RBI Grade B Eligibility Criteria 2022

by Anuj jindal Online Education Consultancy

The 2022 RBI Grade B notification yet to be released, so we do not know for certain what the 2022 RBI Grade B eligibility criteria will be like. But since the eligibility criteria are usually the same every year, I have written this section according to eligibility for 2021 for now.

That said, you should fulfill the following criteria, as prescribed by RBI recruitment notification, to apply for the exam:

1) Age Eligibility

You must be above the age of 21 years but must not have touched the 30th year of your life.
If you have an M.Phil. or a Ph.D. degree, the upper age limits are 32 and 34 years respectively.
If you belong to the SC/ST category, there is a provision for relaxation of the upper age limit up to 5 years.

2) RBI Grade B Officers (General) Educational Qualification Requirements

Post	Minimum Education Qualification
General	You should have 60% marks in Graduation (50% for SC/ST/PwBD applicants) or Post Graduation with a minimum of 55% marks (pass marks for SC/ST/PwBD applicants) in aggregate of all semesters/years. Many students ask if 60% marks in graduation should be in each semester or average. Well, relax, it’s an average of all semesters.

For more details, read the full Eligibility Criteria for DEPR, and DSIM separately.

There are certain nationality requirements as well you may also read about them on the blog linked above.

Now, I’ve said this before, I’ll say it again. No good thing comes without terms and conditions, and the terms are pretty steep in this case given that the eligibility Criteria are just a nice little time bomb wrapped in very sweet packaging.

I say that because the criterion of educational qualification is as I said a steep one as far as the RBI Grade B exams are concerned. It’s steeper than that of most other Indian government entrance exams, even steeper than ones prescribed for the UPSC exam.

RBI Grade B Recruitment Process 2022

Since the 2022 RBI Grade B notification is not out, we don’t know the details of 2022 recruitment yet. However, the recruitment process is mostly similar every year, I have shared the recruitment process of 2021. Through this, you can easily get an idea about the 2022 recruitments and that should be enough for you to start point for your preparation.

That said, the Recruitment/Selection Process for RBI Grade B (General), consists of the following 3 Phases:

Preliminary Exam (Phase 1)
Mains Exam (Phase 2)
Interview (Phase 3)

One needs to clear all three Phases to be selected for the post of Grade ‘B’ Officer.

So, to elaborate the Prelims exam is basically an elimination round. Out of the lakhs of candidates that appear for this exam, only a few thousands are selected to appear for the next phase or the Mains.

The Mains exam is conducted roughly a few weeks after the Prelims. Now the Mains exam is one of the phases meant for the selection of the top-scoring candidates. In this exam, every candidate that scores above the cut-off marks is allocated a score.

Those with the highest scores in the Mains are then selected for the final phase or the Interview round. This phase too, like with the Mains, is meant for the selection of the highest-scoring candidates.

Here too the candidates are scored according to their respective performances.

After the interview round is over, the final list of the selected RBI Grade B candidates is prepared considering the combined scores of those with the highest marks in both, the Mains, and the Interview round.

The candidates that find their names on the final list are eventually the ones that are recruited and get to train as RBI Grade B officers.