Applications are invited from Indian citizens for the post of Assistant Manager in Grade ‘A’ in the Rural Development Banking Service (RDBS) / (Rajbhasha Service) in National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). Candidates can apply only ON-LINE on NABARD website www.nabard.org between 17 July 2021 and 07 August 2021. NABARD is an all India Apex Organization, wholly owned by Government of India and is equal opportunity employer.
Before applying, candidates should read all the instructions carefully and ensure that they fulfil all the eligibility criteria for the post. NABARD would admit candidates on the basis of the information furnished in the ON-LINE application along with applicable requisite fee and shall verify their eligibility at the stage of interview / joining. If, at any stage, it is found that any information furnished in the ON-LINE application is false/ incorrect or if according to the Bank, the candidate does not satisfy the eligibility criteria for the post, his/ her candidature will be cancelled and he/she will not be allowed to appear for the interview / joining.
Candidates are requested to apply only ON-LINE through Bank’s website www.nabard.org. No other mode of submission of application will be accepted by NABARD.
Help Facility: In case of any problem in filling up the form, payment of fee/intimation charges, or in downloading of Call Letter, complaints may be made at “Candidate Grievance Lodging and Redressal Mechanism” at http://cgrs.ibps.in/. Do not forget to mention “NABARD Officer
– in Grade ‘A’ (RDBS) – DR” in the subject of the email.
Important Dates / Timelines
Online Application Registration and Payment of Online Fees/Intimation Charges |
17 July 2021 to 07 August 2021 |
Phase I (Preliminary) – Online Examination |
Last Week of August 2021/First Week of September2021 (Tentatively)@ |
@ NABARD reserves the right to make change in the dates of the examinations |
(The date of Main Exam would be announced separately on our website viz. www.nabard.org)
Table - 1
I. NUMBER OF VACANCIES AND RESERVATION
S.NO. |
POST / DISCIPLINE |
UR |
SC |
ST |
OBC |
EWS |
TOTAL |
PWBD |
I |
AM (RDBS) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
i) |
General |
31 |
10 |
05 |
22 |
06 |
74 |
07@ |
ii) |
Agriculture |
05 |
02 |
01 |
04 |
01 |
13 |
|
iii) |
Agriculture Engineering |
01 |
01 |
- |
01 |
- |
03 |
|
iv) |
Animal Husbandry |
01 |
01 |
- |
01 |
01 |
04 |
|
v) |
Fisheries |
03 |
01 |
- |
02 |
- |
06 |
|
vi) |
Forestry |
01 |
01 |
- |
- |
- |
02 |
|
vii) |
Plantation/Horticulture |
02 |
01 |
- |
02 |
01 |
06 |
|
viii) |
Land Development/Soil Science |
01 |
- |
- |
01 |
- |
02 |
|
ix) |
Water Resources |
01 |
- |
- |
01 |
- |
02 |
|
x) |
Finance |
08 |
03 |
01 |
06 |
03 |
21 |
|
xi) |
Computer/Information Technology |
06 |
03 |
- |
04 |
02 |
15 |
|
|
AM (RDBS) – Total |
60 |
23 |
07 |
44 |
14 |
148 |
|
|
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II |
AM( Rajbhasha) |
02 |
01 |
01 |
- |
01 |
05 |
01# |
|
@ VI-01, HI-02, LD-01, MD-03. Vacancies include 01 MD & 01 HI backlog vacancy # LD - 01 vacancy (for Rajbhasha)
Reservation for PWBD candidates shall be applied horizontally within the overall vacancies earmarked for various categories viz., UR, SC, ST, OBC & EWS for Grade A (RDBS) post.
(i) The reservation will be provided for candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PWBD category as per extant Government of India instructions.
(ii) The Bank reserves the right to increase / decrease the number of vacancies in any of the disciplines or not to fill up any of the vacancies or cancel the recruitment process, as per its requirement.
(iii) Candidates belonging to OBC category but coming in the ‘Creamy Layer’ are not entitled to OBC reservation. They should indicate the category as ‘General’ (Gen).
(iv) Reserved category candidates desirous of applying for the posts where the vacancies are not reserved, should apply under UR category.
(v) PWBD candidates belonging to category (d) are not eligible to apply for AM(RDBS). However, the following disability candidates belonging to category (d) are eligible to apply under AM (Rajbahasha):
ü Autism
ü Specific Learning Disability
(vi) Out of 148 vacancies of Asst. Manager (RDBS) and 05 Asst. Manager (Rajbhasha), 08 vacancies are reserved for PWBD candidates under RPWD Act 2016 as per the details given in Table below. The overall PWBD vacancies include 01 HI and 01 MD backlog
vacancies. All 07 PWBD vacancies reserved for Asst. Manager (RDBS) are open to General & Specialised disciplines.
No. |
Disability |
Benchmark Disability |
Post(s) identified |
i |
Category (a) |
Blindness & Low Vision (B & LV ) |
AM (RDBS) - 01 |
ii |
Category (b) |
Deaf & Hard of Hearing (D, HH) |
AM (RDBS) - 02 |
iii |
Category (c) |
Locomotor Disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy (OA, OL, OAL) (LD, CP, LC, DW, AAV, MD) |
AM (RDBS) – 01 AM (Rajbhasha) – 01 |
iv |
Category (e) |
Multiple disabilities from amongst persons under category (a) to (c) including deaf- blindness in the posts identified for each disability |
AM (RDBS) - 03 |
(vii) The candidates from PWBD category will be eligible for age relaxation and exemption from payment of application fee. However, they will have to pay the intimation charges.
Note for PWBD:
1. Visually Challenged (VC): Only those Visually Challenged persons who suffer from any one of the following conditions are eligible to apply.
i. Total absence of sight.
ii. Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with correcting lenses.
iii. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degrees or worse
Applicants having low vision as defined under the Schedule - Specified Disability of RPWD Act 2016.
2. Hearing Impaired (HI): Only those Hearing Impaired candidates who are Partially Deaf (PD) or Deaf (D) are eligible to apply
3. Locomotor Disability (LD) : Only those Orthopedically Challenged (OC) applicants who have locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy (OA, OL, OAL) with locomotor impairment of minimum of 40% and only those who fall in the following categories are eligible to apply:
Assistant Manager in Grade 'A' (RDBS)
OA - One arm affected
OL - One leg affected
OAL - One Arm and One Leg affected
Assistant Manager in Grade 'A' (RAJHBASHA)
PWBD candidates may belong to any category (UR/SC/ST/OBC/EWS). Reservation for PWBD is horizontal and within the overall vacancies for the post.
4. ASSISTANT MANAGER IN GRADE 'A' (RDBS):
Multiple Disabilities from amongst the persons under Category (a) to (c) means combination of two or more disabilities indicated below:
No. |
Disability |
No. |
Disability |
1 |
Blindness / Low Vision |
6 |
Speech and Language Disability |
2 |
Leprosy Cured Person |
7 |
Hearing Impairment (Deaf and Hard of Hearing) |
3 |
Locomotor Disability |
8 |
Muscular Dystrophy |
4 |
Dwarfism |
9 |
Acid Attack Victim |
5 |
Cerebral Palsy |
10 |
Multiple Disabilities including Deaf- Blindness |
5. ASSISTANT MANAGER IN GRADE 'A' (RAJBHASHA):
Multiple Disabilities from amongst the persons under Category (a) to (e) means combination of two or more disabilities indicated below:
No. |
Disability |
No. |
Disability |
1 |
Blindness / Low Vision |
7 |
Hearing Impairment (Deaf and Hard of Hearing) |
2 |
Leprosy Cured Person |
8 |
Muscular Dystrophy |
3 |
Locomotor Disability |
9 |
Autism |
4 |
Dwarfism |
10 |
Specific Learning Disability |
5 |
Cerebral Palsy |
11 |
Acid Attack Victim |
6 |
Speech and Language Disability |
12 |
Multiple Disabilities including Deaf- Blindness |
(i) Guidelines for Persons with Disabilities using a Scribe
The visually impaired candidates and candidates whose writing speed is adversely affected permanently for any reason can use their own scribe at their cost during the online examination, subject to limits as in (ii) and (iii) below. In all such cases where a scribe is used, the following rules will apply:
i. The candidate will have to arrange his/her own scribe at his/her own cost.
ii. The scribe arranged by the candidate should not be a candidate for the same examination. If violation of the above is detected at any stage of the process, candidature of both the candidate and the scribe will be cancelled. 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 will not be entertained.
iii. A person acting as a scribe for one candidate cannot be a scribe for another candidate.
iv. The scribe may be from any academic stream. However for posts in disciplines other than "General", the scribe should be from an academic stream different from that prescribed for the post.
v. 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 online examination and interview / final result.
vi. Those candidates who use a scribe shall be eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes for every hour of the examination or as otherwise advised.
vii. Only candidates registered for compensatory time 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.
viii. The candidate should opt for using scribe/ compensatory time only if they are eligible for availing these services/concessions as per the rules and guidelines of Government of India under RPWD Act, 2016 in this regard.
ix. 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.
(ii) 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).
(iii) Guidelines for Visually Impaired 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 of examination.
II.B Reservation for Economically Weaker Section (EWS)
Persons who are not covered under the scheme of reservations for SCs, STs and OBCs and whose family has gross annual income below Rs.8.00 lakh (Rupees eight lakh) and fulfilling Government of India criteria for EWSs, are to be identified as EWSs for benefit of reservation. Income shall also include income from all sources, i.e. salary, agriculture, business, profession, etc. for the financial year prior to the year of application.
Also persons whose family owns or possesses any of the following assets shall be excluded from being identified as EWS, irrespective of the family income:
i. 5 acres of agricultural land and above;
ii. Residential flat of 1000 sq. ft. and above
iii. Residential plot of 100 sq. yards and above in notified municipalities;
iv. Residential plot of 200 sq. yards and above in areas other than the notified municipalities
Note: Only those persons with benchmark disabilities would be eligible for reservation. “Benchmark disability” means a person with not less than 40% of a specified disability where specified disability has not been defined in measurable terms and includes the persons with disability, where disability has been defined in a measurable terms, as certified by the certifying authority. A person who wants to avail benefit of reservation will have to submit a disability certificate issued by a Competent Authority as per Government of India guidelines. Such certificate will be subject to verification/ re-verification as may be decided by the competent authority.
The guidelines for PWBD/EXS/EWS applicants are subject to change in terms of GoI guidelines/ clarifications, if any, from time to time.
III. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Educational Qualification (as on 01-07-2021)
a) A candidate can apply for Assistant Manager (RDBS/Rajbhasha) under only one option from among the options given in Table-1. It is clarified that candidate applying for Asst. Manager (RDBS) - General cannot apply for another discipline and vice versa. Similarly, candidates applying for Asst. Manager (Rajbhasha) cannot apply for Asst. Manager (RDBS) and vice versa.
b) The candidate can apply only for ONE Post/Discipline of his / her choice. In case of multiple applications across or within disciplines for Grade A (RDBS), only the last application submitted will be considered valid and fee against all other applications will be forfeited.
c) PWBD candidates applying against Unreserved (UR) posts will not be eligible for relaxation in percentage in Educational Qualification. They may, however, be eligible for relaxation in Age and Fee.
d) The candidate must possess the required educational qualification as on 01-07-2021. The result of final term / semester/ year examination of the required educational qualification must have been declared on or before 01-07-2021 In other words, candidates whose final year/semester results have been declared after 01-07-2021 are not eligible to apply.
Bachelor’s Degree in a particular discipline means that the candidate must have studied that discipline as main subject in respective degree course and it must be mentioned in the Degree Certificate issued by the University/Institute.
(A) Assistant Manager in Grade ‘A’ (RURAL DEVELOPMENT BANKING SERVICE) (RDBS)
(i) General
Bachelor’s Degree in any subject from a recognized University with a minimum of 60% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants - 55%) in aggregate OR Post Graduate degree, MBA/PGDM with a minimum of 55% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants - 50%) in aggregate OR CA/ CS/ICWA OR Ph.D from Institutions recognized by GOI/UGC .
(ii) Agriculture:
Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture with 60% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants - 55%) in aggregate OR Post Graduate degree in Agriculture / Agriculture (Soil Science/ Agronomy) with a minimum of 55% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants - 50%) in aggregate from a recognized University / Institution.
(iii) Agriculture Engineering:
Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture Engineering with 60% marks (SC/PWBD applicants - 55%) in aggregate OR Post graduate degree in Agriculture Engineering with a minimum of 55% marks (SC/PWBD applicants - 50%) in aggregate from a recognised University / Institution.
(iv) Animal Husbandry
Bachelor’s Degree in Veterinary Sciences / Animal Husbandry from any recognized University with a minimum of 60% marks (SC/PWBD applicants - 55%) in aggregate OR Post Graduate degree in Veterinary Sciences / Animal Husbandry with a minimum of 55% marks (SC/PWBD applicants - 50%) in aggregate.
(v) Fisheries
Bachelor’s degree in Fisheries Science from a recognized University/Institution with 60% marks (SC/PWBD applicants 55%) in aggregate OR Post graduate degree in Fisheries Science with 55% marks (SC/PWBD applicants 50%) in aggregate.
(vi) Forestry
Bachelor’s degree in Forestry from a recognized University/Institution with 60% marks (SC/PWBD applicants - 55%) in aggregate OR Post graduate degree in Forestry with 55% marks (SC/PWBD applicants - 50%) in aggregate.
(vii) Plantation/Horticulture
Bachelor’s Degree in Horticulture from any recognized University with a minimum of 60% marks (SC/PWBD applicants - 55%) in aggregate OR Post Graduate degree in Horticulture with a minimum of 55% marks (SC/PWBD applicants - 50%) in aggregate.
(viii) Land Development-Soil Science:
Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture / Agriculture (Soil Science/Agronomy) with 60% marks (PWBD applicants - 55%) in aggregate OR Post Graduate degree in Agriculture / Agriculture (Soil Science/Agronomy) with a minimum of 55% marks (PWBD applicants - 50%) in aggregate from a recognized University / Institution.
(ix) Water Resources
Bachelor’s degree in Hydrology/Applied Hydrology or Geology/Applied Geology with
Hydrogeology /Irrigation /Water Supply & sanitation as one of the subjects with 60% marks (PWBD applicants 55%) in aggregate OR Post Graduate degree in Hydrology/Applied Hydrology or Geology/Applied Geology with Hydrogeology
/Irrigation /Water Supply & sanitation as one of the subjects with 55% marks in aggregate (PWBD applicants 50%) from a recognized University.
(x) Finance:
BBA (Finance/Banking) / BMS (Finance/Banking) with 60% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants - 55%) OR Two years full time P.G. Diploma in Management (Finance) / Full time MBA (Finance) degree with 55% (SC/ST/PWBD applicants - 50%) from Institutions
/ Universities recognized by GoI /UGC with Bachelor's Degree in any discipline. Candidates will be required to submit a certificate from Institution/University regarding specialization in finance OR Bachelor of Financial and Investment Analysis with 60% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants - 55%) OR Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized University/Institution with Membership of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). The Membership of ICAI must have been obtained on or before 01-07-2021 OR CFA.
(xi) Computer and Information Technology:
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Technology/ Computer Applications/Information Technology with 60% marks (SC/PWBD applicants 55%) in aggregate OR a post graduate degree in Computer Science/ Computer Technology/ Computer Applications/Information Technology with 55% marks (SC/PWBD applicants 50%) in aggregate from a recognized university.
(B) Assistant Manager in Grade ‘A’ (RAJBHASHA)
(i) Bachelor's Degree from a recognized university in English or Hindi medium with Hindi and English as a compulsory or elective subject with a minimum of 60% marks (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 55%) or equivalent in aggregate and
(ii) PG Diploma in Translation (minimum one year) in Hindi to English and vice-versa from any recognized University.
Candidates must have studied English and Hindi as subjects in at least 02 years of bachelor’s degree course.
OR
Master’s Degree in HINDI with a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 55%). Candidates must have studied English as main/ elective subject in at least 02 years of bachelor’s degree course.
OR
Master’s Degree in ENGLISH with a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate (SC/ST/PWBD applicants – 55%). Candidates must have studied Hindi as main/elective subject in at least 02 years of bachelor’s degree course.
Candidates must be able to translate from English to Hindi and vice/versa.
NOTE: All educational qualifications should have been obtained from Universities / Institutions incorporated by an Act of Central or State Legislature in India or other educational
institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section – 3 of UGC Act 1956.
i. Some Universities/Institutes do not award Class or percentage of marks and allot Aggregate Grade Points (e.g. CGPA/OGPA/CPI, etc.). In case University/Institute defines criteria for conversion of Aggregate Grade Point into Class and/or percentage of marks, the same will be accepted. However, where the University/Institute does not define criteria for conversion of Aggregate Grade Point into Class and/or percentage of marks, the undefined parameter(s) would be worked out as under:
Equivalent CGPA/ OGPA/ CPI or similar terminologies allotted on a 10-point scale |
Class / Division |
Aggregate % of Marks |
6.75 |
I (First) |
60% |
6.25 |
II (Second) |
55% |
5.75 |
II (Second) |
50% |
5.25 |
II (Second) |
45% |
Aggregate Grade Point or percentage of marks where awarded would mean aggregate over the entire duration of the course.
ii. Where the Aggregate Grade Point (CGPA/OGPA/CPI, etc.) is awarded out of a number other than 10, it will be normalized out of 10 and computed as per item (i) above.
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