RBI has announced Recruitment of Grade B Officers for 2018. Total posts announced are 166.

1. Officer Grade B General - 127 posts
2. Officer Grade B Economic and Policy Research Dept - 22 posts
3. Statistics and IT Dept - 17

(A) Important Dates :
Online Registration and payment of fee : July 3 - July 23, 2018

• Candidate will have to appear in only one shift of Phase-I examination.
• Candidate will have to appear in all the shifts of Phase-II examination.

(2) Eligibility Criteria :
a. Age (As on 1st July 2018): Between 21 and 30 years

b. Educational Qualification :
Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) - (General) : A minimum of 60% marks (50% in case of SC/ST/PWD) or an equivalent grade in Bachelor’s degree as well as in 12th and 10th standard examinations
Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) - DEPR : A Master's Degree in Economics / Econometrics / Quantitative Economics / Mathematical Economics / Integrated Economics Course/ Finance, with a minimum of 55% marks or an equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters /years from a recognised Indian or Foreign University /Institute.
Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) - DSIM : A Master's Degree in Statistics/ Mathematical Statistics/ Mathematical Economics/ Econometrics/ Statistics & Informatics from IIT-Kharagpur/ Applied Statistics & Informatics from IIT-Bombay with a minimum of 55% marks or equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters / years

(3) Number of attempts: Candidates belonging to unreserved i.e. General Category, who had already appeared Six times for Phase-I Examination for this post in the past, are not eligible to apply. No such restriction applies to candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/PWD, if the posts are reserved for them.

(4) Scheme of Selection:
Selection for the aforementioned posts will be done through ON-LINE examinations in Phase – I and Phase - II and interview.

(A) Phase-I ON-LINE Examination (Objective Type):
Duration - 120 Minutes
Max Marks - 200
The objective paper comprises of i) General Awareness ii) English Language iii) Quantitative Aptitude and iv) Reasoning.
Cut off marks : Candidates have to secure minimum marks separately for each test as well as aggregate.Candidates, who secure minimum marks separately for each Test will be shortlisted for Phase-II of the Examination based on the aggregate marks obtained in the Objective Test.

(II) Phase-II ON-LINE Examination - Paper II is Descriptive and Paper I and III are Objective] :
Paper pattern : Three Papers - 300 marks
Paper-I – Economic and Social Issues - 1½ hours - 100 marks
Paper-II – English ( writing skills) – 1½ hours – 100 marks (Descriptive, to be typed with the help of the keyboard)
Paper-III - Finance & Management – 1½ hours - 100 marks


(5) Final Selection : Final selection will be through merit lists which will be prepared by adding marks secured by candidates in Phase-II (Paper-I + Paper-II + Paper-III) and Interview.

(6) Application fee : Rs 850 for Gen/OBC and Rs 100 for others.

(7) HOW TO APPLY ON-LINE:
Candidates have to apply only online through the Bank's website i.e. www.rbi.org.in from July 3 - July 23, 2018. No other means/mode of applications will be accepted.