either english language or hindi language.

Officer Scale-II (Specialist Cadre)

Subject	Medium of Exam	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks
Reasoning	Hindi/English	40	40
Professional Knowledge	Hindi/English	40	40
Financial Awareness	Hindi/English	40	40
English Language	English	40	20
Hindi Language	Hindi	40	20
Computer Knowledge	Hindi/English	40	20
Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation	Hindi/English	40	20
Total		240	200

The duration of the exam is 2 hours and 30 minutes. Candidates can apt for either english language or hindi language.

Officer Scale- III

Subject	Medium of Exam	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks
Reasoning	Hindi/English	40	50
Computer Knowledge	Hindi/English	40	20
Financial Awareness	Hindi/English	40	40
English Language	English	40	40
Hindi Language	Hindi	40	40
Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation	Hindi/English	40	50
Total		200	200

The duration of the exam is 2 hours. Candidates can apt for either english language or hindi language.

NOTE: In all the exams a penalty of 1/4 will be applicable in case of a wrong answer. 

IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022: Syllabus

IBPS RRB Syllabus for prelims and mains exam is as follows:

IBPS RRB PO Prelims Syllabus 2022

Reasoning
The topics from which questions are asked in Reasoning Section are as follows:

• Puzzles and Seating Arrangement
• Syllogism
• Coding-Decoding
• Inequality
• Blood Relation
• Alphanumeric Series
• Direction Sense
• Order and Ranking

Quantitative Aptitude

• Number Series
• Simplification/ Approximation
• Quadratic Equations
• Data Interpretation
• Miscellaneous

Prelims syllabus for IBPS RRB Clerk is also more or less the same as above.

IBPS RRB Mains Syllabus 2022

• Reasoning
• Input-output
• Coding-decoding
• Verbal and Logical Reasoning
• Alphanumeric Series/ Alphabet Test
• Data Sufficiency

Quantitative Aptitude

• Number Series
• Simplification/ Approximation
• Quadratic Equations
• Data Interpretation
• Miscellaneous

English/Hindi Language

• Comprehension
• Cloze Test
• Error Detection
• Sentence Improvement
• Parajumbles
• Spelling correction
• Idioms and Phrases
• Odd one out

General Awareness

• Current Affairs
• Banking Awareness
• Static General Awareness

Computer Knowledge

• History of Computers
• Internet
• Hardware Components
• Software and Operating System
• Database Management System
• MS Office (Word/ Excel/ Powerpoint)
• Important Shortcuts and Abbreviations

 

IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022: Cut-Off

IBPS RRB Officer Scale I Prelims Cut-Off 2020

State	Cut-off
UP	Gen: 47 Obc: 46.75
J& K	Gen: 52
Rajasthan	Gen/ Obc: 66
Gujarat	Gen: 59.75 Obc: 59.75
Andhra Pradesh	Gen: 52.75
Odisha	Gen: 62.75
Jharkhand	Obc: 54 .25
Haryana	Gen: 60.50
Bihar	Gen: 48
Maharashtra	Obc: 47.25
Tamilnadu	Obc: 54
Chhattisgarh	Gen: 43.25
West Bengal	General: 52
Madhya Pradesh	44.25

IBPS RRB Office Assitant Prelims Cut-off 2020

State	Cut off
Uttar Pradesh	73
Madhya Pradesh	66.75
Gujarat	78.25
Telangana	71.25
Bihar	75.5
Andhra Pradesh	76.25
Odisha	79.75
Himachal Pradesh	71.25
Rajasthan	78.75
West Bengal	77.75
Chhattisgarh	70.5
Jammu & Kashmir	73.5
Maharashtra	67

  

IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022: Salary

Along with all the other information, it is also important to know IBPS RRB Salary which is as follows for different posts:

Posts	Pay Scale
Office Assistant (Multipurpose)	Rs 15,000-19,000
Officer Scale I	Rs 29,000-33,000
Officer Scale II	Rs 33,000-39,000
Officer Scale III	Rs 38,000- 44,000

Other than this, IBPS RRB Officers are also eligible for various perks and allowances which are as follows:

• Dearness Allowance: 46.5% of the basic pay.
• House Rent Allowance: For Rural Areas: 5% of the basic pay

                                                    For Semi-urban Areas: 7.5% of the basic pay
                                     
                                                    For Urban Areas: 10% of the basic pay

• Special Allowance: 7.75% of the basic pay.
• Travel Allowance
• Medical Allowance
• Pension

IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022: Job Profile and Career Growth

The roles and responsibilities of RRB Officers are as follows:
Officer Scale I: He/ She performs the following tasks:

• Retail banking operations
• Loan disbursement
• Monitoring credit portfolio
• NPA recoverya
• Audit report preparation, etc.

Office Assitant: This is a clerical level job. Office Assitant performs various function such as pening account, cash transactions, passbook printing, fund/ balance transfers, etc.

Career Growth

After serving a probation period of two years after which the promotion takes place in the following manner:

• IBPS RRB Officer Scale I (PO) 
• Assistant Manager  
• Deputy Manager
• Branch Manager
• Senior Branch Manager
• Chief Manager
• Assistant General Manager
• Deputy General Manager  
• General Manager

Similarly Office Assitants serve a probation period of one year after which they are offered ample of opportunities for promotion.
 

IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022: Previous Year Paper Analysis

IBPS Prelims Exam for Officer Scale I

The preliminary exam of IBPS RRB Recruitment 2020 was easy to moderate in terms of difficulty level. The candidates said that they could easily attempt a good number of questions in the exam.

IBPS Prelims Exam for Office Assistant

The difficulty level of the overall paper was easy to moderate. Along with this, the difficulty level of important sections such as quantitative aptitude and reasoning was also easy to moderate.

IBPS Mains Exam for Officer Scale I

IBPS Mains Exam for Office Assistant

 

IBPS RRB Recruitment 2022: Previous Year Trends 

 

IBPS RRB 2022 Recruitment: Tips To Prepare

Candidates who are preparng for IBPS RRB Exam 2022 can follow these tips to prepare for the exam:

• Understand the syllabus and pattern of the exam and make a schedule for yourself
• Divide the syllabus into weak, moderate and strong segments as per your grasp over the different topics in syllabus
• Give more time to topics that you are weak in
• Practice as many questions as possible for Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Section
• Solve Previous Year Question Papers
• Attempt as many mock tests as possible

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