Reserve Bank of India (RBI) conducts recruitment examination for RBI Grade B. Reserve Bank of India will release the notification for Grade B recruitment in July 2019. Candidates who are interested in Grade B recruitment will be able to apply soon. RBI Grade B Application Form 2019 will be available on the official website of RBI i.e www.rbi.org.in. Last year RBI has examined 166 vacancies. For more information on RBI Grade B recruitment 2019, such as important dates, applications, eligibility criteria etc. please read this article in full.
RBI Grade B 2019
- Candidate should be an Indian citizen or a subject of Nepal or a subject of Bhutan or a Tibetan refugee.
- Candidate must have completed 21 years of age.
- Candidate must have a bachelor’s degree in any discipline or equivalent.
RBI Grade B Schedule
| Event | Date |
| Application Start date | 21 September 2019 |
| Last date to apply | 11 October 2019 |
| Admit Card Issue date | to be announced |
| Officers in Gr B (DR) General Phase I | 09 November 2019 |
| Officers in Gr B (DR) DEPR* Paper II | 01 December 2019 |
| Officers in Gr B (DR) DSIM@ Paper II | 09 November 2019 |
| Officers in Gr B (DR) General Phase II | 01 December 2019 |
| Result | Will be announced |
RBI Grade B Vacancy Details
Last year in 2019, RBI has released 199 vacancies for Grade B post. After releasing the latest notification, we will update the vacancies here.
Name of Post
- Officers in Grade ‘B’(DR)- General – 156 Post
- Officers in Grade ‘B’(DR)- DEPR (Department of Economics and Policy Research) – 20 Posts
- Officers in Grade ‘B’(DR)- DSIM (Department of Statistics and Information Management) – 23 Posts
RBI Grade B Eligibility Criteria
Reserve Bank of India has decided some eligibility criteria for Grade B recruitment. Candidates can check their eligibility here:
RBI Grade B Nationality
Candidate must be:
- A citizen of India. Or
- A subject of Nepal. Or
- A subject of Bhutan. Or
- A Tibetan Refugee who came to India before 1st January 1962, to permanently settle in India. Or
- An Indian origin person who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam intending to permanently settle in India.
RBI Grade B Age Limit
- The candidate should have completed the age of 21 years, but not exceed than 30 years of age.
- Candidate should be born between July 02, 1989 to July 01, 1998.
- Upper Category Candidate will get relaxation in upper age limit.
| Category | Age Relaxation |
| SC/ST | 5 years |
| OBC | 3 years |
| PwD Gen/EWS | 10 years |
| Ex-Servicemen | 5 years |
| Persons Ordinarily domiciled of the state of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 01 Jan 1980 to 31 Dec 1989 | 5 years |
| Persons affected by 1984 riots | 5 years |
RBI Grade B Educational Qualification
Officers in Grade ‘B’ (DR) – (General)
- Candidates must have an undergraduate degree with minimum 60% marks (50% in case of SC / ST / PWD) as well as 12th (or diploma or equivalent) and equivalent grade in the 10th-grade exam.
Officers in Grade ‘B’ (DR) – DEPR
- Candidates must have a master’s degree in Economics / Econometrics / Quantitative Economics / Mathematical Economics / Integrated Economics Course/ Finance, with a minimum of 55% marks or its equivalent grade.
- SC, ST and PWD candidates having a second class with a minimum of 50% marks in their master degree.
Officers in Grade ‘B’ (DR) – DSIM
- Candidates must have 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 its equivalent grade. OR
- Must have a master’s degree in Mathematics with a minimum of 55% marks and a one-year postgraduate diploma in Statistics or related subjects.
- M.Stat. Degree of Indian Statistical Institute with a minimum of 55% marks.
- 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.
Number of Attempts
- Candidates who are belongings from unreserved category i.e General Category has only six chances to apply for RBI Grade B.
- There is no such condition for the candidates who belong to the reserved category.
RBI Grade B Application Form 2019
Reserve Bank of India conducts annual examination for Grade B recruitment. Applications for RBI Grade B recruitment can be issued on 21 September 2019. Candidates can fill their applications with RBI’s official website. Candidates will have to register themselves through their email ID and mobile number.
Application Fee
| Category | Fee |
| General & OBC | ₹ 850/- |
| SC/ST/PWD | ₹ 100/- |
| RBI Staff | Nill |
How to apply for RBI Grade B 2019?
- Candidates will have to go to the official website first, i.e. www.rbi.org.in.
- Scroll down the page, here you can see “Opportunities@RBI” link. Click on it.
- Now in the open page, you will see the link “Click here for DIRECT RECRUITMENT FOR THE POSTS IN COMMON SENIORITY GROUP (CSG) STREAMS”, click on that link.
- Now you have to fill in your name, email id, phone number and other information. After completing the registration process, candidates will get a registration number.
- Now, candidates have to upload their photo, signature, left thumb mark and handwritten manifesto.
- Then you have to click on “Save and Next”.
- Now you have to pay the application fee.
- After making the payment, you have to click on the final submission.
- Save the application form for reference purpose.
RBI Grade B Admit card 2019
Admit card for RBI Grade B Officer Recruitment 2019 will be available before the exam. Reserve Bank of India will issue the Grade B Admit card 2019 on the official website of RBI. Candidates are advised to take a photo ID along with the admit card at the examination centre.
Photo ID you have to carry
- PAN Card
- Passport
- Permanent Driving Licence
- Voter’s Card
- Bank Passbook with a photograph
- Photo identity proof issued by a Gazetted Officer
- Identity Card issued by a recognised college/ university
- Aadhar Card/E-Aadhar card
- Employee ID
Exam Centre
Online Examination Centres for Phase I (Gr B (DR)-General) / Paper I (DEPR/DSIM)
| State /UT | Centre | State /UT | Centre |
| Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Gwalior , Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Ujjain |
| Andhra Pradesh | Guntur, Kakinada, Tirupati, Chirala, Kurnool, Nellore, Vijaywada, Rajahmundry, Vizianagaram Vishakhapatnam | Maharashtra | Imphal |
| Assam | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur | Meghalaya | Shillong |
| Bihar | Arrah, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur,
Patna |
Mizoram | Aizawl |
| Chandigarh | Chandigarh- Mohali | Nagaland | Kohima |
| Chhattisgarh | Raipur, Bhilai, Bilaspur (CG) | New Delhi | Delhi-NCR, Delhi, Ghaziabad, Noida& Greater Noida, Faridabad, Meerut, Gurugram |
| Daman & Diu | Rajkot | Orissa | Balasore, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Rourkela, Sambalpur |
| Goa | Panaji | Puducherry | Puducherry |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad, Anand, Mehsana, Gandhi Nagar,
Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara |
Punjab | Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala |
| Haryana | Ambala, Hissar, Kurukshetra, Karnal | Rajasthan | Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur |
| Himachal Pradesh | Hamirpur, Solan, Shimla | Sikkim | Gangtok-Bardang City |
| Jammu &
Kashmir |
Jammu | Tamilnadu | Chennai, Coimbatore, Erode, Madurai,
Virudhunagar, Dindigul Salem, Namakkal, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelvelli, |
| Jharkhand | Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribaug, Jamshedpur,
Ranchi |
Telangana | Hyderabad- Rangareddy,
Karimnagar, Warangal |
| Karnataka | Bengaluru, Gulbarga, Hubli, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udipi | Tripura | Agartala |
| Kerala | Kannur, Kochi, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Thrichur, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, | Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Allahabad, Aligarh, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzzafarnagar, Varanasi |
| Lakshadweep | Kavarrati | Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee City |
| West Bengal | Asansol, Berhampore (WB), Kolkata, Greater Kolkata, Hooghly, Kalyani, Siliguri |
Centres for Phase II Gr B- (DR) (General) / Paper-II &III (DEPR/DSIM)
| Name of the Centres | |
| Ahmedabad – Gandhi Nagar | Jammu |
| Bengaluru | Kanpur |
| Bhopal | Kochi |
| Bhubaneswar | Lucknow |
| Kolkata | Mumbai- Navi Mumbai |
| Chandigarh- Mohali | Nagpur |
| Chennai | New Delhi- NCR |
| Guwahati | Patna |
| Hyderabad | Pune |
| Jaipur | Thiruvananthapuram |
RBI Grade B Selection Process and Exam Pattern 2019
Phase I (Online Exam)
- Total duration – 2 hours
- Maximum score – 200
- Types of Questions – Multiple Choice
| Subject | Total Marks |
| General Awareness | 200 |
| English Language | |
| Quantitative Aptitude | |
| Reasoning |
Phase-II online Examination
| Name of Paper | Type of Paper | Time (Minutes) | Marks |
| Paper-I: Economic and Social Issues | Objective Type | 90 | 100 |
| Paper-II: English (Writing Skills) | Descriptive, to be typed with the help of the keyboard | 90 | 100 |
| Paper-III: Finance and Management | Objective type | 90 | 100 |
RBI Grade B Result 2019
Reserve Bank of India will declare the result of RBI Grade B Result after the examination. The Result will be declared held in two phases. Candidates who will be qualified in the phase-I exam will be selected for the phase II examination. After the examination RBI will conduct the interview process for Grade B selection. After that RBI declare the final list for the selected candidates.
Official Schedule notice- Candidates can view official schedule notice by doing Click Here.
RBI Grade B: Official notification
Now you are aware of all the information about the RBI Grade B exam in detail. To know more information you can check the Official website of RBI, read to find the information of syllabus, pattern, cut-off, eligibility criteria and much more.
