RBI Assistant Exam 2014: Job Profile, Salary and Career Graph

Hi everyone. Recently, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has published notification for filling up 506 Assistant positions in its various offices across the country. The number seems to be a huge number of vacancies, but the vacancies are state-wise or rather office-wise. It has different number of vacancies in different RBI offices. The summary of RBI Assistant Recruitment exam 2014 is as follows:

Details of RBI Assistant Recruitment Exam 2014

Notification for Recruitment Published on	July 2014(Website), Employment News/ Rojghar Samachar on or after July 26, 2014.
Website link open for Online Application	16.07.2014 to 06.08.2014
Payment of Fees	Online	16.07.2014 to 06.08.2014
	At Bank Branches (offline)	18.07.2014 to 11.08.2014
Last Date of Online Application	06th August 2014
Schedule of Online Test	Varied dates around fourth week of September 2014
Total Number of posts	506
Mode of Selection	Applicants will be issued call letter to appear in online written examination. Successful completion of Online examination will follow personal Interview. Final selection list will be based on marks obtained by a candidate in both written examination and Personal Interview.

Job Profile:

Reserve Bank of India jobs are one of the most respected and prestigious jobs in India. You get a very brilliant opportunity to enhance your career prospects after joining RBI in Assistant Grade. However, RBI Assistant is a clerical job and you will perform responsibilities like entry of inward and outward of mail, data entry etc. But you get an opportunity to get promoted to officer cadre after 3 years. There will be an internal examination for employees of Assistant Grade and successful employees will get promoted as Assistant Manager.

Caareer Graph:

RBI employees are grouped in following hierarchies:

Officers (Class 1): There are grade A to F of officers. Grade A is lowest and Grade F is the senior most.

Assistant (Class 3 and 4): Senior Assistant, special assistant, Assistant, record clerk, attendant (maintenance, catering etc.), security guards etc.

As I have mentioned above, after joining in Assistant Grade and working for 3 years, you can opt for the departmental promotional examination to get promoted to Assistant Manager. So, this is a very good opportunity to join RBI even if you are not able to crack RBI Grade B officers exam. You can eventually become an officer in RBI in future joining as Assistant. Assistant grade employees will initially be posted in their home state or at the nearest office. There may be transfer to offices within the circle (North, East, West, South), but not outside the circle. But, after getting promoted to Officers Grade, you must be ready for transfer because initial posting for officers are given outside their home state.

Salary and Perks:

RBI Assistants will get an initial gross salary of Rs. 22,732/- after joining into service. As the official advertisement states – ‘Selected Candidates will draw a starting basic pay of ` 8,860/- per month (i.e. ` 8,040/- plus two advance increments admissible to graduates only) in the scale of 8,040 – 410 – 9270 – 500 – 11,270 – 550 – 13,470 – 650 – 15,420 – 720 – 16,140 – 990 – 20,100 (20 years) and other allowances, viz. Dearness Allowance, House Rent Allowance, City Compensatory Allowance, Transport Allowance etc., as admissible from time to time. At present, initial monthly Gross emoluments for Assistants is approximately 22,732/-.

Accomodation and other benefits:

RBI’s accommodation subject to availability, reimbursement of expenses for maintenance of vehicle for official purpose, Newspaper, Brief case, Book Grant, Allowance for furnishing of residence, etc. as per eligibility. Dispensary facility besides reimbursement of medical expenses for OPD treatment/hospitalization as per eligibility; Interest free Festival Advance, Leave Fare Concession (once in two years for self, spouse and eligible dependents). Loans and Advances at concessional rates of interest for Housing, Car, Education, Consumer Articles, Personal Computer, etc. The recruits will be governed by the Defined Contribution New Pension Scheme, in addition to the benefit of Gratuity.

Working Hours:

The working hours for RBI Assistants are quite limited 9.15 AM to 5.15 PM. You will not be asked to stay in office after the specific hours, because that will be counted as overtime and organization will have to pay for overtime work. You will get holiday on weekend.

Previous RBI Assistant Exam 2012 cutoff marks:

RBI Office	SC	ST	OBC	General	PWD
AHMEDABAD		107	123	141	127
BANGALORE	120	113	120	138	124
BHOPAL	146	116	156	159	145
BHUBANESWAR	142	-	151	154	140
CHANDIGARH	-	-	139	160	146
CHENNAI	121	-	136	141	127
GUWAHATI	-	117	127	133	119
HYDERABAD	142	126	149	154	140
JAIPUR	139	135	151	158	144
JAMMU	-	101	107	145	131
KANPUR AND LUCKNOW	143	-	153	163	149
KOLKATA	128	-	135	153	139
MUMBAI	-	109	119	137	123
NAGPUR	136	-	136	146	132
NEW Delhi	141	-	144	156	142
PATNA	136	-	154	163	149
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM and Kochi	142	-	151	158	144

Final Words:

RBI Assistant is undoubtedly a very good job. You should definitely join this job if you want decent money and respectful work at the same time. Also, joining RBI Assistant grade, you will most likely be staying in your home state. Therefore, if you want a good government job in your home state, you can definitely join RBI Assistant cadre. All the best for your RBI Assistant Exam 2014.