IBPS RRB Notification 2026 Out for 13,706 Vacancies

IBPS RRB Notification 2026

The regular vacancies in the recruitment process conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) for Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) are vacancies that are available in different posts, including Office Assistant (Multipurpose) and Officers Scale I, II, and III. Such vacancies occur because of reasons like retirement, promotion, transfer, and the continuous need for staff in Regional Rural Banks. The announcement for IBPS RRB regular vacancies is released by IBPS every year. IBPS released an official notification of 13,706 vacancies across 28 participating regional rural banks(RRBs) or gramin banks.

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IBPS RRB 2026 Vacancy

IBPS announced vacancies for the recruitment of staff. The following table discusses all the requirements of the vacancy:

IBPS RRB 2026 Posts

The IBPS RRB 2026 Posts are mentioned below for the reference of the candidates.

Post Name
Officer Scale I (PO)	IT Officer (Grade II)
Office Assistant (Clerk)	Marketing Manager
Banking Officer Scale II	Treasury Manager
Agriculture Officer (Grade II)	Law Officer (Grade II)
Officer (Grade III)	Chartered Accountant (Grade II)

IBPS RRB Eligibility Criteria

The candidate applying for the IBPS RRB exam needs to meet specific eligibility criteria. Read the following table to know about the eligibility criteria:

IBPS RRB 2026 - Nationality and Educational Qualifications :

IBPS RRB 2026 - Age Criteria:

IBPS RRB 2026 - Age Relaxation

Category	Age Relaxation Limit
SC/ST	5 Years
OBC	3 Years
PwD	10 Years

Educational Qualification & Experience

IBPS RRB 2026 Application Fee

While applying for the IBPS RRB exam and filling the application form, candidates need to pay a specific amount category-wise as the application fee:

Category	Application Fee
SC/ST/PwD/XS	Rs. 175/-
General/OBC/EWS	Rs. 850/-

IBPS RRB 2026 Apply Online

Step-By-Step Application Process For IBPS RRB:

Step 1: Visit the portal. Navigate to the IBPS Homepage and select the “CRP RRBs” link under the “Left Sidebar”. Now go to CRP RRBs-XV.

Step 2: Register yourself. Register yourself by clicking the “Click here for New Registration” option and provide your name, mobile no., and email ID. The Provisional Registration Number and Password will be sent to you via SMS and Email.

Step 3: Fill the Online Application Form. Log in using the generated credentials and fill out the application form carefully, entering your personal, academic, and contact information. Choose the desired post and participating RRB banks from the list.

Step 4: Upload Digital Photographs. Upload the scanned version of your photograph, signature, Left thumb impression, and handwritten declaration according to the given dimensions and size.

Step 5: Pay the Application Fee. The application fee can be paid using online modes like Debit Card/Credit Card/Net Banking/UPI, and you should take a printout of the payment receipt.

Step 6: Final Submission. Print a preview of your application form after its submission and save the final application confirmation page.

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IBPS RRB Selection Process

The following table discusses the IBPS RRB selection process post-wise:

Post	Selection Process
Office Assistant (Clerk)	Prelims → Mains → LPT → Provisional Allotment (No Interview)
Officer Scale I (PO)	Prelims → Mains → Interview → Final Selection
Officer Scale II (General Banking Officer & Specialist Officer)	Single Online Exam → Interview → Final Selection
Officer Scale III (Senior Manager)	Single Online Exam → Interview → Final Selection

IBPS RRB 2026 Exam Pattern

As there are two posts in IBPS RRB, i.e., office assiatant/clerk and Officer Scale. Each exam has a different exam pattern.

• The IBPS RRB Office Assistant has only prelims and mains, with no interview. The selection process depends on mains exam marks.

• The IBPS RRB PO exam has prelims and mains with an interview stage. The merit depends on the mains and interview.

• The prelims exam pattern is the same for both the IBPS RRB Office Assistant and PO exams.

There is a penalty of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer.

IBPS RRB Exam Pattern For Office Assistant and PO

There are 2 sections in the prelims exam of IBPS RRB PO and Clerk:

• Numerical Ability

• Reasoning

There are 43 participating banks in the IBPS RRB 2026. Refer to the following table for the banks:

Sr. No.	State/UT	Name of RRB	Present Head Office	Desired Local Language
1	Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh Grameena Bank	Amaravati	Telugu
2	Arunachal Pradesh	Arunachal Pradesh Rural Bank	Naharlagun (Papumpare)	English
3	Assam	Assam Gramin Bank	Guwahati	Assamese, Bengali, Bodo
4	Bihar	Bihar Gramin Bank	Patna	Hindi
5	Chhattisgarh	Chhattisgarh Gramin Bank	Raipur	Hindi
6	Gujarat	Gujarat Gramin Bank	Vadodara	Gujarati
7	Haryana	Haryana Gramin Bank	Rohtak	Hindi
8	Himachal Pradesh	Himachal Pradesh Gramin Bank	Mandi	Hindi
9	Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu and Kashmir Grameen Bank	Jammu	Dogri, Kashmiri, Punjabi, Urdu, Gojri, Pahari, Ladakhi, Balti (Palli), Dardi, Hindi
10	Jharkhand	Jharkhand Gramin Bank	Ranchi	Hindi
11	Karnataka	Karnataka Grameena Bank	Ballari	Kannada
12	Kerala	Kerala Grameena Bank	Malappuram	Malayalam
13	Madhya Pradesh	Madhya Pradesh Gramin Bank	Indore	Hindi
14	Maharashtra	Maharashtra Gramin Bank	Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar	Marathi
15	Manipur	Manipur Rural Bank	Imphal	Manipuri
16	Meghalaya	Meghalaya Rural Bank	Shillong	Khasi, Garo
17	Mizoram	Mizoram Rural Bank	Aizawl	Mizo
18	Nagaland	Nagaland Rural Bank	Kohima	English
19	Odisha	Odisha Grameen Bank	Bhubaneswar	Odia
20	Puducherry	Puducherry Grama Bank	Puducherry	Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu
21	Punjab	Punjab Gramin Bank	Kapurthala	Punjabi
22	Rajasthan	Rajasthan Gramin Bank	Jaipur	Hindi
23	Tamil Nadu	Tamil Nadu Grama Bank	Salem	Tamil
24	Telangana	Telangana Grameena Bank	Hyderabad	Telugu, Urdu
25	Tripura	Tripura Gramin Bank	Agartala	Bengali, Kokborok
26	Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh Gramin Bank	Lucknow	Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit
27	Uttarakhand	Uttarakhand Gramin Bank	Dehradun	Hindi, Sanskrit
28	West Bengal	West Bengal Gramin Bank	Kolkata	Bengali, Nepali

IBPS RRB 2026 Exam Centre

The exam centres allotted for the IBPS RRB exam are given in the following table:

State	Preliminary Exam Centres
Andhra Pradesh	Ananthapur, Chirala, Guntur, Hyderabad, Kakinada, Kadapa, Kurnool, Nellore, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram
Arunachal Pradesh	Naharlagun
Assam	Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur
Bihar	Arrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea
Chhattisgarh	Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur
Gujarat	Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara
Haryana	Ambala, Gurgaon, Hissar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Yamuna Nagar
Himachal Pradesh	Baddi, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Solan, Una
Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu, Samba, Srinagar
Jharkhand	Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi, Bokaro
Karnataka	Bangalore, Belgaum, Bidar, Davangere, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Hubli, Mandya, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi
Kerala	Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain
Maharashtra	Amaravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/Thane/Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Pune, Ratnagiri
Manipur	Imphal
Meghalaya	Shillong
Mizoram	Aizawl
Nagaland	Kohima
Odisha	Balasore, Berhampur (Ganjam), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur
Puducherry	Puducherry
Punjab	Amritsar, Bathinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala, Sangrur
Rajasthan	Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur
Tamil Nadu	Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Nagercoil, Namakkal, Salem, Thanjavur, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Virudhunagar
Telangana	Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal
Tripura	Agartala
Uttar Pradesh	Agra, Aligarh, Prayagraj (Allahabad), Bareilly, Faizabad, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Varanasi
Uttarakhand	Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar, Roorkee
West Bengal	Asansol, Bardhaman, Berhampur, Durgapur, Hooghly, Kalyani, Greater Kolkata, Siliguri

IBPS RRB Previous Year Cut-Off

To secure the minimum marks needed to clear the exam, candidates need to know the required cut-off. Refer to the following table to know the cut-off state-wise and category-wise:

State	General	OBC/SC/ST	EWS
Andhra Pradesh	40	-	40
Assam	50.75	SC - 46 OBC - 50.50	-
Bihar	47.25	-	-
Chhattisgarh	49.25	-	-
Gujarat	29.25	-	-
Haryana	61.75	OBC: 59.25
Himachal Pradesh	59.25	-	-
Jammu & Kashmir	54.25	-	-
Karnataka	38.50	-	-
Kerala	53	-	-
Madhya Pradesh	55.25	-	-
Maharashtra	55.75	-	-
Odisha	56.25	OBC: 56.25
Punjab	55.50	-	-
Rajasthan	49	OBC: 49	-
Telangana	20.50	OBC NCL: 20.50	-
Uttar Pradesh	51	-	-
Uttarakhand	59.50	OBC: 52.50	-
West Bengal	57.75	OBC NCL: 53	-
Tripura	-	-	-
Tamil Nadu	40.50	OBC: 40.5	-

IBPS RRB 2026 Preparation

Candidates must prepare in a systematic manner for the SBI Clerk exam. The candidates should be aware of the latest syllabus and exam pattern. The syllabus covers various topics, it is important to choose the right study material so that you can understand the concepts and practices a wide variety of questions as well.

IBPS RRB Interview Details

• For the post of Officers Scale I, candidates who will qualify in Preliminary Examination and shortlisted will have to appear for Main Examination and shortlisted candidates in the Main Examination will subsequently be called for a Common Interview to be coordinated by the Nodal Regional Rural Banks with the help of NABARD and IBPS in consultation with appropriate authority.

• For the post of Officers Scale II (Generalist and Specialists) and Scale III, candidates will appear for Single Online Examination and shortlisted candidates in the Single Online Examination will subsequently be called for a Common Interview to be coordinated by the Nodal Regional Rural Banks with the help of NABARD and IBPS in consultation with appropriate authority.

• For the post of Office Assistant (Multi-purpose), candidates who will qualify in Preliminary Examination and shortlisted will have to appear for Main Examination. They will be provisionally allotted on the basis of the marks obtained by them in the Main Examination and the vacancies reported by the RRBs.

IBPS RRB Provisional Allotment

On completion of the interview process / main examination, depending on the vacancies to be filled in as per the business needs of the RRBs and as reported to IBPS, candidates shortlisted will be provisionally allotted to one of the RRBs, based on merit-cum-preference keeping in view the spirit of Govt. For Office Assistant (Multipurpose), the final allotment will be done on the basis of the candidate’s performance in the Online Main Examination and the vacancies reported by the RRBs.

IBPS RRB Pre Exam Training

The Pre Exam Training is organized by IBPS for the candidate who belongs to SC/ST and Minority Communities. The main endeavour of the Pre Exam Training is to offer high-quality training services to enhance the ability and to improve the capability of privileged aspirants.

The training is imparted free of cost but there is no provision of giving any other expenses to the candidates such as travelling, accommodation, food, etc. These are borne by the aspirants themselves.

Pre Exam Training is a specifically crafted program by IBPS for those who cannot afford to join any private coaching due to the financial crunch.

During the training, aspirants are updated with the exam pattern, preparation tips, syllabus and expected questions related to the IBPS Bank Exam.

Pre-Exam Training is conducted five days before the date of the Preliminary Exam. Those who wish to undertake Pre Exam Training should select the pertinent choice at the time of Online Registration.

The administrative body reserves the right to withdraw the training program anytime at any of the centres as per the requirement and responses received for the training. It can add alternative arrangements to make the training smooth and easy for the aspirants.