Reserve Bank of India-Officers Recruitment

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Reserve Bank of India-Officers Recruitment

Advertisement for the post of Officers in Grade ‘B’ (General)- DR 

Applications (App.) are invited for the post mentioned below in Reserve Bank of India (RBI/Bank) from Indian citizens, citizens of Nepal and subjects of Bhutan, Tibetan refugees (who came over to India before 1st January 1962) and persons of Indian origin who have migrated from Myanmar and Sri Lanka with the intention of permanently settling in India and in whose favour Eligibility Certificates have been issued by Government of India. 

Post	Number of Vacancies
	Unreserved i.e. General (GEN)	Scheduled Castes (SC)	Scheduled Tribes (ST)	Other Backward Classes (OBC)	Total
Officers in Grade 'B' (General) (Direct Recruitment - DR)	38	10	09	18	75*

* Out of 75 vacancies mentioned above, 3 vacancies are reserved for candidates belonging to Persons with Disability (PWD) category - one vacancy each for Orthopedically Handicapped (OH), Hearing Impaired (HI) and Visually Handicapped (VH). Persons with Disability may belong to any category - GEN/SC/ST/OBC. 

Note: (I) The degree of disability should be (i) minimum 40% in case of Orthopaedically Handicapped persons,(ii) Hearing Impaired are those in whom the sense of hearing is non-functional for ordinary purposes of life. They do not hear, understand sounds at all, even with amplified speech. The cases included in this category will be those having hearing loss more than 60 decibels in the better ear (profound impairment) or total loss of hearing in both ears. The degree of disability should not be less than 40% and (iii) 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. 

(II) The Persons with Disability (PWD) candidates should possess a latest Certificate to this effect issued by an authorized Government of India/State Government Department/ Hospital. 

2 ELIGIBILITYCRITERIA : 

(a) Age (as on 01 -09-2011): Between 21 and 30 years (candidates must have been born not earlier than 02/09/1981 and not laterthan 01/09/1990). For candidates possessing M.Phil. and Ph.D. qualification, upper age limit will be 31 and 33 years respectively. For candidates having experience as an officer in Commercial Bank/Financial Institution in Public Sector, upper age limit is relaxed to the extent of number of years of such experience subject to a maximum of three years. For such candidates, upper age limit should not exceed 33 years including experience. For experience, probationary period will not be reckoned. Refer item 4 below for relaxation in upper age limit for specified categories. 

(b) Educational Qualifications (as on 01-09 -2011): i) A First Class Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 60% marks or an equivalent grade OR ii) A Second Class Master's Degree with a minimum of 55% marks or an equivalent grade OR iii) A Doctorate Degree with 50% marks in Master's Degree or equivalent grade OR iv) Chartered/Cost Accountant/Company Secretary (ACS) with a Bachelor's Degree OR v) A Post Graduate Diploma in Management /MBA qualification from institutions recognized by Government of India/ University Grants Commission, with Graduation / Bachelor's Degree. 

NOTE: SC/ST/PWD candidates having second class with a minimum of 50% marks or equivalent grade in Bachelor's Degree examination OR having a Post-graduate Degree or equivalent recognized qualification, are eligible to apply. 

(c) Scheme of Selection 

Selection will be through Written Examinations (WE) and Interview. 'WE' will be held in two phases as under: 

(I) Phase I (Objective Type Test): This Paper of 3 hours duration for 200 marks will be held on Sunday, the December 18.2011. The Paper consists tests of i) General Awareness ii) English Language iii) Quantitative Aptitude and iv) Reasoning. Candidates have to secure minimum marks separately for each test as prescribed by the Board. Candidates who secure minimum marks separately for each Test as prescribed will be shortlisted for Phase II of the 'WE' based on the aggregate marks obtained in the Objective Test. The minimum aggregate cut off marks for being shortlisted for Phase II of the WE will be decided by the Board in relation to the number of vacancies. Roll No. of the candidates successful in Phase I of the WE are likely to be published in Employment News / Rozgar Samachar, on the RBI website and a brief notice thereof in leading newspapers in January /February 2012. 

(II) Phase II (Descriptive Type Test): The Phase II Examination will be conducted in March/April 2012 (tentative) only for those candidates who are successful in Phase I (Objective Type Test). The date and time-table will be intimated to the candidates concerned at the appropriate time. The Examination will consist of three Descriptive Type papers- 

(i) Paper I - English (ii) Paper II - Economic and Social Issues and (iii) Paper III - Finance and Management. Each of these papers is of 3 hours duration carrying 100 marks. 

NOTE: Phase I (except the test of English) and Papers II and III of Phase II will be set bilingually in Hindi and English. Phase I is Objective Type and only marking the correct choice is required. However, Papers II and III of Phase II can be answered either wholly in Hindi or English at the candidate's option. 

(III) Syllabus (Phase II): 

(i) Paper I- English: 

Essay, Precis writing, Comprehension, Business/Office Correspondence. 

(ii) Paper II - Economic and Social Issues: 

Growth and Development - Measurement of growth: National Income and per capita income - Poverty Alleviation and Employment Generation in India - Sustainable Development and Environmental issues. Economic Reforms in India - Industrial and Labour Policy - Monetary and Fiscal Policy - Privatisation - Role of Economic Planning. Globalization - Opening up of the Indian Economy- Balance of Payments, Export-Import Policy - International Economic Institutions - IMF and World Bank -WTO - Regional Economic Co-operation. Social Structure in India - Multiculturalism -Demographic Trends - Urbanisation and Migration - Gender Issues - Social Justice: Positive Discrimination in favour of the under privileged - Social Movements - Indian Political System - Human Development - Social Sectors in India, Health and Education. 

(iii) Paper III - Finance and Management: 

Finance: The Union Budget - Direct and Indirect taxes; Non-tax sources of revenue; Outlays; New Measures; Financial Sector Reforms; Capital Market, Money Market and Foreign Exchange Market; Stock Exchanges and their Regulation; Capital Market Intermediaries and their Regulation; Role of SEBI; Functions of the Money Market; Growth and Operation of the Money Market; The Foreign Exchange Market; From FERA to FEMA; Exchange Rate Management; Exchange Risk Management; Role of Banks and Financial Institutions in Economic Development; Regulation of Banks and Financial Institutions; Disinvestment in Public Sector Units. 

Management: Management: its nature and scope; The Management Processes; Planning, Organisation, Staffing, Directing and Controlling; The Role of a Manager in an Organisation. Leadership: The Tasks of a Leader; Leadership Styles; Leadership Theories; A successful Leader versus an effective Leader. Human Resource Development: Concept of HRD; Goals of HRD; Performance Appraisal - Potential appraisal and development - Feedback and Performance Counseling - Career Planning - Training and Development - Rewards -Employee Welfare. Motivation, Morale and Incentives: Theories of Motivation; How Managers Motivate; Concept of Morale; Factors determining morale; Role of Incentives in Building up Morale. Communication: Steps in the Communication Process; Communication Channels; Oral versus Written Communication; Verbal versus non-verbal Communication; upward, downward and lateral communication; Barriers to Communication, Role of Information Technology. Corporate Governance: Factors affecting Corporate Governance; Mechanisms of Corporate Governance. 

NOTE: The above syllabus is only indicative and not exhaustive. Keeping in view that candidates from different faculty backgrounds apply for the post, the questions in Papers II and III will be basic in nature. Candidates will be short-listed for interview based on the aggregate marks obtained only in Phase II - Papers I. II and III. The minimum cut off marks for being short-listed for interview will be decided by the Board in relation to the number of vacancies. Candidates may answer the Interview either in Hindi or English at their option. Final selection will be based on the performance of the candidate in Phase II of the 'WE' and Interview. 

(d) Number of attempts: 

Candidates belonging to Unreserved Category, who had already appeared four times for WE' for this post in the past, are not eligible to apply. No such restriction to candidates belonging to SC\ST\OBC\PWD, if the posts are reserved forthem. 

(e) Pre-examination training for SC/ST/PWD candidates: 

The Bank arranges pre-examination training for Phases I and II of the examination for SC/ST/PWD candidates, free of cost, at the centres where the Bank has its offices. Candidates who desire to avail of the training may apply separately to the Regional Director/General Manager, Reserve Bank of India at any one of the centres marked (**) below, whichever is convenient to them in the format furnished below on or before October 3, 2011. Candidates should not send their application for training to the Reserve Bank of India Services Board's Office (Board) as the Board will not entertain such applications. 

EXAMINATION CENTRES: 

'WE' will be held at the following centres (Code Numbers indicated in the brackets): 

Name of the Centre	Code No.	Name of the Centre	Code No.	Name of the Centre	Code No.
Ahmedabad	(11)	Jammu	(21)	Thiruvananthapuram	(31)
Bangalore	(12)	Kanpur	(22)	Agartala	(32)
Bhopal	(13)	Kochi	(23)	Aizawl	(33)
Bhubaneswar	(14)	Lucknow	(24)	Imphal	(34)
Kolkata	(15)	Mumbai	(25)	Itanagar	(35)
Chandigarh	(16)	Nagpur	(26)	Kohima	(36)
Chennai	(17)	New Delhi	(27)	Port Blair	(37)
Guwahati	(18)	Panaji	(28)	Shillong	(38)
Hyderabad	(19)	Patna	(29)
Jaipur	(20)	Pune	(30)

APPLICATION FEE (NON-REFUNDABLE): Rs.100/- (Rupees one hundred only). No fee is payable by SC/ST/PWD candidates. Fee is payable by Demand Draft favouring Reserve Bank of India and payable at Mumbai only. However, candidates from un-banked areas may pay fee by crossed Indian Postal Orders in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at GPO, Mumbai. Candidates should write their Name and Address on the reverse of the Demand Draft and in the space provided for the purpose on the Postal Orders (if fee is payable) and enclose them to the application with a pin (should not be stapled). Fees sent separately not accompanied with proper application or payment in any other manner will not be accepted. Fees once paid will not be refunded under any circumstances. 

SUBMISSION OF THE APPLICATION : 

Candidates can apply for the post either on the prescribed Application (OFF-LINE) or submit the application ON-LINE followed up by sending a printout (hardcopy) of the online application to the Board's office. 

i ON-LINE: The candidate can apply ON-LINE using the link/URL http://onlinedr.rbi.org.in 

Detailed 'Instructions for Applying ON-LINE' are available on this link. Candidates should read the instructions carefully and then click on "Apply" link. 

Salient features of the system of On Line Application are given hereunder: 

Before starting filling up of ON-LINE application, a candidate must purchase the DD or IPO forRs. 100/- (except SC/ST/PWD candidates who are exempted from payment of fees). 

Fee exempted category candidates can straightway fill the ON-LINE application. 

Candidates NEED to take a PRINTOUT (hard copy) of their ON-LINE Application after submission of the data through the system. A signed photograph must be pasted (not to be stapled) at the specified place on the printout and the candidate must sign on the printout of the application and attach DD or IPO of Rs,100/- (if required to pay fee). 

Candidates need to send the system generated print out (hard copy) of the ON-LINE Application to the Reserve Bank of India Services Board's Office (RBISB) by ordinary post. In case the print out (hard copy) is not received by the Board by the CLOSING DATE mentioned in this advertisement, the ON-LINE application will not be entertained and will be rejected. 

Applications should not be submitted more than once. Duplicate applications will not be entertained and will be rejected. 

The ON-LINE applications can be submitted till 11.59 P.M. on September 26,2011 after which the link will be disabled. 

ii. OFF-LINE : The candidates must apply in the Application format published in this advertisement. It should be typed or neatly handwritten in Hindi or English on a good quality "White A- 4 size" paper. All the columns in the application (except PWD category and Fee, if not applicable) must be filled legibly or typed. Incomplete and illegible applications will be rejected. 

iii. OFF-LINE Application or printout of the ON-LINE Application (hard copy), as the case may be, have to be sent by ordinary post to 

"The General Manager, Reserve Bank of India Services Board, Post Bag No. 14501, Mumbai Central Post Office, Mumbai-400008". 

The cover should be superscribed "APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF OFFICERS IN GRADE B'(GENERAL)-(DR)". 

iv. OFF-LINE Application or printout of the ON-LINE Application (hard copy), as the case may be, in closed cover, may also be deposited in the box specially kept for the purpose at Reserve Bank of India, Opposite Mumbai Central Railway Station, Mumbai Central, Mumbai 400 008. 

v. Candidates should apply either by ON-LINE mode or OFF-LINE mode. They should not submit application by both the modes. Duplicate applications will be rejected. 

9. CLOSING DATE: 

(i) ON-LINE applications can be submitted till 11.59 P.M. on September 26,2011. 

(ii) OFF-LINE Application or the printout of the ON-LINE Application (hard copy), as the case may be, should reach the Board's Office on or before 6.00 P.M. on October 3,2011. 

(iii) In the case of App. received only by post from candidates living abroad, in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura; Ladakh division of Jammu and Kashmir State; Lahaul and Spiti Districts and Pangi Sub-division of Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh; Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep, the last date of receipt of Applications will be on or before 6.00 RM. on October 10,2011. For Applications received in any manner other than by post, the benefit of extended time will not be available. 

(iv) The Board takes no responsibility for any delay in receipt of Applications or loss thereof in postal transit. 

CHECK-LIST FOR SUBMISSION OFTHE APPLICATION: 

(i) The Format of the application given below should not itself be used as application. 

(ii) The App. strictly in conformity with the Format as prescribed must be typed or neatly hand­written in Hindi or English on a good quality 'White A4 size" paper and duly affixed (not stapled) with a signed latest passport size photograph. Candidates should ensure that all the entries have been correctly filled in and the Application, as also the photograph are signed. Application without signature, photo, fee (if applicable), not in prescribed Format-incomplete or illegible shall be rejected. 

(iii) Name and Address in the application must be written IN CAPITAL LETTERS in English only, since processing is computerized. 

(iv) Candidates should write their name and address on the reverse of the Demand Draft and in the space provided for the purpose on the Postal Orders (if fee is payable) and enclose them to the application with a pin (should not be stapled). 

(v) The post applied for should be superscribed on top of the cover containing the Application. 

(vi) Candidates must ensure that the Application [either OFF-LINE or printout of the ON­LINE] along with DD/IPO (if applicable) should reach the Board's office on or before the CLOSING DATE. Even after the successful submission of ON-LINE application through the system, unless the system generated print-out of the ONLINE application together with fee (if applicable), photograph and signature is received by post at the Board's office within the closing date, the ONLINE application is not valid and will be rejected. 



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