RBI GRADE B NOTIFICATION 2022
Updated On : 15 Mar, 2022
RBI GRADE B OVERVIEW
It is expected that RBI Grade B 2022 official notification will be released in January 2022.The mode of application is online. The exam will be held in two stages Phase-I and Phase II.
WHAT IS RBI GRADE B?
The RBI Grade B examination is conducted by the Reserve Bank of India every year to recruit Officers in Grade B (General). It is a reputed job with employment stability.
The official notification for RBI Grade B 2022 has not been released yet on the official website of RBI. The official notification includes eligibility criteria, exam pattern, and other important details. Check the official notification of RBI Grade B 2021 from the link given below. Click Here
RBI Grade-b 2022: Important Date :-
EVENTS | DATES |
Release of RBI Grade B Notification | Early 2022 |
Application Form Starts | To be notified |
Online Payment of Application Fees / Intimation Charges | To be notified |
Phase-I Exam Date | To be notified |
Phase-I Result | To be notified |
Phase I Cut off | To be notified |
Phase II Call letter | To be notified |
Phase-II Exam Date | To be notified |
RBI GRADE B APPLICATION
Following are the steps to apply for RBI Grade B recruitment.
Step 1: Go to the official section of RBI and click on the opportunities section.
Step 2: Click on the current vacancies section
Step 3: click on “RBI grade B recruitment 2022” link
Step 4: click on the link of ‘new registration’.
Step 5: fill up all the important information as per your official documents.
Step 6: click save and upload scanned photo and signature.
Step 7: before submitting check all the details carefully.
Step 8: At last, pay the application fee online through debit/credit card.
Step 9: take the print of the application form for future use.
Application Fees 2022
Candidates should pay the fee as per their category. The details are given below:
CATEGORY | APPLICATION FEES |
SC/ST/PWD | Rs. 100 |
Gen/OBC/EWS | Rs. 850 |
Staff of RBI | NIL |
RBI GRADE B ADMIT CARD
The admit card for RBI Grade-B Exam 2022 will be available on the official website
The admit card of phase II will be issued to those candidates who will qualify the Phase-I examination
The applicants must download their admit cards by entering the registration number. They must carry it along with valid ID proof.
RBI GRADE B ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
It is compulsory to fulfil the eligibility criteria as stated by the RBI.
• Age Limit for RBI Grade B
Minimum age limit: 21 years For candidates possessing M.Phil. and Ph.D. qualification, the upper age limit will be 32 and 34 years respectively. |
Furthermore, the candidates from the reserved category are eligible for relaxation in the upper age limit as per the Government of India norm.
CATEGORY | AGE RELAXATION |
SC/ST | 5 years |
OBC | 3 years |
Physically Handicapped | 10 years |
PH+OBC | 13 years |
PH+SC/ST | 15 years |
• Educational Qualifications
The details of required educational qualifications are given below:
RBI GRADE B POST | EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS |
Officers in Grade ‘B’ (DR) – (General) | Graduation in any discipline /Equivalent technical or professional qualification with minimum 60% marks (50% for SC/ST/PWD applicants) or Post-Graduation / Equivalent technical qualification with minimum 55% marks (pass marks for SC/ST/PWD applicants) in aggregate of all semesters / years. |
Officers in Grade ‘B’ (DR) - (DEPR) | a. 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 b. 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 c. Master’s Degree in Economics in any of the subcategories 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. |
Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) – DSIM | a. 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 b. 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 c. M. Stat. Degree of Indian Statistical Institute with a minimum of 55% marks in aggregate of all semesters / years; OR d. 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. |
• Nationality
A candidate must be either: a citizen of India, or Nepal, or Bhutan, or a Tibetan refugee who came 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
• RBI Grade B Exam Number of attempts
The RBI has specified the number of attempts for each category. Check the number of attempts category wise below.
General Candidates. : 6 Attempts |
SC/ ST/ OBC/ PWD Candidates : No bar on number of attempts |
RBI GRADE B EXAM PATTERN
RBI Grade B Phase-I Exam Pattern:
There will be no sectional time limit. It comprises four sections. The overall time limit is 120 minutes.
The marks for each section are given below: -
Subjects | Number of questions | Maximum marks | Duration |
General Awareness | 80 | 80 | 120 minutes |
Quantitative Aptitude | 30 | 30 | |
English Language | 30 | 30 | |
Reasoning | 60 | 60 | |
Total | 200 | 200 |
RBI Grade B Phase-II Exam Pattern
There will be three sections in phase II and the time limit of each section is 90 minutes.
There are three separate papers in the main exam.
Each paper will be of 100 marks.
English paper is a descriptive test.
Paper | Format | Duration | Marks |
Paper-I Economic & Social Issues | Objective | 30 Minutes | 50 |
Descriptive | 90 Minutes | 50 | |
Paper-II English (Writing Skills) 3 Questions | Descriptive | 90 Minutes | 100 |
Paper-III Finance and Management | Objective | 30 Minutes | 50 |
Descriptive | 90 Minutes | 50 |
RBI GRADE B SYLLABUS
RBI Grade B syllabus is similar to the syllabus of various other banks exams.
Grade B Phase-I Syllabus:
English: Grammar Vocabulary, Error Spotting, Comprehension, Passage Making, Jumble words, Fill in the blanks, Sentence Framing.
Reasoning: Puzzles, Seating Arrangement, Directions and Distance, Data Sufficiency, Blood Relations, Syllogism, Coding-Decoding, Inequality
Quantitative Aptitude: Mensuration, Time and Work, Average, Ratio, Percentages, Speed, Distance and Time, Mixture and Allegations, Permutation and Combination, Data Interpretation, Probability
General Awareness: Banking & Financial Awareness, Monetary Policies, Economic Terms, Current Affairs, Financial & Economics News, Static GK, Government Schemes, Agreement & Deals, Banking terms, rates, processes
RBI Grade B Phase-II Exam Syllabus:
Paper-I: Economic and Social Sciences: Growth and Development,
Measurement of growth: National Income and per capita income,
Sustainable Development and Environmental issues, Poverty Alleviation and Employment Generation in India, Economic Reforms in India
Industrial and Labour Policy, Monetary and Fiscal Policy, IMF and World Bank, WTO, Regional Economic Cooperation, Social Structure in India, Demographic Trends, Urbanization and Migration, Gender Issues, Multiculturalism, Privatization, Role of Economic Planning, Globalization, Balance of Payments, Export-Import Policy, Opening up of the Indian Economy, International Economic Institutions
Social Justice: Positive Discrimination in favour of the underprivileged, Social Sectors in India, Social Movements, Indian Political System, Human Development, Health, and Education.
Paper-II: English (Writing Skills): This paper assesses the writing skill that includes the capability of expressing and understanding the topic
Paper-III: Finance and Management:
Finance: Financial System, Regulators of Banks and Financial Institutions, Banking System in India
Financial Institutions – SIDBI, EXIM, NABARD, NHB, etc,
Financial Markets Primary and Secondary Markets
Risk Management in Banking Sector
Reserve Bank of India- functions, and conduct monetary policy
Basics of Derivatives:
Forward, Futures, and Swap
Changing Landscape of Banking sector
Recent Developments in the Financial Sector
Portfolio Investment
Public Sector Reforms
Role of e-governance in addressing the issues of corruption
and inefficiency in the government sector
The Union Budget:
Direct and Indirect taxes, non-tax sources of Revenue, GST, Thirteenth Finance Commission and GST, Finance Commission, Fiscal Policy, Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act (FRBM), Disinvestments, Financial Inclusion- use of technology, Alternate source of finance, Private and social cost-benefit, Public-Private Partnership Corporate Governance in Banking Sector
Inflation:
Definition, Trends, estimates, consequences, and remedies (control): WPI, CPI – components, and trends.
Management: its nature and scope:
The Management Processes; Planning, Organisation, Staffing,
Directing, and Controlling, The Role of a Manager in an Organisation Leadership: The Tasks of a Leader; Leadership Styles, Goals of HRD, Performance Appraisal, Potential appraisal, Leadership Theories, A successful Leader versus an effective Leader, Human Resource Development, Concept of HRD and development, Feedback and Performance Counselling, Career Planning, Training and Development, Rewards, Employee Welfare.
Motivation, Morale, and Incentives:
Theories of Motivation
How Managers Motivate
Concept of Morale
Factors determining morale
Role of Incentives in Building up Morale.
Communication:
Steps in the Communication Process
Communication Channels
Oral versus Written Communication
Barriers to Communication
Role of Information Technology
Verbal versus non-verbal Communication
upward, downward and lateral communication.
Corporate Governance:
Mechanisms of Corporate Governance
Factors affecting Corporate Governance
RBI GRADE B POST
The number of vacancies for 2022 has not been released yet. However, we have an estimation about the vacancies in view of the same in 2021. The below table gives the details.
S. No. | POST NAMES | VACANCIES |
1 | Officers in Grade ‘B’(DR)- General-PY | 270 |
2 | Officers in Grade ‘B’(DR)- DEPR*-PY | 29 |
3 | Officers in Grade ‘B’(DR)- DSIM-PY | 23 |
TOTAL | 322 |
RBI GRADE B SALARY
starting basic pay of ₹35,150/-p.m. in the pay scale of Rs. 35150-1750(9)-50900-EB-1750 (2) - 54400-2000(4)-62400 (16 years) applicable to Officers in Grade B and candidates will also be eligible for Dearness Allowance, Local Allowance, House Rent Allowance, Family allowance and Grade Allowance as per rules in force from time to time
RBI GRADE B CUT OFF
As per the authorities of the Reserve Bank of India the details of previous year cut-off Given below.
Subject | GENERAL/UR | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | PWD |
General Awareness | 16.00 | 16.00 | 12.00 | 10.25 | 10.25 | 10.25 |
Reasoning | 12.00 | 12.00 | 9.00 | 7.75 | 7.75 | 7.75 |
English Language | 6.00 | 6.00 | 4.50 | 3.75 | 3.75 | 3.75 |
Quantitative Aptitude | 6.00 | 6.00 | 4.50 | 3.75 | 3.75 | 3.75 |
Total Score | 66.75 | 66.75 | 63.75 | 53.50 | 52.75 | 52.75 |
RBI GRADE B EXAM 2022 RESULTS
The prelim result will be released on the official site after the prelims exam. Candidates should check from there. After prelims in similar way they can check mains result.
RBI GRADE B EXAM CENTERS
RBI Grade B 2022 Exam Centres for Prelims Exam
States /UTs | RBI grade b exam centres for prelims |
Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair |
Andhra Pradesh & Telangana | Guntur, Narasaraopet, Hyderabad, Rangareddy-Kodada, Karimnagar, Warangal, Rajahmundry, Kakinada, Tirupati, Chittoor, Vijayawada , Kanchikacherla, Gudlavalleru, Eluru, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram |
Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar, Naharlagun city |
Assam | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar |
Bihar | Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Patna |
Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
Chattisgarh | Raipur, Bhilai |
Daman & Diu | Jamnagar |
Goa | Varna |
Gujarat | Ahmedabad, Gandhi Nagar, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara |
Haryana | Hissar, Karnal, Rohtak |
Himachal Pradesh | Dharamsala, Shimla |
Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu |
Jharkhand | Bokaro, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi |
Karnataka | Belgaum, Bagalkot, Bengaluru, Chikaballapur, Kolar, Tumkur, Gulbarga, Bidar, Hubli, Dharwad, Haliyal, Gadag, Mangalore, Mysore, Mandya, Udipi |
Kerala | Kannur, Kasargod, Kochi, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Pathanamthitta, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Thrichur, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Nagarcoil |
Lakshadweep | Kavaratti |
Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur |
Maharashtra | Aurangabad, Kolhapur, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Nagpur, Nasik, Pune, Solapur |
Manipur | Imphal |
Meghalaya | Shillong |
Mizoram | Aizawl |
Nagaland | Kohima |
New Delhi | Delhi –NCR |
Orissa | Balasore, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Sambalpur |
Puducherry | Cuddalore, Villupuram |
Punjab | Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala |
Rajasthan | Ajmer, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur |
Sikkim | Gangtok, Bardang City |
Tamilnadu | Chennai, Vellore, Coimbatore, Erode, Thirupur, Madurai, Virudhunagar, Dindigul Salem, Namakkal, Tiruchirapalli, Perambalur, Pudukottai, Thanjavur, Tirunelvelli, Kanyakumari, Tuticorin |
Tripura | Agartala |
Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Allahabad, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi |
Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Haldwani, Nainital, Roorkee City |
West Bengal | Berhampore (WB), Durgapur, Kolkata, Greater Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly, Kalyani, Siliguri |
RBI Grade B 2022 Exam Centres for Mains Exam
Ahmedabad | Jammu |
Bengaluru | Kanpur |
Bhopal | Kochi |
Bhubaneswar | Lucknow |
Kolkata | Mumbai |
Chandigarh | New Delhi |
Chennai | Nagpur |
Guwahati | Thiruvananthapuram |
Hyderabad | Pune |
Jaipur | Patna |