Note (I) – For SC/ST/OBC candidates:

Wherever there is no vacancy reserved for SC/ST/OBC category candidates, they can also apply. However, they will not be eligible for any concession/ relaxation except exemption from payment of application fee for SC/ST candidates. However they have to pay the intimation charges.

Note (II) – For Persons With Disability (PWD) candidates:

Only one vacancy of AM-Rajbhasha is reserved for Persons with Disability (PWD) under Orthopedically Handicapped (OH) category. However, PWD candidates may apply to clear the backlog for PWD vacancies, within the overall notified total vacancies. PWD candidates belonging to any of the three categories of the disability (subject to their suitability for the post as mentioned in following paragraphs) are allowed to apply for posts at Sr. No. 1, 2, 3 & 5 and they will be considered for selection, against the backlog for PWD vacancies, subject to their suitability.

(1) For the post of Manager (Technical-Civil) in Grade ‘B’: Only following sub categories of PWD are eligible to apply:

i. Orthopedically Handicapped (OH) candidates: OA – One Arm affected; OL – One Leg affected; BL – Both Legs affected but not arms.

ii. Hearing Impaired (HI) candidates: PD – Partially Deaf;

Visually Handicapped (VH) candidates are not suitable for this post and thus not eligible to apply.

(2) For the post of Manager (Technical-Electrical) in Grade ‘B’: Only following sub categories of PWD are eligible to apply:

i. Orthopedically Handicapped (OH) candidates: OL – One Leg affected,

ii. Hearing Impaired (HI) candidates: PD – Partially Deaf

Visually Handicapped (VH) candidates are not suitable for this post and thus not eligible to apply.

(3) For the post of AM (Rajbhasha) in Grade ‘A’: Only following sub categories of PWD are eligible to apply:

i. Orthopedically Handicapped (OH) candidates: OA – One Arm affected; OL – One Leg affected; BL – Both Legs affected but not arms.

ii. Hearing Impaired (HI) candidates: PD – Partially Deaf; D – Deaf

iii. Visually Handicapped (VH) candidates: B – Blind ; LV- Low Vision

(4) For the post of Assistant Manager (Security): This post is not identified for reservation under PWD category. Thus PWD candidates are not eligible to apply for this post.

(5) For the post of Assistant Librarian in Grade ‘A’: Only following categories of PWD are eligible to apply for this post:

i. OH candidates: OA – One arm affected (Right or Left); BL – Both legs affected but not arms; OL – One leg affected,

ii. HI candidates: PD – Partially Deaf; D – Deaf

iii. VH candidates: B – Blind; LV- Low Vision

(6) Only such persons would be eligible for reservation who suffer from following degree of disability (i) Minimum 40% in case of Orthopedically Handicapped persons, (ii) Minimum 40% in case of Hearing Impaired – sense of hearing is non-functional for ordinary purposes of life; do not hear, understand sounds at all even with amplified speech; hearing loss more than 60 decibels in the better ear (profound impairment) or total loss of hearing in both ears, and (iii) For Visually Handicapped candidates either of the following conditions should be fullfilled:

(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.

(7) PWD candidates should possess a latest certificate to this effect issued by an authorized Government of India/ State Government Department/ Hospital.

(8) The PWD candidates may belong to any category (i.e. General/SC/ST/OBC). ‘Current and Backlog reserved vacancies’ for PWD are horizontal and within the overall vacancies for the post.

(9) At the time of written examination, only those PWD candidates, who have physical limitation in writing, including that of speed, would be allowed the facility to use the service of a scribe/writer. In all such cases where a scribe/writer is used, the following rules will apply:

(i) The candidate will have to arrange his/her own scribe/writer.

(ii) The candidate will have to give a suitable undertaking, in the prescribed format at the time of written examination.

(iii) All VH candidates and only those candidates who use services of a scribe/writer shall be eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes and/or part thereof for every hour of the examination.

(10) Detailed instructions for PWD candidates regarding availing services of scribe and allotment of extra/compensatory time will be made available on website (www.rbi.org.in) at the time of e-mailing of Admission Letters for examinations.

Note (III): Before applying, candidates should ensure that they fulfill the Eligibility Criteria for the post. The Reserve Bank of India Services Board, hereinafter referred to as ‘Board’ would admit to the Written Examination (WE), wherever applicable, all the candidates applying for the post with the requisite fee/intimation charges (wherever applicable) and meeting experience criteria, on the basis of the information furnished in the On-Line application and shall determine their eligibility only at the final stage i.e. interview stage. If at that stage it is found that any information furnished in the On-Line application is false/ incorrect or if according to the Board, the candidate does not satisfy the eligibility criteria for the post, his/ her candidature for interview will be cancelled and he/she will not be allowed to appear for interview.