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Applications for NABARD’s 2024 Grade A Assistant Manager recruitment are closed. The notice advertised 102 posts—100 in the Rural Development Banking Service (RDBS) and 2 in Rajbhasha—with applications accepted from 27 July through 15 August 2024. For another recruitment cycle, use NABARD’s current careers notices; the archived 2024 application window is not open.
How many posts did NABARD advertise?
NABARD’s Advertisement No. 1/Grade A/2024-25 invited applications for Assistant Manager Grade A positions in RDBS and the separate Rajbhasha service. The official vacancy table listed 102 posts in total. RDBS accounted for 100, including 50 in the General discipline; the remaining RDBS vacancies were divided among specialist disciplines. The notice is available in the official 2024 advertisement.
When did applications close, and what happened next?
The application and fee-payment window ran from 27 July to 15 August 2024. NABARD scheduled the Preliminary online examination for 1 September 2024. The notice said examination dates could change and that the Main examination date would be announced separately; NABARD’s careers listing later recorded the Main exam on 20 October 2024. It also lists subsequent 2024 notices, including marks, cutoffs, results, and selected and waitlisted candidate lists.
Because this recruitment cycle is complete, use NABARD’s careers notices page to check for newer recruitment announcements and official updates.
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Which disciplines and eligibility rules applied?
Eligibility depended on the post and the candidate’s category. RDBS included General and specialist disciplines such as Chartered Accountant, Finance, Computer/Information Technology, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Food Processing, Forestry, Plantation and Horticulture, Geo Informatics, Development Management, Statistics, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering/Science, and Human Resource Management. Rajbhasha was a separate service.
Required degrees, minimum marks, age limits, reservation provisions, and relaxations varied. A qualification or age rule for one discipline should not be assumed to apply to another. Anyone checking eligibility for this past cycle should consult the relevant discipline and category section of the official advertisement. NABARD stated that it would verify eligibility at interview or joining and could cancel a candidature if the criteria were not met.
What were the selection stages?
The notification set out four stages: Preliminary examination, Main examination, psychometric test, and interview. The Preliminary exam had 200 questions for 200 marks in a composite 120 minutes. It covered reasoning, English language, computer knowledge, quantitative aptitude, decision making, general awareness, Economic and Social Issues with a rural India focus, and Agriculture and Rural Development with a rural India emphasis.
The notice distinguished qualifying tests from the merit section: shortlisting for the Main examination was based on merit-section marks. It is therefore important not to treat every Preliminary test as contributing identically to that shortlist.
How did the Main exam differ by discipline?
The Main examination was not the same for every stream. For Generalist candidates, Paper I was descriptive General English. Paper II covered Economic and Social Issues and Agriculture & Rural Development, with objective and descriptive components. Specialist and Rajbhasha candidates had stream-specific Paper II formats. Descriptive answers were typed on a keyboard. NABARD’s careers page provides the later handouts and discipline-specific syllabi; candidates should use the materials relevant to their stream rather than assume the Generalist format applies to all.
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