Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)
COMMON RECRUITMENT PROCESS FOR
RECRUITMENT OF PROBATIONARY OFFICERS/ MANAGEMENT TRAINEES
IN PARTICIPATING BANKS (For Vacancies of 2025-26 )
Authorised Website: www.ibps.in
In case of queries / complaints please log in to https://cgrs.ibps.in

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit :https://www.ibps.in/wp-content/uploads/Detailed-Notification_CRP-PO-XIV_...
Last date for receipt of application: 01.08.2024 to 21.08.2024
Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online): 01.08.2024 to 21.08.2024
Conduct of Pre-Examination Training (PET) : September, 2024
Download of call letters for Online examination –Preliminary: October, 2024
Online Examination – Preliminary: October,2024
Result of Online examination – Preliminary: October/ November, 2024
Download of Call letter for Online examination –Main: November, 2024
Online Examination – Main: November, 2024
Declaration of Result- Main Examination: December 2024/ January 2025
Conduct of Interview: January/ February 2025
Provisional Allotment: April, 2025

Post: PROBATIONARY OFFICERS/ MANAGEMENT TRAINEES
No. of posts and Participating Bank
BANK OF INDIA: 08 forVisually Impaired
CANARA BANK:08 for Visually Impaired
CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA: 20 for Visually Impaired
INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK: 02 for Visually Impaired
PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK: 02
PUNJAB & SIND BANK: 04 for Visually Impaired

Total: 44 posts for Visually Impaired
Age: 20-30 years
i.e. A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.08.1994 and not later than 01.08.2004 (both dates inclusive)

Age Relaxation: 10 years for PwD candidates.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: 
A Degree (Graduation) in any discipline from a University recognised by the Govt. Of India or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government. The candidate must possess valid Mark-sheet / Degree Certificate that he/ she is a graduate on the day he / she registers and indicate the percentage of marks obtained in Graduation while registering online.

Visual Impairment (“VI” Category):
Only those Visually Impaired (VI) persons who suffer from any one of the following conditions, after best correction, are eligible to apply.

a. Blindness:
i. Total absence of sight; OR
ii. Visual acuity less than 3/60 or less than 10/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with best
possible correction; OR
iii. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than 10 degree. OR b. Low Vision:
i. Visual acuity not exceeding 6/18 or less than 20/60 upto 3/60 or upto 10/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with best possible corrections; OR
ii. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than 40 degree up to 10 degree.

Guidelines for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities/ Specified Disabilities using a Scribe

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 by Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Department of Disability Affairs, New Delhi and clarification issued by Government of India, Ministry of Finance,
Department of Financial Services vide letter F. No. 3/2/2013- Welfare dated 26.04.2013 and Office Memorandum F. No. 29-6/2019-DD-III dated 10.08.2022 issued by Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan). In all such cases where a scribe is used, the following rules will apply: 

The candidate will have to arrange his / her own scribe at his/her own cost.
For candidates availing scribe in accordance with OM – F. No. 29-6/2019-DD-III dated 10.08.2022, shall be allowed scribe facility subject to production of a certificate at the time of online examination to the effect that person concerned has limitation to write and that scribe is essential to write examination on his/her behalf from competent medical authority of a Government healthcare institution as per proforma attached as Appendix I.
Such candidates shall also, upload their certificate while filling the application form. Also, the qualification of the scribe should be one step below the qualification of the candidate taking examination. Letter of undertaking as per Appendix II should be submitted by such candidates at the time of examination. 

The scribe may be from any academic stream

Both the candidate as well as scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking confirming that the scribe fulfils all the stipulated eligibility criteria for a scribe mentioned above.
Further in case it later transpires that he/she did not fulfil any laid down eligibility criteria or suppressed material facts the candidature of the applicant will stand cancelled, irrespective of the result of the CRP.

Deliberate wrong information about the candidate/ scribe in declaration form submitted at the time of online application or at the time of examination or at any stage would render the candidate and scribe being debarred either permanently or for a specified period of time for CRP examinations. 

In view of the importance of time element, the examination being of a competitive nature, the candidate must fully satisfy the Independent Medical Officer/ Board of the Bank that there was necessity for use of a scribe as he/she has physical limitation to write including that of speed by the disabilities as mentioned in the guidelines regarding Persons with Benchmark Disabilities/ Specified Disabilities using the services of a scribe

Candidates eligible for and who wish to use the services of a scribe in the examination should invariably carefully indicate the same in the online application form. Any subsequent request may not be favourably entertained

The scribe arranged by the candidate should not be a candidate for the online examination under (CRP-PO/MT-XIV). If violation of the above is detected at any stage of the selection process, candidature for CRP of both the candidate and the scribe will be cancelled. 

A scribe can act as Scribe only for one candidate for CRP- PO/MT XIV process. If violation of the same is detected at any stage of the selection process, candidature of the candidates for CRP will be cancelled and scribe will be debarred from future CRP examinations.

Only candidates registered for compensatory time (at the time of online registration) will be allowed such concessions since compensatory time given to candidates shall be system based, it shall not be possible for the test conducting agency to allow such time if he / she is not registered for the same. Candidates not registered for compensatory time shall not be allowed such concessions. 

During the exam, at any stage, if it is found that scribe is independently answering the questions or prompting answers in any direct/ indirect manner, the exam session will be terminated and candidate’s candidature will be cancelled. The candidature of such candidates using the services of a scribe will also be cancelled if it is reported after the examination by the test administrator personnel that the scribe independently answered the questions or prompted the answers in any direct/indirect manner. In such cases, the Candidate and scribe may also be debarred either permanently or for a specified period from all CRP – examinations..

Those candidates who have been debarred from appearing in CRP examinations for a specified period in terms of communication made to that effect by IBPS may act
accordingly. 

IBPS reserves the right to share the list of debarred candidates/ scribes to other Recruiting agencies for their information.

IBPS/ Participating Banks may also conduct online Aadhaar verification of the candidate/ scribe at different stages of the selection process. 

 Guidelines for Visually Impaired (VI) candidates

Visually Impaired candidates (who suffer from not less than 40% of disability) may opt to view the contents of the test in magnified font and all such candidates will be eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes for every hour or otherwise advised of examination.
The facility of viewing the contents of the test in magnifying font will not be available to Visually Impaired candidates who use the services of a Scribe for the examination.

Guidelines for candidates with locomotor disability and cerebral palsy
A Compensatory time of twenty minutes per hour or otherwise advised shall be permitted for the candidates with locomotor disability and cerebral palsy where dominant (writing) extremity is affected to the extent of slowing the performance of function (minimum of 40% impairment).

Application Fees/ Intimation Charges : Rs. 175/- (inclusive of GST) for SC/ST/PwBD candidates. 

The examination will be conducted online in venues across many centres in India

Interviews will be conducted at select centres. The centre, address of the venue, time & date of Interview will be informed to the shortlisted candidates in the call letter.

The total marks allotted for Interview are 100. The minimum qualifying marks in interview will not be less than 40% (35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWBD candidates)

List of Documents to be produced at the time of interview/ document verification/joining (as applicable)
The following documents in original and self-attested photocopies in support of the candidate’s eligibility and identity are to be invariably submitted at the time of interview failing which the candidate may not be permitted to appear for the interview. Non submission of requisite documents by the candidate at the time of interview/
document verification/ joining will debar his/ her candidature from further participation in the recruitment process.
(i) Printout of the valid Interview Call Letter
(ii) Valid system generated printout of the online application form registered for CRPPO/MT-XIV
(iii) Proof of Date of Birth (Birth Certificate issued by the Competent Authorities or SSLC/ Std. X Certificate with DOB)
(iv) Photo Identify Proof as indicated in Point L(i) of this notification.
(v) Mark-sheets or certificates for Graduation or equivalent qualification etc. Proper document from Board / University for having declared the result on or before 21.08.2024 has to be submitted.
(vi) Caste Certificate issued by the competent authority in the prescribed format as stipulated by Government of India in the case of SC / ST / OBC category candidates.
Candidates belonging to OBC category but coming under creamy layer and/ or if their caste does not find place in the Central List are not entitled to OBC reservation. They should indicate their category as General in the online application form.
(vii) Income and Asset Certificate issued by any one of the Authorities as notified by the Government of India in the prescribed format in the case of EWS category candidates.
(viii) Disability certificate in the prescribed format issued by the District Medical Board in case of Persons with Benchmark Disability category. 
If the candidate has used the services of a Scribe at the time of online exam the duly filled in details of the scribe in the prescribed format.
(ix) Certificate in case of persons with specified disability covered under the definition of Section 2 (s) of the RPwD Act, 2016 but not covered under the definition of Section 2 (r) of the said Act, i.e. persons having less than 40 % disability and having difficulty in writing, to the effect that person concerned has limitation to write and
that scribe is essential to write examination on his/her behalf from competent medical authority of a Government healthcare institution as per proforma attached as Appendix I.

Candidates are first required to go to the authorised IBPS website www.ibps.in and click on the Home Page to open the link “CRP PO/MT” and then click on the option “CLICK HERE TO APPLY ONLINE FOR CRP- PROBATIONARY OFFICERS/MANAGEMENT TRAINEES (CRP-PO/MT-XIV)” to open the Online Application
Form. 

The scribe arranged by the candidate should not be a candidate for the examination (CRP-PO/MT-XIV). If violation of the above is detected at any stage of the selection process, candidature for CRP of both the candidate and the scribe will be cancelled.

A scribe can act as scribe only for one candidate for CRP PO/MT XIV process. If violation of the above is detected at any stage of the selection process, candidature of the candidates for CRP will be cancelled and the scribe shall be debarred from future CRP examinations

Apply online direct link: https://ibpsonline.ibps.in/crppo14jul24/