IBPS CRP RRB VIII NOTIFICATION
The online examinations for the next Common Recruitment Process for RRBs (CRP RRBs VIII) for
recruitment of Group “A”-Officers (Scale-I, II & III) and Group “B”-Office Assistant (Multipurpose)
will be conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) tentatively in August and
September 2019. The interviews for recruitment of Group “A”- Officers (Scale-I, II & III) under
the same process will be coordinated by the Nodal Regional Rural Banks with the help of NABARD
and IBPS in consultation with appropriate authority tentatively in the month of November 2019.
Any eligible candidate, who aspires to join any of the Regional Rural Banks listed at (A) as Group “A”-Officers
(Scale- I, II & III) and Group “B”-Office Assistant (Multipurpose), is required to register for the Common
Recruitment Process (CRP for RRBs-VIII). For the posts of Officers Scale I and Office Assistant (Multi-purpose) the
examination will be two tier i.e. the Online Examination will be held in two phases, Preliminary and Main. For the
post of Office Assistant (Multi-purpose), candidates who will qualify in Preliminary Examination and shortlisted will
have to appear for Main Examination. They will be provisionally allotted on the basis of the marks obtained by them
in the Main Examination and the vacancies reported by the RRBs. For the post of Officers Scale I, candidates who
will qualify in Preliminary Examination and shortlisted will have to appear for Main Examination and shortlisted
candidates in the Main Examination will subsequently be called for a Common Interview to be coordinated by the
Nodal Regional Rural Banks with the help of NABARD and IBPS in consultation with appropriate authority. For the
post of Scale II (Generalist and Specialists) and Scale III, candidates will appear for Single Online Examination and
shortlisted candidates in the Single Online Examination will subsequently be called for a Common Interview to be
coordinated by the Nodal Regional Rural Banks with the help of NABARD and IBPS in consultation with appropriate
authority. Depending on the vacancies as per the business needs of the Regional Rural Banks and as reported
to IBPS, candidates shortlisted will be provisionally allotted to one of the Regional Rural Banks keeping in
view the merit cum preference (state wise for Officers in Scale I and Office Assistant (Multipurpose)), the
spirit of Govt. Guidelines on reservation policy, administrative convenience, etc. The validity for CRP for
RRBs-VIII will automatically expire at the close of business on the day which is one year after the date of
Provisional Allotment or until a fresh provisional allotment is made, whichever is earlier, with or without giving
any notice.
Indicative post-wise and category-wise vacancies of each of the Regional Rural Banks are given vide
Annexure-I. Recruitment in RRBs is a dynamic process which depends upon restriction imposed, business
volume, business growth, health of the organizations, branch expansion, internal and external factors,
structural changes etc. Vacancies mentioned here are indicative and anticipated as communicated by the
RRBs. However, Provisional allotment will be made based on the actual vacancies reported by the RRBs.
This system of Common Recruitment Process- (Online examination, Common Interview and Provisional Allotment
in Regional Rural Banks) has the approval of the appropriate authorities.
IBPS, an autonomous body, has received a mandate from the organisations mentioned at (A) below, to conduct the
recruitment process as mentioned above, once a year. IBPS will make arrangements for conducting Online Preliminary
Examination for Officers Scale I and Office Assistant (Multipurpose) and declare result of Online Preliminary
Examination. IBPS will inform the shortlisted candidates about the Online Main Examination. There will be a Single
Level Examination for Officers Scale II and Officers Scale III. IBPS will declare the results of the Main / Single
Examination and inform the shortlisted candidates about the interview in the case of Officers Scale I, II and III.
Interviews will be coordinated by Nodal Regional Rural Banks with the help of NABARD and IBPS in consultation
with appropriate authority. For Office Assistant (Multipurpose), the final allotment will be done on the basis of the
candidate’s performance in the Online Main Examination and the vacancies reported by the RRBs. Prospective
candidates will have to apply at authorized IBPS website after carefully reading the advertisement regarding the process
of examinations, interview (wherever applicable) and provisional allotment, eligibility criteria, online registration
processes, payment of prescribed application fee / intimation charges, pattern of examination, issuance of call letters
etc. and ensure that they fulfil the stipulated criteria and follow the prescribed processes.
