RBI Grade B Notification 2025 PDF: Expected Date, Recruitment Process, Apply Online Details

RBI Grade B notification 2025 pdf will be released soon. The Reserve Bank of India will soon release the official RBI Grade B recruitment 2025 notification pdf. This is to recruit candidates for the Officer Grade B posts in the General, DEPR, and DSIM streams. Make use of this golden chance. The RBI Grade B eligibility criteria details are given on this page. Check whether you satisfy the age limit, educational qualification, and nationality. The pay scale and job descriptions for this post are provided. For your reference, take notice of the RBI Grade B notification 2025 pdf. For complete details, read this page. Check the FAQs section to clarify your doubts.

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RBI Grade B Notification 2025 PDF Download

Here we will add the official RBI Grade B notification 2025 PDF download link. Download the pdf to know all the recruitment details. On opening the RBI Grade B notification pdf, you can clarify all your doubts regarding this recruitment.

RBI Grade B Notification 2025 PDF (Link Inactive)

 

RBI Grade B Notification 2024 PDF Download Link (Last Year Notification)

RBI Grade B Notification 2025 Release Date

The most searched one among the banking aspirants is the RBI Grade B Notification 2025 release date. Here we have updated the details of the RBI Officer Grade B recruitment 2025 important dates and various schedules in the table below.

Exam Events

Important Dates

Official RBI Grade B Notification 2025 pdf release date

to be announced

RBI Grade B Apply Online 2025 Start Date

to be announced

RBI Grade B Apply Online 2025 Last date

to be announced

Phase 1 Online Exam Call Letter for Officers in Grade B (DR) - General posts

to be announced

Phase 1 Online Exam for Officers in Grade B (DR) - General posts

to be announced

Phase 2 (Paper 1, 2, 3) Online Exam for Officers in Grade B (DR) - General posts

to be announced

Phase 1 (Paper 1 & 2) Online Exam for Officers in Grade B (DR) - DEPR 

to be announced

Phase 2 (Paper 1 & 2) Written Exam for Officers in Grade B (DR) - DEPR 

to be announced

Phase 1 (Paper 1) Online Exam for Officers in Grade B (DR) - DSIM 

to be announced

Phase 2 (Paper 2 & 3) Online / Written Exam for Officers in Grade B (DR) - DSIM 

to be announced

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Vacancy

The vacancy details will be given here as per the RBI Grade B Notification 2025 PDF. In the notification, you can know the vacancy list category wise.

Post

Vacancy

Officers in Grade ‘B’ (DR) - General

to be released

Officers in Grade ‘B’ (DR) - DEPR

to be released

Officers in Grade ‘B’ (DR) - DSIM

to be released

Total

to be released

DEPR - Department of Economic and Policy Research

DSIM -  Department of Statistics and Information Management

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RBI Grade B Apply Online 2025 Link

The RBI Grade B Apply Online 2025 steps are provided below. Interested and eligible candidates can apply for RBI Grade B notification 2025 pdf with the help of the following steps shared below:

RBI Grade B Apply Online 2025 Link (Inactive)

  1. Go to the official website of RBI @rbi.org.in.

  2. In the opportunities section, click on the current vacancies section.

  3. Click on the "RBI Grade B Apply Online 2025 link".

  4. Now, click on the "Application Form" link.

  5. Then, Click on the link for New Registration.

  6. Fill in the details in your RBI Grade B Apply Online 2025 form and click the save button.

  7. Upload a scanned photograph & signature in the required specifications as per the RBI Grade B notification 2025 pdf download.

  8. Cross-check the entered details.

  9. Click the submit button.

  10. Then, complete the online payment process.

  11. Take a printout of the application form for the future reference.

 

Bank/Transaction charges have to be borne by the candidates. The application fee 2025 can be paid through debit/credit card or through net banking. Check the application fee as per the RBI Grade B notification 2025 pdf.

Category

Application Fee

General/OBC/EWS

Rs. 850 + 18% GST

SC/ST/PWBD

Rs. 100 + 18% GST

Staff@

NIL

@ - fee/Intimation charges waiver is only for those employees of RBI (staff candidates) who satisfy the eligibility criteria separately stipulated by the Bank.

RBI Grade B Eligibility Criteria

The candidates can check the Eligibility Criteria as per RBI Grade B notification 2025 pdf i.e. Nationality, age limit, educational qualification, etc. provided below.

Nationality:

As per the RBI Grade B recruitment 2025 notification pdf, a candidate must be: 

  1. a citizen of India, or 

  2. a subject of Nepal, or 

  3. a subject of Bhutan, or 

  4. a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or 

  5. a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (2), (3), (4), and (5) shall be a person in whose favor a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India. A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the examination, but the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate is issued to him/her by the Government of India.

RBI Grade B Age Limit

Check the Officer Grade B age limit 2025:

  • A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years

 

As per the RBI Grade B notification pdf, the relaxation in the upper age limit for various reserved categories is given below.

Category

Age Relaxation

SC/ST

5 Years

OBC

3 Years

ex-employees of banking institutions whose services had to be terminated for reasons of economy or because of bank going into liquidation and personnel retrenched from Government Offices after at least one year's service and currently registered with Employment Exchange

5 Years

PwBD (General / EWS)

10 Years

PwBD (OBC)

13 years

PwBD (SC/ ST)

15 years

ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on July 01, 2025 and have been released;

a. on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from July 01, 2025) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency; or

b. on account of physical disability attributable to Military Service; or

c. on invalidment

5 years

ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of five years of Military Service as on July 01, 2025 and whose assignment has been extended beyond five years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues a certificate that they can apply for civil employment and that they will be released on three months' notice on selection from the date of receipt of offer of appointment

5 years

For candidates possessing M.Phil. and Ph.D. qualification

 upper age limit will be 32 and 34 years respectively

For candidates having experience as an officer in Scheduled Commercial Banks, Public Sector Insurance Companies and All India Financial Institutions (AIFI) viz., Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank), National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), National Housing Bank (NHB), Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID), as also prior experience in Reserve Bank of India

upper age limit is relaxed to the extent of number of completed 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.

For eligible Staff Candidates, as per para 5.16 of RBI Master Circular on Recruitment dated April 01, 2025 and RBI circular CO.HRMD.No. G132 / 17000 /05.01.01 /2013-14 dated June
09, 2014,

the relaxation in age limit is according to RBI circular CO. HRMD. No. G-75/ 5599/ 05.01.01/ 2013-2014 dated December 20, 2013

For recruitment to the post of Gr. B (DR)-DEPR/DSIM candidates having Master's Degree with Research/Teaching experience at a recognised Indian/Foreign University/Institute

will be eligible for relaxation in upper age to the extent of number of years of such experience subject to a maximum of three years. For experience, probationary period will not be reckoned.

 

RBI Grade B Educational Qualification:

The following minimum educational qualifications are prescribed for the posts as given in the RBI Grade B notification 2025 pdf:

Post  RBI Grade B Educational Qualification
Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) - (General)

Graduation in any discipline /Equivalent technical or professional qualification with minimum 60% marks (50% for SC/ST/PwBD applicants) or PostGraduation in any discipline / Equivalent technical or professional qualification with minimum 55% marks (pass marks for SC/ST/PwBD applicants) in aggregate of all semesters / years.

Note:

Graduation Level:

Any such course from a recognised University / Institute that is taken after Class XII and is at least of 3 years’ duration/ candidates possessing professional or technical qualifications which are recognised by the Government as equivalent to professional or technical graduation will be eligible for admission to the examination, subject to obtaining minimum marks prescribed above.

Post-Graduation Level:

Any such course from a recognised University / Institute that is taken after Graduation and is at least of 2 years’ duration / recognised by the Government as equivalent to professional or technical Post-graduation will be eligible for admission to the examination, subject to obtaining minimum marks prescribed above.

Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) - DEPR

Essential:

a. A Master's Degree in Economics (or any other master's degree where "Economics" is the principal constituent* of the curriculum/syllabus, namely MA / MSc in Quantitative Economics, Mathematical Economics, Financial Economics, Business Economics, Agricultural Economics, Industrial Economics) OR

b. A Master's Degree in Finance (or any other master's degree where "Finance" is the principal constituent* of the curriculum / syllabus, namely MA / MSc in Quantitative Finance, Mathematical Finance, Quantitative Techniques, International Finance, Business Finance, Banking and Trade Finance, International and Trade Finance, Project and Infrastructure Finance, Agri Business Finance)

c. For a) and b) above, minimum 55 per cent marks or an equivalent grade is required in aggregate of all semesters / years from a recognized Indian or Foreign University / Institute.

* "Principal constituent" with respect to syllabus / curriculum means half or more of the total courses / electives / credits must be in Economics or Finance.

Note I: For SC, ST and PwBD candidates, the minimum marks required in Master's Degree as in items (a) and (b) above is 50% marks or an equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters / years.

Desirable: A Doctorate Degree in Economics, or research or teaching experience in economics, or publication in the field/area of Economics in standard journals.

Note II: (i) Candidates having M.PhiI Degree and Doctorate Degree from a recognized Indian / Foreign University / Institute in economics will be eligible for relaxation in the upper age limit by 2 years and 4 years respectively.

(ii) Candidates having Master's Degree with research / teaching experience at a recognized Indian / Foreign University / Institute in economics will be eligible for relaxation in upper age limit to the extent of number of years of such experience subject to a maximum of three years. For experience, probationary period will not be reckoned.

(iii) The above age relaxations will not be cumulatively available with age relaxations available to various categories

Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) - DSIM

Essential:

a. A Master's Degree in Statistics/ Mathematical Statistics/ Mathematical Economics/ Econometrics/ Statistics & Informatics/ Applied Statistics & Informatics with a minimum of 55% marks or equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters / years; OR

b. Master's Degree in Mathematics with a minimum of 55% marks or an equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters / years and one year post graduate diploma in Statistics or related subjects from an Institute of repute; OR

c. Master’s Degree in Data Science/ Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning/ Big Data Analytics, with a minimum of 55% marks or equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters/ years from a recognized University/ Institute, an institute of national importance, UGC/ AICTE approved programme; OR

d.  Four-year Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 60% marks or equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters/ years in Data Science/ AI/ ML/ Big Data Analytics from a recognized University/ Institute, an institute of national importance, UGC/ AICTE approved programme; OR

e. Two years Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics (PGDBA) with a minimum of 55% marks or equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters/years from a recognized University/ Institute, an institute of national importance, UGC/ AICTE approved programme.

Note 1: For SC, ST and PwBD candidates, the minimum marks required in Master’s Degree as in items (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above is 50% or an equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters/ years.

Desirable: (i) Candidates with a Doctorate in topics related to above subjects will be given preference. (ii) Research or teaching experience and publication in standard journals will be considered as an additional qualification.

Note 2: Candidates possessing M.Phil. and Ph.D qualification in the specified subjects will be eligible for relaxation in upper age limit by 2 years and 4 years respectively.

(ii) Candidates with research / teaching experience at a recognized Indian / Foreign University/Institute will be eligible for relaxation in upper age limit to the extent of number of years of such experience subject to a maximum of three years. For experience, probationary period will not be reckoned.

(iii) The above age relaxations will not be cumulatively available with age relaxations available to various categories as mentioned above.

 

RBI Grade B - Number of Attempts

Here is the detailed info about the number of attempts category wise.

Number of attempts for General / EWS

Candidates belonging to General Category/EWSs, who have already appeared Six times for Phase-I Examination for this post/s in the past, are not eligible to apply.

Number of attempts for SC / ST / OBC / PwBD

No such restriction

 

RBI Grade B Selection Process 2025

The selection process for the RBI Grade B 2025 exam consists of 3 stages. They are,

  1. Phase-I

  2. Phase-II

  3. Interview

 

Exam Pattern (DR) - General

As given in the RBI Grade B notification 2025 pdf, check Officer (DR) - General phase 1 exam pattern.

Phase 1 Pattern for Officer (DR) - General

Section

No. of Questions

Marks

Time

Reasoning

200

200

120 minutes

(However, separate time will be allotted for each test)

Quantitative Aptitude

English Language

General Awareness

 

As given in the RBI Grade B notification 2025 pdf, check Officer (DR) - General phase 2 exam pattern in the table given below.

Phase 2 Pattern for Officer (DR) - General

Name of Paper

Type of Paper

Time

No. of questions

Marks 

Paper-I: Economic and Social Issues

50% Objective Type

30 minutes

@



50



50% Descriptive, answers to be typed with the help of the keyboard Candidates opting to type the answers in Hindi, may type with the help of either: (i) Inscript or (ii) Remington (GAIL) keyboards layout.

90 minutes 50

TOTAL

120 minutes 100

Paper-II: English (Writing Skills)

Descriptive, answers to be typed with the help of the keyboard

90 minutes

3

100

Paper-III: General Finance and Management

50% Objective Type

30 minutes

@

50

50% Descriptive, answers to be typed with the help of the keyboard Candidates opting to type the answers in Hindi, may type with the help of either: (i) Inscript or (ii) Remington (GAIL) keyboards layout.

90 minutes

50

TOTAL

120 minutes

100

 

@ - For both Paper I and III, there will be 30 questions and 50 marks for Objective questions (some questions carrying 2 marks each and some carrying 1 mark each). In the case of Descriptive questions, 6 questions will be asked, of which candidates will be required to attempt 4 questions (2 of 15 marks each (with varying difficulty level) and 2 of 10 marks each). In case, a candidate answers more than 4 questions in descriptive, the first 4 shall be evaluated.

Exam Pattern (DR) - DEPR

As per the RBI Grade B notification 2025 pdf download, check the exam pattern for Grade B officer (DR) - DEPR posts.

Grade B officer (DR) - DEPR Exam Pattern

Phase

Name of Paper

Time

Marks

Phase 1

Paper-I Objective Type (on Economics) 

120 minutes

100

Paper-II English – Descriptive (To be typed with help of keyboard)

120 minutes

100

Phase 2

Paper-I Descriptive Type (on Economics) (Question paper displayed on the computer, answers to be written on paper)

120 minutes



100

Paper-II Descriptive Type (on Economics) (Question paper displayed on the computer, answers to be written on paper)

120 minutes

100

 

Total

 

400

 

Exam Pattern (DR) - DSIM

As given in the RBI Grade B notification pdf, refer to the exam pattern for Grade B officer (DR) - DSIM posts.

Grade B officer (DR) - DSIM Exam Pattern

Name of Paper

Time

Marks

Paper-I Objective Type (on Statistics) 

120 minutes

100

Paper-II Descriptive Type (on Statistics) (Question paper displayed on the computer, answers to be written on paper)

180 minutes

100

Paper-III English – Descriptive (To be typed with help of keyboard)

90 minutes

100

Total

 

300

 

Syllabus

Candidates can check the RBI Grade B exam syllabus for Phase-1 and Phase-2 selection rounds. The detailed syllabus as per the RBI Grade B Notification 2025 pdf is given below.

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Cut Off

The RBI Grade B cut off will be set by the Reserve Bank of India. It will be released along with the result for each stage. Check the RBI Grade B Phase 1, phase 2, & final cut off provided below.

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Salary

The salary details as per the RBI Grade B notification 2025 pdf are:

  • Selected Candidates will draw a starting basic pay of Rs.55,200/-p.m. in the pay scale of Rs. 55200-2850(9)-80850-EB-2850 (2) - 86550-3300(4)-99750 (16 years) applicable to Officers in Grade B.

  • They will also be eligible for Dearness Allowance, Local Allowance, House Rent Allowance, Family allowance, and Grade Allowance as per rules in force from time to time.

  • At present, initial monthly gross emoluments (without HRA) are Rs.1,22,717/- (approximately).

  • The House Rent Allowance of 15% of Basic Pay will be paid, if accommodation is not provided by the Bank.

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FAQs

Q: What is the RBI Grade B Notification 2025 released date?

The official RBI Grade B notification pdf will be released soon.

Q: What is the RBI Grade B recruitment 2025 selection process?

RBI Grade B selection process comprises phase 1, phase 2 & interview.

Q: What is the RBI Grade B apply online 2025 last date?

The RBI Grade B apply online 2025 last date will be released soon.

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