IBPS RRB 2021: Vacancies Increased For PO, Clerk Posts

Mahendra Guru

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) on June 7 released IBPS RRB 2021 notification for the recruitment of Office Assistant (Clerk) and Officers Scale-I, II & III in different in Regional Rural Banks (RRBs). A total of 11,687 vacancies were notified by the board. In a new notification, IBPS has increased the number of vacancies to 13,201.

The vacancies for the post of office assistants (multipurpose) have been increased from 6,101 to 7,001 and for officer scale I from 4,257 to 4,846 posts. Candidates can visit the official website to check the new vacancy distribution.

Post	Vacancies (7th June 2021)	Increased Vacancies (10th June 2021)	Increased Vacancies (17th June 2021)	Increased Vacancies (22nd June)
Office Assistants (Multipurpose)	6101	6827	6888	7001
Officer Scale I	4257	4658	4716	4846
Officer Scale-II (Agriculture Officer)	26	26	26	26
Officer Scale-II (Marketing Officer)	42	42	42	42
Officer Scale-II (Treasury Manager)	10	10	10	10
Officer Scale-II (Law)	28	28	28	28
Officer Scale-II (CA)	33	33	33	33
Officer Scale-II (IT)	60	60	60	60
Officer Scale-II (General Banking Officer)	917	925	940	940
Officer Scale III	213	211	215	215
Total	11687	12820	12958	13201

The registration process began on June 8 and will continue till June 28. Candidates can apply online at http://www.ibps.in/crp-rrb-x/. The provision allotment of provisional allotment (for officers scale I, II, III and office assistants) is likely to be announced by January 2022.

For the posts of officers, scale-I and office assistant (multi-purpose) the examination will be two tiers i.e. the online examination will be held in two phases, preliminary and main. For the post of office assistant (multi-purpose), candidates who will qualify in the preliminary examination and shortlisted will have to appear for the main examination.

The online examinations for the next Common Recruitment Process for RRBs (CRP RRBs X) for recruitment of Group-A officers (scale-I, II & III) and group B - office assistant (multipurpose) will be conducted by the IBPS tentatively in August and September/October 2021.