Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
ADVERTISEMENT NO. 1 /Asst./2012-13

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit www.rbi.org.in or refer to the Emloyment News dated 8 June 2013, page no. 39

IMPORTANT DATES:
Website Link Open :30.05.2013 to 20.06.2013
Payment of Online: 30.05.2013 to 20.06.2013
 Examination Fees At Bank Branches: 03.06.2013 to 24.06.2013
Date of Online Test: 20.07.2013, 21.07.2013, 27.07.2013, 28.07.2013

Applications are invited from eligible Indian Citizens for the post of Assistant in Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

RECRUITMENT OF ASSISTANTS

Post: Assistants
No. of posts: 525, out of which 03 for VH
State wise vacancies: Bhopal: 01, Kolkata: 01, Mumbai: 01
Age: 18-28 years
Educational Qualifications: At least a Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline with a minimum of 50% marks (pass class for SC/ST/PWD candidates) in the aggregate and the knowledge of word processing on PC.

Pay Scale: Rs. 8,040 – 20,100

For being considered as a Visually Handicapped candidate, the candidate should fulfill either of the following conditions:

(a) Total absence of sight.
(b) With visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with correcting lenses.
(c) With limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degrees or worse.

Guidelines for PWD Using of scribe:

The blind candidates/low vision candidates and candidates who are locomotor impaired in both hands and both arms and candidates whose writing speed is affected by cerebral palsy can use own scribe at their cost during the online examination. In all such cases where a scribe is used, the following rules will apply:

Both the candidate as well as the scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking in the prescribed format with passport size photograph of scribe. Further, in case it later transpires that he/she did not fulfil any of the laid-down criteria or suppressed material facts, the candidature of the applicant will stand cancelled, irrespective of the result of the online test. Proforma of the undertaking is available on the RBI website.

Such candidates who use a scribe shall be eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes for every hour of the examination.

The scribe will be allowed to be used as per the guidelines issued vide Office Memorandum F.No.16-110/2003-DDIII dated February 26, 2013 of Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Department of Disability Affairs, New Delhi.

Relaxation in the Upper Age Limit:
Persons with Disabilities (PWD): By 10 years (GEN) 13 years (OBC) & 15 years (SC/ST)

Candidates seeking age relaxation are required to submit copies of necessary certificate(s) at the time of interview.

Selected candidates will be initially posted in RBI’s office within the Recruitment Zone for which they had applied. However, they are liable to be transferred in administrative exigencies to centres grouped and classified into West, South, North and East Zone offices as under:
(a) West Zone:
Ahmedabad, Bhopal (including Raipur), Mumbai (including Belapur), Nagpur,Pune and Panaji.
(b) South Zone:
Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram.
(c) North Zone:
Chandigarh (including Shimla), Jaipur, Jammu / Srinagar, Kanpur, Lucknow (including Dehradun) and New Delhi.
(d) East Zone:
Bhubaneswar, Guwahati (including all North Eastern states), Kolkata and Patna (including Ranchi).

How to Apply:

Candidates can apply online only from 30.05.2013 to 20.06.2013 and no other mode of application will be accepted.

The candidates should have a valid personal email ID, which should be kept active till the declaration of results of this recruitment process.

RBI may send intimation about downloading call letters through e mail and SMS.

APPLICATION FEE (NON‐REFUNDABLE): No fee for SC/ST/PWD/EXS/Staff

Candidates can apply for vacancies in one State only and will have to appear for online test from a centre of that particular State. For example, candidate applying to Hyderabad centre can appear from Andhra Pradesh only.

Candidates need not submit /send at any address, application printouts or any certificates or copies thereof at the time of online application.

Their candidature will be considered on the strength of the information declared in the application. If at any stage, it is found that any information furnished in the online application is false/ incorrect or if according to RBI, the candidate does not satisfy the eligibility criteria, his/ her candidature/ appointment is liable to be cancelled/ terminated.

The candidates will have to appear for the exam at their own cost.

However, candidates called for interview are entitled to 2nd AC to & fro railway fare/ bus fare by shortest route from the place of their residence/ work to the place of interview, whichever nearer, on production of evidence of travel (Rail / bus ticket/receipt etc).